Xmas Tip No 22

When you can’t do it all yourself Has this been a good year for you?  Have you been busier than ever?  Is your small business, run from home, not so small anymore?  Are your administrative tasks falling behind?  If I sound like an advertisement for a Virtual Assistant there is a reason. If you answered [...]

Xmas Tip No 21

Event Planning for the PA My first experience in Event Planning came by way of accident.  I was working in the National Bank in Darwin and found myself performing a ‘mixed bag’ type of job for the Management team.  I had reduced my hours in order to complete my degree and whilst I was still [...]

Xmas Tip No 20

DETOX These days the word, Detox is commonly associated with radical ways to lose weight quickly, which is why I have previously steered clear of the concept.  However I also cannot stand feeling bloated, sluggish and tired regardless of what I seem to do for myself and as the owner/operator of a small business and [...]

Xmas Tip No 19

If you have events in this last week before Christmas and you are living in Australia, give your guests comfort a little additional consideration. As you know this is party season, so it is likely that many of the guests at your events will be attending a number of events, lunches and dinners over this [...]

Xmas Tip No 18

Make exercise your habit. According to the latest research it takes 66 days to form a habit.  If you are like me and Summer is your slow season you will have at least 1/3 of that amount of time on your hands – to work on forming a new habit.  So, rather than waiting for [...]

Xmas Tip No 17

Remember your suppliers. When you are an Event Planner your success has a lot to do with how good your suppliers are and how strong your relationship with them is.  You want suppliers who are experts at what they do and also ones that will bend over backwards for you.  Building that type of relationship [...]

Xmas Tip No 16

Working Wardrobe Update. Christmas means Christmas Sales and possibly some Christmas cash from family, so why not take advantage of both and invest in some new pieces for your working wardrobe.  But a word of caution – before launching yourself into the craziness of the sales, spend some time sorting through your wardrobe in order [...]

Xmas Tip No 15

Xmas is the time to squander some time and have some fun, so why not spend some of that downtime looking for new tools for your business. We live in the age of technology and it is hard to keep up with all the technology out there, but it is essential that keep up with [...]

Xmas Tip No 14

Speaking of New Years Resolutions, and I know we haven’t even had Xmas yet, but have you thought about trying to schedule your time more efficiently as you go into the New Year. How many of us are guilty of being sidetracked all the time by emails that drop into our Inbox that look interesting, [...]

Xmas Tip No 13

Yesterday we talked about giving your office a creative make over and today I want to talk to you about giving your marketing a make over. The start of the year is the time when traditionally everyone makes their New Years Resolutions, some more achievable than others, and this is the time in business when [...]

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