Going Mobile With the Home Office

Working from home seems to be everyone’s dream these days, and the fact is that it’s actually becoming easier and cheaper to have a home office. The rent is cheaper, there are no additional utility bills to pay, and you don’t have to spend ridiculous amounts of money on gasoline to get back and forth from work.

This is not only beneficial for professionals who are interested in working from home, but companies are also finding the benefits of a more home-based work force. Less office furniture is required, resulting in lower operating costs. With smaller offices, companies can spend less money on their office space, utilities, and instead invest in innovative mobile devices that allow the professional to take their work with them wherever they go. When a professional is setup to work from home, it’s definitely a win-win situation and more and more businesses are taking advantage of this every day.

Building a website is one of the most popular methods that professionals are using to attract new clients. When a person is looking for legal, medical, or financial advice online, they generally begin at a search engine, like Google. By typing in their questions, they are able to locate websites (and professionals like you) that can help them find the answers. “How do I setup a 401k?” “Rash on my arm,” or “filing an auto accident law suit” are terms that potential clients type into search engines. By creating a website that is setup to attract these clients, search engines can send them to your website.

If you don’t have a website, there is another method of attracting clients through the internet. OnlineConsultation.com is new website which many potential clients go to find doctors, lawyers, accountants, business professionals, and more. By listing your services on this website (which is free to do), you can easily be found by people are searching for the services that you provide. OnlineConsultation.com allows you to interact with these potential clients through the internet (using email or instant messaging), so you and the client never even have to leave your homes. In addition, OnlineConsultation.com allows professionals to charge on a flat fee or per-minute basis for the services you provide.

Setting Up for Online Consulting

Consulting online through OnlineConsultation.com’s website is a breeze. First, you must decide how you want to interact with potential clients. You may create an Online Consultation Email Account to send messages back and forth at your leisure and/or create an Online Consultation Live Account to provide live instant messaging. To do this, you are required to download an instant messaging program which is provided by OnlineConsultation.com.

Both accounts have many advantages. It’s easy to understand why most potential clients feel more comfortable contacting professionals for the first time using email. By providing an email consultation, you can provide answers to the questions you are asked while charging a small fee for the client to view your response.

Some potential clients want answers to their questions immediately. You many provide your services to these individuals using your Live Account. This account allows you to charge a flat fee or per minute rates for consultations you provide using instant messaging. Regardless of which account you create, the fees you charge will go immediately into your PayPal account.

One unique advantage the Live Account is that you may easily convert your live instant messaging session into a live telephone or video call at anytime during your instant messaging session with the click of a mouse. If you and your client want to, the OnlineConsultation.com system can call the client on their home or cell phone so that you may have a phone consultation and/or have them also see you using a web cam (if you have one).

You can sign up for these invaluable business services for free right now at OnlineConsultation.com. Signup today and help people, no matter where you are.

Online Medical and Legal Advice

When people go to a website, they need to be engaged by its content right away if they’re expected to stay on that site. The average internet surfer leaves a web page only seven seconds after they have found it. This means that most websites are not providing their viewers with what their viewers want.

Placing your products and services at the top of your website’s home page is a great way to quickly let people know how your website can improve their life, but it still is not enough to pull most potential customers into the buying stage. Although your website provides information about what you are offering, shoppers have questions and need to have them answered before making a purchase. This is especially true in the professional world of lawyers, doctors, and accountants. People researching issues they would normally take to these types of professionals usually only need a few simple questions asked, and there is now a profitable manner in which to help these internet surfers.

Connect With Clients Online

To beat the competition, professionals strive to make every client a repeat client. This often starts by engaging new and prospective clients online with a website. That’s a good start, but today, clients want more from their professionals than a website. They want a professional who is accessible online.

Now it’s easier than ever to convert your static website into an interactive one that allows you to interact with visitors. Simply go to OnlineConsultation.com and sign up for a free Online Consultation Account™. You can link to your account by adding an attractive banner on your website which internet surfers may click on to request an online consultation.

Depending on your preferences, you have the option to charge a flat rate for online consultations (i.e. advice you provide online) via secure email or to charge per minute rates for live instant messaging. Professionals using the instant messaging feature are able to transfer the IM session into a live telephone or video conference with the click of a mouse.

OnlineConsultation.com removes the traditional barriers of cost, distance, and availability, and provides an exciting new way for professionals to engage clients online. Set up an account today!

Back in the mid-1990s, I was working one of the worst jobs I’d ever worked - I was a helicopter detailer. Now, that might not sound so bad until I tell you that it was on the Gulf Coast of Texas, where mosquitoes fly in swarms as big as a car and dragonflies are longer than your hand.

