Professional Assistant Blog

JANUARY 7, 2008

Home About Me Advertise Trying to Phone/Fax Internationally? Then you just enter the phone or fax number in the third section. 4comments for this post Regina Thanks for posting the "trying to phone/fax internationally" issue. I found a great website called Time and Date.com. You have yourself the dialing instructions.

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 20, 2017

Chat by phone or video conferencing, record meetings, and share screens to keep each other up to date, even if you’re continents apart! It not only lets you check the time in any part of the world, it also shows you color-coded business hours in your specified time zone, making it easier to schedule meeting times.

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On The Job

MAY 7, 2009

Dont play with your phone. While you may know enough to mute your phone during an interview, you also cant even look at it. Were you on the phone or texting or taking off your jacket and loosening your tie before your feet hit the exit? Robert, Good point about the phone. And dont put any buttons or stickers on it.

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Tips From T. Marie

JUNE 6, 2018

When you link to your website from your social media accounts, business cards, brochures, letterhead, etc., Year after year I’m amazed at the number of people who still question the value of having a business website. I never hear, “Do I need business cards?” which aren’t even close to being as important.

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Practically Perfect PA

NOVEMBER 27, 2015

Digital business cards will be more efficient than traditional varieties. For years professionals have used printed business cards with contact details to spread awareness and build business relations. It would generally state a professional’s name, job title, phone number and email address.

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Eco-Office Gals

OCTOBER 12, 2012

Mobile marketing holds many benefits for businesses. Now that smart phones with internet access have become almost standard in our society, more and more people are constantly hooked into the net, browsing their favorite websites, sending emails, or exploring new apps. The potential for marketing here should be obvious.

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Eco-Office Gals

AUGUST 2, 2011

Why should you have to spend money on gas or waste your time in traffic when you can simply use your own phone for a conference call? The app is free and it doesn’t cost the user any more money than a normal phone call. The phone senses when the driver is accelerating or braking too harshly and when they are speeding.

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Office Organization Success

FEBRUARY 24, 2012

Just because you recently met someone at an event and they handed you their business card doesn’t mean it’s okay for you to add them to your newsletter. This is actually bad business practice and, for most people would be a HUGE turn off!

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Tips From T. Marie

OCTOBER 5, 2017

Bookcase filled with industry appropriate books, an executive desk (or depending on your position a utilitarian desk), phone, computer, desk chair and perhaps one or two chairs for clients to sit in. Inside is another painted mini-crate that holds my business cards with a small faux succulent on top.

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Office Dynamics

MARCH 30, 2018

I tried my best to not be tethered to my phone, emails, texting and more. As you view everything that has come across your desk whether they are phone calls, new assignments from your executive or your own project work: Assess all of it. Take business cards. Keep in mind that you can only do so much in 8 hours.

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Office Dynamics

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

I love this tool on my desktop or on my phone because it helps me update every social media platform from one place, at one time. LinkedIn Card Munch. I network a lot and I always come back to the office with a ton of business cards. Card Munch allows the user to convert business cards into contacts on LinkedIn.

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Success

APRIL 3, 2023

Everything from the title on my business card to the location of the building fed my notion of success. If you had asked me a week before that accident if I was happy, I would’ve said yes,” I told life coach Martha Beck over the phone. “ In 2004 I was enjoying the highest-paying, most respectable job I had ever worked.

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Office Dynamics

FEBRUARY 9, 2012

Users download a QR reader to their smart phone and use that application to scan or "read" these QR codes on business cards, printed materials, and a variety of other formats. I read an article in our Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce magazine "Are you QR-Ready?" Here is what I learned. QR stands for "quick response.".

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Stephanie LH Calahan

SEPTEMBER 9, 2011

Contact Keeper makes great products to save business cards and keep notes and other important info on new contacts. That means a personal email or phone call, not adding them to your mailing list. "Business Networking - Breaking the Ice & Starting the Conversation #business #productivity" ». "How

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Small Business Labs

JULY 21, 2010

The Dymo business card scanner app for the iPhone  is such a product.    You download the app to your iPhone (they also support other smartphones) and when you take a picture of a business card it automatically adds the appropriate information to your contact list.   It's also kinda fun to use. 

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Eco-Office Gals

JULY 5, 2011

The software allows you to speak into the phone and then it writes the words into a text file of some type. From there, you can text, tweet or write memos without needing to find a computer or laboriously typing it out on the tiny keyboard of a mobile phone. It is ideal for the entrepreneur whose phone might have client data as well.

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Office Dynamics

OCTOBER 15, 2013

Workplace organization helps ease the burden of a busy day. Optimize your desk with organizers that store letterhead, a stapler, business cards, and other common office tools for easy access. Dust furniture, remove sticky residue and stains from spilled food and drinks, and wipe down phones and keyboards.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 6, 2010

  That started a deeper conversation that led to us talking on the phone and deciding to work together on a teleconference project scheduled for January.  Network with Stephanie or Connect with Your Smart Phone Become a Fan Follow this blog Categories News & Updates!   There are a number of ways you can do this. . 

