Professional Assistant Blog

SEPTEMBER 24, 2007

Home About Me Advertise Why Lock Your System at Work? By The Professional Assistant on Monday, September 24, 2007 Filed Under: System Security D o you feel that your colleagues might do something through your computer? and then our computers automatically lock, which is a good back-up system.

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Professional Assistant Blog

SEPTEMBER 27, 2007

Home About Me Advertise 7 Steps to Improve Your Filing System By The Professional Assistant on Thursday, September 27, 2007 Filed Under: Organize , Productivity A re you having trouble with your filing system? Dont know how to organize yourself and things are starting to pile up?

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All Things Admin

DECEMBER 18, 2020

You should have two versions of your cover letter – a formal one that can be printed and an electronic version for online submission systems. Personal Business Cards. A lot of companies provide employees with their own business cards. Taking Your Toolkit to the Next Level.

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Step It Up VA Coaching

JUNE 26, 2014

Create more efficient organizing systems for your office. Update your backup system. Go through the business cards you collected and follow up. Reconnect with business associates and former clients. Learn that new software that can likely improve business processes. Organize your folders.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

JULY 1, 2011

  You might need a CRM system too. Powerfully Productive businesses know that effective follow-up is critical to success.  Productive Networking: 23 Ideas to Organize Business Cards for Effective Followup.   Sound familiar?    CRM stands for Customer/Client Relationship Management. 

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All Things Admin

JUNE 8, 2022

Once you’re confident that everything is in order, then you can include the website address on your resume, business cards, social media profiles (especially LinkedIn), and professional association profiles. Make sure to add it to your email signature and reference lists, too.

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Step It Up VA Coaching

MAY 17, 2012

Create more efficient organizing systems for your office. Update your backup system. Go through the business cards you collected and follow up. Reconnect with business associates and former clients. Learn that new software that can likely improve business processes. Organize your folders.

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Productivity Bits

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

You probably heard about “cartoons drawn on the back of business cards&#. You have to know your belief system. Next to that phrase would be Hugh MacLeod ‘s name, cartoonist and pundit. A decade ago he’s stuck in the rut doing advertising and marketing stuff. This will be the basis of your evil plans.

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Step It Up VA Coaching

JUNE 16, 2011

Create more efficient organizing systems for your office. Update your backup system. Go through the business cards you collected and follow up. Reconnect with business associates and former clients. Learn that new software that can likely improve business processes. Organize your folders.

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Office Organization Success

FEBRUARY 27, 2015

Business cards and scraps of paper lying on your desk do not constitute a contact management system. to your business visit Tracey’s website and register for her upcoming GET CLIENTS NOW! Client Attraction Systems Client Attraction client tracking get clients' Disorganization. To bring Get Clients Now!

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Stephanie LH Calahan

MAY 16, 2012

Make Sure You Pack Business Cards. I realize that this sounds like networking 101 basics, but I'm amazed at the number of events that I go to where people forgot their cards.    Consider putting your picture somewhere on the card and a reason for people to go to your site.    Bring them! 

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Step It Up VA Coaching

APRIL 26, 2012

Follow up with your new contacts; E-mail all the folks whose business cards you received, along with any of the conference staff, host, or speakers with whom you made a connection at the event. Did you hand out as many business cards or meet as many new faces as you had intended at the event?

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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. Having the right systems in place leads to consistent revenues, more clients, and less stress and overwhelm. Personally reach out.

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Eco-Office Gals

JANUARY 9, 2013

Although passing along paper checks to employees is traditional, many companies these days are upgrading to paperless systems. Post from: Eco-Office Gals Eco-Friendly Payroll Options for Your Business. Related posts: Eco-Options: Business Cards. Eco-Friendly Flooring: Top 3 Green Options for Your Business Space.

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Step It Up VA Coaching

MARCH 24, 2011

Time to make a clean sweep of your office, your business systems, and even your mind! File or toss that pile of papers into your newly streamlined filing system. Go through the random documents in your computer’s “Documents&# folder and file them in the appropriate client, business, or personal folders.

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Office Organization Success

FEBRUARY 24, 2009

You go along, meet many new people, collect a TON of business cards, and then promptly put them to one side and never follow up with the contacts again! . It almost makes seem attending the event a waste of time, unless of course, you have a system in place for following up with the contacts you made. .

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Practically Perfect PA

AUGUST 2, 2016

I had one Executive that had a bunch of the old style Rolodex business card holders dotted around his office. When I told him that I could put an app on his new iPhone that scanned the business card directly into his Outlook contacts he was over the moon. I was quite frankly, pissed off.

