Email Icon Generator

If you are concerned about the spammers grabbing your email address from your website, you will like this tool. I used it to make the "image" of my email address and add it to this blog. You'll find the site here and you can make your own to put on your site.

Earth Hour - How Will You Spend It?

Saturday, March 28th from 8:30 pm to 9:30 pm (Pacific) is Earth Hour.

How do you plan to spend your time in the dark?

Quality Time on Mother Earth
If you look at this time as an opportunity to reconnect with those you love, it can be quite a fun time. When our kids were young they really enjoyed power outages. It was an opportunity to gather in the warmest room and be creative with our time together. We played games by candlelight and told stories.

What are your plans for the hour? Learn more about Earth Hour.

Mind Map of the Real Estate Universe

Mind mapping is a cool tool. Now here is a new use for it - listing helpful resources! Realtors and those that support them (like me) will especially enjoy this Online Real Estate Universe

What is a PREVA?

I hear this question often, "What does PREVA after your name stand for?" I believe for now that this designation remains known primarily to real estate agents because it is awarded to real estate assistants.

REVA Network
The REVA Network (Real Estate Virtual Assistant Network) connects real estate specific VAs with Realtors seeking their assistance.

PREVA Designation
The PREVA designation I received from the REVA Network and it stands for "Professional Real Estate Virtual Assistant". Essentially, the REVA Network has verified that I am a capable and credible virtual assistant working with real estate agents in a virtual manner.

If you have any questions related to virtual assistants, please do not hesitate to ask :)

When Websites Go Down

Ever have that problem where you cannot access a website and others can? Well now you can check it out before suffering the "It's just you." response. Today, a colleague notified me of a website where you can put in the troublesome website address and poof! It immediately tells you if you are the only one unable to access the site, or if others are experiencing the same problem. This sure beats waiting for time bottles and timed out error screens, doesn't it?

Here you go: Down For Everyone Or Just Me

Life Expectancy of an Inket Printer

My printer, an hp officejet d145, turns 6-years-old this year! Why am I surprised? Well probably because it outlasted 2 of the computers it was partnered with over the years.

For those of you that know me, you know I'm pretty tough on my electronic gadgets. You're probably wondering why I would purchase such a huge printer that I couldn't easily toss out the window in a time of frustration.

This all-in-one wonder machine was not my original choice. Way back in 2003, I selected a different printer on sale at my local Staples store. Upon arriving at the store I was notified that the printer was out of stock. Well to my delight, Staples had a policy that if this should happen, they would sell me the next printer (upgrade) at the sale price of the out of stock item.

I couldn't resist! The best feature of this machine is the double capacity ink cartridges. Although they are becoming more difficult to find in stores, I do buy them easily online and I must say they are very reasonable.

Yes, that is a cow print under my printer...surrounding myself with the things I love :)

Teething? Get SmartMom Jewelry Like Me!

For my business, and reading pleasure, I subscribe to many different kinds of lists. One that I receive a couple times each day is from HARO which is short for Help A Reporter Out.

Today, Peter Shankman had this offering and I took him up on it! (You do know I'm a new grandma, right? :)

Teething Bling
"...You know how babies love to grab everything? (Put on a necklace and it's getting yanked off!) SmartMom Jewelry decided to create a line of "teethable" jewelry called Teething Bling. It's made for adults to wear but is completely safe for curious babies to handle and chew.

Pendants and bangles look like real gemstone (onyx, jade, coral, etc) but they're soft and flexible because they're made from a baby-safe teething material. There's no lead, no latex, no phthalates, no harmful chemicals whatsoever. Teething Bling meets all of the US and European safety standards and is CPSIA compliant.

Get a 20% Discount!
Invented by 2 stay-at-home Moms, this pretty and practical jewelry is both affordable and truly unique. Makes a great shower or New Mom gift. Celebrity fans include Tori Spelling, Ming Na and Angela Bassett. For more information, visit http://www.smartmomjewelry.com. HARO readers use S-HARO when checking out for a 20% discount on your purchase. If this isn't worth blogging about, I don't know what is."

Websites Made Easy with Intuit

Are you looking for an affordable way to have a professional online presence? Perhaps you have been looking for a provider that can grow with you as your business grows?

Maybe you're tired of not having control over your own website? Well whatever the reason, I believe you may find that going with the industry name like "Intuit" may be the way to go. A professional website can be yours for a lot less than you may think.

Nothing to lose here, they even have a free trial.

Cold? Flu? Are Your Clients Suffering Too?

You would think that working from home keeps you from catching the latest cold or flu bug, well if you have kids still in school think again!

Although I did fall victim to the latest cold, complete with fatigue and fever, I can confidently tell you that my clients' businesses did not suffer like I did.

Having your backup plan in place at all times is a great way to run your own business. Letting your clients in on the details of your backup plan is not always necessary, although I do know that the more analytical the client, the more they relish these type of details.

So a great round of thanks to those that back me up, as well as cheer me on. Your support is appreciated and never forgotten.