An entrepreneur is constantly on the go and needs applications on their iPhone that not only keeps up with a busy schedule, but which also helps their business in some way. Fortunately, the iPhone apps cover almost any business need an entrepreneur might want handy.

Dragon Dictation:

Dragon Dictation for the iPhone is a great mobile app for those who can use dictation software. The software allows you to speak into the phone and then it writes the words into a text file of some type. From there, you can text, tweet or write memos without needing to find a computer or laboriously typing it out on the tiny keyboard of a mobile phone.

Fuze Meeting:

Fuze Meeting is a great mobile app for the entrepreneur with an iPhone. This app is designed for video conferencing. It allows screen sharing of data and will let you fetch anyone who is not yet at the meeting.

Bump:

Bump is a business app for the iPhone that makes it easy to swap information with business partners or contacts. Simply bump the iPhone with the contact’s phone and the mobile phone number and data are automatically added to the phone via wireless transmissions. It saves embarrassment after running out of business cards and avoids the loss of data due to losing a small piece of paper.

Quickoffice Connect Mobile Suite:

The iPhone application, Quickoffice Connect Mobile Suite, is an online service that allows a busy entrepreneur to access their Microsoft Office Productivity Suite. You can open and share documents, spreadsheets or any other data in the Microsoft Office. It saves time and prevents the need to carry a laptop.

Google Mobile App:

The Google Mobile App is a convenient application for any entrepreneur to put on his or her iPhone. Access anything from Google News and Maps to a Gmail account or a Google search engine from any location.

Omnifocus:

Omnifocus is the iPhone personal assistant app that helps organize data and keep entrepreneurs on task throughout the day. Avoid missing that lunch meeting, birthday or any other major event for business or personal life with an app to keep everything organized.

BAM Analytic Pro:

BAM Analytic Pro is the iPhone app designed to help monitor and maintain any entrepreneur’s website. The Internet is a major part of a successful business and this app helps develop the best website to bring in more sales and determine where sales are starting to fall off. It helps keep the business going.

Scan2PDF Mobile:

Scan2PDF Mobile is the application designed to help scan documents on the go. Since most people don’t carry a document scanner with them, this makes use of the camera on a phone to scan documents into the phone and put it in a PDF file when a scanner is not available.

Mi Phone Book:

The iPhone app titled Mi Phone Book is one of several phonebook application options available for the iPhone. This particular phonebook app works with social networking to keep contact information on your iPhone up to date. For the busy entrepreneur, you don’t have time to search online social media accounts for phone numbers the live updating as soon as contact information is put into the networks via the notification option saves time and prevents the loss of contact data due to changing numbers or email addresses.

My Eyes Only:

My Eyes Only is an iPhone app that helps protect personal and business data such as credit card numbers, passwords and financial information. The app encrypts the data with strong coding that ensures you are the only person accessing the financial data on your iPhone. It is ideal for the entrepreneur whose phone might have client data as well.

Entrepreneurs can benefit from the use of some iPhone apps that help improve their organization, security and ability to work while on the go.

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10 Apps for the Entrepreneur 2011

It’s no secret that I have fallen in favor of the StudioPress Genesis Theme Framework and child themes over the past year and have been working nearly exclusively with the themes. Eco-Office Gals has been redesigned on the Enterprise Child Theme and I am finally happy – third time IS the charm!

StudioPress has been rolling out several new child themes lately, including the Social Eyes Child Theme.

One of the great benefits of Social Media is the ability to meet people where they are. On Facebook? Over at Twitter? No problem.

Social Eyes is an elegant and easy way to assemble a stunning home for all of your Social Media work, and to expand it with your own unique take on what’s going on.

What could be a better fit for a giveaway on Eco-Office Gals then a perfect merge of paperless outlets to promote your small business – WordPress, StudioPress & Social Media! That’s right! Brian Gardner – Founder of StudioPress – is donating a copy of Social Eyes (or child theme of choice) to one lucky Eco-Office Gals Facebook Fan and upon request, Eco-Office Gals will install it on WordPress for you! If you have been looking to upgrade to a great premium theme, here is your chance!

