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Cool Tool: Wisestamp for Email Signatures

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This article is one in a series called Cool Tools. I will share sites, software, plugins and gadgets that save me time, money or somehow help to streamline my business in an effort to help you do the same.

Wisestamp is a tool that I love, love, love to use as a Virtual Assistant. What do you use right now at the end of your emails? Do you just type in your name? Did you scan in your actual signature and add that? Do you find yourself manually adding your contact info at the bottom of every email?

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Well, you don’t have to do those things anymore! Give your email recipients something more with Wisestamp. You can customize a great email signature filled with your social media contacts, ways to reach you and even an opportunity to subscribe to your list!

Let me show you what I mean so that you can get an idea of how helpful it is. Here is my signature for Transcription e-Services.

My Wisestamp Signature

Just look at all of the great things that I was able to add to my signature! (Click the image to enlarge) Not only does it contain a live link to my website, but I was able to add a link to my free report as well as a link to sign up for my blog’s RSS feed. Then I was able to list all of my social media profiles and my Skype contact info.

Wisestamp seems to constantly add new features like the “Latest tweet” box there at the bottom. It encourages people to hop over and connect with you on Twitter. This kind of email signature really gives you the opportunity to include a call to action in every email that you send while looking really professional.

You can also add more than one signature to be used for business or personal accounts. I use it via Gmail but it is also compatible with Yahoo, Hotmail and other providers. Remember that you can customize your Gmail address with a domain email address to look more professional.

Wisestamp is pretty helpful, huh? Want to try it out? Click here to check it out for yourself. Don’t forget to let me know what you think in the comments section!

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Cool Tool: Dropbox For in the Cloud File Sharing

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This article is one in a series  called Cool Tools. I will share sites, software, plugins and gadgets that save me time, money or somehow help to streamline my business in an effort to help you do the same.

Dropbox is an in-the-cloud service that allows you to store and share files and photos. Dropbox starts you off with 2GB of free space. Invite friends to join and you’ll both receive 500MB of space!

Dropbox

Cool in-the-cloud Tool

Here are five reasons why it’s so cool:

1. Dropbox makes sharing files with clients easy and safe. Your clients can only see what you put in the folders that you share with them.

2. You can access your files in Dropbox anywhere on any computer. It is Mac and PC friendly. There’s even a mobile app!

3. You won’t have to email yourself files just to have them stored on more than one computer. Just put the file in a Dropbox folder.

4. If your computer dies (that would be sad) you can still access your Dropbox files from another computer or go to the Dropbox website.

5. Did you know you could use Dropbox as a backup system? You can sync it to back up certain files on your computer–even your WordPress site!

There you have it. Sounds pretty awesome, doesn’t it? What are you waiting for? Join me and click here to sign up for Dropbox today!

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Cool Tool: Dreamstime for Photos

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This article is the first in a series I’m calling Cool Tools. I will share sites, software, plugins and gadgets that save me time, money or somehow help to streamline my business in an effort to help you do the same.

Royalty Free Images

I’m sure you’ve already learned that having a good place to get photos, images and stock art is important to your Virtual Assistant business. We need them for blog posts, newsletters, social media sharing and various things associated with client projects.

Where can you go to get quality images if you need something royalty-free and actually free to download? I go to Dreamstime.

Royalty Free Images

They are easy to use and the site is simple to navigate. Just create an account for yourself and have a look around! If you’re on a budget, they have something like 600,000 images in a free section. Yup, they’re really free!

They have tons of categories to search as well as a linked blogs section where you can read up on all things images. Want to make a little money? You can sell images there as well.

Searching for images on Dreamstime has definitely saved me time in my business. Check them out to see what they can do for you! Just click on any of the links or images in this article to learn more.

Stay tuned for more Cool Tools!

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