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Ian's Messy Desk

JANUARY 15, 2014

When the HVAC system was installed, someone thought we might want the user manual for the system: a 400 page PDF document. We will never troubleshoot the system; we will never program the system; and we will never maintain the system. Working at a regional head office, we see a lot of paper.

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The Office Professionals Place

NOVEMBER 14, 2009

 An exchange of business cards Here’s an example from someone who is employed as a sales representative from a company that sells crystal products. Here is my business card. We recently were awarded Business of the Year by Businessweek. Hi, my name is Kim Harwood. Short, sweet, and to the point!

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Office Organization Success

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

Just because someone has handed you their business card at an event or other meeting, doesn’t mean it’s okay for you to add them to your list and start sending them your ezine and other promotions. Doing this only upsets your readers and they’re more likely to unsubscribe. When it’s NOT okay to add someone to your list.

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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. And while he agrees you don’t necessarily have to quit your job to do it, he suggests that, “It’s time to stop complying with the system and draw your own map.”

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Office Organization Success

APRIL 12, 2012

The very first thing you should do to build your business is to get a merchant account so that clients can pay you! Get your fr.ee “Office Organization Success Toolkit” plus how-to articles, resources, tips, and tools at [link].

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Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 6, 2010

  This is the back of my card as a sample of what I mean: Creating Your Online Business Card An online business card is one site that lists all of your connection points online.    She understands that every person is different and requires systems that work for them. 

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Ian's Messy Desk

MARCH 1, 2012

When the HVAC system was installed, someone thought we might want the user manual for the system: a 400 page PDF document. We will never troubleshoot the system; we will never program the system; and we will never maintain the system. We really didn’t need the manual.

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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.

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Step It Up VA Coaching

MARCH 27, 2014

It includes their contact information and fun things like their birth dates just so I can send them a birthday card, their kids’ birth dates, anniversaries of their business; those types of things. Other items you can include in your welcome package are your W-9 form, business cards and company brochures.

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Professional Assistant Blog

OCTOBER 29, 2008

Did your boss just decide to install it on his/her system and yours then told you, "Read the manual, were going to be using this from now on"? Believe it or not, this was quite an easy system to learn. I am sure that this will beef up your productivity with the system. as your client relationship manager (CRM)? Whats next?

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Professional Assistant Blog

NOVEMBER 5, 2008

Creating a filing system can be tricky, as you need to know exactly how to file your files and what type of information you would need to be able to access quickly. One of my readers asks: I am trying to organize a file room based not on traditional alphabetical filing, but on a retrieval system. as you mentioned in your question.

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Step It Up VA Coaching

MAY 16, 2013

It includes their contact information and fun things like their birthdates just so I can send them a birthday card, their kids’ birthdates, anniversaries of their business; those types of things. Other items you can include in your welcome package are your W-9 form, business cards and company brochures.

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Step It Up VA Coaching

NOVEMBER 17, 2011

Places like copy centers, local cafes with Wi-Fi, and health clubs are populated with your target market, and often have community bulletin boards or places to leave business cards. Get to know the managers or owners of these businesses. Bring yourself to potential customers.

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Step It Up VA Coaching

NOVEMBER 10, 2011

You have to pay for airline tickets, hotels, food, entrance fees and more – it is all a business expense. Donna Toothaker is CEO, founder and coach of Step It Up VA Coaching, and the creator of the 6 Steps to 6-Figure VA Success System. Now, think about the hours per month you spend actively marketing.

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Professional Assistant Blog

JULY 7, 2010

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Professional Assistant Blog

NOVEMBER 18, 2009

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Professional Assistant Blog

JULY 16, 2009

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Energage

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

It’s on email signatures and business cards. People like doing business with us because of the type of people we have working here, and because we’re very good at what we do.”. He’s attracted recognition from Security Systems News for its “20 Under 40” awards. The company uses the Top Workplaces designation in recruiting.

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Professional Assistant Blog

JUNE 8, 2010

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Professional Assistant Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2009

Categories Client Service (23) Ergonomics (6) Job Seeking (20) Meetings (43) MS-Access (8) MS-Excel (23) MS-Outlook (34) MS-PowerPoint (11) MS-Word (22) Networking (27) Office Gossip (18) Organize (91) Prioritize (42) Productivity (202) Research (7) System Security (16) Travel (20) The Archives The Archives July 2010 (4) June 2010 (4) November 2009 (..)

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