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INNOVATE! Technology, Tools, Tips & Techniques
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Recommend Cybertary
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December 2008
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Dear Client,
Welcome to INNOVATE!, an administrative resource for small business owners. INNOVATE! is a product of Cybertary, a professional Virtual Assisting company. In these monthly emails we will be giving you numerous resources and tips you can use in your business, your home, your office and your life!
Let the holiday season begin! Because ready or not, here it comes...
In INNOVATE! this month, we are sharing some of our best holiday tips and articles. We start with some fun in "If Santa Had a Cybertary" and then we dive into a little business with "Let Cybertary Help You Prepare for the Tax Season." And, of course, we won't let you forget the most important part of the holidays for business owners: "Building your Holiday Card Mailing List." You may recognize these great tips but due to popular demand we've brought them back for you to use again.
More than anything, we want to wish you and yours peace this holiday season. Get started by reading: "Traveling in a Peacefully Productive Manner" from Meggin McIntosh, PhD. And have a safe and blessed holiday season, from all of us here at Cybertary.
Enjoy!
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If Santa Had a Cybertary
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The holidays are upon us, as well as the ever-busy jolly ol' St. Nick. So what would make Santa's 2008 holiday season even brighter? Well, Mr. Claus could absolutely benefit from hiring Cybertary, and here's why!
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Let Cybertary Help You Prepare for the Tax Season
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 Get Organized and Proactive for the Tax Season
Sure, tax season may seem like it's months away. However, why not get your QuickBooks® in order now to avoid a new year burden and the mad tax season rush? Cybertary is ready and waiting to help you organize your 2008 tax records and update your QuickBooks today. That way, you'll be organized and ready to kick off the new year without the yearly tax burden weighing on your mind. Plus, with all your 2008 tax paperwork organized and entered, you'll be in the perfect position to do some productive 2009 tax planning at year-end.
Call Cybertary today. We are ready to help you prepare for a stress-free 2008 tax season and a joyous 2009.
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| Build Your Holiday Card Mailing List |
Are you getting ready to address your holiday cards? Use this tip to make it easier and faster. Microsoft Word and Microsoft Outlook can work together to help you create mailing lists for various types of mass mailings such as holiday greeting cards, business letters, and address labels. This capability is called mail merge. Most people know that you can start a mail merge in Word and that you can pull address information from Outlook. However, not so many know that you can also start the mail merge in Outlook.
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| Traveling in a Peacefully Productive Manner |
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 By Meggin McIntosh, Ph.D.
"The Ph.D. of Productivity"TM
Traveling puts tremendous strain on a person's productivity...because of the wear and tear on your body, mind, soul, and emotions. It's important to recognize this and to be proactive in addressing these issues. This article includes some ideas to consider as you travel for your professional responsibilities (although most apply for personal travel as well).
Travel, whether for business or for pleasure, is a challenge. Make it more productive for yourself by following one or more of the suggestions in this article. Apply one or more of these for your very next trip. Be clear on your intent to be more productive.
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Mail Merging with QuickBooks
Save time this holiday by letting QuickBooks do the work for you! QuickBooks can even prepare envelopes for you!
Follow these simple steps and save yourself time and energy. (Note: You must have QuickBooks Pro or Premier and Microsoft Word for this to work. In this example we use QuickBooks Pro 2005 and Word 2000, your menus may vary slightly.)
- Choose "prepare letters with envelopes" from the Company menu. Choose the type: vendor, customer, etc.
- If this is the first time using this feature, QuickBooks will prompt you to "copy" the files into the correct directory.
- Select the recipients that you want to send the letter to and click 'next'.
- Choose a document template to start working with. You can choose to start with a blank one if you wish. Click 'next'.
- Enter your name and title as you would like it to appear on the letter. Click 'next'.
- At this point, QuickBooks will begin exporting the information into Word. Just make any changes where needed (they will show **Missing Information** to let you know there is a problem) and print.
TIP: If you have your letterhead in electronic format, you can simply copy and paste the letters into your letterhead, getting rid of the QuickBooks generated letterhead.
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Book of the Month
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December Book - "The Don't Sweat Guide to Holidays: Enjoying the Festivities and Letting Go of the Tension"
Do you like to read but don't let yourself find the time or have a hard time finding good books? The book we feature this month is "The Don't Sweat Guide to Holidays: Enjoying the Festivities and Letting Go of the Tension" by Richard Carlson, Ph.D..
We often get so busy around the holidays, we forget to take the time to enjoy them. This book guides readers through this hectic time of the year with helpful techniques on gift giving, family visits, overcoming the stress of entertaining, and more.
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| Preview of Upcoming INNOVATE! Newsletters... |
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Alternative Online Shopping Cart Tools
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Affiliate Program Basics
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Perils of Shoebox Bookkeeping
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"Organized Shoebox"
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Cyber Quick Tip - Your Website URL Gets Blacklisted
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...and more!
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