I hated that job, but at the time, I really needed it. I was just married, with one daughter and another on the way. Scrubbing bugs off helicopters and cleaning out all the unsavory junk left behind by dozens of roughneck offshore oil workers allowed me to pay my bills and feed my family. That job was also my first introduction to a great thing known as a Matching 401K plan.

The company matched - penny for penny - a certain amount I chose to have deducted from my check each week. That money went into a retirement plan that was set up for aggressive investing and a pretty good interest rate.

A few years later, I was injured on the job. I was physically unable to return to that line of work, and fortunately, life took me on a more fulfilling career path. Within six months, I went from a lowly helicopter detailer to Managing Editor of a newspaper. Not bad at all.

Several years after leaving the bug-scraping job, I received a letter from an insurance company. Inside I found a notice regarding my long-forgotten 401K account. I was stunned to learn it was nearly a five-figure amount, from a job where I barely earned $10 an hour.

A million questions raced through my head: Is this money all still mine? Can I withdraw it and spend it on things I need? How much will the IRS nab if I do that? How do I keep it in the account but move it to my current bank? I wasn’t sure where to turn. Thankfully, a trusted friend told me about OnlineConsultation.com; a site that provides services online where I can consult with a financial professional without forking over a lot of money or wasting time. OnlineConsultation.com allows people like me to quickly and affordably get their financial, legal (and medical) questions answered.

Moral of the story: Invest in a Matching 401K plan and use OnlineConsultation.com to get your questions answered.

Perhaps you know someone like my wife, Tracey and thousands of other E-mail users that have their E-mail accounts hijacked.

It all started for Tracey about a year ago when she tried to log-in to her YahooE-mail account. No matter how many times she slowly and carefully typed in her user name and password, she couldn’t get it to work. After days of E-mail rage and countless phone calls to the company, she finally got through to an actual person at Yahoo (they don’t make it easy to reach them) who told her that her account had apparently been hijacked.

Someone was signing in, sending and reading E-mails and doing all manner of impolite and illegal things under her name. My wife not only lost that E-mail name, she lost thousands of E-mail letters, stories, shared photos and personal communication - all because someone, somewhere, somehow stole her password.

And Tracey is not the only one who has experiences E-mail fraud. A quick search on the Internet reveals the numbers of individuals who have fallen victim to this. Not only is ones reputation at stake, but many professionals dependant on E-mail risk losing business, take Michael for example:

“What can I do? I work from home, and all my recent documents, E-mail addresses and numbers are in there. I’m going to lose thousands in business if I can’t fix this!”

E-mail safety and security is of particular importance to working professionals that rely on the freedom and speed of E-mailing documents and information as part of their business. Always check out the safety measures offered by your E-mail provider or invest in one of the popular software programs that encrypt all Internet and E-mail communications leaving your computer. Whilst your Internet Service Provider may be able to re-set your password; getting your account back under control remains a challenge with mainstream E-mail services such as Yahoo or G-mail.

There are, however, systems in place catered towards professionals, which go above and beyond to protect your online correspondence. OnlineConsultation.com is a Secure Socket Layer (SSL) encrypted website designed to protect professional consultations, including document sharing.

Using some common sense and a healthy dose of caution just may save you from losing your E-mail account to a virtual hijacker or even having your identity stolen by a tech-savvy conman.

Back in the mid-1990s, I was working one of the worst jobs I’d ever worked - I was a helicopter detailer. Now, that might not sound so bad until I tell you that it was on the Gulf Coast of Texas, where mosquitoes fly in swarms as big as a car and dragonflies are longer than your hand.

I hated that job, but at the time, I really needed it. I was just married, with one daughter and another on the way. Scrubbing bugs off helicopters and cleaning out all the unsavory junk left behind by dozens of roughneck offshore oil workers allowed me to pay my bills and feed my family. That job was also my first introduction to a great thing known as a Matching 401K plan.

The company matched - penny for penny - a certain amount I chose to have deducted from my check each week. That money went into a retirement plan that was set up for aggressive investing and a pretty good interest rate.

A few years later, I was injured on the job. I was physically unable to return to that line of work, and fortunately, life took me on a more fulfilling career path. Within six months, I went from a lowly helicopter detailer to Managing Editor of a newspaper. Not bad at all.

Several years after leaving the bug-scraping job, I received a letter from an insurance company. Inside I found a notice regarding my long-forgotten 401K account. I was stunned to learn it was nearly a five-figure amount, from a job where I barely earned $10 an hour.

A million questions raced through my head: Is this money all still mine? Can I withdraw it and spend it on things I need? How much will the IRS nab if I do that? How do I keep it in the account but move it to my current bank? I wasn’t sure where to turn. Thankfully, a trusted friend told me about OnlineConsultation.com; a site that provides services online where I can consult with a financial professional without forking over a lot of money or wasting time. OnlineConsultation.com allows people like me to quickly and affordably get their financial, legal (and medical) questions answered.

