Why You Should Invest in a Virtual Assistant
You get what you pay for. Sometimes it’s worth it to invest in a Virtual Assistant so that you can benefit by having less stress and not worrying about the administrative side of your business.
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4 Business Lessons from the Patriots Two Playoff Games
[Warning: this post is written by an extremely biased Patriots fan] Talk about underinflated balls all you want, haters. The New England Patriots are still going to the Superbowl and are one of the best teams out there. While watching the past two Patriots games, I believe the Patriots won those games due to their […]
5 Tips on Keeping Your New Year’s Resolutions
Don’t go to the gym right now. It’s horrible. If you are a consistent gym goer like myself, you know what I mean. You are all of a sudden confronted with an influx of people at your gym (read this great gympocalyspe article). You won’t get your favorite machine because someone is using it (slowly) […]
Why the Holiday Season Begins in August
Think the holidays don’t start until November? Wrong. You should actually begin planning for them in August.
3 Lessons Learned From My Worst Prospect Call (and one bonus lesson)
I hung up the phone and looked at the length of time that was flashing on my screen: 8 minutes and 42 seconds. With that time, I can now deduce two things – either the sales call with the prospect went really well and they wanted to start working with me right away, or the […]
The 5 Best Apps to Stop You From Wasting Time
Think you are a master of organization and you’re super productive? Think again. I’m a Type A pro, with to-do lists and organization wired into my personality and brain. But there are times when I get really distracted by instagram, Twitter, or – the biggest time waster for me – Pinterest. The worst is that […]
R.I.P Twitter? Facebookizing Twitter
Two weeks ago, an internet frenzy went up due to Twitter’s CFO mentioning that Twitter could soon have an algorithm based feed introduced, similar to what you might see on Facebook. The reason for doing this? To “improve the relevance for users.” Or, as many have speculated, to appease Wall Street and their demand to […]
7 Lessons to Learn from the Market Basket Feud
As Market Basket cousins continue their war, now is a good time to look back and see what business lessons we can learn.
The Beginner’s Guide to an Executive Assistant & Administrative Assistant
I can’t even count how many times throughout my career that I have received questions on what the difference is between an Executive Assistant (EA) and an Administrative Assistant (AA). The answer differs for a lot of people in the field, but I thought I would provide my points of view on the two branches […]
It’s All About the Benjamins, Baby
Or is it? I know our media tells us everyday that money is the most important thing for your life. After all, they wants us to believe that money will buy us friends, nice cars, a big house, and even love. We want our business to make money, right? Even if we love what we do […]