Eco-Office Gals wants to reach 1,000 FB fans. A tall order? Maybe – but we are talking about winning the best premium theme of 2010 valued at $79.95 plus install.  So, the requirement to win – you MUST be a fan! Go to our the Eco-Office Gals Fan page and “like” us. Then comment here that you did.

Already a Fan? Then you’re one step ahead of the game, just comment here that you are a fan, who you are on FB and you want to win the theme.

Extra entries – Like or share this post on Facebook, recommend the EOG fan page to your friends on FB. Heck, send your twitter followers to our FanPage. No one wins until we hit 1,000 fans – so the more ways you send people to “Like” us the quicker your chance of getting your hands on this theme!

Leave a comment below for everything and anything you do since the winner will be picked from the comments, upon confirmation that you are a FaceBook Fan.

* A few obvious details for the winner, you must have a domain purchased and a self-hosted WordPress.org platform installed. Theme is for personal use only and may not be resold. Theme is installed out of the box free of charge – customization is not included. If you don’t have any of the above upon winning, Eco-Office Gals can assist with the details, but it is not included in the winnings. Good Luck!

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Giveaway: Like Eco-Office Gals Win Studiopress!

Not too long ago I started this little Virtual Assistant business, Eco-Office Gals.  Only one problem was there were no “Gals”, just me juggling it all; the clients, the posts, the marketing, the blog designs, the reviews & giveaways, you name it.  It was a one Gal show.  Certain projects would slow me down since they were not my strong skill areas. Other areas I would love to spend more time on, I couldn’t since there was more on the list to tend to. I needed to find someone that could fill in the pieces, someone that had strengths where I fell short. Additionally, I needed someone that had the same desire to grow businesses green and paperless.  As I struggled with all of these thoughts on the direction of Eco-Office Gals I got an email from Christina. She shared some great feedback on my site as well as some insight into her own Virtual Assistant business.

Christina Greenway has over 5 years of Virtual Industry experience and is currently the owner of Online Office Assistants, specializing in developing and implementing successful and affordable Online Marketing Strategies for every type of business. She lives, works and plays in Victoria, BC, Canada

Christina is always looking for a ‘green-way’ to do things – as a mother of three, embracing everything from organic cleaners to cloth diapers!

As Christina and I started to communicate more, I started to realize I had a lot to learn from her and many of our business goals fell inline with one another. I knew Christina was the Gal I needed!  So, I threw my thoughts into an email about partnering together to bring the best of everthing green and paperless to the Virtual Assistant world and Woohoo, she was for it!

Moving forward, Christina and I will both continue to develop our individual Virtual Assistant businesses.  However, on many projects we will be joining forces to bring you the best of both our skills!

Christina will help Eco-Office grow your business the “Greenway” with:

• Shopping Cart Management
• Membership Sites
• Social Media Marketing Techniques

Coming Soon:

• Wind Powered Web Hosting
• WordPress video and Power Point training
• Improved Blogsite packages and paperless communications to better suit your needs
• Twice the online presence to seek out the best ways to grow your business green!
• more, more, more!

I hope you will take a moment to leave a comment and say Hi to Christina and maybe even let us know what area’s you would like to see us cover in growing your office green!

Have a great day!

Jen & Christina

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Introducing “Greenway”: The New Gal In The Office

Wait! Isn’t it Flaunt It! Monday??  Yes, but since people will be in and out for the holidays I don’t want any giveaways to flop on the sponsors due to lack of participation.  So, Flaunt It! Monday will be back in 2009.

I am going to spend the week focusing on other topics to gear you up for 2009!  Some on growing green in your home and business others on strengthening your online (and paperless) presence on the internet.

Today I bring you 40 Ways to Deliver Killer Blog Content by Chris Brogan.  I found this list very inspirational for my business in the new year and hope I step up to the plate and use some, if not all, of his points!  I’ve referred to Chris before on my Tweetin’ Twitter post. I’ve learned a lot about Social Media from him, I hope you can take something from him, too!

