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For those of you who would like to take a last minute getaway before the end of the summer, here are a few sites that can help you in your travel plans: Autoslash.com – checks rental car prices (domestic and foreign reservations) until your pick up date and also will re-book a reservation if it [...]

As we head into the Summer and vacation time, if you have a Gmail address or use Small Business Google Apps, you can easily set up an auto responder. Google calls the auto-responder, “vacation responder” and sends an automated reply to anyone who e-mails you during the designated time you set up. It takes under [...]

Apps – it seems everyone is getting into the application market and this year Intuit is no exception. The Intuit app is called QuickBooks Pro Plus. QuickBooks Pro Plus is a subscription-based add-on for your QuickBooks Pro 2011 desktop application. The monthly cost is $29.95 and includes the following additional services: QuickBooks Connect: QuickBooks Connect [...]

With summer, comes all those barbeques, summer sporting events and summer camp activities so here are a few apps to help you stay organized and also cut down on all those post-it notes all over your office and refrigerator. RememberTheMilk.com: some of the many features include: Allows you to create many lists and also you [...]

Xmarks formerly Foxmarks, is a browser add-on that syncs and backs up your bookmarks and passwords across multiple computers. Once you install Xmarks on all your computers, Xmarks will automatically synchronize any changes you make ensuring your bookmarks and passwords stay the same everywhere. Xmarks will sync across browsers too. They currently support Firefox, Chrome, [...]

PoweredTemplates is a great resource when you need to have professionally designed materials for your upcoming PowerPoint presentation, eBook cover; sales proposal or an updated company brochure. Their graphic designers are true experts and create the best Microsoft templates on the internet at very reasonable prices. All you do is pick out the template, purchase [...]

Effective April 17th, another postage increase in 2011 will take effect. Postcard postage will increase to .29 from .28 cents First class postage will remain at .44 cents for 1-ounce letters but each additional ounce will increase to .20 cents from .17 cents. Letters to Canada and Mexico will increase to .80 cents for those [...]

As Mary mentioned in her blog post above, it is important to utilize a third-party back up system for your online accounts as well as your office computer files. It is possible that data hosted on the cloud could be lost. These are accounts we have no control over. Backupify is the leading backup provider [...]

By Mary Motz, ProVirtual Solutions Mary is a colleague of mine and we served together on the Delaware Valley Virtual Assistants Association Board of Directors, when Mary was our Chapter’s President. Mary started ProVirtual Solutions in 2002 and assists small business owners, non-profits, and solopreneurs with their web presence. She is a WordPress guru and [...]

Join.me is an easy to use screen sharing application for both Windows and Mac users. It is very easy to set up – all you need to do is click share to download, install the app and you will then be able to get everybody on the same page instantly – up to 250 individuals. [...]