I love my iPhone. Well, most of the time I love it. And I carry it with me everywhere. I check email, get on Facebook, play games, write blog posts and of course take pictures…lots of pictures. And frequently I post them to my Facebook profile to share with my friends. Little did I know until today that I am endangering myself and my family by posting those pictures from my iPhone. The same Geo-tracking feature that allows us to check in on Foursquare and Facebook Places is attaching itself to my photos.

Take a look at this video -

I changed my settings as soon as I finished watching the video. Be sure you do too.

If you are trying to run an online business, you will find that the longer you are in business, the more often you will need resources that can make your life easier. And of course, online security resources should be at the top of your list. Are you consistently setting up new profiles in social media sites and struggling to remember all your passwords?  How about filling out forms, applications, surveys, or other forms online, it can become very time-consuming.   And it’s not a wise idea to keep the same password for all your sites. There is a solution to all of your problems. It’s called Roboform.

Roboform is a piece of software that you can download and install on your computer which allows you to keep your passwords safe, and stores the information you need for online forms. Once you have this installed, completing online forms will be a breeze! Each time you need to fill out your name, address, etc., it will fill in the information for you with a simple click of the mouse.  While it may take some time initially filling in all the information, setting your passwords and online information for safety is well worth the time that will be saved from your busy schedule.

There are many reasons you may find beneficial from the features offered in this software such as

• Safely manage all your passwords in one secure location
• Help to generate hacker-proof passwords
  
• Prevent Identity Theft
• Save you time
• Super easy to download and use

There are also versions of Roboform for iPhone, Android and different Internet browsers like Chrome and Firefox.  So if you are looking for a way to ensure your online security, this might be a system for you.  There’s a 30-day free trial available, so give it a try!

So your thinking of setting up an online business.  There are so many things you must do to get ready to have your business on the internet and I’ll talk about some of those in the other blog posts. (Search the Categories Section)  But when I first started online, like many others, I searched for low-cost or free resources that could help me get started without having to take on a second mortgage!

One of those resources is conference calling.  Many online entrepreneurs use teleclasses and webinars to promote their business or to just stay in touch with members of their community and sometimes even with their virtual team.  I have tried several conference calling services, and have found Free ConferencePro to be the best free service for me.

Free ConferencePro has many of the same features of the paid conference calling services, so you don’t have to give up quality.  Here are some of the great features I enjoy each time I hold a teleseminar:

• Personal Dashboard – you can schedule meetings, access recordings, access reports of past meetings, and set your call preferences, like whether your callers will hear music while they wait or if the callers are muted or unmuted.
• Host Keypad Controls  - lets you manage callers, security, and settings right from your phone keypad. You can see in real-time who is on the call and you can manually mute and un-mute the participants.
• Customize Welcome Recording -Unlike some of the more expensive services, Free ConferencePro offers the host the opportunity to record a welcome greeting for your company or organization so your callers hear “Welcome to the MyCompany conference center, when they access the call.”  (this is very cool!)
• Call Recording – you can easily record each call and within less than 30 minutes after the call have an MP3 or WAV file ready to send to your participants.  Or you can even use the recording feature for Podcasting.

This is one of those great services that you just can’t believe it’s free…but it is.  So check out Free ConferencePro next time you need a conference call service.

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We all struggle with keeping our website and blog visitors on our sites.  If you use Google Analytics, like I do,  the Bounce Rates could really use some improvement!  But I just recently found a easy and free way to keep visitors on my site and it’s called Skysa!

Do you see the floating bar at the bottom of my blog; that’s my Skysa Bar.  And it is fully customizable.  I have added my social media links, an RSS ticker that reflects my last few blog post titles, an events area, comments, a share button and more.

There’s many reasons to use Skysa with your website. You can add or improve social features, engage your website visitors, collect valuable member information, and more.  Skysa is designed to help websites keep visitors longer, and build more traffic through socially engaging Apps.  Once you add Skysa to your website you never have to update the code to get new features or updates.  You can easily change the look and features of your Skysa Bar from your dashboard on Skysa.

Keep those visitors on your website and blog longer by engaging them in additional features and content – Add your Skysa Bar today!  I love mine.

If you found this post helpful, please share it with your online friends and contacts by clicking the buttons below or to the right.  Thanks!

I found a great resource for converting PDF files to Word documents.  And you can get the free download today (Jan. 26, 2010) only.

Here is the link PDF Converter

You can also visit my Facebook Fan Page, become a Fan and then look under the “Free For You” tab for other great online resources to help build your business presence.  There are new resources each day!

If you liked this post, click the links below and share it with your friends or Tweet It!

Well, today’s your lucky day! Today at 1 pm est. is the official launch of the Blastoff network. It is free, easy and fun, plus you can make money with your Blastoff site.

