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JUNE 18, 2010

Home About Contact Me Links Sitemap Using Email Effectively Posted by Ian McKenzie Written on June 18, 2010 If youre new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. When responding to an email that contains an attachment, use Reply without Attachment(s) option. Or, if you prefer, you can subscribe to my blog posts by e-mail.

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BMT Office Administration

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Beef up computer security. Phishers count on year-end stress to trick you and your staff into responding to the “CEO’s” email asking for employees’ W-2 data. With this in mind: Odds are, this email isn’t from the CEO, but just in case it is, fax your response to the CEO’s computer instead of hitting the reply button on your email.

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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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Tips From T. Marie

JUNE 16, 2023

Its ability to sync across multiple devices ensures that you’re always up to date, no matter where you are. Remember the days of faxing documents , emailing hefty attachments or carrying USB drives like precious cargo? Establish Naming Conventions: Set up consistent naming conventions for your files to maintain uniformity.

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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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BMT Office Administration

OCTOBER 24, 2023

For your staff and the C-suite Payroll pros scored a huge success when they quickly shut down the W-2 phishing scam where a phisher poses as an occupant of the C-suite and asks for employees’ W-2 information to be emailed to them. If the C-suite objects, an assistant can pick up a hard copy from the payroll department.

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Tips From T. Marie

JULY 21, 2016

Fax Machine- At this point, everyone should be capable of sending attachments via email. for those few technophobes that refuse to be dragged into the 21 st century and insist on faxing you, all you need is Nextiva , up to 500 pages a month for just $4.95. Still need a place to hold meetings with customers or clients?

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Tips From T. Marie

OCTOBER 7, 2016

Yet there they stood, housing who knows what kinds of information that was no longer pertinent to the daily running of business, but took up valuable space because no one knew what to do with it. Moving to an electronic file system, while possibly appearing expensive to begin, will end up saving you a lot of money.

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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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Office Organization Success

NOVEMBER 24, 2014

Sign Up NOW For Free. A Welcome Packet is a document – it can either be printed and mailed or digital and emailed – that you send out to your new clients when they sign up to work with you, and cements the relationship you are about to have with them. Sign Up NOW For Free. Live GET CLIENTS NOW! Live GET CLIENTS NOW!

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Stephanie LH Calahan

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

The Most Productive Lunch - Weigh in Your Thoughts » Mon Motivation - Build up your courage to take action!   Build up your courage!  PS -- If you've enjoyed this post and want to see more, why not subscribe to our daily emails ( Feedblitz ) or through the RSS Feed ( click here )? 

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Stephanie LH Calahan

JANUARY 6, 2010

So what I'd like to share with you today are my top 5 steps to setting up your core office organization systems. When setting up your filing system it's important that you design a system that fits YOUR style. Use the same system again to store and manage all your emails. CREATE a PC and file back up system.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

OCTOBER 9, 2011

Other times you really do need to tell your boss because it might have repercussions and it is best to admit it up front. You can also ask a colleague for suggestions on how they avoid particular errors, for instance removing the word "pubic" from your dictionary will ensure if you type it instead of "public", SpellCheck will pick it up.

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Page Personnel

AUGUST 26, 2022

Time management skills A person who doesn't manage their time properly will be overwhelmed by the amount of work that piles up. Office managers may also draft documents, help with payroll, keep an organised office environment and communicate via phone, email and fax (yes, some companies are still using fax machines).

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Office Dynamics

AUGUST 4, 2017

Choosing the right tool might mean selecting the best fax machine , which refers to choosing optimum working capacity for your work flow. There is a host of tasks you can do with RoboTask including launching apps, checking emails, creating backups and moving files, downloading and a lot more.

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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

FEBRUARY 3, 2010

  Read on to learn how to clean up your Facebook stream -- getting rid of the games, while still seeing the funny/engaging things your friends talk about. Clearing up your Facebook stream is quite simple.   The hide command will pick up everyone playing that particular game and hid the game activity.   2. . 

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The Office Professionals Place

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

Wednesday, February 17, 2010 4 Ways to do a Midday Power Up It’s 3 o’clock and your sitting at your computer with heavy eyes, slow fingers, and slightly blurred vision. You are ready to curl up under the desk, grab a pillow and take a much needed nap, but wait, you are at work and your boss would not approve of such behavior!

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Tips From T. Marie

JUNE 26, 2018

With more of us enjoying job flexibility today, and with the probability of up to 58% of workers expected to be independent contractors by 2027 , if you’re not using your smartphone for more than texting, calls and email you should be. Scan and Fax Email. Communication. My favorite apps for social posts and meme’s?

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Office Organization Success

DECEMBER 15, 2012

Don’t EVER send sensitive financial data via email – even if it is split across two emails. Sending info via email is like sending a postcard via mail. Ask your VA/service provider if she has a Credit Card Authorization form that she can send to you, and you fax back to her. ” at [link].

