Stephanie LH Calahan

MARCH 4, 2011

There are more professionals working out of their home now than ever before. Working out of your home can be a blessing and a curse at the same time. Distractions can come from every corner. Today we will cover 19 tricks or tips to make working from home. work! 1. Create Your Office Space! One of the most important steps I did when creating my business was to create a REAL office space!

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Eat Your Career

MARCH 21, 2011

There are a few standard career management tips I recommend to every professional regardless of position, industry, experience level, or future ambitions. These things are super easy to do and they help ensure you’re taking at least a minimally active role in your professional development. No matter how busy you are, there’s just no excuse to ignore these tips.

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Virtual Moxie

MARCH 1, 2011

Virtual Moxie - The Cure For The Common Virtual Assistance Practice I Want Moxie! And you can also join in the conversation about Moxie posts happening over on my Facebook page Recent Comments Stephanie on Speed is the enemy of many good things. Anastacia on Speed is the enemy of many good things. Renee on Speed is the enemy of many good things. Pam Ryan on Speed is the enemy of many good things.

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Small Business Labs

MARCH 17, 2011

There's some really interesting data in the Network Solutions State of Small Business report on the impact of social media on traditional websites.  When asked how social media usage is impacting their spending plans on their traditional websites, 62% of small businesses said that social media didn't change their spending plans for the coming year.  27% said they are planning on increasing their spend due to social media.    But 9% plan on elimin

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Productivity Bits

MARCH 24, 2011

Copyright © 2011 Marlon Ribunal. Visit the original article at [link]. Guest-Post. This guest post was provided by Lee Munson on behalf of GFI Software Ltd. GFI is a leading software developer that provides a single source for network administrators to address their network security, content security and messaging needs. More information: GFI Internet Monitoring Software.

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Eco-Office Gals

MARCH 22, 2011

Today, March 22, 2011 is World Water Day: The objective of World Water Day 2011 is to focus international attention on the impact of rapid urban population growth, industrialization and uncertainties caused by climate change, conflicts and natural disasters on urban water systems. – from un-water. Not too many moons ago, my family was in a position of knowing what is like to go without water.

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Eat Your Career

MARCH 30, 2011

A few years ago, I decided I was going to run a marathon. I bought a brand new pair of Nikes, loaded my iPod full of great running songs, and mapped out the perfect route around my house. A month later, my Nikes were still pristine, my iPod was collecting dust and that perfect route was gently mocking me every time I left my house. Needless to say, I had the motivation at some point.

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Virtual Moxie

MARCH 15, 2011

Today is VMoxie day (as you know). What you may not know is that I almost never write in advance, choosing, instead, to writing about whatever’s showing up now that I want to share with you. Unfortunately, today I’ve woken up having caught my DH’s cold, I feel like total crap, and I don’t feel like teaching or being witty. COULD I do it anyway? I could.

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Small Business Labs

MARCH 15, 2011

Network Solutions recently released its 2010 State of Small Business report and it has lots of interesting information, including data on social media usage by small businesses. As the chart below (chart 14 from the report) shows, Facebook is used by 27% of small businesses for business purposes.  That's up from 17% just last June.        This is stunning growth and another data point suggesting Facebook is taking over the web.  The chart also

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Productivity Bits

MARCH 29, 2011

Copyright © 2011 Marlon Ribunal. Visit the original article at [link]. Guest-Post. This guest post was provided by Daniele Occhipinti on behalf of Danyuki Software Limited. Danyuki Software is the company running Plancake, a useful free online tool to get things done. For more information: www.plancake.com. All product and company names herein may be trademarks of their respective owners.

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Eco-Office Gals

MARCH 7, 2011

Most companies will look to document scanning as a way of managing their paper based information and with advances and maturing technology these solutions have started to become economically viable. There are some economic benefits for organizations to make this transition: Paper based business processes are resource intensive and costly to manage. These systems are often error prone.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

MARCH 25, 2011

" I have no idea who those people are, but they were important to me at one time. " That is what a recent client told me when I opened a drawer in her office and found it filled with business cards. The cards had been collected over a year or so of miscellaneous networking events and trade shows.  She'd had good intentions of making connections after the events, but the cards never made it farther than her desk drawer.  Over time, she had forgotten who many of the people

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Job Advice Blog

MARCH 18, 2011

The job-search arena has changed. The new technology makes job search more sophisticated and difficult. Think social media, video interview different type of resumes and more.

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Virtual Moxie

MARCH 22, 2011

Last week, I wrote about being sick , and loved getting your good wishes, as well as your comments about handling being away from your work when you need to be. In one of those emails, a question from Aimee in Texas that I said I’d tackle today (yep—back in the office, feeling a bit raspy-voiced, but otherwise a-ok!). She writes: "Thank you for helping me remember that I need to care for myself first.

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The Small Business Blog

MARCH 27, 2011

The top 5 tips weekly post is always full of hints and tips for small, home & micro business owners. 1. Identify your goal and objectives when tackling a problem. All objectives should be SMART (Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic and Timely). 2. Find someone who has already been through similar problems and ask them to be your business mentor. 3.