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Clutter Coach

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

Your to-do list can be in a notebook, on a pad of paper, a whiteboard, on your phone; wherever you will be most likely to look at it. To do for stack of marketing letters : address envelopes, stuff them (including business cards), stamp and take to mailbox. When they are piled up or spread out, you can’t get the whole picture.

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Clutter Coach

APRIL 5, 2016

Your to-do list can be in a notebook, on a pad of paper, in your PDA, a whiteboard, on your phone; wherever you will be most likely to look at it. To do for stack of marketing letters: address envelopes, stuff them (including business cards), stamp and take to mailbox. For each reminder, create a to-do.

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Practically Perfect PA

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

Both times I’ve replaced my phone as quickly as is humanly possible because I am just lost without it (sometimes I am literally lost without it thanks to my dependence on Google maps to get me about London!). Although I still do print everything off this is a great app to have on your phone so you can check your details on the go.

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Practically Perfect PA

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

Both times I’ve replaced my phone as quickly as is humanly possible because I am just lost without it (sometimes I am literally lost without it thanks to my dependence on Google maps to get me about London!). Although I still do print everything off this is a great app to have on your phone so you can check your details on the go.

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The Small Business Blog

JANUARY 31, 2013

Gone are the days of stacks and stacks of business cards in a suit jacket pocket, now all you need is a trusty smartphone to keep all your contacts and leads organised. Email is still the primary communication channel for the vast majority of businesses both internally and externally.

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Ian's Messy Desk

JUNE 7, 2011

In a nutshell, you can save anything to this program and access it from your computer, from the web, or even your phone. Store Business Cards - Instead of collecting a pile of business cards that you’ll lose, photograph or scan them send the images to Evernote. Did we mention that it’s free?&#.

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Small Business CEO

MARCH 24, 2015

Business Cards. If you are trying to exclusively reach the generation of people who still let their fingers do the walking through a printed phone book, the old ways may still be the best ways.… Traditional methods of doing this include print advertising such as: Brochures and Guides. Newspaper Adverts.

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Professional Assistant Blog

NOVEMBER 25, 2009

Do you want to walk over to their cubicle while their talking loudly on the phone and give them a piece of your mind? Shes always humming, whistling, talking loudly on the phone, laughing hysterically (who knows at what?), This happens to the best of us all of the time. Try as I may, but she annoys the heck out of me.

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Practically Perfect PA

FEBRUARY 12, 2015

They see what’s written on your business card. Sometimes they’ll pick up clues via auditory channels : They speak to you on the phone. They read a report or memo you’ve authored. They receive a copy of your CV and read the covering letter. They get a note from you and spot your handwriting. They get your voicemail message.

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Office Organization Success

FEBRUARY 2, 2015

Get out all those business cards that are collecting dust in your desk drawer, or reach out to past colleagues or clients, and personally invite them to register for your teleclass. You can do this via email, letter, phone call, or in-person. Here are seven ways in which you can market your upcoming virtual event: 1.

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Professional Assistant Blog

SEPTEMBER 30, 2008

By The Professional Assistant on Tuesday, September 30, 2008 Filed Under: Productivity D o you receive junk mail, junk faxes and the occasional irritating phone call from telemarketers? Do you even receive voice mails that are left by people trying to sell you something, but you didn’t even hear the phone ring?

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Energage

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

Habitec Security’s president, John Smythe, was only 22 and just a few months out of college when he received a shocking phone call from his father. The family business was a security company James Smythe founded in 1972. Six months after that phone call, his father died at age 56. It’s on email signatures and business cards.

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Practically Perfect PA

DECEMBER 13, 2013

Although I still do print everything off this is a great app to have on your phone so you can check details on the go. I use the website all the time, not just for planning travel but also for expenses, so it is helpful having the app on my phone. Weatherbug: Free. XE Currency: Free or £1.49. Convert every world currency on the go.

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Professional Assistant Blog

NOVEMBER 19, 2007

Do they end up talking loud on the phone while you are trying to do some work? Are you being bombarded with people walking up to your cubicle and dont have the decency to see that you are busy? Heres an article I found on this issue, which shows quite a few peoples e-mails about some of these very problems.

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Professional Assistant Blog

JULY 7, 2010

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Professional Assistant Blog

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

Do you find that your staff are not being consistent with their memos, e-mails , the way they answer the phone , etc.? I worked in quite a few firms, small and large, but my current one is the largest organization that I worked in - well, currently working in.

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Professional Assistant Blog

JANUARY 18, 2008

When youre on a phone call, do people hover over you? You dont want people coming up to you, hovering and waiting for you to put down the phone for a few seconds to let them know that you are in a training session. Are you the main contact in your department? Its inevitable, but its part of your job description.

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Professional Assistant Blog

NOVEMBER 18, 2009

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Professional Assistant Blog

JULY 17, 2009

Then you finally do reach a live person and you are so fed up with all of the time wasted, that you start fuming towards the person on the other end of the phone. Now put yourself in that persons shoes. Imagine that you were on the receiving end of the conversation. How would you feel?

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