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Stephanie LH Calahan

JUNE 8, 2011

  Change Up Your Cleaning Products.   As a part of our Earth Day pledge, we decided to green-up our cleaning.  Your office supplies can be one of the biggest areas of easy impact for greening up your office.    Start with something like electronic faxes.    Conserve Energy.

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Productivity Bits

OCTOBER 20, 2010

To put it into perspective, try imagining all of your emails from the last month coming to you on paper – now that’s a scary thought! Always back up your files electronically. However, you cannot just create these files – you need to back them up. Back them up to an external hard drive off-site.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 27, 2010

Work With Stephanie « Handbook for Life: 52 Tips for Happiness and Productivity | Main | Tips to Go Almost Paperless » Save Time Doing Simple Things that ADD UP to Major Time Savers There are a number of simple things that you can tweak to give you loads of extra time in your day, week, month and even year. 

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Office Organization Success

NOVEMBER 3, 2014

Creating a Client Contact Sheet which contains your client’s name, address, email, phone, fax and any other contact information that you want to keep a record of is a useful template to have. A couple of places where you’ll want to create individual clients folders are: In your email program.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

NOVEMBER 20, 2007

There are so many things we need to check when we first come into work in the morning: voicemail, email, regular mail and faxes and couriers. Email at least can be flagged as urgent, but your voicemail you have no idea until you listen to it how important it is, so best to check that first. Then I check my email.

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Eco-Office Gals

OCTOBER 23, 2012

You can communicate via email; you can use things like Google Docs, Adobe and e-Signature to send documents and contracts; even faxes can be sent and received online thanks to companies like FaxZero and MyFax. It condenses the amount of ink and toner, over time, by as much as 50 percent. Download some apps.

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Jen Lawrence

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

In addition to setting daily priorities and scheduling my to-dos , I have one more big trick up my sleeve to keep the overwhelm at a minimum. Efficiency is heightened because you aren’t constantly starting up and closing down / opening and putting away resources. Sign up for my monthly newsletter by clicking here.

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Allwork

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

I think the thing that would be the wrong way to do it, and we’ve seen some examples there, too, is that someone very high up in a company says, everyone has to work like this, and that typically doesn’t work. Frank Cottle 00:09:45 ]: I think you need to add one more word to that, and that’s responsibility went up.

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Office Dynamics

OCTOBER 1, 2015

Executives do not share necessary information with their Assistants and do not always include their Assistant in their email communications. Executives and Assistants cannot keep up with the emails that flood their Inbox on a 24/7 basis. Employees feel time-compressed. Executives are independent and tech savvy.

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Office Organization Success

AUGUST 17, 2009

A Welcome Packet is a document – it can either be printed and mailed or digital and emailed – that you send out to your new clients when they sign up to work with you, and cements the relationship you are about to have with them. This confirms the arrangement you’ve both made, and both parties know exactly what they’re signing up for.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

OCTOBER 10, 2012

single entry from my mobile phone, online or via my email  integration with social media (e.g. All of the contact information that you want is in one place - emails, faxes, appts, tasks, file attachments.  Tag triggered automatic follow-ups with customers or internal tasks.    8 - Email Management.

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Jen Lawrence

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

In addition to setting daily priorities and scheduling my to-dos , I have one more big trick up my sleeve to keep the overwhelm at a minimum. Efficiency is heightened because you aren’t constantly starting up and closing down / opening and putting away resources. Sign up for my monthly newsletter by clicking here.

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Eco-Office Gals

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

Consider following the example of The Blog of Tim Ferriss and liven up this section by including some of your more colorful accomplishments. This can include business addresses and mailing information, telephone numbers, email addresses, a fax number, and alternate websites or URLs. Products, Services and Past Employment.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

I turned off my email notification a long time ago (about 15 years) because I did not want to be taken out of the important state of concentration when working on projects.  100 emails a day x 220 work days a year.   So let's really do the math!  HOURS A YEAR LOST TO EMAIL PINGS!   Consider this one. 

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Practically Perfect PA

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

Making my way down to expected warmth of Myrtle Beach from a very cold Washington DC was much needed and it was especially nice to be picked up from the airport by the Hampton Inn and Suites’s shuttle bus. 3 meeting rooms with high-speed Internet access - the largest of which can accommodate up to 90 people. 2 lazy rivers.

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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. Friendly Uses • If your email has a large recipient list, you can use the Bcc to hide email addresses and protect recipients privacy. Look into purchasing an all-in-one fax, printer, and copier.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

FEBRUARY 21, 2011

Aren't we all fortunate that the people mentioned in this video did not give up?    Look up almost any successful person and you will see their history contains a number of failures. PS -  Click to get posts as we publish in email or you might be interested in less email?  To your success!

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