It  has been a while since I have aired an interview with a Virtual Assistant and so, I  am very happy to be sharing with you today my interview with Virtual Assistant Andrea Jackson of Action Jackson VA. Andrea and I had a nice conversation about her business, virtual assistant niches, as well as, The Virtual Entrepreneur (TVE) Ezine.  TVE is a business magazine and tool Andrea started to not only serve the VA Industry, but to educate others about the industry as well.

Show Links:
Andrea Jackson: http://www.actionjacksonva.com, http://www.tvemagazine.com, http://www.aove.org

Sponsored by:
Virtual Assistant Forums: http://www.virtualassistantforums.com

Virtual AssistantVille: http://www.virtualassistantville.com

Produced by:
D. Victoria Virtual Assistance: http://www.dvictoriava.com

Hosted by:
Darlene Victoria Gonzalez

 

 Episode 51 [24:53m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (11)

In this episode of A Virtual Perception, Rikki Green of Time for Life Concepts, joins me to chat about Windows 7, as well as,  audio books and digital book readers. However, because we are both users of the iPhone and iPod Touch, before long our conversation turned to talking about our favorite and most used iPhone and iPod Touch Apps.

Show Links:

Rikki Green - http://www.timeforlifeconcepts.com

Windows 7 – http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/?icid=win7van

Kindle – http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0015T963C

Barnes and Noble  Nook – http://www.barnesandnoble.com/nook/index.asp

Project Gutenburg – http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Main_Page

iPhone and iPod Applications

Stanza – available in the App Store.

Google Reader – available in the App Store.

Audiobooks Application – available in the App Store.

Kindle Application – available in the App Store.

Pandora Box - available in the App Store.

Pandora (Music App) – available in the App Store.

I Heart Radio -  available in the App Store.

Sponsored by:
Virtual Assistant Forums: http://www.virtualassistantforums.com

Virtual AssistantVille: http://www.virtualassistantville.com

Produced by:
D. Victoria Virtual Assistance: http://www.dvictoriava.com

Hosted by:
Darlene Victoria Gonzalez

 

 Episode 50 [27:46m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (11)

Episode 49 is a very special episode jam packed with my favorite business resources. Resources range from project management solutions to client gift ideas and many are ones I use in my day to day business.  Below is a complete list of all the resources mentioned in this episode along with their web links.  What is your favorite business resource? Tell me about it by leaving a comment on this post.

Project Management
ClientSpot - http://www.myclientspot.com
Central Desktop – http://www.centraldesktop.com
Project Pier – http://www.projectpier.org
Mentioned, but not highlighted:
Smartsheets – http://www.smartsheet.com
Basecamp – http://basecamphq.com/
Staction – http://www.staction.com

Time Tracking
MyHours.com – http://www.myhours.com
Time Stamp – http://www.syntap.com/products_timestamp.htm

Shopping Carts
1ShoppingCart – http://www.1shoppingcart.com
Shopify – http://www.shopify.com
Paypal – http://www.paypal.com
ZenCart – http://www.zen-cart.com
e-Junkie – http://www.ejunkie.com

Email Marketing
Constant Contact – http://www.constantcontact.com
iContact – http://www.icontact.com
Aweber – http://www.aweber.com
Vertical Response - http://www.veritcalresponse.com
Mailchimp – http://www.mailchimp.com
MadMiMi – http://www.madmimi.com

PDF
PDF995 – http://www.pdf995.com
CutePDf – http://www.cutepdf.com
Scribd – http://www.scribd.com

FTP
CuteFTP – http://www.cuteftp.com
Filezilla – http://www.filezilla-project.org

RSS
Google Reader – http://www.google.com/reader
Free RSS Reader – Available on iPhone and iPod Touch App Store
Juice – http://www.juicereceiver.sourceforge.net

Music
I Heart Radio – Available on iPhone and iPod Touch App Store
Jango -  http://www.jango.com
Pandora – http://www.pandora.com or Available on iPhone and iPod Touch App Store

Podcast Directories
PodcastAlley – http://www.podcastalley.com
iTunes – http://www.itunes.com
Blog Talk Radio - http://www.blogtalkradio.com

Podcasts worth checking out:
Quick and Dirty Tips for the Public Speaker – http://publicspeaker.quickanddirtytips.com/
Stuff Mom Never Told You – http://www.howstuffworks.com/podcasts/stuff-mom-never-told-you.rss
How Stuff Works -http://www.howstuffworks.com/stuff-you-should-know-podcast.htm

Client Gifts
Instagift – http://www.instagift.com
Fairytale Brownies – http://www.brownies.com

VOIP
Grasshopper – http://www.grasshopper.com
Skype – http://www.skype.com
Google Voice – http://www.google.com/voice

Social Networking
Twitter - http://www.twitter.com
Facebook – http://www.facebook.com
Virtual Assistant Forums – http://www.virtualassistantforums.com

Twitter Applications
Hootsuite – http://www.hootsuite.com
Tweetie – Available on iPhone and iPod Touch App Store
Tweetdeck – http://www.tweetdeck.com
Friend or Follow – http://www.friendorfollow.com
MyVBO – http://www.myvbo.com
Mixero – http://www.mixero.com

Some additional resources not mentioned during the episode:
DimDim – webinar solution – free service for webinars with up to 20 people – http://www.dimdim.com
YouSendIt – for sending large files - http://www.yousendit.com
DropBox – for syncing and sharing files between computers – http://www.dropbox.com
Google Docs – http://www.google.com/docs

Sponsored by:
Virtual Assistant Forums: http://www.virtualassistantforums.com

Virtual AssistantVille: http://www.virtualassistantville.com

Produced by:
D. Victoria Virtual Assistance: http://www.dvictoriava.com

Hosted by:
Darlene Victoria Gonzalez

 

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