The ProVirtual Blog

Merry Christmas & Happy Googling!

It's already Christmas Eve... and another year is almost done! I look forward to 2008 with a fresh start with new services to kick off the year.

Every once in awhile, it's a good idea to Google oneself and learn where you stand out on the web. The new year is a great time to do this - and resolve to do what you can to spiff-up your online image. Money.com has a nice summary about where to start:  You're only as good as Google says you are (Money.com)

Merry Christmas!

Blog Roundup: Web Productivity Tools

Here's links to fresh posts from some of my favorite blogs that list (and rather exhaustively, in one case) currently available web productivity tools and feature highlights....certainly worth bookmarking:

• 10 Ways to Collaborate with Other Human Beings Without Actually Being There (Web Worker Daily)
  
• Best of Mashable: Productivity & Organization  (Mashable.com)
  
• Jajah, Jaxtr, Jangl - How Are These Skype Alternatives Different?  (Digital Inspiration)

Latest headline feeds from these and other blogs are shown at right -->

I REALLY Love Formspring....

I have even more reason to love Formspring now - they featured ProVirtual Solutions on their blog as one of their user profiles:

http://www.formspring.com/blog/2007/11/12/formspring-user-profile-provirtual-solutions/

The Future of Medicine (I hope...)

I know I haven't posted in awhile... swamped lately. However, the wonderful folks at Formspring posted about how one of their customers, a New York physician, uses the web to better serve patients and keep costs down... and I just had to share.

Dr. Jay Parkinson does medicine the old-fashioned way... but uses the web to get it done! Instead of getting (literally) hog-tied with big insurers, he offers house calls (house calls!!!) and simple pay-per service fees. Since his fees are reasonable (and disclosed in advance), he's accessible to the uninsured. He keeps costs down with the help of email, chat and video to assist patients. Check out Dr. Parkinson's informative blog post as to why your doctor can't communicate with you electronically... it's fascinating.

Announcing Teleclasses.Info

I recently launched my new site focused entirely on teleclasses and teleseminars, Teleclasses.Info.

Teleclasses are growing as a cost-saving way to learn something new - about almost any subject. They are also an extremely effective way for solopreneurs to sell their knowledge and market their practices. In the process of looking for new teleclass events, I realized that there wasn't a focused way for hosts to list their teleclasses or for a prospective attendee to find events in subjects in which they are interested. I wanted Teleclasses.Info to be a useful resource for both.

In short, I'm looking for teleclasses so you don't have to. :-) In addition to the main site, Teleclasses.Info has subject-specific interest areas:

• Teleclasses.Info (All Topics)
• Teleclasses.Info for Coaches & VAs
• Teleclasses.Info - Marketing
• Teleclasses.Info - Metaphysics & Self-Development

In addition, each area features automatic weekly email updates and RSS feeds - so you wont be out of the loop.