My title is not an excuse for not posting.  Posting can be vital to networking success, so it should have been on my schedule.   No ifs, ands or buts.  I must say that the posts I viewed while I was on the go, helped me when networking at various group meetings and one-to-one meetings.  Stuff from Larry Sharpe (Don’t Give Out Your Business Card), Ivan Misner (3 Ways To Get More Business At Your Next Networking Event), and Valeria Maltoni (How I Use LinkedIn Content For Intelligence)…just to name a few, was fascinating stuff to check out.

I also planned to review some helpful apps and things that enabled me to stay connected while I was on the go, but like I said in a previous post, smarter people than me have contributed great reviews/how-to’s already, so I will just link to hem. The following helped me immensely when my hosting company’s server went haywire rendering mewith no website or spotty email. Here’s my list:

Rapportive
Google Calendar (though I am playing around with Tungle.me)
Gist
Symbaloo
Foursquare
Google Voice
DimDim (thanks for the tip, Francisco)
Google Mobile Apps for Blackberry

I promise to not be out of touch for so long…regardless of the circumstances.  Let me know which ones you use or if there are some other apps that are worth pursuing.

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My title is not an excuse for not posting.  Posting can be vital to networking success, so it should have been on my schedule.   No ifs, ands or buts.  I must say that the posts I viewed while I was on the go, helped me when networking at various group meetings and one-to-one meetings.  Stuff from Larry Sharpe (Don’t Give Out Your Business Card), Ivan Misner (3 Ways To Get More Business At Your Next Networking Event), and Valeria Maltoni (How I Use LinkedIn Content For Intelligence)…just to name a few, was fascinating stuff to check out.

I also planned to review some helpful apps and things that enabled me to stay connected while I was on the go, but like I said in a previous post, smarter people than me have contributed great reviews/how-to’s already, so I will just link to hem. The following helped me immensely when my hosting company’s server went haywire rendering mewith no website or spotty email. Here’s my list:

Rapportive
Google Calendar (though I am playing around with Tungle.me)
Gist
Symbaloo
Foursquare
Google Voice
DimDim (thanks for the tip, Francisco)
Google Mobile Apps for Blackberry

I promise to not be out of touch for so long…regardless of the circumstances.  Let me know which ones you use or if there are some other apps that are worth pursuing.

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A phone service called Sipgate will give you one free number and 60 minutes of outbound calls per month. And for a fee, you can have up to 100 lines for your corporation. It is a VoIP service, similar to Skype. But you get a phone number, not a handle/username.
You also download software, which turns your computer into a phone. Or if you wanna spend money you can purchase special Sipgate/VoIP handsets.

Now, if you have a Google Voice number, you can add your Sipgate number and make calls from your computer.  And since your Google Voice rings your Sipgate…you are not being charged outbound Sipgate minutes!

Some really smart folks have put the tutorials together on how to get Sipgate up and running, so please refer to them.

You can record your conversations on Sipgate.  You can do conference calls. You can connect/transfer people to each other.

I don’t think you should give up your landline, but Sipgate makes it tempting.

Special thanks to MakeUseOf.com‘s Tim Lenahan and LifeHacker.com‘s Kevin Purdy.

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You may have heard of Sipgate by now, but if not…pay attention.

A phone service called Sipgate will give you one free number and 60 minutes of outbound calls per month. And for a fee, you can have up to 100 lines for your corporation. It is a VoIP service, similar to Skype. But you get a phone number, not a handle/username.
You also download software, which turns your computer into a phone. Or if you wanna spend money you can purchase special Sipgate/VoIP handsets.

Now, if you have a Google Voice number, you can add your Sipgate number and make calls from your computer.  And since your Google Voice rings your Sipgate…you are not being charged outbound Sipgate minutes!

Some really smart folks have put the tutorials together on how to get Sipgate up and running, so please refer to them.

You can record your conversations on Sipgate.  You can do conference calls. You can connect/transfer people to each other.

