Okay, well. We have been live for a while now haven’t we?

I’m sure you’ve noticed the changes. It’s a Smart Decision! — the blog that brings you and (so many other work at home professionals) productivity articles, tips and tools — has a new look and a whole boat load of new resources. Things like virtual productivity workshops & telecourses, coaching programs and even (yep) an online store filled with audio lessons, ebooks, and other productivity resources just for work at home professionals.

We’re adding resources that have been in the making for nearly two years. The most special of which is our new online community expressly for geographically dispersed teams, telecommuters, work at home entreprenuers — or soloprenuers, as I call them — and other “virtuals” who want to share all the ways you find balance and stave off insanity in your home office. What a great way to expand or start developing your “people network”, eh?

Consider this your special invitation to join today!

The It’s a Smart Decision! Online Community is just getting started, but you can bet people like you will make it well worth the two minutes it might take you to sign up.

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To join, click this link now, complete the quick form and hit go. You’ll get a confirmation e-mail (to confirm it was really you) and that’s it. Voila! You are a member of the one of coolest (and most mobile) new online communities on the net.

See ya there!

There is a great tool available called LetterMeLater which allows you to queue e-mail messages to be sent for a future date.

It’s great for when a client or colleague asks me to send them an e-mail in a week on a task he or she needs to complete. Rather than writing a to-do to send the email on the appropriate date and time, get the to-do done now by queuing the message in LetterMeLater.

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Amid the media noise about today’s economic climate and corresponding U.S. Jobless Rate, you would that think it’d be easy to find a “right fit” for your virtual team. At least that’s what I thought. But, if you have ever been charged with the arduous task of identifying new associates for a virtual workplace, you know that’s not necessarily the case.

Sure, there are tons of people who would like to work from home. Simply Virtual is flooded with resumes from people all across the country who want flexibility and desire to make their own rules. It makes the job that much harder, to wade through the many well-intentioned, corporate trained folks who rarely consider how they might feel after cooking under the pressure of isolation, results focused productivity standards and stress that accompanies a typical work at home role.

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