Free Business Templates! ....A Great Resource

Hello All

I have stumbled upon a great site for business templates ...any kind of form that you need a template for ...it's there! I have scrolled through checking the different templates out and there are some great one's for a VA's use.

Here is the link: http://www.freebusinesstemplates.org/


I hope that you can find use in this site.


Have a great day!

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Sue Bickley, Secretaries Corner

When Should You Outsource To Help Your Business?

Look at Outsourcing as a wise investment to your business that will save you time and money in the long run! There are many tasks that you can outsource ...take a look at this article....http://www.instigatorblog.com/when-should-you-outsource-to-help-your-business/2007/02/02/

Organize and grow your small business.

Finally, there’s an easy way to organize and grow your small business.

 

www.contactme.com , ContactMe is a contact management and task management system that helps you get organized. It’s like having your own personal administrative assistant and ultramodern rolodex rolled into one. In addition, the ContactMe button and form grow your business by providing you with a simple and effortless way to generate more leads.

It's very user friendly, easy to do, quick and FREE to sign up.

I hope that you find this useful

Have a Great Day!

New Virtual Assistants Resources ...Most are Free!

It can take quite a bit of equipment to set up a successful and streamlined VA office - but there are many free (no overhead/investment!) resources that will help you do your job more efficiently.

Feel free to add your own suggestions too!

FAX -
eFax - We use the free version in our office to receive faxes at our own U.S. based 'fax number'. All incoming faxes are delivered to our email inbox and open easily with the free eFax reader. Also saves on paper, office space, and the cost of another phone line.


TELEPHONE -
Skype - There is no substitute for Skype - we can hold conference calls with international clients for *free*, and send files, images, and invoices during the live chat.


PROGRAMS -
Audacity - We use Audacity to help manage sound file editing, transcriptions, file conversion, and the like. Can't be beat for fast, free, easy to use sound file management.

PDF995 - This free program is absolutely a dream come true and turns literally just about *anything* into a crisp, clean PDF file. Excellent for quick press kit updates when a website has been redesigned or a client needs a more professional presentation of a document or image.

Zamzar - Convert a seemingly endless list of document, sound, video, and image files to an equally endless list of options. Finally, a free online conversion tool that practically does it all! Up to 100MB per file.

ScreenHunter - Easily take screenshots of an entire web page or just a portion. Produces perfect quality GIF images of the area you select. Great for sending design specs or illustrated instructions for program use, etc. to clients!

BLOGGING -
PHP Blog Manager - We *love* this blogging tool and is actually our own in-house program. Free, flexible, and fully customizable - it allows us to fully integrate a blog into even the most intricate website design without losing the look and feel of the existing site. Also features a user chat room so that blogs shared by more than one editor also function as a virtual meeting room or classroom!

CALENDARS and REMINDERS -
Yahoo! Calendars - Our top pick for an easy to use reminder service. True, as VA's we've got to remember dates, deadlines and times with ease, but when you've got something that doesn't need your immediate attention but you want to be reminded of it's importance a few weeks later, simply set up a reminder in the calendar with the relative details and set it to email the events right into your email inbox. Also great for setting recurring events like client birthdays and anniversaries!

EMAIL -
When you're out of office and don't have the Blackberry or wireless handy, Mail2Web is the fastest way to log in to *any* email account to check for new messages. Simply enter your email address and relative password and you're in. Also deletes old emails from the server for those surprise emergency inbox overflows.

TIMETRACKING -
Syntap Time Tracker - a free, downloadable, open source time tracking software (recommended by t_subra, resident VA/forum poster )

Introductions are in order

Hello and Welcome to Secretaries Corner!

First, I would like to start off by telling you a little bit about myself. My name is Suellen ( ex. JR and Suellen from Dallas, or Suellen from Don't tell Mom the babysitter is dead, but spelled as one word.), but feel free to call me Sue. :) I am a Mom of four boys, Zach 14, My twins Ethan and Austin 13, and my youngest Cristain 7 they keep me on my toes that's for sure! We are originally from Virginia Beach, Virginia but moved to Hertford, North Carolina three years ago. We love it here and enjoy the quite country life. I started Secretaries Corner in 2006, the main reason so that I could work and be home with my boys, and it has worked out very well.

Secretaries Corner is a Virtual Assisting business specializing in General Administration, taking care of many of your office support tasks such as answering phones, scheduling appointments,scheduling job materials to be delivered, update customer data, light accounting in Quick Books, faxing, light data entry, and typing to name a few. Secretaries Corner is there to assist you with the tedious, everyday tasks that you just don't have time for, or don't like doing allowing you to concentrate on more important things.

I am new to "blogging" and will do my best to provide you all with not only information about our services but articles with great information to explain what a Virtual Assistant is and how hiring a Virtual Assistant can help you and your business. Also, I will put up some great tips and sources for others interested in becoming a Virtual Assistant.

So stop by say Hello, and let's Connect at the Corner!

~ Sue

Virtual Assistant ~ Administrative Support