Business Quick Tips Newsletter May 2013 Vol 11 No#77

1. Communication – Ensure Office Memos Get Proper Attention

A lovely strategy to use companywide, is to institute a policy of prefacing interoffice memos with 3 different acronyms.  FYI – for your information. FYA – for your action. UA – Urgent attention.

As a subscriber, you would have read about Rules – your personal inbox P.A. Everyone can make three  (FYI FYA UA) folders and then have Rules (Filters in Gmail) put them in when they see those letters on incoming subject lines. The FYA,UA can then get immediate attention.

See how to do it here. http://youtu.be/jLGLdp99oNU
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2. Email – Outlook Gmail Comparison

Do you use both Gmail and Outlook? Do you wish you knew the equivalent shortcuts and tricks in Gmail? If you missed my comparison in January, Here it is online (13 pages), Gmail comparison.
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3. Special May/June

Book an in-house staff training session during these months and get a corresponding book for each member complimentarily. Examples of training offered:

• Conquer Email Overload
• Database Marketing
• Effective Communication
• Create A Great Customer Experience
• Professional Online Communications – the how to
• Winning Proposals
• Powerful Persuasive Conversations, Proposals, Presentations
• Prospering in Today’s Unwired World

Email Debbie for more information

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4. Time Management – Sort of

If you like yoghurt but not the cost, I’d like to share such an easy trick with you. If you have one of those insulated yoghurt makers, you don’t need to buy the packaged mixes.

Simply save 2-3 Tablespoons of live cultures from a batch. To make your new litre of yoghurt, mix ¾ cup of milk powder (skim or regular) with the culture. I add 1.5 tablespoons of sugar and a teaspoon of vanilla essence. Mix with the water in the container and then put with the boiled water bath in the maker. 12 hours later you’ve got your lovely, inexpensive yoghurt. The more of the live culture you add – such as 3-4 tablespoons, the firmer your yoghurt will be.

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5.  Sales Tip

Make your To Do / Tasks function your best friend. Instead of flagging emails to follow up on later, and have them piling up in your inbox and subconsciously weighing on your mind, instead drag and drop the emails into tasks (or copy and paste on your phone) and set a task for the appropriate date. Delete the email in your inbox and when the time comes, you’ll be notified to follow up. In the interim, you can simply forget about it with confidence.

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Where’s Debbie?

email Debbie for a quote on conference, meeting or training presentations

Date 2013	Event	Location
20-22 September	Childcare Queensland Conference	Gold Coast Australia
21-22 August	Australian Meals On Wheels Conference	Canberra Australia
13 August	NZ Cold Storage	Wellington
28 July	Women's Expo	Auckland
25-27 July	Assoc. Consulting Engineers NZ Conference	Tauranga
15-21 June	West Palm Beach / Miami Florida	USA
8-14 June	The Americas Incentive, Business Travel & Meetings Exhibition	Chicago USA
24 May	Occupational Nurses	Auckland
23 May	Leading Property Managers NZ Conference	Auckland
17 May	Travel Managers Conference	Wellington
8-11 May	Interclean Sales Conference	Sydney Australia

 

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