Oct 11, 2018 | Office Memo
I keep my cookbooks in the cupboard above my fridge. It’s a place overflowing with printouts and binders and cookbooks with notched and folded pages. All my favourites have notes and jotted remarks all over the margins, too. My cooking is for pleasure and sustenance,...
Sep 27, 2018 | Office Memo
It doesn’t take much to unnecessarily bog down your writing. You know the feeling—you’re practically erupting with passion about something and want to say everything about it to anyone who will listen. Well-written copy can make or break it with your audience, and...
Sep 16, 2018 | Office Memo
Raise your hand if, when you read a business book, you immediately do the exercise at the end of the chapter. If your hand is still on the mouse because you don’t immediately do the exercises in a business book, I’m with you. Marketing shouldn’t be an act of force;...
May 31, 2018 | Office Memo
In one of my first ‘online jobs’, I worked for a Virtual Assistant agency within a team of subcontractors. Our group addressed each client’s needs based on our individual strengths and skill sets. One of my previous co-workers connected with me on LinkedIn. I was...
Jan 31, 2018 | Office Memo
I often lump ‘Pinterest’ in with my social media management tasks. I post to the platform, just like I do my Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter, after all. And I use a scheduler – Tailwind. In reality, though, Pinterest is a search engine like Google or Bing....
Dec 28, 2017 | Office Memo
I remember the year my elementary school put on an operetta, Alice in Wonderland. I desperately wanted to play a part. Like every little hopeful in the room, I was determined to be centre stage. I read for Alice amidst a crowd of eager young actresses. There were a...
