Bulk Mailing
- Info USA: Personal and Business Sales Leads and Mailing Lists
Communications / Virtual Office / Web Conferencing / File Sharing
- **Preferred Vendor: GoToMyPC: Remotely access your computer via Internet
- **Preferred Vendor: Ring Central: Local and Toll-Free Virtual Office (phone, voicemail, fax) - FREE TRIAL
- **Preferred Vendor: GoToMeeting: Easy-to-use web conferencing/training solution. Free trial.
- FreedomVoice: Toll-free phone with extensions and fax; complete virtual office
- WebTrain: Live business meetings, virtual courses, on-lint training, etc.
- WebEx: Web conferencing, video conferencing, online meeting services
- SwapDrive: Drive backup, file share, send large files via WhaleMail
- VANets: Essential Admin's Intranet of Choice! Online collaboration service.
Computer Help
- Help2Go: Free computer help and tutorials
Currency Converter
Desktop Publishing / Postcards / Business Cards, etc.
- **Preferred Vendor: QuantumCopy: Low cost, high quality printing - Great for Realtors.
- **Preferred Vendor: QuantumMail: Print, address, mail -- free address lists - Great for Realtors.
Desktop Publishing Resources & Tutorials:
- Lookalike Fonts: Find lookalike fonts, font aliases, clones, and close-match fonts
- ColorSchemer: Color Wheel Tutorials, sample color schemes, etc.
Email Marketing
- Info USA: Purchase opt-in email database lists
Forms / Templates - General Business
Maps / Directions
- TerraServerUSA: View maps and aerial photos of various parts of the Earth
Merchant Accounts / Online Payment Processing
- PayPal: Now also offers a very affordable virtual terminal (where you enter customer's credit card info ... no customer PayPal account needed)
- Costco: Great rates for in-house merchant accounts (membership required)
Payroll
- Costco: Payroll processing. Save 30% ... membership required
Postal Assistance
- US Post Office: Domestic and International postal rules, rates, addressing rules, etc.
Press Releases
Promotional Products
- 4imprint: Promotional products ... shipped on time or free.
Resume Help
Software (free)
- WavePad: Limited edition is free. I use this to edit digital files (i.e., sound quality, file size, adding/removing sections, etc.)
- Microsoft ICE: Panoramic stitching software (i.e., virtual tours).
Starting a Small Business
Stock Photography
- **Preferred Vendor: iStockPhoto - (My Favorite! High quality web or print-ready images for just a few bucks)
Survey
Telephone Directories
Training / Tips / Tutorials
- EclecticAcademy - A variety of six week courses in several different categories; art, business, graphics, web site development and eclectic studies. Classes at EA are only $20.00 ea. (as of 05/2005)
- Adobe Online Training - ElementK - Want to become an Adobe® product expert? Adobe Online Training courses map to the objectives of the Adobe Certified Expert exam and offer breadth and depth of instruction.
- IREAA - Real Estate Assistant specific training including vendors such as Rainmaker, AgencyLogic, ConnectingNeighbors, Point2Agent, RealPro Systems, SettlementRoom, VisualTour, and related skills such as drip marketing, listing coordination, what an assistant can and cannot do, and more.
Time Servers - What time is it in ...
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Video Web Solutions
Web Design
- GoDaddy: **Preferred Vendor** Best domain registration and POP3 email address solutions
- WestHost: Inexpensive web hosting -- tell them I sent you (referral: www.list2closeteam.com
- CoolText.com: Free online graphics generator for web pages and anywhere else you might need an impressive logo without a lot of work.
- GRSites.com: Resource links to fonts, button maker, sound effects, etc.
