ExtendedOffice

"Time is what we want most, but what we use worst." - William Penn

I don’t know about you, but for me, time is all I’ve got most days. Every minute not billed is a minute, well, not billed. I am routinely faced with the need to deliver stuff to my clients, but I don’t want to waste their time and money paying me to make a delivery. Enter…the courier!

I have found that utilizing a courier is one of the most cost effective ways of efficiently getting something somewhere. Today, for example, a courier is making a delivery for me – pick up at 8:30A delivered by noon - all for $11. Excellent!

Where do you find a courier? I am a member of the local Chamber of Commerce and utilize fellow Chamber members whenever possible; my courier of choice is A&V Daily Courier - (651) 905-1213. If you’re in the Twin Cities Metro Area, give them a try!

Beginning on Jan. 1, 2012, the standard mileage rates for the use of a car
(also vans, pickups or panel trucks) will be:

55.5 cents per mile for business miles driven
23 cents per mile driven for medical or moving purposes
14 cents per mile driven in service of charitable organizations

Click here to read the complete article on the IRS website.

Here's a great resource for a ton of free SaaS "Software As A Service" (cloud-based apps). Click here to view.

Constant Contact is getting ready to launch a new social media marketing tool within its suite of current offerings (email marketing, online surveys and event marketing). As a "Constant Contact All Star", ExtendedOffice is an early adopter and gets to check it out before "the world". They have launched a great social media educational blog that is really quite excellent. Check it out and get all of your social media questions answered in one place!

http://www.socialquickstarter.com/

Struggling with Office 2010, or just want to know how to use it more productively? Check out these great quick reference guides by www.customguide.com: Excel, Office, Outlook, PowerPoint and Word.

These printable quick references are yours to use, distribute, and share at your organization! Really great stuff!

Here's a powerful online presentation sharing engine that not only allows you to upload your PowerPoint presentations online for free, but also assists you to share
them with your friends, students or co-workers located across the globe.

authorSTREAM is a great online community that gives you access to numerous
presentations on varied subjects uploaded by community members. You can find
exciting presentations on just about any topic, rate them, post a comment and
even embed them in your blog.

Perplexed by the newest Word “ribbon” toolbar? Take a quick minute to check out these great MS Word 2010 keyboard shortcuts – it could save you a few minutes of frustration!

Click here to view the shortcuts.

You use a computer every day – are you doing it efficiently? I’m always trying to find faster, easier ways to get the job done so when I came across these Microsoft Windows productivity tips, I just had to share. Click here to learn faster ways to print, access applications, organize the Start Menu, search folders and send a file attachment from anywhere on the desktop.

No, not THAT apocalypse - a data apocalypse. Most of us have at least one computer in our homes and/or at the office. How prepared are you for a computer crash? It really isn't a matter of "if" - it's more a matter of "when" your computer will fail - just like a car, electronic circuits wear out, files are accidentally deleted or viruses invade - would you rather grieve your data loss or simply restore the data from a backup?