Practically Perfect PA

OCTOBER 12, 2017

So it goes without saying that you get tons of emails, oh and your Executive probably gets tons of emails too! One area that is my absolute weak spot is email. I am guilty of being an email addict and spending unnecessary amounts of time reading, replying and filing my emails.

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Practically Perfect PA

MAY 2, 2017

I’ve written a few blogs in the past about maximising Outlook for productivity and filing paperwork , but today I wanted to focus specifically on organising your outlook folders. I think the way people structure their email files can be quite a personal thing! So for me, I like to keep them filed away, just in case!

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Clutter Coach

MARCH 28, 2017

His idea was that instead of idly perusing your email in box, you do it with intent. File what needs to be filed. Unfortunately, many people interpreted the concept to be that you must never let email build up in your in box at all. That meant they checked email constantly to get it back to zero.

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All Things Admin

MARCH 9, 2022

Here are some tips that help me: Turning off all of the rings, dings, and notifications for email, Slack, and messaging on my phone and computer. I use email rules for the messages or notices I should be interrupted for. I keep specific actions on a sticky note for each file to help me get right into the flow of work.

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Productivity Bits

MAY 13, 2016

Email – possibly one of the greatest inventions of recent times and also possibly the bane of many people’s existence. Can you remember that lovely feeling when you first set-up your email account and there was only a couple of welcome messages? Like Flossing, Do it Every Day Having a neat inbox doesn’t happen by magic – if only!

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Stephanie LH Calahan

FEBRUARY 18, 2011

Productive & Organized Goes Audio in 3 Different Ways » 19 Tips for Managing Your Email Even When You Dont Want To E-mail, it is the form of communication that we love to hate and love to love.    Multiple studies on business productivity will tell you that huge amounts of time are wasted on email.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 23, 2009

Work With Stephanie « Cause and Effect - Productivity is an Action, Not a Result @QuietSpacing | Main | Organize Your Ideas and Watch Them Unfold » Planner Or Tickler (1-31) File? - Sometimes I wonder if I am duplicating my efforts by using a calendar and the tickler files. What are your thoughts in this area?

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All Things Admin

JULY 27, 2022

Read emails. Check tickler files. HOW TO USE THIS ARTICLE IN YOUR NEWSLETTER OR WEBSITE. Want to use this article in your newsletter, ezine or website? It might look something like this: Beginning of the day: Unlock doors. Turn off forwarding on phones. Check voice messages. Log into PC. Pick up notes/mail from weekend.

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All Things Admin

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Whether it’s scribbled notes or complex digital files, the importance of procedures documentation cannot be overstated. Here are some of my favorite tools for advanced procedures documentation: Microsoft Office Suite /OneDrive : For real-time collaboration, document creation, video and audio recording, and file storage.

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All Things Admin

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

For example, you may allocate specific time periods throughout the day to check email or send out meeting agendas and reminders. During a board meeting prep week, for instance, email may require more time and attention for last-minute submissions and changes. The rhythm of the week dictates what you can fit in and where.

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All Things Admin

APRIL 5, 2022

It may include file folders, spiral notebooks, pens, and sticky notes. There are several websites that allow you to email cards, such as Kisseo eCards and Blue Mountain Cards. HOW TO USE THIS ARTICLE IN YOUR NEWSLETTER OR WEBSITE. Want to use this article in your newsletter, ezine or website? Handwritten letter or e-card.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Work With Stephanie « Productivity in Bite Sized Pieces - Weekly #Cinch Audiocast Review | Main | Caffeine-Free Ways to Increase Focus & Attention » You Can Steal Time Back From Email A few days ago I received an email from a reader.  " Email is something that many of us struggle with. 

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Denise Aday

AUGUST 24, 2015

You’ve already made your signup offer enticing enough for someone to submit their email address (and perhaps more). The default copy provided by MailChimp and other email service providers for setting up our signup pages and messages is the bare minimum — a good guideline and starting point. Hacker Newsletter. UnMarketing.

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Denise Aday

AUGUST 24, 2015

You’ve already made your signup offer enticing enough for someone to submit their email address (and perhaps more). The default copy provided by MailChimp and other email service providers for setting up our signup pages and messages is the bare minimum — a good guideline and starting point. Hacker Newsletter. UnMarketing.

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All Things Admin

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Communication Introduce them to the company’s communication channels and email distribution lists. Set up a branded email for the new hire, complete with an appropriate title and auto-signature. email, instant messaging, project management tools). showcasing how each tool facilitates team collaboration.

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The Office Professionals Place

OCTOBER 19, 2009

Monday, October 19, 2009 Choose Your Method of Communication Effectively – Email, Phone, In-person, “Snail&# Mail/Memos Have you ever received an email from someone who just started at the company asking you to do something and you haven’t been introduced? DO use email for informational purposes (i.e.

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All Things Admin

JUNE 8, 2022

Another perk is that a digital portfolio can include links, downloadable files, and audio and video components that are difficult or impossible to incorporate into a print version. Next, you need to setup your account with your username, email address, and password. Make sure to add it to your email signature and reference lists, too.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

JANUARY 5, 2011

Work With Stephanie « Start the New Year off with a New Focus on Your Personal Affairs | Main | Listen Live to Stephanie on Edge of Change - Interview with the Experts #Productivity #Organization » Procrastination, Email, Multi-Tasking, Family Management, Soc Media Backup Etc. Link Lineup! Link Lineup! : Link Lineup!

