Resources
I have put together this list of resources in the hopes that it might be helpful. I have personally experienced all of them. The books are geared toward your business success or personal development. Enjoy!
EDUCATION/LEARNING
- AssistUniversity — “Cream Of The Crop” training for Virtual Assistants
- Website Design Mojo — WordPress
- Online Courses – Tons of online courses
WRITING
- GrammarBook — Excellent interactive grammar quizzes;
- The Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation — Easy to use guide;
- PurdueWritingLab — Wonderful site for all writing-related resources;
- DailyWritingTips — Great little, or not so little, writing tips;
- Urban Dictionary — Web-based Dictionary;
- Writing Tools – Roy Peter Clark
- The Writing Diet – Julia Cameron
TOOLS
- EmailEncoder — Email address encoder for websites;
- FreeConferencing — Excellent service for free conference calls and more;
- PaperlessMail — Electronic greeting cards with your choice of envelope lining (Affiliate link);
- DropBox — File sharing tool;
- Box – File sharing tool;
- TeamBox – One of the best collaboration tools I have found;
- Doodle — Online Scheduling Tool;
- Genbook – Online Scheduling tool;
- OneNote – Organizing Tool – Windos and MAC;
- EverNote – Organizing Tool for Windows PC;
- WebConferencing — Audio and video record your webinar (Affiliate link;)
- MeetingBurner – Easy tool for hosting webinars;
- Hootsuite – Link your social Media accounts and schedule your posts;
- Bit.Ly – Shrink long URLs for use on Twitter;
- Adobe EchoSign – Digitally sign documents;
- PDF Converter – Have a pdf and need it converted to Word? This online tool lets you convert Excel, Powerpoint, Word to/from a pdf file;
- Free Website Security Checker – Enter your website URL once the check is completed the display shows the website URL, the status (whether malware has been detected) and Web Trust (whether it’s currently being blacklisted). It also shows recommendations where needed.
- Zoom – Cloud meeting/webinar tool
- Resize pictures online
BACKUP
BOOKS
- Take Time For Your Life – Cheryl Richardson
- You Can Heal Your Life – Louise Hay
- Think and Grow Rich – Napoleon Hill
- The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People – Stephen Covey
- First Things First – Steven Covey
- Secrets of the Millionaire Mind – Mastering the Inner Game of Wealth – T. Harv Eker
- Getting Naked – A Business Fable about shedding the three fears that sabotage client loyalty – Patrick Lencioni
- The EMyth Revisited – Why most small businesses don’t work and what to do about it – Michael E. Gerber
- Feel the Fear … And Do It Anyway – Susan Jeffers
- The Gifts of Imperfection – Brene Brown
- Radical Forgiveness – Colin Tipping