Conversions Tools | Guest Blog Post by @ValAlba

by Michelle Mangen on May 13, 2013

in Productivity Tools

This is a guest post from Valerie Alba, owner of Valerie L. Alba Virtual Assistance LLC (aka VLA – Super V.A.). Valerie provides a range of consulting, secretarial, and administrative tasks for small business owners and entrepreneurs.? VLA – Super V.A. assists with correspondence management (letters, email, reports, presentations), social media networking, customer relationship management (Infusionsoft CRM), email marketing (newsletters content and creation), website updates, research, and transcription. Industry experience includes Coaches, Medical, Construction, Real Estate and Legal.

Conversion Tools

Everyone loves to get something for nothing. Especially VA’s. Part of a VA’s job is document management and that includes working with Word, Excel and JPG documents. It is often required of us to send documents in PDF format for security and protection purposes and most PDF software programs are very expensive. Luckily for us, the following three programs offer free, quick and easy, one-stop solutions.

1. http://www.pdfconverter.com/pdf-to-word-online-free/

With PDFConverter.com, all you need to do is select the file you wish to convert, enter your email address and convert the file. You will get the document sent via email. With PDFConverter.com, you can convert PDF to XLS, PDF to PPT, PDF to Word, or create a PDF. It’s quick, easy and free!

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The site also offers articles, guides, and tips and tricks.

2. http://www.convert-jpg-to-pdf.net/

Convert-JPG-to-PDF.net is just as quick to us as PDFConverter.com but the site interface is a little busier.

1. Select the desired JPG

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2. Upload JPG
image003 300x168 Conversions Tools | Guest Blog Post by @ValAlba3. Convert to PDF

image004 300x168 Conversions Tools | Guest Blog Post by @ValAlbaWhen you document is ready you have the option to either View PDF or Download PDF

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Once you have viewed, if it’s not perfect, you can change the settings (size or page orientation) try again.

Convert-JPG-to-PDF.net also supports the American Red Cross Vaccination program by sponsoring a vaccination for every 5,000 JPG to PDF conversion. This is comparable to approximately 1-3 vaccinations a day.

Using Convert-JPG-to-PDF.net program is quick, easy, and free and you can save a child’s life at the same time. It doesn’t get any better than that. So, convert away!

3. http://www.pdftoword.com

PDFtoWord by Nitro is similar to PDFConverter.com. You select the PDF to convert, enter your email, (confirm you are human) and convert. Your converted document will be sent to you via an email attachment.

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Nitro also has a Pro version (use to batch convert larger collections of files) and other free tools like Nitro Reader, Word to PDF ad PDF to Excel.

If you have the need to Extract, Merge or Combine PDF documents, check out this great blog post with free online conversion tools by V3.http://www.copytrans.net/

I have personally used all three of the above conversion tools and I highly recommend any and all.

Do you have a utility belt tool or  tip you’d like to share?  Please leave it in the comments below.

Post from: VLA – Super V.A. Help is just a click away!

 

 

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SEO copywriting and your Virtual Assistant business (Part 2 of 3)

by Michelle Mangen on May 10, 2013

in Virtual Assistant Industry

Photoxpress 4988004 300x199 SEO copywriting and your Virtual Assistant business (Part 2 of 3)As we discussed last time, in today’s wired world, you need to understand SEO (search engine optimization) copywriting for your Virtual Assistant website to be a success.  Don’t risk letting your website be just an online brochure. Use SEO copywriting to turn your site into a power site.

When your clients and prospects search the Internet for something they enter keywords to indicate the kind of information they’re looking for. Then a search engine, such as Google, Bing, or Yahoo!, provides the results that best match their keywords.

If your website’s content doesn’t contain the keywords and terms your prospects are looking for, the search engines will not return your site as a possible option, and chances are they just won’t find you.

For your site to be successful, you need two things:

  • Well-written content
  • Well-chosen SEO keywords

Next time, we’ll talk about how you can turn yourself into an SEO copywriter.

About the Author: Allison Nazarian is a writer who works closely with organizations of all sizes to put stories into words. Learn more about Allison and her services at Allison Media Group.

Photo Credit: Photoxpress user: Adam Borkowski

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Leverage Your Time by Working with a Virtual Assistant

by Michelle Mangen on May 6, 2013

in Small Business Ideas

This weekend was the first time I’ve attended Sarasota/Bradenton’s BarCamp event (unConference). I had absolutely no intention of speaking but due to a little push from three different people, a borrowed laptop and last minute inspiration I decided to do it.

(NOTE: The original purpose of attending was to volunteer for the event with my son and three of his friends)

This was the second time I’ve spoken in front of a group (the first time was back in 2009) and I fall in the huge percentage of people who fear public speaking.  There was 25 minutes per presentation and I was so “worried” about going over time that I flew through this prezi in 15 minutes. Which worked out great as it gave the audience time to ask questions (and boy did they have a lot!). As a result of all of the questions…guess what? I went over time!

Remember this slide deck was literally thrown together at the last minute on a borrowed laptop so it’s not very snazzy. Direct and to the point.

Not on this deck but one thing I should have covered – “When is the best time to hire a virtual assistant?”

In my opinion the best time to hire a virtual assistant is as soon as you possibly can. Why you ask? Because if you wait until you’re “too busy” then you won’t have the proper time to train someone and essentially you will end up stifling your own business growth.

The audience asked the most questions about the things a virtual assistant could do for a small business owner (the list on this prezi is just a teeny, teeny portion of all the possible things a VA can do for you). Feel free to contact me if you have any questions.

I also didn’t really get into the differences between a virtual assistant vs. an online business manager but I will soon as I’m personally transitioning into the OBM world as a result of the work with my business coach.

As an aside if you live in the Sarasota / Tampa area be sure to attend BarCamp’s 2014 event. It’s really an incredibly opportunity to meet other local business owners as well as hearing some really great talks! Here is their website. And, there are monthly (free) after hour events on the first Thursday of every month at Shakespear’s Pub on Osprey Ave (as you’re heading down to Siesta Key Village).

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SEO copywriting and your Virtual Assistant business (Part 1 of 3)

by Michelle MangenMay 3, 2013 Virtual Assistant Industry

If you really want your Virtual Assistant business website to be a winner, I’m here to tell you that you can’t ignore search engine optimization (SEO)! To write online content that works hard for you, you’re going to need to learn the basics of SEO copywriting. SEO copywriting refers to writing website content for search [...]

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Featured Virtual Assistant | Renee Shupe of Redhead Business Solutions

by Michelle MangenMay 1, 2013 Virtual Assistants

Introducing our featured virtual assistant: Renee Shupe of Redhead Business Solutions How long have you been in business? Since 2008 What’s YOUR Story? How did you get started? For many years I worked in the corporate world partnering and working along side C-Level Executives in the Marketing and Technology area of many high profile consumer [...]

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