Moral of the story: Invest in a Matching 401K plan and use OnlineConsultation.com to get your questions answered.

Tired of clogging your email inbox with messages and attachments from
yourself in order to save your files?  Feel like throwing away all those
storage disks?  Everyone does, and now we are in luck.
OnlineConsultation.com, the leading website in home office development for medical, legal and financial professionals, is proud to offer a product called Online File
Folder for all of its users.  Rather than risk losing your files due to a
computer malfunction or misplacing your information, use Online File Folder to save the most current version of all of your important documents.

Many users worry that editing documents using Online File Folder may
cause them to confuse different versions of documents on home and work computers.  However, Online File Folder has a valuable sync feature, which automatically maintains the most up-to-date copy of each of your files.  No matter when or where you open your documents, you can be certain you are working with the correct version.  Professionals around the country use the online file folder to ensure that their work is always just a
computer away.

Business calls at all hours.  You may need access to your business files at any time of the day or night, and the online file folder makes sure you can get to them from any computer. Most importantly, all of these files remain confidential through password protection and a secure server.

Sharing files is easy, too.  If you need to send a document to a client for
review, simply place it in your shared files folder, and email the specific
link to the recipient.  With this convenient file-sharing feature, you can forget the hassle of overloading email inboxes with large attachments.

However, if you need to compress your files or documents, the tools of Online File Folder make this process problem-free.  Using standard ZIP compression, you can make files smaller and decrease download times.

Choose from three types of file folders based on the size of storage space.
From the Economy Edition that includes 50 MB of disk space to the 2,000 MB Premium Edition, you can find the folder best suited for your business. Plans start at just $4.95 per year!

No matter what kind of workload you face, Online File Folder is your ticket to simplifying your everyday routine in the office and building your business success.

Let’s face it.  You’re busy. Between balancing face-to-face appointments, answering emails from potential clients and fielding phone calls staying organized can be a serious challenge.  Whether you work in the medical, legal or financial world, finding a way to manage your schedule is essential to your personal success. However, you are not the only dictator for your calendar.  You may work with one business partner or 100 co-workers in an
office, and your calendar relies on others’ schedules.

Fortunately, OnlineConsultation.com understands the difficulties of keeping your calendar organized, and we are happy to offer the ultimate tool in tracking your day-to-day activities: the Online Group Calendar.  Rather
than struggle through another day of scribbling notes in a paper planner or sending countless emails to colleagues to arrange a meeting, use the our e-calendar to increase your business success.

While some computer calendars are confined to one personal computer, you can view your online calendar on any computer with an Internet connection.  And you can view more than your own schedule – with an Online Group Calendar, you can
browse your entire office to see what time frame works best for that next big meeting.  Make your calendar more than a business tool, too.  Add in anniversaries, birthdays and other important personal notes to consolidate all of your information.

Because OnlineConsultation.com is committed to your information security,
all of your personal files, meeting times and notes are password protected.
With this e-calendar, you never have to worry about risking confidential
business knowledge.

Need to find an available room for a project planning committee?  Worried that you might forget a last-minute appointment? These kinds of questions
are all part of the online calendar’s ease; this tool was designed for hard
working professionals in need of organization.  Working with someone
overseas?  This online calendar supports 547 time zones.  Who even knew that many time zones existed?

Because we know that company sizes vary, we offer three types of online calendars.  The Economy Edition, which can accommodate three users, runs at $9.95 per year.  A Deluxe Edition, suited for between 4 and 15 workers, is just $19.95 per year, and the Premier Edition, which works for up to 100 busy professionals, costs $29.95 per year.  For under $30, you and your office can get all the help you need.  So don’t waste another day of
scrolling through a pocket organizer for your next meeting; use the online
calendar to simplify your life.

As the online community grows with more URLs, writers and news each day, one of the most rapidly growing corners of the Internet is the blogging world.

From daily entries about politics to frequent updates on cooking, millions of Internet users subscribe to a variety of blogs to remain up-to-date on
current affairs, understand others’ opinions and receive advice for everyday
problems.

For medical, legal and financial professionals, the blogging world is another way to reach people. A well-established blog showcases an individual’s expertise and attracts new clients.  Consider your blog a journal – one that anyone can see and one that might just bring you a load of business.  At OnlineConsultation.com, we recognize the growing popularity of blogs in the professional world, and we want to bring you an
easy-to-manage blogging tool.

Wait, some might say, I don’t need another challenging web tool that
complicates publishing and slows down my site. However, for just $2.99 per month, you can add Quick Blog to your business capabilities and eliminate any worries about slow-downs and Internet knowledge.  With 50 customizable templates, you can give your own personal flair to your blog. 300 MB of disk space and 15 GB of bandwidth lets you upload tons of pictures and information to your blog without slowing down your website.   You don’t have to be a web guru to have an attractive blog; instead, let Quick Blog do the work for you.

