Technology Tools

In the next few posts that I will be making, I am planning to place a few more techno-tips in the use of common tools that would be usable for Virtual Assistants of today.
Watch out for these :)

Tool Revisit >> Need online documents and forms? Don't worry! Google it!

Featuring Google Docs and Forms to meet your online requirements!

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Graciela_Manzano_HowToUseGoogleDocForms

Tool Revisit >> Never forget to send your Bill: Featuring INTUIT

Automate, organize and send out billing invoices to your clients -- use the innovative online tool: InTuIt

Graciela_Manzano_HowToUseINTUIT

Graciela_Manzano_HowToUseINTUIT

Tool Revisit >> Need to make fun slideshow from your pictures: Use SLIDE!

Slide -- a fast (and FUN!) and easy way to snazzily share your pictures with family, friends or colleagues!

Graciela_Manzano_HowToUseSLIDE

Graciela_Manzano_HowToUseSLIDE

Tool Revisit >> Synchronize copies of files: ZumoDrive

Tired of copying your files from your desktop, laptop or mobile phone?
Fret not!
ZumoDrive to the rescue!

Graciela_Manzano_HowToUseZUMODRIVE

Graciela_Manzano_HowToUseZUMODRIVE

Tool Revisit >> Quick file sharing tool: DropIO

No need to carry that flash drive! Online file sharing available! Featuring Drop IO.

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Graciela_Manzano_HowToUseDROPIO

Other versions of my how-to presentations

For a more presentable and bigger view of my how-to presentations, please see posts to follow after this :)

There are so many technological solutions to approach any given requirement, be it for business or for personal use and thus I provide other methods of sharing my slides :)

Never forget to send your Bill: Featuring INTUIT

Automate, organize and send out billing invoices to your clients -- use the innovative online tool: InTuIt

Need to make fun slideshow from your pictures: Use SLIDE!

Slide -- a fast (and FUN!) and easy way to snazzily share your pictures with family, friends or colleagues!

Synchronize copies of files: ZumoDrive

Tired of copying your files from your desktop, laptop or mobile phone?
Fret not!
ZumoDrive to the rescue!

Need online documents and forms? Don't worry! Google it!

Featuring Google Docs and Forms to meet your online requirements!

Quick file sharing tool: DropIO

No need to carry that flash drive! Online file sharing available! Featuring Drop IO.

Tools for the VA Life

From the various available tools used around the web -- I found that the following applications and websites are very promising to be a great part of the VA life:

• DropIO
• Google Documents & Forms
• INTUIT
• Slide
• ZumoDrive 

Have a look around in later posts as I share with you how to use these tools of the trade!

What does a VA do?

Virtual Assistants, if only basing on the name, does not always mean administrative or secretarial work.
In contrast with a Freelancer, a VA is more of a business associate (or even possibly a partner) of a business client. The relationship of a client and VA is not a boss to employee; it is of a business to business partnership -- achieving the same goal of a profitable outcome (niche-dependent).

If one is seriously pursuing the VA path :) I'm inviting you to attend the next Jomar Hilario Virtual Assistant Seminar on November 29, 2010.

 Good luck!



The Wealthy Freelancer: 12 Secrets to a Great Income and an Enviable Lifestyle
Virtual Assistant, The Series: Become a Highly Successful, Sought After VA

Learn from the simplicity of life

In this fast-paced world we now live in today, we always find ourselves rushing from one point to another.
We sometimes forget the simple things in life -- or rather than forget, we neglect or simply ignore -- the small events, that we should be grateful for...

The casual showers in the early morning.

The chirping of the birds perched on the windowsill.

The cool breeze on a warm afternoon.

The lulling sounds of cicadas in the evening.

From these simple things, we learn the value time.

Rushing in and out makes you miss out on the events and celebrations in life.

Rushing does not make extra time.

Breath deeply. Think seriously.

Remember, that time is a resource in itself and cannot be stretched...

Caught up in life

Being caught up with the business (or busy-ness) of life as a a VA, an entrepreneur and  a parent can some days overwhelm you, that by the end of the day, one asks, "Where did the day go?"

Here is a simple tip, that I received from one of my learning group, Tiffany Baron (from Six Minutes To Success). It is so simple, you would wonder...

USE THE POWER OF A LIST

One must not underestimate the power of a list in managing each day (week, month and so on).

So, keep handy a small notebook or pad paper and a pen or pencil. 

If you prefer to go high-tech, use the notes function of your mobile phone or similar device -- you can even set an alarm, if you want.

Personally, I prefer the pad & paper list -- call me old school, but it gives me such a gratification when I check out, literally, placing a check-mark on, each task item that I complete.

Checking out the list, would give you such a feeling of achievement.

Remember, that the purpose of the list is to guide one to what needs to be done at a particular point in time -- put it into immediate practice and make it a habit.

Finally, a quote from Bob Proctor, Simply put, listing something does not mean accomplishing it -- you need to act "Doing at once what needs to be done, increases the probability of success."NOW with what deems important in the now. An anti-procrastination statement indeed! :)

 
 The Success Principles(TM): How to Get from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be 
Napoleon Hill's Keys to Success: The 17 Principles of Personal Achievement 
The 80/20 Principle: The Secret to Success by Achieving More with Less 
Jack Canfield's Key to Living the Law of Attraction: A Simple Guide to Creating the Life of Your Dreams 

The five tool assignment (fta)

Being a Virtual Assistant is quite a challenging career than at first anticipated; after attending the VA Seminar conducted by Jomar Hilario, I am now engaged in meeting the pre-requisites to graduate from his course.

Right now, I am working on the assignments while balancing other going-ons in life...

Virtual Assistants require one to know a lot of tools -- not just know what, but know how to use!

I have seen and tried a lot of these helpful technologies (some of which I did not even know existed before) and can say that -- human minds knows no limits!

There are a lot out there and from these tools, I picked out five that I would say I would use to maximize while in the VA career path.

• Time loggers online
• Invoice generating tools
• Screen capture tools
• Slides & photo presenters
• File sharing
  and a whole lot more...

Watch out for more updates :)

 

What is a VA?

VA stands for Virtual Assistant. A coined term to denote an internet worker providing professional services to supply various requirement of different industry clients.

Quoting my internet mentor, Jomar Hilario on the definition of a Virtual Assistant:

A Virtual Assistant (VA) is someone who is like a "freelancer" of old; with slight differences...

The definition from wikipedia is:

A virtual assistant (typically abbreviated to VA, also called a virtual office assistant) is an entrepreneur who provides professional administrative, technical, or creative (social) assistance to clients from a home office.

*PS. Will post a VA's work area here soon....


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