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Twitter Basics: Getting the Most Out of Your Twitter Experience

Carol — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 16:27:45 +0000

When used successfully, Twitter can be a powerful tool for connecting with current and potential clients. It is also a great way to showcase your knowledge and position yourself as an expert in your field. In this article you will find ideas to help you get the most

Voicemail Greetings that Make an Impact

Carol — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:17:09 +0000

I confess. I’ve never given my voicemail greeting a second thought. Sure, I “personalized” my message with the standard greeting: “Hi, this is Carol, I can’t come to the phone right now…” but that was it.

It hadn’t occured to me that a truly personalized greeting could make much of an

Techno Thursday: Tiny, Snip and Bud URLS

Carol — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 22:07:38 +0000

For those of you familiar with Twitter, know that your posts are limited to 140 characters. When you post a link on Twitter, the last thing you want to do is waste characters on URL lengths. Although Twitter does make the URLs tiny for you, it’s a good idea to

Let’s Connect on Twitter!

Carol — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 14:26:28 +0000

Yesterday I took the plunge and signed up for the social networking site Twitter! I’ve only spent a short time checking it out and finding people to follow and already I’m addicted!

I can’t wait to meet and connect with interesting people, so if you are on Twitter let me know so we can follow

Microsoft Office 2007 eBook

Carol — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 15:42:23 +0000

One of my AssistU colleagues, Rob Neilly, recently launched an ebook called Making the Switch to Microsoft® Office 2007. As soon as I saw his notice on the AssistU community forum, I knew I wanted to buy it.

So, I bought a copy, saved it and promptly printed out a hard

Techno Thursday: Flash Drives

Carol — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 14:39:26 +0000

I love my 8GB PNY flash drive. Before I got my Dell Inspiron 1501, the flash drive was my constant companion. Although I don’t use it as often now, it still comes in handy often enough. And, It was a life saver when my computer crashed a few weeks back.

What

Watch Out for Those Botnets!

Carol — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 20:49:01 +0000

Take a look at this article that of my AssistU Colleagues, Desiree Greenlee-Powell, shared with the community. Scary stuff, that.

Techno Thursday: Backing up Your Files

Carol — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 11:18:11 +0000

When my computer crashed last week, I was keenly reminded of the importance of backing up my computer. Fortunately, I have an online back-up service through Dell (Dell DataSafe). Unfortunately, when I was backing up my files to prepare for the PC restore, there was a problem with DataSafe, so

The Results are in

Carol — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 12:14:33 +0000

The results of the Virtual Assistant Chamber of Commerce’s 2008 survey is in! If you participated in the survey you should get an email with a link to the free results. If you didn’t participate in the survey then you can get a copy here (for a price).

The results look

Techno Thursday: Time Tracking

Carol — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 11:46:58 +0000

In keeping with the time management theme, I want to talk about one of my most useful business tools: time tracking software.

I remember reading on a Virtual Assistant web site once that she does not use time tracking software. That boggles my mind. Why? Because it is essential to keep