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		<title>How to Organize Your Life Online</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 00:02:24 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Virtual Assistance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BatchBook]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Sara Carbaugh]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Ever since starting my virtual assistant business early this year I have struggled with organizing all of the new information that I collect everyday. New contacts, new project proposals, notes from seminars, and all the different social media names and addresses! I love Google’s Apps and I use Gmail for the bulk of my contacts [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ever since starting my virtual assistant business early this year I have struggled with organizing all of the new information that I collect everyday. New contacts, new project proposals, notes from seminars, and all the different social media names and addresses! I love <a href="http://www.google.com/apps/" target="_blank">Google’s Apps</a> and I use Gmail for the bulk of my contacts but I found it wasn’t exactly what I needed. I also use and love Google Calender for appointments but there again I didn’t find the perfect match for following conversations and to-dos together.</p>
<p>Well I did some research and after speaking with a new friend of mine, Michelle Ward from <a href="http://whenigrowupcoach.com/blog/" target="_blank">When I Grow Up Coach</a>, I found my new favorite time management tool &#8211; <a href="http://www.batchblue.com/index.html" target="_blank"><strong>Batchbook</strong></a>! It may not be all encompassing but it has all the tools that I was looking for to organize my stream of information.</p>
<p>You can visit the BatchBook website for a look at everything they offer but here are a few of the options that really got me excited!</p>
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<li><strong>Contact management with sync ability      with Freshbooks and Survey Monkey!<br />
</strong>This means that every time you create a new contact in BatchBook you      will also be creating a new contact in these 3<sup>rd</sup> party applications.      Such a time saver!</p>
<p>There is also a <strong>web form option</strong> that is handy when you      want to create a form for a website and collect the information. You can      link the form with specific contacts and have all of the information in      one place!</li>
<li><strong> Communications Tracking<br />
</strong>With BatchBook you can link contacts with conversations and To-Dos so      you can have all the information in one neat bunch!</p>
<p>They also have <strong>e-mail      forwarding</strong> where you can forward messages and attachments from you inbox      to BatchBook and link those to a specific contact as well. I use this feature      a lot to follow a conversation and link with my To-Dos instead of having      to rewrite everything or link back to another program.</li>
<li><strong>Super Tags<br />
</strong>Ok it sounds like a superhero and it kind of is, except for      information instead of damsels in distress! Tags are like labels or      folders, so you can tag conversations or contacts that are related      together and then by looking at that tag you can see everything associated      with a specific group or project.</p>
<p>The cool part is the <strong>Super Tags.</strong> These      are special tags that will add additional information to that contact. For      example, the Social Media Super tag will add the option of including a      Twitter name, blog feed, and even Flickr feed! Not only do you now have      the names and web addresses in their contact, BatchBook actually places      the feed into the contact so you can see their profile and their latest blog      posts! Very Cool!</li>
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<p>I highly recommend giving BatchBook a once over, especially if you’re looking for a really simple tool to organize your conversations! Compared to other project management options out there I found that BatchBook was a great price. Plus, if you follow @batchblue on Twitter you get an additional <strong>30 days free</strong>! Be sure to let me know what you think!</p>
<p>Happy Organizing!  <img src='http://www.mbsn.org/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':-)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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<p style="text-align: left"><em>Sara Carbaugh is a wife, a mother and a virtual assistant working with entrepreneurs. Visit her website at <a href="http://www.rightclickofficeservices.com" target="_blank">www.rightclickofficeservices.com</a> for more information on Sara and how she can help take some of the stress off you and your business!</em></p>
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