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Practically Perfect PA

APRIL 3, 2012

Managing your boss’ emails is one of the crucial tasks that we as assistants are asked to perform. It has taken a while to confidently manage emails on behalf of someone else but I feel now with a few years experience it is easer than you think. Action emails as appropriate. DO: Make use of the email systems technology.

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 25, 2016

Apps for file access, e-mail, calendar, password protection, word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, virtual meetings, news, weather and travel are examples of key productivity tools mobile devices should have installed. (I Backup and store your files via a cloud service. Share and collaborate on files. Additional Apps.

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Office Organization Success

JANUARY 6, 2016

Clear out your desk and files. And it’s amazing what you come across too … your next big program could have been lurking for months in your filing cabinet! I always find just reviewing what’s gone on gets me back into the flow again. Create subject specific folders within the main resource folder.

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The Office Professionals Place

MARCH 4, 2010

Thursday, March 4, 2010 The ‘Bcc’- Friend or Foe On average, we receive over 100 emails per day. The daily inbox is comprised of spam, junk mail, solicitations, marketing advertisements, greeting cards, friendly ‘hellos’, newsletters, and of course, business correspondence. Lets grow together!

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Practically Perfect PA

MARCH 16, 2017

New images are added weekly and you can sign up to receive them via email. Again, Picjumbo is a website you sign up for and receive free photos via email. I find the collections of photos quite useful if I am working on a particular newsletter or presentation. Ability to save the recording as a video file. FindA.Photo.

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Practically Perfect PA

MARCH 16, 2017

New images are added weekly and you can sign up to receive them via email. Again, Picjumbo is a website you sign up for and receive free photos via email. I find the collections of photos quite useful if I am working on a particular newsletter or presentation. Ability to save the recording as a video file. FindA.Photo.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

JUNE 29, 2012

If you are looking for someone to be your "girl Friday" and pick up dry cleaning, do shopping, take care of the filing, as well as help with email newsletters and scheduling appointments, then a personal assistant is really a better choice.  A VA does not have to be in the same community or even the same country!

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Tips From T. Marie

JANUARY 4, 2017

Some VA’s began to specialize in things like email marketing, online project management and social media marketing. Cloud storage has become more secure, more reliable and more affordable, offering a superior way of storing files and making them available from any device you may want to use. Communication has become easier too.

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All Things Admin

DECEMBER 18, 2020

I receive a lot of emails from admins who’ve lost their jobs unexpectedly. Go to your human resources department and ask to see your employee file so you can write down all of the job titles, dates, and salary details for each position you’ve held with your current company. She said, “Security doesn’t lie within a company.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

JANUARY 6, 2010

CREATE your paper-based filing system. Having an efficient filing system in place will enable you to find the information you need, when you need it! First of all invest in your filing storage, whether that's a dedicated filing cabinet or plastic filing crates. CREATE your PC filing system.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

Work With Stephanie | Contact Copyright 2007-2010 Calahan Solutions, Inc. -- All Rights Reserved Want to use my content in your ezine, newsletter or blog? Click to get a weekly digest every Friday Subscribe in a reader Search Recent Comments Brian Osher on What is Your Done List Telling You? A different take on the to-do list.

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Step It Up VA Coaching

AUGUST 2, 2012

They are also known as free reports, eBooks, digital products, audio downloads, and pretty much anything you can create and email as an offer. If you have Microsoft Word, an information product can be created as a PDF file. You’ll get more people on your email list. It has probably been a while, if ever.

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On The Job

NOVEMBER 5, 2010

Folders should be labeled "delete," "do it now," "respond today," "schedule a specific time on calendar," "waiting for response," "file it," "someday" and "freedom." And the Freedom file? Establish an Unsubscribe folder, then spend some time getting off the mailing lists of newsletters, alerts, bulletins, etc.,

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Office Organization Success

SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

Clear out your desk and files. using a ring binder file — print out articles that you come across while surfing or any emails that you may need to refer to again; cut out useful magazine articles; store newsletters, circulars or magazines. Create subject specific folders within the main resource folder.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 13, 2010

Clean Out Your Files It’s easy for your cabinets and folders to become overstuffed with outdated paperwork, so it’s important that you take time once a year to purge the old and make room for the new. Start with your reference, client, and financial files. When January 1 hits, you should be able to file any new document in seconds!

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Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 22, 2010

We May Not Have Heard From You Recently a wonderful reader responded to one of our posts via email to let us know that she had filled out our contact form and had not heard from us.  Steph Click to get posts as we publish Prefer less email?   That is just not our style!    That is just not our style! 

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Stephanie LH Calahan

FEBRUARY 11, 2011

It houses so much more than a file index. This allows them to keep it within site, but all projects are kept in an organized file. Once the project is completed, the whole pile of that particular project can be filed away; out of site. It is the easiest way for me to capture data, url's, emails, images, etc.

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Practically Perfect PA

SEPTEMBER 25, 2013

If you come across a website you like that is relevant sign up for their newsletter or RSS feed so that you get their latest updates in your inbox. It is well worth signing up to their newsletter which does literally list everything that is happening in London that week, always good for any visiting colleagues or clients!

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Stephanie LH Calahan

JANUARY 3, 2011

Work With Stephanie « Listen Live to Stephanie Share Her Story on #WIBRadio on Jan 3 @ 1pm CST | Main | Procrastination, Email, Multi-Tasking, Family Management, Soc Media Backup Etc.   Read, sort and process your email and snail mail daily.    Read, sort and process your email and snail mail daily. 

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