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Shaping Sara Blakely: Meet the Billionaire Founder of Spanx

Success

She even signed up for a fear-of-flying seminar to help calm her nerves, but she missed so many classes because of her schedule and constant traveling that her instructor told her, “I don’t know if I should be mad at you or proud of you, but you’re never here because you’re always on a plane.” I quit my day job selling fax machines on Oct.

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Ensuring payroll compliance in 2024: What’s new?

BMT Office Administration

As a result, the IRS was flooded with loads of improperly claimed 941-X forms, causing them to issue a moratorium for new ERC claims that began on September 14, 2023. This includes income tax returns, Forms 941 and 940, and information returns. You can also fax e-filing waiver requests to 877-477-0575.

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Oh No! We May Not Have Heard From You

Stephanie LH Calahan

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.    I went out right away to re-test our Contact Us form and found it was no longer working -- on any of our sites!

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The Freedom to Work from Anywhere: Your Virtual Business Tips (Part 4)

Stephanie LH Calahan

Fun travel apps are Skype (for calling home), SimplyNoise (great for sleeping in noisy places), Sit or Squat (find a bathroom), and CheapGas. My Kindle app is a lifesaver while traveling. Having VAs I can simply fax order forms to. For business, my Paypal app is probably my favorite, and my Square, for taking payments.

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Executives and Assistants are Struggling Today

Office Dynamics

Between email, virtual Assistants, palm pilots, high speed Internet connections and a host of other technological marvels, executives mistakenly believe they are more independent than ever – making their own travel plans, faxing their own letters and scheduling their own meetings. It falls under the bigger umbrella of communication.

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Tax Tip for the Office Professional

The Office Professionals Place

Tax Tip: Complete a Form 2106 – Employee Business Expenses This form is used for expenses NOT reimbursed by your employer that you may have incurred throughout the year. Look into purchasing an all-in-one fax, printer, and copier. Tax season doesn’t have to be a tear jerker.

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Using Microsoft Office E-mail Templates

Professional Assistant Blog

About 90% of my work comes in the form of e-mails, since I want to be able to track anything and everything that managers and fellow staff members send me. There is a simple solution to this - E-mail Templates! There are certain tasks that I need to do on a daily, weekly, monthly, etc. basis and it usually involves e-mail.

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