I have worked with countless business executives who keep track of things by making list after list, scribbling on scraps of paper and shoving them in their pockets. At meetings they start pulling out notes or reference the backs of file folders, post-its and even envelopes. How often I have heard them exclaim, "I know I wrote it down somewhere!"
The system I use is the Master Journal, a hand written notebook. You can keep this list on your electronic devices but, I find that the notebook is more versatile and then can be transferred to your smart phones and computers.
A great Master Journal can be used to look back on any information jotted down during meetings and phone calls. Small, but important details that may escape your memory today but can easily be confirmed by thumbing back through these pages.
* Make items easier to find by marking important notes with an asterisk, use arrows to show relations, or draw borders around after thoughts. Use your imagination!
* Write the date at the top of each page.
* Regularly transfer important information into an electronic calendar, phone, or computer.
* Get in the habit of writing down details as they happen: contact information; project descriptions; delivery dates; and who said what, when and where.
The beauty of this system is: as a Virtual Assistant, once you introduce it to your client they will be able to scan their pages over to you and in turn, you will be able to organize everything according to the agreed specifications.
The system I use is the Master Journal, a hand written notebook. You can keep this list on your electronic devices but, I find that the notebook is more versatile and then can be transferred to your smart phones and computers.
A great Master Journal can be used to look back on any information jotted down during meetings and phone calls. Small, but important details that may escape your memory today but can easily be confirmed by thumbing back through these pages.
* Make items easier to find by marking important notes with an asterisk, use arrows to show relations, or draw borders around after thoughts. Use your imagination!
* Write the date at the top of each page.
* Regularly transfer important information into an electronic calendar, phone, or computer.
* Get in the habit of writing down details as they happen: contact information; project descriptions; delivery dates; and who said what, when and where.
The beauty of this system is: as a Virtual Assistant, once you introduce it to your client they will be able to scan their pages over to you and in turn, you will be able to organize everything according to the agreed specifications.
New Years Day is the Official Launch of Wendy-Works VA
Posted 12-26-2010 at 12:13 PM by Wendy-Works
As the new year approaches the beginning of my new virtual assistant business has become a reality and not just a hope and a prayer. The excitement is building.
I have already learned a lot from this forum and my stacks of bought and borrowed books and community programs. I think one of the most important lessons has been that I can't do everything myself.
Outsourcing is the foundation of my business, so I realize what a treasure it is to be able to use these virtual companies to help build a strong business. Without, logo makers, business card craters, webinars, online schooling and more, it wouldn't be possible to get this far, this fast.
I am in a state of appreciation for being able to access and use all the itools that exist out there for me and for being able to become a part of it all by building my own virtual business.
With fingers crossed, I await 1/1/11
I have already learned a lot from this forum and my stacks of bought and borrowed books and community programs. I think one of the most important lessons has been that I can't do everything myself.
Outsourcing is the foundation of my business, so I realize what a treasure it is to be able to use these virtual companies to help build a strong business. Without, logo makers, business card craters, webinars, online schooling and more, it wouldn't be possible to get this far, this fast.
I am in a state of appreciation for being able to access and use all the itools that exist out there for me and for being able to become a part of it all by building my own virtual business.
With fingers crossed, I await 1/1/11
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