Jen Lawrence

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

Expense reports were taking twice as long to get done. Turn off your email notifications. Utilize Do Not Disturb – Whether in chat or on your phone, do not disturb is your electronic gatekeeper. So I set a timer for when I need to get up to stretch and check in with emails. I was drowning. Something had to change.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

MAY 13, 2011

" That is what I heard from her as we were talking on the phone.  It allows us to easily email branded invoices to our clients, which they can then pay by mail or online. By recording payments as we receive them, we can just as easily monitor overdue payments and send email reminders. Can't Live Without Google.

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Jen Lawrence

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

Expense reports were taking twice as long to get done. Turn off your email notifications. Utilize Do Not Disturb – Whether in chat or on your phone, do not disturb is your electronic gatekeeper. So I set a timer for when I need to get up to stretch and check in with emails. I was drowning. Something had to change.

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Productivityist

DECEMBER 15, 2013

In order to monitor contractors’ work, keep the communication streamlined and work together on things remotely, we used a number of applications that we work with internally with all the VAs to optimize work progress and avoid confusion: Communication: Skype, Google Chat, Yammer. Review: Google Docs. egotiation via email & phone ?

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Service Untitled

JULY 31, 2012

Google, Facebook, and LinkedIn no longer maintain call centers claiming the costs are too high. Even in huge industries, the cost of keeping existing customers is still far less expensive than recruiting new ones. Do these powerful organizations therefore view customer service as an operational cost rather than a marketing investment?

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The Marq

DECEMBER 10, 2009

TheMarq A Human Perspective on Business and Life Motorola Droid and CLIQ Technology Review I’m in the midst of changing my phone. I was considering one of the Android phones and the Motorola CLIQ has stood out given the tight integration with Google Apps and social networking sites such as Twitter and Facebook.

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The Marq

MAY 26, 2010

TheMarq A Human Perspective on Business and Life My Favorite Android Apps – Part 4: Finance Technology Recommendations Welcome to another edition of My Favorite Google Apps. You can place ticker symbols on your phone’s Home screens to view the latest market results without having to load a browser or even launch an app.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

FEBRUARY 11, 2011

Work With Stephanie « Link Lineup: Time Management, Org Tools, Focus Concentration and Top Mobil Phone Apps | Main | Are you Time-challenged Tim or Non-productive Nancy? Schedule = Success My favorite is: There is no tool more useful to me than an electronic calendar (Outlook, ACT, Thunderbird, Google, it doesn't matter what brand.)

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Productivityist

NOVEMBER 20, 2013

Google Docs works too. You can also clip pages or email notes to your Trips notebook in Evernote and tag it more specifically for your trip (i.e. Create a Google Map for each city you''re planning to visit. Look for the hyperlink icon in Google Maps, and add links for each city map to your working itinerary.

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The Small Business Blog

JANUARY 11, 2010

Business Telephone Systems & Phone Lines For Your Business techdepot.co.uk Add up all your monthly expenses so you can estimate how much money you will have left each month. The best tip from my point of view would be to avoid unnecessary expenses. Then try and remove or refinance the most expensive lending.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JULY 16, 2010

Make sure that tasks directly associated with clients come first, consider the financial impact of a project and its completion date on the company, don’t let deadlines control the priority list (expense reports can wait when there are more important tasks), and consider cause and effect (do A to enable B, which accomplishes C).

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Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 2, 2009

  Some say the traditional paper planner is the best, while others swear by their smart-phone or on line tool.  Recommended Tool: Smart phone (I use the Nokia E71 & also recommend a Blackberry) [link] is a Hand-held Device great for Business Professional Pros of Planning Tool: Easy to use.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

DECEMBER 5, 2009

I have a network of assistants that I call friends, although some are just phone colleagues, but we help each other. If you know what works best for you and if your job is 80/20 on what you like then you can put up with the small stuff like filing and filling out expense forms. GET TO KNOW YOUR CO-WORKERS. We are not an island.

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The Marq

DECEMBER 17, 2009

That meant it had to replace my notebook computer on many fronts, such as provide an alternate path to social networking, email, note-taking, Google Apps, music, video, and some tangentially interesting games. Given that I didn’t want to incur the expense of switching providers, I decided to stay with T-Mobile.

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The Marq

DECEMBER 4, 2009

In addition, our financial projections didn’t account certain expenses. In fact, in this case we received a compliment on how well in tune we were with our common goals and plans. However, I also heard how our business plan was incomplete and needed further revisions.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JANUARY 10, 2010

It was expensive,but when I brought it home I had to do all the work to get it up and running. I could see him looking after himself, trying to organise his diary and all his emails etc, and he wasn't sure what to give me. I travel far to try and find a full-serve station, but they are becoming extinct. 411 Look Up 411.ca

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BioTeams

JUNE 7, 2010

Most businesses struggle to find the right balance of online promotion versus "old-fashioned" phone calls and meeting people in their offices or in Starbucks. Many also struggle with the role of email - when is it useful as a communications tool and when does it simply not produce results? Lets get Physical? Now the good news.

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The Marq

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

I recently received a disconcerting email from the founder about how the organization may be failing due to lack of funds. I’ve posted the email message body below and I highly recommend we each take action however we can. But now we are about to hit a wall, and this is why I am reaching out to you.

