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Miranda Marquit

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Freelance Writer, Miranda Marquit Freelancing, LLC

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Most of my writing deals with topics of personal finance. Over the years, my work has been mentioned by WSJ Online, CNN Money and USA Today. I write for a variety of personal finance web sites, including the Personal Finance Corner at AllBusiness.com.

WEB: Personal Finance

March 2, 2011

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What are your tips for effectively working from home?

As a mother, I find that some sort of child care is essential. Does that defeat the purpose of working from home? Not necessarily. Now my son is in school, but before he was in school, I had him child care. When he was really ... more

General Management

Stay at Home Mom

Work from Home Business

Dec. 9, 2010

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Billing Best Practices: What are your 3 tips for ensuring error-free billing?

Tip #1: Reconcile your billings to a source external from your accounting or ERP system. Make sure this reconciliation is done by someone other than the person doing the billing.
Tip #2: Resolve all customer-specific billing requirements with your customers BEFORE you send them their first ... more

Accounting Practices

Dec. 9, 2010

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What were the 2-3 easiest things you did to drastically improve productivity?

1. Relegate "social media" activities to specific times of the day. I turn off notifications and avoid checking my email, except during certain periods of time designated for the task. This significantly cuts distractions while I am working.
2. Start my day with my most important ... more

General Management

Personal Productivity

Productivity Improvement

Dec. 9, 2010

Miranda Marquit and 1 other person answered this question

How have you managed the work-life balance?

I work from home, so it can be very hard to stop working and live a little! I have to schedule time to work on my personal life. I get really into my work as well, so I make it a point to schedule time ... more

General Management

Personal Productivity

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