Archive for the 'Virtual Assistant Training' Category

Does Your Email Manage YOU?

Wednesday, March 21st, 2007

You hear that familiar sound, you go tearing through the house as fast as you can and about break your neck tripping over Johnny and his pile of toys on your way to your computer. You know who you are…the compulsive email checker. When you get there, what do you find? Yet another junk e-mail. […]

Preventing Interruptions

Monday, March 19th, 2007

Last week, I had seemingly accomplished very little even tho’ I had spent the better part of 16 hours at my desk. Why you ask? In one simple word-interruptions. Unless you live in total isolation you are going to deal with interuptions of one sort or another during your day. This is true for all of […]

Information Overload: Is it helping us or hurting us?

Monday, March 19th, 2007

With the proliferation of available information, it’s almost as if we know about something before it even happens. Ok, that’s an exaggeration but the speed at which we receive the latest news, it’s not that far off the mark.
Seriously though, consider the information and communication technology we have available to us every minute of every […]

Update Your Outlook Calendar for Daylight Savings Time!

Wednesday, February 28th, 2007

Starting this year, daylight savings time will begin three weeks earlier and end one week later than usual. This can have an adverse effect on your Microsoft calendaring system. It will be off by one hour if you don’t ensure the fix is in place. You can find out more information about the update to fix […]

A couple of great links

Sunday, February 25th, 2007

I have another cool link to share called Giveaway of the Day.

Every day, they offer different software to download for free. All of the software is legal and licensed. I’ve picked up some useful programs this way and of course, I love that FREE idea!
If you’re interested in search engine optimization, a website with a […]

Search Engine Optimization (SEO): A Checklist To Create A Search Engine Friendly Website

Wednesday, February 21st, 2007

Meta Tags - Titles, Keywords and Descriptions:
Page Titles

Create unique titles for each page on your site.
Your title should be no more than 5 - 10 words in length.
Use at least one of your main keywords within the text of each page title.
Remember: Page titles are important not only to search engines but will also be […]

Thinking of Vista? Think again…

Tuesday, February 20th, 2007

I had a meltdown about a week and a half ago when I replaced my laptop’s keyboard using Gateway’s “easy” instructions and damaged a ribbon cable on another part in the process. You guessed it, my backups weren’t up to date. (Shame, shame!) Well, I dropped it off to my trusted tech fellow and he […]

ToDoList - Cool Little Project Management Program

Monday, February 19th, 2007

Here’s another great little free program I learned of recently through a listserv that I belong to. It’s called ToDoList. Check it out at http://www.abstractspoon.com/.
Cheers,
Pam

Organize Electronic Files and Folders

Saturday, February 17th, 2007

I tripped across this neat little program, love it and thought I’d share. It’s called Folder Marker and it allows you to easily change your folder icon or colour. There is a free version available.
Enjoy!
Pam