1. Want to set up your business as a Virtual Assistant, get some training and get started? Or perhaps you are already operating a VA business but feel there is information missing and you want to fill in the gaps?
Until 31 December 2008, get a great package deal – the 10 week training course AND membership of A Clayton’s Secretary PLUS one year of web hosting for your virtual assistant business. This baby boomer will even throw in a .com, .biz, .net or similar domain for free!
7. And finally, I will provide hour long coaching in presentation skills or basic blogging with Wordpress.com (for the super shy beginner) at half my hourly rate. Just email me at rosiehorner(at)gmail.com before Dec. 31, 2008. We will talk.
After searching through all the calenders in the store I finally brought two Greenpeace Wall Calenders for my mom and uncle. Both of them have challenges with their sight. It was a delight to see them actually “see” the dates on the calender.
Now, the calender starts in January. But I hung it up in my uncles house anyway. But my mom decided to wait until December 31, 2008. So if you are looking for an unadvertised large print calender get your copy of Greenpeace. You will also help the efforts to keep our planet green because monies are donated from your purchase.
I love hearing the word SAVE these days.Before the economy became unstable I learned all my software online. Now, I am glad I do. I want to share seven‘ SAVES’ that will help you if you are planning to learn new software.
1.Save Gas
Gas prices can go up or down it doesn’t matter because I can sit in my home or anywhere I might be in the world learning Outlook, Excel, or PHPon my PC or husbands Mac without starting my car engine, burning a planes’gas, or taking a bus.
2.Save Time
I am one of those people who feel that time spent can equal money wasted or earned. (Unless it is time spent with family.) So, traveling to a location, parking the car, and listening to an instructor I may or may not understand can be a big waste of time.When I dedicate 30-60 minutes learning PowerPoint 2007, for example, I don’t need to factor in the time spent traveling to and from a location, signing up for the class, sending in the money, etc
3.Save On Books
You just don’t need text books when you learn software online. So say good-bye to buying “how to learn Photoshop”, etc., books on Amazon, E-bay or any other way.
4.Save My Sanity
I no longer feel like I am going crazy because I didn’t understand the really smart technological genius teaching me Photoshop who did not have good communication skills. Or, the really nice instructor who spent most of his time helping the really cute looking model in the seat in front of me.
My online software training company has trainers that take the time to explain new terms, speak clearly and still know their stuff. That is really important for someone who doesn’t have a 13 year old grandson to explain everything.
5.Save OnRetention
I actually remember more of what I learn when I do it online. Ok, let me explain. I can stop the video, then go and do what I learned. I just open another tab or window and practice what I just learned. I can work at my own pace.
6.Save Respect
Yes, you can save the respect of everyone who looks to you to have the answer to tough questions. For example, if you are a baby boomer you don’t want to lose the respect of younger folks in your audience because you still don’t know how to put your PowerPoint into a slide show mode. Theywill miss hearing your solutions to their problemsbecause you have not fully learned the technology.
7.Save Money
If I want to take a class on Html or PHP it will not be cheap. The same holds true for the Adobe products.But my husband and I pay a flat fee every year to have access to a huge amount of software titles for the price of taking a class for a single topic. We just saw a flyer for a full day of Photoshop which cost close to $300 dollars. Whereas, we can view over 12 hours for that same course in addition to 70,000 tutorials for less than the price of one live class.
Now, don’t get me wrong, I still attend a “live” class when I know the reputation of the instructor or if it is a course that is not available online. But I so enjoy my savings and vast assortment of offerings online.
I encourage you to visit http://www.babyboomersoftwaretraining.com and sample some of the “savings.” You can even take some of the first couple of classes FREE for each of the courses.
A special blogging boomer buddy is doing a cookbook! Betty Lynch, the blogging genius behind My Country Kitchen, is looking for writers. Please read and circulate the request below. Thanks
My Country Kitchen is desperately in need of your help!! I’m writing a cookbook for the 99 Series. This cookbook is for DADS who don’t know how to cook, but want to spend valuable time with their children. Food is an awesome way to spend quality time together. I want to add stories about Dads and kids cooking together in the kitchen. It can be funny, kitchen disasters, or inspirational stories of what went on with Dad and kids in the kitchen. If your story is selected to be in the cookbook, we will put your name and website address with your story in the cookbook in hopes to give you some exposure. Please email me at betty@mycountrykitchen.com. I need these stories as soon as possible. Our goal is to have this cookbook out by Father’s Day, 2009.
Baby Boomer Friendly Online Business Success Training helped me to get deeper with blogging. It also, helped me to better understand other internet marketing strategies. I liked it because it was taught by woman who knows adult education principles. Also, she has over 3 decades of experiences, already making money on the internet and she draws pictures. Well she uses webinars to teach.
This is the perfect course for beginners online! With 8 modules and more than 75 step-by-step video tutorials, this is not only a comprehensive course, but one that is doable!
Now, hubby and I spent a few weeks, every week, in this comprehensive yet easy to follow and understand course. I wanted to share it with anyone reading this who wants to take it slow but learn fast. So check it out. The teacher is none other than Dr. Jeanette Cates! You can check out her course right here!
Amazon's kindle is a great reader for baby boomers. It has a great screen, easy to use and a must for passionate readers on the go. You can increase the text size of your favorite book or periodical with the push of a button. If your eyes tire, simply increase the font size and continue reading comfortably. Kindle has six adjustable font sizes to suit your reading preference.Just think you can read all those pdf ebooks you have downloaded but have not had a chance to read. Take the kindle on the plane, boat or train and read away!
Private label services are available at Custom Beverages. Listen to the CEO, Linda Bailey Walker share tips on using her services and products for your private or business needs.
A book I co-authored with Dr. Robin Eubanks is NOW available to my readers only until Feb. 18, 2008. This is a book of motivational quotes with illustrations that will, hopefully, take up a healthy piece of real estate in your brain.
I am convinced that if we are not thinking of good stuff the bad stuff crowds everything else out. So, we decided to launch this little book that has inspired many in our workshops and keynotes. I have also used it to share with folks in the hospital or home recovering from an illness.
So go ahead and go to rosiehorner.com and download your copy today. And yes, you can share it with your friends and family.
Also visit my friend, Dr. Eubanks site. She is an excellent keynote speaker and super trainer.
Take care and enjoy.
PS If you like it please give me a comment and permission to use it.
“Baby Boomers are rejecting a view of themselves as old people.” This and other powerful insights can be found in the must have book called Generation Ageless. The authors, J.Walker Smith and Ann Clurman, have produced a work of bottomless information for anyone who wants to sell to or just plain understand the boomer market.
The term baby boomer was coined in 1960 by the Yankeovich Company. Since then they have compiled a wealth of information about baby boomers. They have divided baby boomers into six segments. Due diligents, maimizers, sidelineers, straight arrows, diss/contenteds, and re-activists.
The book is divided into two sections which focus on the immortality and morality focus of baby boomers. You may not agree with many of the perspectives but they come from loads of research based on surveys conducted on baby boomers.Do not be surprised, if you are reading it as a baby boomer, that you find yourself reflected in the book.
As for marketing to boomers, one point made is that boomers are more concerned about the experience of the product than the product itself. Umm, something to think about.
