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I have been experimenting with several conference call tools for a group that I am a part of.  I’ve tried several free conference call tools for virtual collaboration, but I have found great success with Freeconferencecalling.com.  Discover why I believe that Freeconferencecalling.com is one of the best virtual office tools available. Read the rest of this entry »

Tumblr is a wonderful virtual office tool for the small business blogging community.  There isn’t much of a learning curve, and for the most part, it can be easily maintained by the busy small business owner.  If you are a small business owner looking for the easiest way to market web content, then Tumblr may just be worth exploring further. Read the rest of this entry »

Disaster recovery is how the small business is able to recover resources and company data after an emergency.  It involves recovering lost equipment and sensitive company data to resume business processes.  Many small businesses just starting out underestimate the importance of tracking physical assets.  Physical asset tracking in SharePoint can be especially helpful to any small business disaster recovery plan. Read the rest of this entry »

Speed WordPress Plug-ins for image-intensive blogs

In the initial speed experimentation post for WordPress small business blogs, I used a CDN, Optimize DB (or WordPress DB Optimizer), Hyper Cache and WP Widget Cache (or Asyncrhonous Widget).   This time around, I found a different mix of plug-in tools that works well together to improve speed for the WordPress small business blog. Read the rest of this entry »

Speed WordPress Plug-ins for image-intensive blogs

Small business blogs run on WordPress may experience speed problems as the amount of web content builds up.  When this happens, there may be a few unused plug-ins that may need to be deactivated and removed.  In addition to removing unnecessary plug-ins, there are some great simple plug-ins that work well together.  Read on to learn more about these WordPress speed plug-ins. Read the rest of this entry »

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From meeting with clients to virtual conference calls, small business consultants may have quite the packed schedule.  This is why there is a growing interest in virtual office tools that can boost productivity for solopreneurs.  Small business consultants have a variety of office tools available to them for use in their everyday business.  One example of an office tool is the smartpen. Read the rest of this entry »

Docuter.com is another online collaboration resource for small businesses.  This virtual office tool allows the small business or professional to share information online.   There are quite a few capabilities for this virtual office tool. Read the rest of this entry »

Gathering feedback from consumers on a product or service can be done in a number of ways.  Web-based questionnaire forms are one of the easiest ways to collect consumer feedback.  The user-friendly web-based software solutions are probably the most popular option for feedback questionnaires.  The Google Docs questionnaire solution is one of the easiest applications to use in the virtual office environment.

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Many entrepreneurs are debating on whether or not they should use the online version of QuickBooks for their small business bookkeeping needs.  Small business owners want to know which applications would work best for their company.  There are several important things to consider when debating on whether or not the online version of QuickBooks would be best for a small business.

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