Guest Blogs by Joanne Manville Blog for PA Life Magazine – January 2016 In January 2016, I had a guest blog published in PA Life Magazine, an award winning publication for personal and executive assistants. PA Life asked me about starting my business as a Virtual Assistant and I really enjoyed writing the article. Guest…
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Is the exclamation mark used too frequently? or should we be free to scatter it across our pages as often as we like? Yesterday my husband made a ‘constructive comment’ about my overuse of exclamation marks and it’s made me have a think about how often I use them. When I’m writing I am aware…
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We all know how important it is to have daily exercise to ensure we stay fit and healthy, and in January keeping fit, or getting fit is one of the most common resolutions. But it’s not that easy is it? As someone who enjoys getting out and about for leisure, but not for ‘exercise’…
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Hootsuite Pro & Managing Your Social Media I thought I would share with you my thoughts on Hootsuite Pro as a way of managing the social media posts for your business. Like most small business owners, I like to make use of tools at my disposal that come free, but free is not always the…
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Make your 2016 goals happen by creating a vision board Creating a vision board is a really great way to visualise your goals and remind yourself why you set them in the first place. I recently wrote a post on easy goal setting and creating a vision board is a natural next step. The law of…
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How to set up your ‘Out of Office’ in GMail If you are going off on holiday or will be away from your emails for a while, setting an ‘Out of Office’ is good customer service. I feel it is only good manners to let your customers know when they can expect a reply from…
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10 questions for 2015 Before celebrating the end of one year and the start of the next, reflect on the past twelve months and what you have achieved. Congratulate yourself on what you have done – you deserve it! Here is a quick look back at my 2015. 1. What did you do in 2015…
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How to grow your small business in 2016 A quarter of small businesses will grow in the coming year, according to research by Close Brothers Asset Finance. Will your business be one of this 25%? If not, why not? “around 1.35 million small and medium size businesses plan to expand over the coming months”. One article about…
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How to make goal setting less daunting Goal setting was the subject of a recent meeting I attended with Mumazing Success. We all know that we need to set goals if we have any chance of achieving them, but what is the best way of going about this? The group founder Lucy, a Professional & Personal…
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Calendar decisions – paper or electronic? At this time of year, the shops are full of calendars and diaries, with pop up shops all over the high street, And they’re busy! In this age of smartphones and computers, it is interesting to see how the paper diary and wall calender still have such a following.…
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