Third Hand Secretarial LLC

I’m sure you’ve heard of Happy Hour, but have you heard about Power Hour?  Power Hour is something you should be doing at least once a week during your working day.   It’s the time that you carve out of your busy schedule to do the highest-payback tasks for your business.  These include items like strategic [...]

Diagrammix is an app for creating flow charts or diagrams with minimal effort. Diagrammix takes upon itself to connect elements, autosize elements while text entering, align elements and connectors. All you do is just drag and drop the elements from their palette, connect them and enter the text. Your diagrams can be saved in a [...]

You just received a file from a colleague for a report with a very tight deadline. You are not able to open up the file and not sure what software was used. Don’t panic, Go2Convert is a free on-line converting tool for various audio file formats, image files, sound and movies files and so much [...]

Does it seem like you need to accomplish more in less time than ever before?  Just about every small business owner I know is overwhelmed with everything they need to do.  Many factors are contributing to this feeling:  new technologies, increased government regulation, a need to market harder, and less access to capital are just [...]

Do you have trouble finding files on your Mac? Perhaps you have all your files saved in your Documents folder, not organizing them by client or topic. Well Tags may be the application you need. Tags allows you to add tags to your files simply by pressing the Control – Spacebar command. When you are [...]

With the start of the new year, now is a good time to do an annual check of your credit report. Everyone has a file with the 3 main credit bureaus – TransUnion, Equifax and Experian. It’s important to check these reports periodically because the data retained by each credit bureau affects your credit scores. [...]

Prices for most Postal Service mailing services will change on January 22nd. The rate increase covers first-class, standard mail, periodicals, and package services. The overall average rate increase is 2.1%. The new rates: Letters – 1 cent increase to .45 cents. Additional ounce rate remains at .20 cents Postcards – 3 cent increase to .32 [...]

Some small business owners have the mistaken belief that as long as they have all their paperwork together in one box that they’re doing a good job with their finances.  Nothing could be further from the truth.  In bookkeeping circles this is known as “shoebox bookkeeping” and many times it’s a bookkeeper’s worst nightmare at [...]

The IRS released the standard mileage rates for 2012. For business use of an automobile, the rate will remain at .555 cents per mile. For medical and moving expenses, it will be .23 cents per mile, a half-cent decrease from the last increase in July 2011. For services to charitable organizations, the rate is .14 [...]

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