The Small Business Blog
MAY 4, 2017
Building customer loyalty is an important process for a small business. It helps encourage first-time customers to come back, builds a strong customer base, and can make you stand out from your competitors. So how should you go about achieving customer loyalty in a small business? We’ve provided several key ways to build customer loyalty and help make your key customers into regulars.
Practically Perfect PA
MAY 29, 2017
Congratulations! You have an ‘All Star’ LinkedIn profile. You must be doing something right. Before you become too complacent, please ask yourself the following questions. Am I really leveraging LinkedIn to its full effect? Am I using LinkedIn strategically to grow my Personal Brand? Having an ‘All Star’ profile can simply mean that you have added the various sections in your profile.
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Office Dynamics
MAY 22, 2017
How would you describe your e-mail situation lately? Are you getting so much that it’s sometimes impossible to manage it properly and still be productive? Do you worry you’ll hit the “send” button too soon, and deliver a message before its ready? Take heart….You’re not alone! E-mail technology has been great – but it has also wreaked havoc on the way we communicate.
Small Business Labs
MAY 25, 2017
Tech startups are increasingly targeting agriculture. This is leading to a range of new companies and technologies focused on improving farm efficiencies and creating smarter farms. CB Insights The Ag Tech Market Map: 100+ Startups Powering The Future Of Farming And Agribusiness covers the companies creating the future of farming. They break up agtech companies into 9 catagories: Farm Management Software : Software that allows farmers to more efficiently manage their resources, crop produ
Speaker: Joe Sharpe and James Carlson
Payroll optimization can be one of the most time-consuming and complex factors of small business management. Yet, organizations that crack the code on streamlining employee compensation often discover innovative avenues for growth. With the right strategies in place, outsourcing and streamlining payroll processes can result in substantial time and resource savings.
Tips From T. Marie
MAY 26, 2017
I’ve blogged here before about the importance of down time as a business owner, particularly a small, one person business owner like myself. While I will always encourage you to take those vacations, sometimes it just isn’t possible. For those of you who aren’t jumping for joy over the upcoming Memorial Day weekend and the. Read more.
Andrea Kalli
MAY 29, 2017
Check out my new IT Support and Security Services promotional marketing video. Designed and edited by [link] – Andrea Kalli – Video Design. Video Editing Services. Video Marketing. If you want to see more, check out my showcase videos: [link]. Technology Marketing. The post IT Support and Security Services technology promotional marketing video appeared first on Video Design, Editing, and Marketing Virtual Assistant.
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Practically Perfect PA
MAY 2, 2017
If you are anything like me, you will live your life by Outlook. Sad but true, right? I literally wouldn’t know what I was doing without my inbox and calendar organised just so. For me, Outlook is key to the work that I do – it was even more important when I was working as an EA. 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.
Office Dynamics
MAY 9, 2017
I absolutely loved Joan Burge’s article, Core Admin Skills Always Need Improving ! As John D. Rockefeller noted, “The secret of success is to do the common things uncommonly well.”. The principle she discussed of renewing and improving core skills is closely related to what Steven Covey calls “Sharpening the Saw”: the deliberate improvement of our tools to help us become more effective.
Small Business Labs
MAY 17, 2017
More and more professions that require advanced degrees or highly specialized skills are joining the gig and/or on-demand economy. A good example is law. Crain's The gig economy comes to law covers the expanding use of contract lawyers. Key quote: "Three-quarters of law firms with more than 250 lawyers use contract attorneys, says a 2016 report from legal consultancy Altman Weil." The article chart below also illustrates this growth.
Tips From T. Marie
MAY 11, 2017
The sound of the alarm reaches your brain and you open one eye to look at the clock in the gray light that announces the coming of morning. Groaning inwardly (perhaps outwardly too) you mentally calculate just exactly how much time you really need to get ready for work and hit the snooze button…again. The. Read more.
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Andrea Kalli
MAY 25, 2017
My newest marketing video for Data backup solution – IT Support client. Designed and edited by [link] – Andrea Kalli – Video Design. Video Editing Services. Video Marketing. If you want to see more, check out my showcase videos: [link]. Technology Marketing Videos for your IT Support and Services or MSP Business. The post Marketing video for Data backup solution – IT Support client appeared first on Video Design, Editing, and Marketing Virtual Assistant.
Clutter Coach
MAY 16, 2017
by Books are sacred. They’re emblems of culture. People don’t usually dispose of them lightly and never throw them in the trash. Yet they can be clutter. . The first line of attack is: don’t buy a book until you’re ready to read it. Any new thing you buy has an energy of newness about it that wears off after you buy it. That happens whether you use it or not. .
Practically Perfect PA
MAY 10, 2017
What can PAs do to make sure they are getting the recognition at work that they deserve? How can Assistants achieve greater recognition at work? Recently, the OpenMeet team had the pleasure of participating in the annual Practically Perfect PA Assist Conference 2017 , where we ran a few workshops. This is the last of our three blogs based on the fantastic discussions we had and the feedback we received from our workshop participants.
Office Dynamics
MAY 1, 2017
Welcome to May! Such a lovely time of year. I hope everyone has recuperated from an exciting Administrative Professionals Week. We did a lot of celebrating at Office Dynamics. On Wednesday, April 26 I hosted a Facebook Live where I spoke about what I love about the administrative profession and gave tips on how to shine in the profession. In case you missed it, you can access it here.