As you connect with other professional bloggers and readers, the traffic to daily posts and your website will increase. Quick Blog includes an IP banning feature that filters possible spammers from your site.  Other useful services include a site statistics tracker that keeps you informed of your
number of visitors and a survey tool that allows you to make your blog an
interactive force.

Whether you write entries about current events in your field or thoughts on potential developments in your professional world, Quick Blog is the ultimate tool that helps web users understand your professional credibility.  If you already have a blog and want to simplify the publishing process, Quick Blog lets you transfer all of your existing postings and pictures into your new account.  At OnlineConsultation.com, we are committed
to offering the best technology for your home business, and we are confident that Quick Blog is a crucial tool in the development of your online consulting work.

Tired of the hefty expenses of maintaining your fax machine?  Don’t want to
deal with the hassle of tracking paperwork around the office anymore?  You
are not alone.  Many professionals are frustrated with the lengthy time a
fax machine requires.

While old-fashioned fax machines can be a pain, this type of communication
remains a must for any doctor, lawyer or financial worker.  Rather than
completely abandon this method of messaging, OnlineConsultation.com is proud to offer the newest in information technology: e-fax.  At
OnlineConsultation.com, we recognize the need for fax abilities, and we
believe this combination of old fax features with the more modern
characteristics of email is the ideal way for professionals to manage their interactions with clients.  You can still send and receive faxes throughout the United States and Canada, and you can retire your fax machine!

How does it work?  Just like your email account.  To use Fax Thru Email, all you need is an Internet connection and a valid email address.  This service supports most standard document types, including Microsoft Word, Rich Text, Excel and graphic files such as GIF, JPEG and TIFF.  All incoming e-fax messages are read as Adobe Acrobat PDF files.  This allows the users to electronically store and easily forward their faxes to others.
Professionals around the country use e-fax
for dependable document delivery.  Even better, you are not confined to
using your computer.  E-fax makes sending and receiving messages with a mobile device (i.e. Laptops easy).  Stay connected – whether at home, in the office or in the car.

As with all OnlineConsulation.com services, your information remains private and protected.  We understand the importance of keeping your messages confidential, and you can rest assured that all incoming and outgoing messages are secure.

For as little as $14.95 per month with the Economy Plan, you can receive a
toll-free fax number for your business and incorporate e-fax services into your daily work routine.  Need more than 100 minutes of monthly e-fax access?  Check out the Deluxe and Premium Plans for up to 400 minutes
(approximately 600 pages) worth of monthly fax services.  Send faxes to clients, and receive faxes from fellow colleagues.  With Fax Thru Email, your home office capabilities increase, and your expenses stay incredibly low.

At OnlineConsultation.com, we strive to deliver the best computer technology
available for our users.  As you continue to build your online consulting business, we hope to be your number one source for the ultimate home office.

The home versus the office. While many workers prefer to separate their home life from their workday, many companies are allowing employees to work from home. As businesses continue to restructure, we can expect to see many more home office workstations.

Rather than paying the high cost of office space for all employees, many businesses are using home and virtual offices to lower their overhead costs. With fewer employees in one specific space, video and telephone conferencing have emerged as some of the most important technologies for a company’s success. The price of an Internet connection and telephone line is much less than a year’s worth of rent for a large building. While the financial benefits for large companies are obvious, what will workers enjoy about combining a relaxing home atmosphere with the stressful duties of a job?

Reason #1: Dressing down. Instead of wearing a full suit to the office each day, a home office gives individuals a break from the formalities of going to work. With more relaxed attire, workers can enjoy a more relaxed attitude. Yes, you can work in your underwear; just be sure to change before any meetings.

Reason #2: The commute, or lack thereof. Avoid the hassle of driving to and from work each morning and night. As gas prices continue to soar, this benefit cannot be overlooked.

Reason #3: Make your own schedule. With a home office, workers can sleep in, work late, and arrange meetings with more flexibility. The hours of nine to five can be longer or shorter, depending on each day’s responsibilities.

For some fields, working from home raises concerns over interaction with clients and customers. For medical, legal and financial professionals, arranging a home office means understanding a way to reach potential clients outside of scheduled appointments. Fortunately, a new online resource gives these professionals a place to discuss advice with clients. At OnlineConsultation.com, doctors, lawyers and financial gurus can offer advice from their home offices. Instead of arranging a scheduled appointment, professionals can evaluate the potential client’s needs before agreeing to perform any services. Clients enjoy the ease and initial privacy of these sessions (each questioning party remains anonymous), and professionals are able to make more efficient use of their time.

Many professionals can offer lower rates for online consultation periods, which can help attract more clients. Registering is easy, too. Simply create an account, and begin responding to questions everyday!