Watch this short video to get more information and then click I Want a Free Blastoff Site

Prior to starting my Online Business Management company, I owned a Professional Organizing Service, called Completely Organized. I have always had a knack for sorting, stacking, and putting like things together, so it came quite easy for me to share my natural gifts with others through a business. The unfortunate part was that this was prior to Social Networking and my market was local, and they weren’t ready to pay someone to get them organized.

But I still have those skills and I use them in my business today. Now I have to be honest. I’m not always good at doing them, I know what to do and I talk a good game, but sometimes I just don’t manage to stay as organized as I would like. So in honor of “Organize Your Home Office Day”, here are a few things that will keep you organized and start and end each day with a clean desk.

• Start your day by reviewing your To-Do List (more about this further down)
• Tackle your priority tasks first
• Set times throughout the day to check email and respond. Close it down when you have finished
• Make phone calls in bundles (except for urgent calls)
• When working on projects, let the calls go to voice mail and return them when finished with the project
• Keep current files in a stack-file on your desk or nearby for easy retrieval
• When working with documents make a decision to only handle once – file, follow-up, or shred
• Keep all your tools handy, but tucked away, not on your desktop
• At the end of the day, review your To-Do list again. Congratulate yourself on your successes and progress. Start a new one with the top three priorities of the next day. These are the three things, that will make the biggest impact on your business if you didn’t get them completed.

Well, that’s my list. Hope you found something useful to help you get more organized. What are some of the things you do daily to stay organized?

Just when I was getting good at setting up Fan Pages for my client’s businesses and services, Facebook has gone and changed the design! At first I really freaked out and panicked. But as I begin to see what they have done and downloaded the February 2009 edition of “Facebook Pages” I was pleasantly surprised. All they have done is make the Fan Page look like your User Profile.

Some of the features include:

• Easier Publishing through an Enhanced Wall
• Update and Share with statuses
• Tabbed Structure similar to your Profile
• Additional tracking of visitors through Insights

When designing your Facebook Page, here are some key elements you should consider:

• Select a name and category. These can’t be changed. If you find you don’t like them later, all you can do is delete the page and start a new one. So be sure before you set them up.
• Upload a picture or logo
• Enter a short statement about your business, product, band, etc.
• Select the Tabs you would like on your Page. The default is Wall, Info and Boxes. You can have six tabs on your Page
• Then decide which applications you would like under your Boxes Tab. There are many to choose from or you can develop your own.

I have gotten my Page and one client Page re-structured, and it wasn’t too bad. Facebook is giving us a heads-up that we need to go ahead and work on the re-design before they pull the trigger for the switch-over. So if you need help, just let us know.

All of this information was compiled from the Facebook Pages Guide.

I had the opportunity to attend a teleseminar this morning by L. Drew Gerber CEO & Partner of PressKit 24/7. It was part of the Big Fish Nation program I am a member of. Big Fish empowers women entrepreneur’s to take their business to the next level through hard core business skills with a spiritual approach to success. Today’s teleseminar focused on Online Press Releases.

Drew shared with us that he defines PR as, Your Relationship with the Public and that you should begin using PR from the onset of your business. It will increase brand recognition, and boost your sales of products and services. 90 percent of reporters are getting their information from the Internet, so an Online Press Kit is essential to your Online Business Success!

As part of his company, PressKit 24/7 he has established a source to bring potential media opportunities right into your Inbox. PitchRate.com is the name of this site and it’s completely free! You can register, include a profile, select your area of expertise, along with subcategories and daily you will receive a digest of media opportunities. You can also search on the site for keywords relative to your business.

Drew loves games, and so do I! So he has offered the participants of today’s teleseminar an incredible prize for the person that gets the most people to sign up for PitchRate. That’s where I need your help! If you would like to get daily feeds of media opportunities and grow your business through online press release marketing, please sign up for this free service. And then send me a quick email to (terri.avirtualbiz@gmail.com) and put your name in the subject line. And of course, I’d love to get your feedback to share with Drew.

It’s very important that you send me an email, otherwise, I won’t know that you signed up and can’t count you in my group. I’ll follow up and let you know if YOU helped me win!

I am constantly amazing by the number of plugins, widgets and features that are available for my WordPress Blog. I actually have this one and I have a static page that I have set-up through the blog platform for my Tasting The Internet, One Byte at a Time Program.

I am hosting a Free Webinar on February 26th at 2 pm eastern, “Why Should I use Twitter?” and I needed a sign-up form for people to register for the webinar. After checking with my friend and colleague, Rebecca Zwar with Social Web diVA and Invisible Assistant, she shared an incredible plugin called GWA Autoresponder for WordPress.

I have been very pleased with this plugin so far. People have registered for my webinar and they receive an automatic autoresponder with some freebies that I’m giving away and then I’ll be able to add them to my newsletter list and communicate all the details of the webinar.

If you are looking for a easy to set-up, fast to learn and effective autoresponder for your blog, look no further than GWA Autoresponder for WordPress.

Oh, and by the way, there’s still time to register for my Free Webinar, “Why Should I use Twitter.”

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