If you are a Microsoft Word user you may be getting headaches from
navigating endless menus and tool bars to get things done. If so this free
plug-in may be just the aspirin you've been looking for.
This neat tool allows you to tell Word what you want, using your own words.
It frees you from having to memorize all of the menus and toolbars. You
simply type in what you want and - Shazam -- Word will do it.
It's so simple there is no training required - and best of all it's yours
for the asking.
TRICK#2: International Calls On The House
10 million people in 220 countries can't be wrong. That's how many use this
use this money saving service to make phone calls worldwide. Their basic
package allows users to make free, unlimited calls around the globe.
Blumberg.com called this "-- the first service that allows you to make a
call from your mobile with the same convenience for international calls as
domestic."
Interesting way to pinch pennies in these penny-pinching times.
Great Place #1: Make Your Own Highway Signs
Want to lighten up your day - and maybe someone else's day? If so, here's
a great place to make weird signs by injecting your own warped sense of humor.
You can make phony baloney highway signs and if you scroll down to the
bottom you'll find that you can also make many others including "error
messages", gas station signs, road construction signs, Chinese restaurant
signs and office building signs.
Guess it's a sign of the times.
Great Place #2: Terrific Tiny Tag Topper
Want to call attention to something you think the world should notice? If
so you've come to the right place for bringing your information to the
forefront - to the top.
Here you can quickly and easily make and label a tag graphic in a variety
of colors and with text of your choice. After you make your tag, you can
download it to your computer or save it with a single click.
Even if you don't need a tag today -- try it out anyway and tag this great
place. The day will come when a little tag will come in handy.
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Published: May 20, 2009
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 John M. "Jack" Peckham is the Executive Director of REcyber.com (the Real Estate CyberSpace Society). In that capacity he oversees the development and delivery of the latest up to the minute Real Estate Cyberspace tools, strategies, networking structures and services that the Society provides its members to leverage their effectiveness, visibility, professionalism and earnings. As host of Real Estate CyberSpace Radio, he provides over 40 hours of programming to help listeners integrate the power of the Internet into their daily business lives.
He is the author of several real estate books published by Prentice Hall and Harcourt Brace Jovanovich including his latest Master Guide to Income Property Brokerage from Wiley Publishing. A columnist for the Boston Herald for nine years, his syndicated columns have appeared in over 100 papers nationwide.
Jack loves to sell real estate has been involved directly in the sale of over one billion dollars in Real Estate. Today he sells in his jeans and fuzzy slippers as a one-man shop and has closed over $40,000,000 in sales on the Internet recently in 20% of his working time. The balance he spends directing the affairs of the 10,000 member Real Estate CyberSpace Society. The Society awards the RECS (Real Estate CyberSpace Specialist) Designation to members based on the current criteria.
He served as Chairman of the Strategic Planning Committee for the National Association of Realtors (NAR), is a Past President of the Massachusetts Association of Realtors and has been honored as the Massachusetts State Realtor of the Year.
You can reach Jack at or by calling 617-523-4441. |