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Productivity Bits

MARCH 1, 2011

Copyright © 2011 Marlon Ribunal. Visit the original article at [link]. Post written by Marlon Ribunal. Follow me on t witte r. I am a happy camper with the BlackBerry Bold 9780. This phone is definitely an upgrade from my Nokia E71. I have now fully adopted my BlackBerry as my primary GTD Tool. And I want to talk about one of my favorite BlackBerry Productivity apps – myTasks , a free BlackBerry GTD app.

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Eco-Office Gals

MARCH 2, 2011

If you’re thinking about how to create a healthier workplace environment, consider going low-VOC. Volatile organic compounds, or VOCs, are chemicals widely used as ingredients in products such as paint, building materials and furnishings, office equipment and cleaning supplies. Elevated levels of VOCs have been linked to eye and respiratory irritation, headaches, fatigue and other symptoms associated with sick building syndrome.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

MARCH 11, 2011

Business owners hear it all of the time: document your processes and procedures.  Yet, time and again, it does not happen.  It might start out innocently enough.  The business is small - maybe one person - and the need to outline procedures is put low on the priority list.  Then things get busier.  Maybe the business grows and more people are added.  Suddenly, the need for processes and procedures becomes obvious.  Today, 16 business owners share their t

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Loosely Speaking

MARCH 14, 2011

Season 2/Episode 12 Program Notes. Scroll to the bottom of this page and click on the “AZVAs the Podcast&# link to listen to the episode now. iPod users can find the episode in the podcast directory at the iTunes Store. Here’s that link ! Contents of this episode: Discussion/Announcements/Tips: Tara and Katie give real tips on exactly where to look to find work opportunities within entertainment and sports fields.

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Virtual Moxie

MARCH 29, 2011

Wow, did I get some push back on my post from two weeks ago about not letting your clients become dependent on you. It’s clear that some of you think that doing that is good and right, and exactly as it should be. Maybe a story would help you understand why it’s probably really not. I once knew a girl who moved into her first apartment with a friend straight out of college.

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The Small Business Blog

MARCH 2, 2011

This week I’m pleased to be able to have a post from PR Web’s Jiyan Wei, here on the SME-Blog. As my regular readers will know I’m a huge advocate of small business bootstrapping, and PR and news exposure is a great way for small businesses to get new customers, and it doesn’t have to cost a fortune! Savvy small business owners are always searching for ways to increase the amount of visibility they have locally and ultimately increase sales.

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Small Business Labs

MARCH 9, 2011

OK, I admit we are patting ourselves on the back here.  In early 2007 we released the Intuit Future of Small Business report The Changing Face of Entrepreneurs.  In it we forecast that the next decade would see entrepreneurs become much more diverse than their predecessors in age, origin and gender.  The report also forecast that personal businesses - one person businesses without employees - would increase in number and importance, and drive an overall increase in entrep

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Make or Break Moments

MARCH 2, 2011

If you have ever revamped your website or started over from scratch, you know the challenge of thinking through all of the details from functionality, design, content, and who to trust with the project. As a website writer I find myself in the position of shoemaker – focusing on writing content, consulting and training my [.].

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Stephanie LH Calahan

MARCH 7, 2011

You have heard it before. You must invest time to save time.  But what does that really mean?   Do you have small things that bother you -- that take you time?  Maybe you have opportunities to invest time to save time. The other day I was working with a client on his computer.  He started the conversation by telling me that he did not like how his new Windows laptop was organized.  He had gotten used to Windows XP and the new operating system was just not what he li

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Step It Up VA Coaching

MARCH 24, 2011

by Donna Toothaker. Spring is coming, and with it, an opportunity for a little sprucing up! Time to make a clean sweep of your office, your business systems, and even your mind! As a Virtual Assistant, you likely work from a home office. Chances are, your clients are all over the country (or the globe), and will never come to your office for a meeting.

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Eco-Office Gals

MARCH 21, 2011

Contrary to popular thought, you don’t have to rely on clothes that stomped on Mother Nature’s feet to get to your closet. Admittedly, it’s easier to stop by the mall on the way home after you’ve spilled coffee on a white blouse, but let’s remember that most of the clothes you’ll find there are unfairly traded and harvested in ways that would make Mother Nature scream.

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The Small Business Blog

MARCH 6, 2011

The top 5 tips weekly post is always full of hints and tips for small, home & micro business owners. 1. Make sure that you have a clear policy in place at your small business to set clear guidelines for your employees about allowable expenses. 2. Great travel bargains can be found on the web if you are prepared to invest time looking for them. 3.

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Loosely Speaking

MARCH 18, 2011

READER WARNING: If you don’t care about baseball, skip this post, one of my periodic updates on our son’s progress through the Los Angeles Angels organization. I may have imagined such a night, but I couldn’t have scripted it any better than it happened. It’s true that you just can’t make this stuff up. We got a call the night before Dillon was asked to report to the major league game in case they needed a back up 1B player.

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Make or Break Moments

MARCH 9, 2011

I recently participated in the question of the week at Dr. Shannon Reece’s site Strategies and Tactics for Women (however, they work for men too). The question – how do you go about making your customers a fan of your business? Thirty seven people responded with their take on the situation – I am tip [.].

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Stephanie LH Calahan

MARCH 14, 2011

" Balance?  What is that?! " was how she responded when I asked her if she had a balance plan.  She is not alone!  People are working more than ever.  "The more I work the more I get done" is the thought, but that is not always true. Professionals often become overwhelmed with the handling of their personal and business matters.

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