Archive for 2005

Are you cut out to be a Virtual Assistant, here’s what the folks at AssistU.com believe is a basic self-inventory (it’s my innterpreation at least):

1. Great Administrative Skills
2. Previous support experience is a plus if not a must
3. The ability to translate those support skills to finding and serving clients (as opposed to being a […]

Tonya Thomas operates http://www.smallofficeassistant.com/ to promote her “virtual assistant” business.
Laid off from her job due to a merger she chose the self-employment route to use her skills in the most effective manner.
Depending on the job, Virtual Assistants charge $15 to $35 per hour or may charge on a “per job” basis .
A savvy marketer, […]

From Home Business Magazine
Chalk it up to maternal instinct. Or, maybe they really do have eyes in the back of their heads. No matter how you explain it, moms seem to have an uncanny knack for extracting the truth out of people, sensing potentially-dangerous situations, and even finding that missing sock lurking behind the […]

Dane posted this yesterday just when “it” happened.
My wife was busting her fingers against the keyboard typing her brains out on a project when she got “the call”.
It was her mom wanting her to make a quick dash for some prune juice because another family member wasn’t making any quick dashes at all.
I kid you […]

Visit Jeannette Fisher at WorryFreeCredit’s December issue for a free ebook on turning your credit into a wealth building tool.
Get rid of your credit worries forever. Lean how to make money with your credit. Turn your credit into a tool instead of a burden. This ebook includes expanded “Credit Tips for Mortgage Financing” […]

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Contemplating your own version of “Welcome Wagon”?
You’ll need to know who the new homeowners or new residents are in the area you serve.
Sometimes those lists are costly enough that they eat the profit right out of your idea!
That’s no problem when the list is free… or just the price of a library card.
Marcia Yudkin […]

Here’s an idea you may want to try if you’re looking for a product to sell.
Surf through ScriptLance.com, elance.com or other places where programmers bid on jobs.
You can often find software projects that make you go “Wow, I’d love to have that!”
You may want it for yourself, to sell a service to others, or […]

As part of my monthly county leadership training, today’s study (and the reason for the late posts) was a seminar based on the 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey.
It was very thought provoking and - I felt - very applicable to people trying to decide about making the jump from their […]

If you believe patronizing anybody but Bill Gates is something of a patriotic duty, you’ll love this open source software bonanza.
At the site that’s available to the public, TelligenceTech.com, you’d pay $45.
At this special page you pay $14.00 plus shipping ($2.50 in US)
Here’s what you get…
Office & Productivity
OpenOffice.org
AbiWord
PDFCreator
Gantt Project
Open Workbench
Utilities
7-Zip
Eraser
KeePass
Screen Magnifier
Gourmet Recipe Manager
Internet Applications
Firefox
Thunderbird
Gaim
Nvu
POPfile
PopTray
SpyBot […]