Resources links

Small business start-up assistance in Australia

• ABBI - Australian Better Business Insurance
• AIOP - Australian Institute of Office Professionals
• Business Entry Point
• Maus Business Systems
• Your Insurance Group - a specialist insurance provider for small to medium business, home, motor and other personal insurances

Resources for aspiring virtual assistants

• Executive PA - Read article on Cyber Secretaries (featuring eMatti)
• The 2-Second Commute (book) - Join the Exploding Ranks of Freelance Virtual Assistants by Christine Durst and Michael Haaren, Founders of Staffcentrix. Check-out page 19 ... 2-Second Spotlight on eMatti!
• AssistU
• Home Business Network
• IVAA - International Virtual Assistants Association
• Staffcentrix

Communication and research tools

As our major means of communication will be via the Internet, we have included several links where you can download freeware or inexpensive programs to enable us to communicate in compatible formats. We can also recommend several other programs to increase Internet security, once we have started to work together.

• Adobe Acrobat Reader
• Copernic - searches multiple Internet search engines simultaneously
• Currency converter
• MSN Messenger
• Skype
• Time Zone Converter
• WinZip

Computer relief exercising program

Virtual assistants and web designers spend a lot of time in front of their computer and hours have a way of passing by. If you are spending too much time at your computer and suffering from neck pain, download this simple program, which will remind you to stretch once in a while ... download Stretch Break.