What Type of Software do You Recommend for a Virtual Assistant?

This is a very broad question with a simple answer. It’s going to depend on what specialty services you plan on providing your customers. If you are just starting out you will need to think about what services you want to offer and go from there.

To give you a few ideas of what is meant by a broad topic with a simple answer; look at the different possibilities of software dependant on your specialty. Remember these are just examples and the software you need is going to vary depending on what you choose to offer as services.

One example could be a VA that wants to specialize in graphics. You will need an image editing software such as PhotoShop (http://photoshop.s0ftware-now.com/index.html).

Another example is a VA that will be offering transcription services. You will need software that allows you to play digital audio (MP3 files) if you wish to transcribe these types of files. If you wish to transcribe other files such as audio recorded onto micro or macro cassette tapes, a machine with a foot pedal will be needed.

If you are a VA that would like to specialize in website updating using FrontPage then you will need to have Microsoft FrontPage installed on your computer. You can purchase the software from a place like Amazon.com.

Those are just a few examples of the broad range of different software that could possibly be needed. Again, it’s simply going to depend on the services you choose to specialize in.

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Ok. I probably don’t even need to explain what Twitter is. It’s been talked about everywhere. But in case you don’t know, Twitter is a free social networking website that was created in 2006 and is now one of the fastest growing sites on the Internet. You can only type 140 characters for each message. So you have to make it good.

You’re probably asking yourself, “Who the heck is on Twitter and what’s the point?”

Twitter is great for businesses! You can tweet about your latest blog post, post a link to an article about your company, ask questions of your customers to find out what they really want.

Britney Spears tweets. Ashton Kutcher tweets. Even soccer moms tweet. So, of course, I have to tweet.

I’m still not quite sure I will be able to keep up with all the other Tweeters. I think you may need to be on your computer almost 24 hours a day to keep up with some of the people I’ve seen.

There are great tools that have been created for Twitter, such as Tweet Search, where you can search all tweets by keyword. Find out who’s is talking about your product or services or anything you are interested in.

If you want to learn more about Twitter, take a look at TwiTips, which is a great blog started by Darren Rowse (he started Problogger.com). His TwiTips blog has great tips and lessons on how to use Twitter more effectively. Take a look!

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