Remote Working Part 3 – Must have online tools
Self discipline more….
Before I give you my list of my favourite online tools that will definitely assist you to operate remotely, I should bring to your attention one more item related to self discipline and specifically to do with keeping your focus and levels of concentration
I’ve identified and confirmed a common habit in acquaintances who work on the web and I’ve known for a substantial period and I call this habit the fifty min rule. I identified these colleagues who focus and work for fifty mins. and then kick back for a complete ten mins. rest and are considerably more productive and generate a much higher quality of work than individuals who don’t have set working practises.
OK as promised I present you with my list of preferred remote working software:
Google Mail has a price tag of zero. For my money the search & label (categories) mechanisms have no equal. The only disadvantage so far is that I have seen it run quite slowly on lower spec.computers
Phone calls
Skype continually perplexed me as the call stability was down right horrible, but three cheers for the geeks at Skype now as they have considerably refined the quality of the service. For just a few bucks a quarter ! can call and conference in any phone and Skype subscriber on the planet. The latest edition of Skype has a ton of excellent features and there constantly expanding collection of practical add on applications.
Organising Content
Evernote has connected over a million users in a very short space of time – it enables you to store, organise and add notes to any type of digital media on the net. Just go check it out…it’s free.
Invoicing, Time and Expenses capture, Accounting and CRM
You probably know that my calling to work remotely was originally encouraged by Quickbooks Online, a small business accounting software web application. But it simply doesn’t even come close to the free edition of salesorder.com – a lead to cash system that’s as easy to use as a kettle I looked at NetSuite whose pricing (and people) scared me off. My choice here is salesorder.com – Go check it out.
