Hi Karen,
Thanks for your fantastic recent creation, My Beechworth Secretary “Business Tools”.
With life being so busy for most of us, these tools are not only invaluable for the office, they’re also of great assistance in all aspects of our life.
I especially like the sheet –Great Ideas – it not only reflects your terrifically positive attitude, it’s also motivating for us!
So to those of you who haven’t discovered these Tools, visit Karen’s My Beechworth Secretary website and print off plenty copies for not only yourself, but share them around with family and friends, and keep them handy for your everyday use.
Diana Leggat
Marketing, La Trobe at Beechworth
www.latrobeatbeechworth.com.au
Autumn 2008
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“Karen has been doing my customer database for me, and I received it back last week from her. It is fantastic!!! Every customer is listed with the products they purchased and the host’s name. If she has been to more than one party, that host is cross-referenced too. It is done in our company colours which makes it stand out and look stylish. Well done. I showed it to Viva-Aroma’s owner and he decided that it was great and is now getting Karen to set up the company database. Thanks!!!
Simone Hudson
Viva-Aroma Consultant
03 97231156
simone.hudson77@optusnet.com.au
Summer 2007/08
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Hi Karen
Just a note to thank you for your efforts in helping us with our Tshirts, it is good to know we can hand all our ideas across to you and it is done promptly and efficiently and with no problems at all. Thanks again.
Cheryl Bartold
Secretary
Beechworth Football Netball Club
Spring 2007
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“I had extreme time frames while working towards the opening of an exhibition recently. I required pages of telephone numbers, addresses and rather scrappy diary notes to be deciphered and created into a data base.
With confidence and efficiency, My Beechworth Secretary transformed this information into a comprehensive format for me to use … and met the deadlines!
Thanks again Karen”
Dianna Orton, Artist
Myrtleford
www.diannaorton.com.au
Winter 2007
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“I am very pleased with Karen’s service and the work she produced for me. Very friendly, knowledgeable and supportive. I will be using this service again.
And I won’t hesitate to ask advice from Karen, great resource.”
Jodie Scholz
Beechworth
Winter 2007
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“Thank you Karen, you have taken a huge weight off my shoulders by being there to help with my book work. Now I am able to send everything off to my accountant without any worries. Without your help I would have a lot more stress which I don’t need!
I have found you to be very prompt and reliable and there when needed. Always helpful and professional and prepared to go that extra mile to help.
Thanks, Karen for being very committed to giving personal service which is very rare these days.
Maria Kraus
Newtown Park Motel, Beechworth
www.newtownparkmotel.com.au
Autumn 2007
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Hallelujah for Karen and Michelle!
has rapidly become indispensable to my Beechworth life. You see, I am an eccentric author who still chooses to work on a 1944 Royal typewriter. The girls have…
- Deciphered my latest reworked and scribbled-over typescript manuscript and put it on a disc.
- They have taken the rather sloppy disc of an earlier book and brought it in line with the original edited manuscript, producing a thoroughly accurate and professional version ready for submission to a publisher.
- They dispatch and receive my occasional emails.
- They produce all my business snail mail, to the amazement of my correspondents who have long been used to my ratty-looking letters.
- And all this is achieved promptly and accurately with a total lack of drama and a lot of good humour.
- As I said, is indispensable . What more can I say? Except thanks!”
Ian Jones
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“To dear Karen and Michelle,
I would like to say a huge thankyou for the fantastic newsletters. I love reading them and get so inspired to carry out tasks whether its in the home or office’ Thankyou!
Wishing you both a very merry Christmas and a wonderful new year, Kind Regards,”
Lindy Smith-Allen
Indigo Gourmet Gift Boxes
indigogiftboxes@iprimus.com.au
Summer 2006
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“Dear Karen,
I would just like to thank you for the work you did in putting together my CV. The format that you gave me made it easy for me to put all of my experiences into an ordered and easily readable layout. I am really pleased with the finished product and think it will provide me with an excellent resource to gain employment.
I also appreciated the extra assistance you gave me to put together my first job application.”
