Hey, this is a Jott message going to my blog so, this is a great way to do this if it works. This is just a test. Bye. listen

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The above blog post was a voice message from my mobile phone, sent to Jott, transcribed by Jott, and posted by Jott to my blog. Wow! I’m thinking this is a great way to easily post something new to your blog through your mobile phone…without having to type! Speech to text, baby! That’s what I’m talkin’ about. Setting it up in Jott was very easy. I have the Jott phone number in my mobile phone speed dial, too.

Here was the process:

1. Press 4 on my mobile phone
2. Tell Jott “Wordpress blog” (that’s the name I gave my blog in Jott)
3. Jott confirms
4. Speak my message that I want to post. (You only have a maximum of 30 seconds, so it can’t be a long post. It helps if you know in advance what you’re going to say, like a script)
5. Stop talking and Jott confirms that you’re done.
6. Hang up.

Doesn’t get any easier than that

Happy blogging!

Andrea

www.virtualassist.net

E-Learning Center for affordable on-demand video tutorials on Outlook, SharePoint, and so much more.

Facebook! LinkedIn! Social Bookmarking! Blogs! Podcasting! AAARRRGGG!

Are you feeling the pressure of not being able to fit social marketing into your schedule? We’ve built a program just for you!

This course has been specifically designed for those that are already stretched on time, but still want to use social marketing sites and strategies to build and market their business. Sound like anyone you
know??

With this email-delivered program, you can create a complete social marketing strategy with limited amounts of time to devote to its growth. Juggling everything may seem daunting, but with a regular
schedule, you’ll be able to maximize your efforts with less time than you think.

Who this program is perfect for:
• -those that believe they are too busy to fit social marketing into their schedule.
• -those that are overwhelmed by all they read that they SHOULD be doing.
• -those that can commit to spending 15 to 30 minutes a day to tend to their social marketing structure.

Why this program is different from other social marketing courses:
• -It won’t cover absolutely everything available in the social marketing arena, which is likely to overwhelm you.
• -It will focus on the most effective strategies.
• -It provides a companion website for course material and ongoing news, tips, and ideas in the social marketing world – this is located in the E-Learning Center.
• -We’ll be helping you to participate in your social marketing strategy in manageable chunks.

-Program plan:
• -Setup – Your first 6 emails will be once a week and are focused on laying the groundwork for your success. These are spaced so you’ll have plenty of time in between each one to get everything done.
• -The Grunt Work — After the groundwork is done, you’ll receive daily emails for the next 21 days walking you through how to effectively market your business using the social networking sites and other strategies.
• -Follow-up — After the daily emails, we’ll follow up with reminders, tips & tricks once a week for 4 weeks, then twice a month for 2 months
• -Companion Website to keep you current. Fresh and new content is added regularly! All the material that is received via email is also posted here. Perfect for those that want to speed up or slow down the course. I’ve already posted an additional 14 bonus content items, with more to come.

The cost is only $85 for both the email-delivered program PLUS 6 months access to the companion website and all the bonus content. To sign up, go to: www.virtualassist.net/amember and log in. If you’re not already registered, you’ll be asked to register first.

Here’s to your social marketing success!

Andrea

Andrea Kalli Virtual Trainer and Assistant, LLC

www.virtualassist.net

Think you can’t afford custom development for your SharePoint environment? Think again!

I met with a local gentleman last week whose company, BPFast LLC, does SharePoint Development. Their tagline is: The Fastest Way to Business Process Automation. It’s the perfect description of what they’re all about. Providing targeted SharePoint solutions in a shorter amount of time than you would expect, AND for a lower cost than you would expect. What a great combination!

What they do (excerpt taken from their website): We specialize in applying out-of-the-box features of Microsoft Office 2007 and SharePoint to meet your goals. This approach helps reduce the cost of creating your solutions. We quickly build business solutions by configuring SharePoint and Office.