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The Small Business Blog

APRIL 13, 2010

Business Telephone Systems & Phone Lines For Your Business techdepot.co.uk While your competitors have to pay out for expensive office space that they don’t need as clients dry up, your business can continue to thrive. Massy Said on April 16th, 2010 at 8:26 pm Gas is the absolute worst… so expensive.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JULY 29, 2009

He wrote in one sentence that he had " expensive experience" instead of "extensive" and in another wrote "tits" instead of "its." He relied totally on spell check so you can imagine what typos were missed. He was a lawyer and in this particular letter he was writing to a prospective client. Good thing I checked. 411 Look Up 411.ca

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The Small Business Blog

JUNE 15, 2010

Business Telephone Systems & Phone Lines For Your Business techdepot.co.uk We all start our own businesses because we have passion and drive, this can easily become lost in the day to day monotony of paperwork and tedious tasks, yet employing full or part-time staff can be expensive and risky. Sponsors Advertise Here?

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

OCTOBER 8, 2013

Top EAs that work for a famous CEO (think Google, Fortune 100 companies) make as much as low level executives in middle management and have titles like Chief of Staff sometimes. And anyone can email me questions and I respond only via this blog, not to your personal address. You can just write “Thx!”

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The Small Business Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2007

Business Telephone Systems & Phone Lines For Your Business techdepot.co.uk by Stefan Töpfer on Oct 25, 2007 I’m answering three questions here, emailed to me during last week, so excuse the long headline. Examples are rent, some employee costs, property taxes, telephone, heating and interest/bank expense.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

DECEMBER 31, 2009

He wrote in one sentence that he had "expensive experience" instead of "extensive" and in another wrote "tits" instead of "its." The woman who sat next to me told me I should have left the message, “Hi, call me back.&# * At another office I needed IT assistance so sent an email requesting help. Good thing I checked.

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The Shrink for Entrepreneurs

OCTOBER 3, 2010

Fast cars, designer clothes and expensive gadgets serve the same purpose. Three months after hitting 1000 subscribers, Jill blogger is staying up late, checking google analytics and wondering why she can’t hit 1300. I put my consultancy on hold, moved the crucial clients over to email & Skype and set off on a blogging sabbatical.

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The Small Business Blog

JUNE 29, 2010

Business Telephone Systems & Phone Lines For Your Business techdepot.co.uk Free alternatives (Google Talk, Twiddla) are catching up in terms of functionality, and I am starting to test them out with clients that share my interest in new technology. OnlineOffice: Overview Get the Flash Player to see this player.

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The Small Business Blog

APRIL 8, 2008

Business Telephone Systems & Phone Lines For Your Business techdepot.co.uk The costs will vary greatly depending on your needs – machines that make neon signs for a bar will be more expensive than if you are making wooden estate agent signs. The rest of your expenses will be related to promoting your website.

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The Small Business Blog

MARCH 14, 2010

Business Telephone Systems & Phone Lines For Your Business techdepot.co.uk Web development as well can be pretty expensive. We may send you a confirmation email to check you are a real person We are sorry but any violation of the above rules will mean an automatic removal of your comment. Sponsors Advertise Here?

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The Small Business Blog

NOVEMBER 7, 2007

Business Telephone Systems & Phone Lines For Your Business techdepot.co.uk You guessed it, as soon as I had done that my new computer started having problems, no calendar or address book data anymore,then my email started going and so on – I rebooted and that was that – I could no longer log in.

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Men With Pens

MARCH 9, 2010

The last time I needed the phone number, I looked online. And he doesn’t show up on Google Maps. One friend refers you to someone who only has an email address, a generic address like annepottertherapist@mail.com. Would you search online for Anne Potter before writing her an email? I’m betting it’s been a long time.

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The Small Business Blog

NOVEMBER 19, 2007

Business Telephone Systems & Phone Lines For Your Business techdepot.co.uk This allows you to “tag&# expenses to products, departments, services or projects – giving you the opportunity to analyze the true cost of a department or any project. OnlineOffice: Overview Get the Flash Player to see this player.

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The Small Business Blog

JANUARY 29, 2009

Business Telephone Systems & Phone Lines For Your Business techdepot.co.uk One of the greatest advantages of being a small business is the ease in which you can quickly implement new technology into the way you work, whereas any change for a large company is a lengthy and expensive process. Sponsors Advertise Here?

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The Small Business Blog

JANUARY 13, 2010

Business Telephone Systems & Phone Lines For Your Business techdepot.co.uk It’s expensive to develop your own resources so it makes sense to share. We may send you a confirmation email to check you are a real person We are sorry but any violation of the above rules will mean an automatic removal of your comment.

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The Small Business Blog

MARCH 19, 2008

Business Telephone Systems & Phone Lines For Your Business techdepot.co.uk However, the initial process of incorporation can be lengthy and expensive. We may send you a confirmation email to check you are a real person We are sorry but any violation of the above rules will mean an automatic removal of your comment.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

JUNE 6, 2013

You can google for the article, but this is what it said: “Everything starts with an idea. EA work is typically admin work - phones, travels, calendars, expense reports, mtgs/luncheons, etc. And anyone can email me questions and I respond only via this blog, not to your personal address. This the second job.

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The Small Business Blog

SEPTEMBER 26, 2006

Business Telephone Systems & Phone Lines For Your Business techdepot.co.uk Whatever method you use to record your income & expenses at the moment, instead simply enter the details on a form on the Payments & Receipts pages of ‘Cashbook’ to record any money paid into or out of your business. Sponsors Advertise Here?

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The Small Business Blog

JULY 20, 2010

Business Telephone Systems & Phone Lines For Your Business techdepot.co.uk People often say to me that their small business doesn’t have a website as it’s too complicated, takes up too much time or is too expensive. My Web StumbleUpon Google Bookmarks Technorati BlinkList Newsvine ma.gnolia reddit Windows Live Tailrank

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