Posted by Maggie Langley on Thursday, September 6, 2012,
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Attention Estate Agents:
Do you want to learn to be a Estate Agent that your customers love?
I wanted to get you thinking about the frustration your customers feel when they hear a voice mail message.
I am speaking from personal experience as a consumer here, your prospects and customers will be more patient if they get to speak to a real person when they leave a message.
What do your customers think of you?
I am an American business owner who has bought and sold two properties since living... Continue reading ...
Posted by Maggie Langley on Sunday, June 24, 2012,
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This video shows you how to add an email signature to Outlook. It shows you how to include your contact information, your company logo which clicks through to your website and clickable Social Media icons. Continue reading ...
Posted by Maggie Langley on Wednesday, June 13, 2012,
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TED is a non-profit dedicated to ideas worth sharing. If you haven't watched a TED video before get yourself over to their website and watch some of their videos after reading the rest of my blog.
How to avoid the speaker's worst nightmare If you have ever delivered a speech or a presentation, you'll know that it can be a bit nerve racking. Unfortunately, most unexpected events during a presentation aren't as colourful or interesting for the speaker or the audience, as in this TED video.
Posted by Maggie Langley on Sunday, March 11, 2012,
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Do you have to manually back up your documents? Have you ever accidentally forgotten to save a document with a different name, overwriting the old version you also needed to keep?
If you you answered yes to either of these questions, stop messing about and sign up for a free Sugarsync account. You get 5GB of online storage for free!
If you're a Mac user, you may be used to Dropbox. Sugarsync has some great extra features.
Share folders - sync with your other computers team members. (You won't ...
Posted by Maggie Langley on Friday, February 17, 2012,
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Interruptions are the enemy of productivity. Email is our to do list's most persistent rival, however this is followed closely by our telephones and mobile phones.
Are you disciplined enough to not answer the phone when you are focussed on a task? Do you stop what you're doing, every time your phone rings?
True, your phone calls are important. A new lead might be interested in buying your product or service. People don't like leaving voice mail messages, especially when they're still at the f... Continue reading ...
Posted by Maggie Langley on Wednesday, August 10, 2011,
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Laptop meltdown - Sugarsync to the rescue! On Sunday, my laptop wouldn't turn on. After a bit of nail biting, swearing and disbelief, I finally accepted it wasn't going to come back to life. Tragic loss. We had become so close.
Fortunately, for me, all of my business related files were backed up with Sugarsync.
I highly recommend you get Sugarsync. It allows me to easily share folders with my clients. I have had both a laptop PC and Mac. I can work on either computer anytime and access all ... Continue reading ...
We live in a fast paced world. As business owners, we don’t
want to wait to get our contracts or important documents signed. As consumers,
we expect signup processes to be quick and easy. The perfect solution is EchoSign
Electronic signatures by email is the fax machine of the 21st Century.
Previously, it was standard to hand a copy of a
document to a potential client in person during a meeting or send it in the
post. The glorious fax machine once...
Posted by Maggie Langley on Sunday, January 16, 2011,
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There may be several reasons why you need to be logged into two Skype accounts.
It is possible to open two instances of Skype by clicking 'Shift + Right Click' and choosing 'Run as'. This should allow you to log into to accounts, however my computer decided it only wanted to allow it to work some of the time.
American ex-pat living in England with hubby & hounds. Love helping businesses to get organised and offload those time consuming tasks that my Virtual Assistants do efficiently.
American ex-pat living in England with hubby & hounds. Love helping businesses to get organised and offload those time consuming tasks that my Virtual Assistants do efficiently.
