Kristin Simpson
Resources
There’s a lot of technology needed to run a small business smoothly and efficiently these days. The good news is that there are a lot of choices and most of them are remarkably inexpensive.
These are the tools I’ve come to rely on and recommend, based on first-hand, in-the-trenches experience.
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I am a woman with a lot of passwords – my passwords, my clients’ passwords. When LastPass is installed, it tracks your passwords as you log in to online accounts and stores and categorizes them.
Asana holds all my important project information, to do lists, and helps me track due dates so I can move at the speed of light and never miss a deadline.
All my newsletters and those I manage for clients are done on the Mail Chimp platform. If you want a high quality, easy-to-use tool for your own e-mail marketing, this is it.
With Dropbox, you can create folders on your hard drive that not only allows you to share files with other Dropbox users, but you can access your folders from any computer, tablet or phone.
Zoom is a fabulous application when you need to share computer screens, whether it’s yours or someone else’s.
If you’re in a business where you need to track your time – check out Toggl. I can track billable and non-billable hours, different rates per client or project and keep all the details straight no matter where I am.
iStock - What a great resource! For a few dollars each, you can buy the rights to download from among hundreds of thousands of photos/illustrations. Great for newsletters, web sites and PowerPoint presentations!
Interested in becoming a Virtual Assistant?
So if you’ve been dreaming of having the freedom to make your own schedule...
Then you might already know that becoming a Virtual Assistant
is a GREAT way to do just that!
Doing work you love for clients who appreciate you and are willing to pay your prices because they realize the value of what you do...
Not to mention the safety, security, and freedom that comes from knowing that you’re making a great income…
Feeling confident and fulfilled about your business and being excited to talk about what you do every day…