I don’t think you should give up your landline, but Sipgate makes it tempting.

Special thanks to MakeUseOf.com‘s Tim Lenahan and LifeHacker.com‘s Kevin Purdy.

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A phone service called Sipgate will give you one free number and 60 minutes of outbound calls per month. And for a fee, you can have up to 100 lines for your corporation. It is a VoIP service, similar to Skype. But you get a phone number, not a handle/username.
You also download software, which turns your computer into a phone. Or if you wanna spend money you can purchase special Sipgate/VoIP handsets.

Now, if you have a Google Voice number, you can add your Sipgate number and make calls from your computer.  And since your Google Voice rings your Sipgate…you are not being charged outbound Sipgate minutes!

Some really smart folks have put the tutorials together on how to get Sipgate up and running, so please refer to them.

You can record your conversations on Sipgate.  You can do conference calls. You can connect/transfer people to each other.

I don’t think you should give up your landline, but Sipgate makes it tempting.

Special thanks to MakeUseOf.com‘s Tim Lenahan and LifeHacker.com‘s Kevin Purdy.

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A phone service called Sipgate will give you one free number and 60 minutes of outbound calls per month. And for a fee, you can have up to 100 lines for your corporation. It is a VoIP service, similar to Skype. But you get a phone number, not a handle/username.
You also download software, which turns your computer into a phone. Or if you wanna spend money you can purchase special Sipgate/VoIP handsets.

Now, if you have a Google Voice number, you can add your Sipgate number and make calls from your computer.  And since your Google Voice rings your Sipgate…you are not being charged outbound Sipgate minutes!

Some really smart folks have put the tutorials together on how to get Sipgate up and running, so please refer to them.

You can record your conversations on Sipgate.  You can do conference calls. You can connect/transfer people to each other.

I don’t think you should give up your landline, but Sipgate makes it tempting.

Special thanks to MakeUseOf.com‘s Tim Lenahan and LifeHacker.com‘s Kevin Purdy.

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A phone service called Sipgate will give you one free number and 60 minutes of outbound calls per month. And for a fee, you can have up to 100 lines for your corporation. It is a VoIP service, similar to Skype. But you get a phone number, not a handle/username.
You also download software, which turns your computer into a phone. Or if you wanna spend money you can purchase special Sipgate/VoIP handsets.

Now, if you have a Google Voice number, you can add your Sipgate number and make calls from your computer.  And since your Google Voice rings your Sipgate…you are not being charged outbound Sipgate minutes!

Some really smart folks have put the tutorials together on how to get Sipgate up and running, so please refer to them.

You can record your conversations on Sipgate.  You can do conference calls. You can connect/transfer people to each other.

I don’t think you should give up your landline, but Sipgate makes it tempting.

Special thanks to MakeUseOf.com‘s Tim Lenahan and LifeHacker.com‘s Kevin Purdy.

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Case in point.  I was on the bus on my way to a TV interview taping with a client and the producer emailed me for more information.  They needed to write the opening for the segment and they needed a different angle.  Where was my laptop, you say?   A smartphone fits on a belt, which is much easier than wearing a device on the shoulder or back. And why carry all of that when you don’t have to?  I have a Blackberry.

I clicked on the  GMail app and found a couple of press releases that I sent out a few weeks ago.  I copied key points from each press release and pasted in a reply email.  Mini crisis averted.  Plus the producer was pleased, since she only had to wait 10 minutes.

If I only had a regular cell phone, I would have had to write something once I arrived, which would have been an hour after she wanted it.  The producer would have looked at me like I had two heads.  And who knows if she would have taken my calls again? Or imagine if I didn’t see the email until I got to the studio?  Love that push email.

I know most people are already on board, but this is for the few remaining stragglers.  There are many of us who are solo practitioners that have no administrative assistants. Being able to search, copy, paste, and send while out of the office will be mandatory soon.  The person waiting for the info is not going to accept the excuse, “I was away from my desk” much longer.

So please, Get Smart(phone).

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