What I really like about them and what makes them stand out from the crowd is that they focus on smaller development projects that REALLY utilize the integration between the Office 2007 products and SharePoint to bring Reporting, Workflow, Electronic Forms, etc. to the table for a fraction of what you would normally expect to pay for a SharePoint development project.  Perfect for small to medium sized businesses where their development budgets are tighter than a large or Fortune 500 company. 

To see an example of what combining a Microsoft Office application and SharePoint can offer, check out a whitepaper they wrote called Access 2007 and Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Integration

Check them out at www.bpfast.com.  Don’t be fooled by the fact they they focus on smaller development projects. One of the owners, Cliff, is a SharePoint architect with 20 years of consulting experience. Their dedication to helping small businesses is quite admirable.

They could take you or your client’s SharePoint usage to the next level and make it an even more powerful tool than it already is.

I’ll be posting an interview and demo at my podcast site (once I record them), so be sure you’re subscribed there as well.

Andrea Kalli

Andrea Kalli Virtual Trainer and Assistant, LLC

www.virtualassist.net

Check out our E-Learning Center for affordable, on-demand video tutorials on Outlook and SharePoint.

Happy Holidays to everyone!

This is a great time to announce the launch of my new E-Learning Center. There you will find on-demand training courses for Outlook and SharePoint Services. I’ll be adding new courses on a regular basis. Go to www.virtualassist.net/elearning

Right now, here’s what is available:

1. SharePoint Services 3.0 User Training – online version $24.95 – over 10 hours of narrated video tutorials
2. SharePoint Services 3.0 User Training – download version $99.95 – over 10 hours of narrated video tutorials
3. Outlook 2007 – What’s New – online version $9.95
4. Outlook 2007 – What’s New – download version $17.95
5. Outlook 2007 and SharePoint Services 3.0 Integration – download version $12.95

We also have an affiliate program for those that wish to earn a little extra money referring clients to our site. You’ll earn 30% on anything they buy. Create your own new revenue stream!

Enjoy your day!

Andrea Kalli

akalli@virtualassist.net

Outlook/Exchange and SharePoint Training and Support

Podcast and Audio Production and Support

Administrative Office Support

Check out my E-Learning Center for on-demand Outlook and SharePoint training

IM: Skype, Yahoo, Gizmo: andrea_kalli

owner: www.smallbusinesspodcastdirectory.com

My favorite company for Outlook Add-ins, Sperry Software, is offering a BOGO (Buy One Get One) holiday special until December 31, 2007.

Now is a great time to add some bling to your Outlook!

http://www.sperrysoftware.com/Outlook/default.asp

The list of add-ins they create is below:

Add Email Address

Always BCC

Appointments By Email

Attachment Forget-Me-Not

Attachment Save

Auto Print

Business Bundle

Contacts Sort Order

Distribution List Manager

Duplicate Appointments Eliminator

Duplicate Contacts Eliminator

Duplicate Email Eliminator

Duplicate Email Eliminator Across Folders

Duplicate Journals Eliminator

Duplicate Notes Eliminator

Duplicate Posts Eliminator

Duplicate Tasks Eliminator

Eliminator Bundle

Email Reminders

File Fetch

Follow Up Reminder

Global Search And Replace

Hide Fax Numbers

Insert Date/Time

Journal All Contacts

Mobile Email Redirect

Power User Bundle

Print On Demand

Quick Text Hotkeys

Random Quotes Insert

Reply To All Monitor

Safeguard Send

Schedule Recurring Email

Secure Email Forward

Send Individually

Sent Items Organizer

Time Date Signature

Vcard Converter

Watch Folders

Enjoy your day!

Andrea Kalli

Outlook/Exchange and SharePoint Training and Support

Podcast and Audio Production and Support

Administrative Office Support

Visit my Website,  Blog, and Podcast sites for How-To videos and more

owner: www.smallbusinesspodcastdirectory.com