Rowan Mott
Wooragee - Summer 2006
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“I am an Independent Consultant with Nutrimetics and have a large data base of consultants to communicate with. Thanks to Karen, who has created a wonderful informative newsletter to go out to my girls on a regular basis, we have injected new life into the group. Karen has incredible patience and excellent skills to know exactly what I need and where I should be going....she has a long challenging road ahead yet to get me organised, but she has the confidence that we will achieve our goals...she has taken a great workload off my shoulders in just a few months, I am looking forward to a long association with Karen in "Getting Organised”!!!”
Annette Flegeltaub,
Independent Consultant - Albury
annielorrie@tpg.com.au
(02) 60411010
Spring 2006
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I really want to thank you for the assistance you have given me to date. Your professionalism and humour have made my "going back to school" so much easier. I have appreciated your calmness and patience, in my endeavours to update forgotten computer skills. I regularly set aside time to practice implementing the things you have instructed me on so far and I look forward to continuing with my "lessons" in the near future. Your services came highly recommended and the recommendation is obviously well deserved.
Again, thank you.
Carol Bush
Wangaratta - Autumn 2006
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I need a manager …
Being the owner of Copy dot Com and a web design and a database programming business, I’m flat out just managing the day to day business. There is no time or energy left to follow new business ideas up, and I have a never ending supply of them.
Reading Karen’s Newsletter, another brilliant idea was born; ‘How about hiring a part-time manager – Job description: Get NE Link up and running, deal with our staff members – get them organised, do what ever …. “I Don’t Wanna Know…!” ’
Magic happens – ‘secret meetings’, total visual redesign of the website, letters to all businesses, Radio ads, Alec working feverishly to meet set deadlines. Gee, what’s going on?
So I asked some questions and the answers always came back with “Karen reckons….” , “Karen this, Karen that…”
She always has the right answer and solution to everything.
Wow – it works, nobody needs me - GREAT
To make a long story short, www.nelink.com.au is now up and running – Thank you Karen!
Harald Borchard
www.beechworthit.com.au
Autumn 2006
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“We have had the absolute pleasure of knowing Karen Nankervis, who in a very short period of time, has assisted us greatly with all facets of bookkeeping within our business. We would highly recommend Karen to any business."
Michael & Anne Breen
Beechworth Gas - Crawford St - (03) 57281884
Summer 2005/06
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Dear Karen,
I am writing to you, to thank you for your kind and brilliant service. Your prompt service and meeting the needs I required for all of my brochures, business cards and stationary are outstanding. They show to be effective in presentation at a cost effective price, great job. I have no hesitation in recommending your services to future potential clients. Keep up the good work.
Kind Regards
Toni B. Atkins - Reflexologist
Reflective Soles
44 Ford St Beechworth. 03-57281045
Spring 2005
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Dear Karen,
Just a short note to thank you for all the hard work and thought that went into creating our Finches’ data base. Out of chaos came order and clarity, also a most efficient system that Peter and I can use with ease and competency. We have been able to draw on your ideas to increase business and to learn even more about our valuable customers. We would be happy to recommend you at any time as we felt that your knowledge of secretarial requirements and on top of that your efficiency and enthusiasm for our needs were great assets.
Thank you most sincerely
Carole and Peter O’Neill
Finches of Beechworth, (03) 5728 2655
www.beechworth.com/finches/
Winter 2005
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Karen was asked to assist us in developing a simple but efficient database to allow easy access to our customer records and contact procedures. With only 8 hours work she not only developed the database system but also input our three years of existing records and trained two of our staff for ongoing operation! We really appreciate the very efficient and professional manner in which Karen operates her business.
Nick Henry - Principal
The Ardent Alpaca, Camp St, Beechworth
www.ardentalpaca.com.au
(03) 57282205
Autumn 2005
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“I have had my own business for two years and just before Christmas 2004, my business started to grow and become more and more demanding. I needed to look at my business with fresh eyes if I wanted to become more successful and to continue to grow personally. I am an ideas person but I’m not organized. Karen was very helpful and used her fantastic problem solving skills to come up with prompt solutions that helped me develop my business on a more expert level. Her professionalism and advice was inspirational to me. She also motivated me to be myself and gave me design options that worked with my personality. She always goes the extra mile in supporting and encouraging me and I now ask her to run courses within my business to strengthen the skills of my team. I can now say that we are all flowing in the right direction, thanks to Karen.”
Celeste & Paul Iannotta
By Celeste - Natural Skincare - 493 Swift St, Albury
celeste@byceleste.com.au
(02) 60234994
Autumn 2005