The Basics

1. Brevity rules. Can you say it briefly?
2. Start at the main point, then work the story up. (Make the main point in the first paragraph.)
3. Use small words. You don’t have to impress people. You have to be clear.
4. Analogies help people understand things better.
5. So do stories.
6. You don’t have to write complete sentences, even though your teacher taught you to do that. But treat it sparingly. Like this. Like a condiment.
7. Keep paragraphs small, if possible. We balk at large blocks of text.
8. Make your point from the reader’s side of the fence. Who is your audience?
9. Depending on how you write, go back and see if you can cut out more. Reduce. Reduce. Reduce.
10. Use the word you’re thinking about, not a fancier, or more polite word.

Concepts and the Bigger Picture

1. Set up series of posts, even if you don’t call them a series. Make a post that brings up follow-on points from a previous post, and link back to that post to reinforce the original content.
2. Get your inspiration from reading. #1 source for my ideas comes from other blogs not in my space. Not sure what to read that’s NOT in your space? Alltop, my friend. ( see also).
3. Think strategically, if this is for business or a cause. Ask yourself what you want your reader to do next. Try to write from that point of view.
4. Theme-wise, writing very helpful things that people can use is way better than writing thoughtful things that make people think and just walk away. You can have thoughtful but not helpful, but you’re striving for helpful and thoughtful in the same piece.
5. Never write the me-too blog. Look to be ahead of the wave and feeding backwards, not behind the wave and eating someone’s wake.
6. Look for ways to think forward, but that tie to your business interests. When I write about the future, I’m also inviting someone to make that future with me.
7. Mix it up. Keep an editorial calendar and note what kinds of posts you’ve written lately. Thought posts? Lists? Interviews? Make sure you’re mixing up the type of post you’ve written lately.
8. Consider the occasional dip into Google Trends to write a story that might draw new audience to your conversation. Don’t do this all the time, because the gimmick can wear off quick. Again, think condiments, not meals.
9. If you don’t have anything interesting to blog, skip a day. Don’t skip many days.
10. And never never never (raise your hand and repeat this with me) “I” (state your name) “solemnly swear never never never never ever to post another ‘I’m sorry I haven’t blogged lately’ posts ever again. Ever.”

Overdrive

1. Consider your audience but write from your passion.
2. Don’t mince words. If it’s a “pissing match,” it’s not a disagreement.
3. Ask questions. Blogs are conversations starting and flowing. Ask. Questions.
4. Link to people. If you write about Steve Garfield, link to Steve Garfield.
5. It’s not all about your blog. Get out and comment on other people’s blogs. Often.
6. Leave a few ideas unfinished. Ask for input. It always improves a piece. Blogs are great for that.
7. Use tags. Lots of tags. Make sure you claim your blog with Technorati, and submit it with Alltop.
8. Make sure your blog’s URL is everywhere: in your email signature, in Facebook, in Flickr, in Twitter, in every outpost you can think about.
9. Don’t email, DM, and otherwise push every blog post you write to other people. Share the best ones. Let the others be found on their own merits.
10. Always know why you’re doing what you’re doing. Question yourself often. Look for ways to improve the game.

Encore

1. Comment back to the people who have left comments.
2. Follow those people’s links sometimes and go explore their blog.
3. Look for ways to empower the community you inspire.
4. If you haven’t found your community yet, keep looking, searching, and connecting.
5. Learn about Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and Search Engine Marketing (SEM). It’s no longer okay not to know even the most basic things.
6. Find great Creative Commons photos and use them for your post (with attribution).
7. Deconstruct what your favorite writers do, and try it your own way.
8. Occasionally, try something completely different.
9. Don’t be afraid to fail. Be afraid of not being interesting enough.
10. Write as if someone believes in you, because someone does. (me!)

Feeling inspired? Go forth and blog! All the best in 2009!

Jen

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