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Small Business Labs
MAY 22, 2017
Older Americans are increasing turning to the on-demand economy for both work and access to services. The New York Times article Baby Boomers Look to Senior Concierge Services to Raise Income nicely covers where these two intersect - older Americans earning money by helping other older Americans. Key quote: Elder concierge, as the industry is known, is a way for the semi- and fully retired to continue to work, and, from a business standpoint, the opportunities look as if they will
Eat Your Career
MAY 29, 2017
So, I’m currently preparing for a full weeklong vacation to Disney World with my boyfriend and his two teenage daughters. As you might expect, I’m unbelievably excited. I feel like a kid myself as I struggle to fall asleep at night in anticipation. Only, as an adult, pre-vacation sleep problems are a little more serious. It’s not just excitement keeping me up.
Andrea Kalli
MAY 22, 2017
Check out my latest IT Service Provider – promotional marketing explainer video for a client. Designed and edited by Andrea Kalli – Video Design. Video Editing Services. Video Marketing. If you want to see more, check out my showcase videos: [link]. The post IT Service Provider – promotional marketing explainer video appeared first on Video Design, Editing, and Marketing Virtual Assistant.
Clutter Coach
MAY 25, 2017
by Subscribe: iTunes ⋅ Stitcher ⋅ Soundcloud ⋅ YouTube ⋅ Google Play. You can leave a review here! Don’t just rush out and buy containers for your stuff. First, take some time to develop your own personal vision of what an organized life looks, feels, smells and sounds like. Subscribe: iTunes ⋅ Stitcher ⋅ Soundcloud ⋅ YouTube ⋅ Google Play.
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Practically Perfect PA
MAY 25, 2017
Assistants have come a long way, we are all asked to do lots of different things as part of our role. However, nearly every assistant I know at some point will be asked to write a set of minutes. Love them or hate them – minute taking is never going to go away! Meetings are still a vital part of business and actions will need to be captured! Over the year’s I have written quite a few blog posts about minute taking which you can find below, but today I thought I would share with you a
Office Dynamics
MAY 4, 2017
It’s important that companies take into account workforce demographics, so they can effectively manage and utilize their talents for future growth. By 2020, 46 percent of your employees will be millennials. This new generation of workers are similar to older generations, as they desire adequate compensation, growth opportunities and challenging work.
Small Business Labs
MAY 1, 2017
There's long been a need for our government agencies to collect more timely and better data on the the forces impacting jobs and work. The Aspen Institute's article More Data Needed to Prepare for the Future of Work covers a recent academic study calling for more data on the shifts and trends impacting the future of work. The study is titled Information Technology and the U.S.
Eat Your Career
MAY 23, 2017
In a recent Eat Your Career community poll, there was a resounding request for more information on career planning. As always, your wish is my command! One of the first questions I always hear around the topic of creating a career plan is this: “Do I really need one?”. If you’ve been in the workforce for a while, it can be tempting to put this task on the back-burner.
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Eco-Office Gals
MAY 18, 2017
Going green and becoming more eco-friendly can be a difficult step. There are many ways in which you can work towards reducing your impact on the environment, both at home and at work. Of course, some methods of eco-friendliness are far more intensive than others, but even the smallest of changes is a step in the right direction. After all, everything adds up, and when combined, it is often the smallest changes that people make in their everyday lives which can end up having the biggest impact.
Clutter Coach
MAY 24, 2017
by I worked with a client yesterday to declutter her garage. It went faster than we thought it would because a quarter of what was in there turned out to be empty boxes! I find many people hang onto boxes for a variety of reasons. This client was moving and thought they’d be helpful. In my experience with movers, they hate packing a truck with boxes in dozens of sizes that don’t stack together well.
Practically Perfect PA
MAY 8, 2017
This month’s Day in the life is from Tracy Reid, PA to two directors at Arup. Tracy recently attended the Assist Conference and has a very busy role supporting two directors and their teams at the world famous architect firm. Here is a day in the life: Tracy Reid. . Day in the life: Tracy Reid. What are the main aspects of your role? PA Support to our Group Leader and our Group Director.
Andrea Kalli
MAY 17, 2017
Network Security Threats Make You Wanna Cry? Network Security is No Game. Here is a new IT Support technology marketing video for a client. Designed and edited by [link] – Andrea Kalli – Video Design. Video Editing Services. Video Marketing. If you want to see more, check out my showcase videos: [link]. The post Network Security Threats Make You Wanna Cry?
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Small Business Labs
MAY 15, 2017
Last week's always excellent O'Reilly Next Economy newsletter asked the question Have We Reached Peak Gig? They asked this in response to a number of recent negative press articles on the gig economy. The negative press includes, but hardly limited to, the New York Times editorial The Gig Economy's False Promise , Quartz's The on-demand economy is a bubble—and it’s about to burst and The New Yorker's Is the Gig Economy Working?
Eat Your Career
MAY 15, 2017
This article is part of a series. Learn more about it and access links to other articles in the series here. Here we are…the final article in this A to Z series! As you can see, I’m taking the easy way out and combining the last three (and most difficult) letters together into one and leaving the topic a mystery. Yes, I’m kind of ashamed. So why am I doing this?
Laughing all the Way to Work
MAY 24, 2017
An easy way to remember when to use who or whom: If you can replace the word with “he” or “she,” use who. If you can replace it with “him” or “her,” use whom.
Clutter Coach
MAY 23, 2017
by Define and write down the actual steps you will take to complete any project, even if you know them in your head. This also helps you know what not to do. This is the first tip in my new, free book, 101 Productivity Tips (to get the important things done at work). It’s from the first section about defining your work. I’ve written before about the value of writing things down , not only to remember them, but to clarify your own thinking.
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