For starters... family, friends, reading, music, movies, computer use and basic troubleshooting, new technology, learning software, learning in general, travel, health/wellness, photography, meeting new people, volunteering at church, helping others when able, and working in my home office.
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<span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Formerly from Pennsylvania, I have been in Arizona for over 20 years. I have a college aged son and a yellow Lab who keeps me company while I work =). As I become more familiar with VAnetworking, I will add more about me. Until then, I thought I would include a partial list of services I provide, plus software apps and tech gadgets I have available.</span></span>
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<span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><strong>Marketing materials design:</strong> logos, business cards, flyers/brochures, booklets, signs for real estate and window advertising, website banners, photo editing, aerial photography/map editing, and more.</span></span>
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<span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><strong>Contact Database/Address Book management:</strong> develop, maintain, edit, purge, customize, export, import, and backups. If you are a devoted ACT! user and need some help, give me a call!</span></span>
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<span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><strong>WordPress web sites and blogs:</strong> Design and development of small business websites with an emphasis on taking advantage of social media and internet marketing.</span></span>
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<span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><strong>Limited <em>basic </em>start-up WordPress assistance</strong> (domain registration, hosting account, theme selection and plugin advice, referrals to search engine/SEO experts, content writers, etc.) for business people and hobbyists who prefer to develop and maintain their own blog site.</span></span>
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<span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span>To New WordPress Users</span>: </span></span>
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<span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">I am compiling a list of issues for a Q&A booklet or blog series aimed at the <strong>brand new WordPress user</strong>. </span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">In exchange for a descriptive list of your 5 most confusing or frustrating issues with WordPress as a new user, I will attempt to help you resolve as many as I can* in 30 minutes on the phone, through 3/31/2013. (*assuming I know the answer myself, or where it can be found).</span></span>
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<em><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Don't be discouraged - it's quite a learning curve even for those with a basic HTML background!</span></span></em>
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<strong>Adobe Creative Suite</strong> CS5 and CS5.5. Always learning, but most familiar with: Photoshop, InDesign, Acrobat, Illustrator, and Dreamweaver. What would we do without Acrobat and PDF files?!
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<span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><strong><strong>Microsoft Office 2010 </strong>for Small Business</strong>. Excel is one of my favorite programs. Powerpoint and Outlook are great too... but does anyone else have a love/hate relationship with Word?</span></span>
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<span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><strong>ACT!</strong> Contact Management Software. Also have ACT! 6 from 2004, a favorite of some long-time ACT! users. Love to help clean up, organize, and customize these databases.</span></span>
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<span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span>Favorite Internet, Cloud and Collaboration Apps</span>: <strong>Evernote</strong>, <strong>Dropbox</strong>, Gmail, Google Voice and most Google application (desktop and mobile), CompanionLink, TeamworkPM project manager, WordPress, ManageWP, Skype, AIM, eFax, Facebook, Twitter, Hootsuite. The list is ever growing =).</span></span>
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- Software experienced with, but not readily available at this time: <strong>MapInfo Professional;</strong> <strong>REGIS</strong>-Real Estate GIS mapping program.
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<span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">- <strong>Digital camera </strong>available for local real estate photos and other photography: DSLR w/wide angle and long range lenses.</span></span>
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<span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">- Very familiar with use and troubleshooting of <strong>large format (42" wide print rolls) HP inket printers</strong>, and Canon/Konica laser copier/printers.</span></span>
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<span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">- Previous experience as network and email administrator of <strong>Windows Server</strong> and <strong>Microsoft Exchange</strong> email system.</span></span>
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<span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">- Background in: commercial real estate (retail specialty) - custom designed maps, tenant representation tour books, info packages and research; and marketing brochures, site plans, and signs (print & digital).</span></span>
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<span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">I am available to assist with one-time or ongoing projects, either on a subcontract or client basis.</span></span>
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