We are becoming more mobile than ever before, thanks to technology that lets us interact personally and professionally in diverse, fluid ways. While there are ample reports to confirm this truth, one needs only look around while out and about to know it’s accurate. Everywhere, people are texting, taking photos and forwarding, checking email and even, well, talking using their multi-functional phones–Blackberries, iPhones and the like. Now, even netbooks and slimline laptops also make it easier to make great use of mobile broadband, enabling users to be fully functional while on the go.
Parks Associates, a Texas-based research firm specializing in”digital living technologies,” was widely quoted earlier this year as it announced that mobile broadband users will top 140 million by 2013. Likewise, a 2008 report from comScore, Inc. reported that Americans accessing the Internet via mobile broadband lept by 154% in 2007. The comScore report noted that 59% of users were using the technology for work purposes, versus 41% for personal use. Suffice to say, this versatile capability is increasingly impacting our everyday lives in more integrated ways. Read the rest of this entry »
In-boxes (especially those wood ones actually labeled “IN”). Fake ficus trees in office lobbies. Snail mail. Normal business hours. First generation Palm Pilots. Fax machines.
This is a list of things on their way to the Museum of How We Used to Do Business. As times change and technology evolves, these items will join dictation machines, rotary phones, gargantuan computers the size of boats, typewriters and carbon paper in the hall of relics from business eras gone by. I’m sure there are more than a few of you out there hoping that modular cubicle walls also go the way of extinction in the not so distant future.
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I have given a lot of though to the possibility of hiring a Virtual Assistant to help me out next year in my business. In have been told by friends and colleagues that hiring a virtual assistant could help me streamline my business, and help me stay organized. Goodness knows I could use the help!
In order to make a well-thought out decision, I decided to make a list of all of the things my virtual assistant could help me with. Here is what I came up with:
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Leading virtual office services provider Davinci Virtual has tripled staff numbers since its UK launch in January as a result of increased demand for this solution. In the past three months, Davinci has doubled client numbers and now represents over 250 individuals.
The take up in virtual offices has increased significantly during the recession as small companies and entrepreneurs in the UK look for the ultimate cost-effective and time-efficient solution for their businesses.
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There isn’t a business that couldn’t gain economically by leveraging the advantages of a “virtual office“. It seems that some businesses and entire market segments implement innovative solutions before others. The real estate industry, hardest hit by the economic downturn, is reinventing itself and migrating to “virtual offices” followed by the legal industry.
Successful Realtors, Gary Behnke, Myrna Evans , Timothy Breslin and Kathy Foley joined Abacus Properties, Inc. Seasoned, consistent producing real estate agents, they left a North County national franchise to join the Abacus Team. Long time San Diego North County residents with proven tract records, they will be a great addition to our growing real estate Team.
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