I am well aware that across the industry profits are dipping, time between sales is widening and clients are expecting more in terms of service. To offset costs and increase services many REALTORS and affiliates are turning towards virtual assistants, people who support you from afar and allow you to better leverage your time and personnel costs.
If you are on the fence about hiring a virtual assistant I would suggest you consider Sandy.
Sandy is a web application which will notify you of upcoming meetings, remind you about a call you need to make or a listing presentation you promised to get ready. Better still she will even keep you informed as to anniversary dates, birthdays, doctor appointments etc..
My favorite part about Sandy is that she never gets sick, never has a bad day, and personality conflicts never enter the mix. As an employee Sandy is dream simply send her an email and she will take care of the rest even syncing with your Calendar and mobile management tools.
Here are just a few examples of how Sandy can keep you on task:
- Remind me of Joe Customer birthday on 2/16 @yearly
Every year, Sandy will send you an email that Joe Customer’s birthday is coming up - Remember grocery list eggs, milk, butter and cheese
Sandy will send you mid-day reminder that you need to pick up the milk - Remind me I have a Listing Presentation on 2/28 at 3-4pm
Sandy will send you an appointment to add to your Calendar and remind you the day of as well as prior to the appointment - Remind me I have a Dentist appointment Tomorrow
Sandy will send you digest reminder the next day and add the appointment to your calendar
The best part of Sandy is she is dirt cheap ie. she works for Free. I have been using Sandy for a year now and it makes it easy for me to establish a strong work-life balance. My wife loves Sandy because she takes care of the reminders and I love Sandy because she keeps me on task. So if your in the market for a virtual assistant make sure you give Sandy a try.
Already using Sandy below is a cheat sheet to help you get the most out of her.
Remember something:
remember JJ’s wife’s name is CJ
r alaska air mileage card #1234567
Set a reminder:
remind me to move the car in 15 minutes
r take out the garbage sun eve
Add an appointment to your calendar:
remember Marketing meeting tomorrow 9-10am
remind me about lunch with Pat at noon on 12/10
r Yoga class thur 4pm
Make any reminder, appointment, to-do, or list repeat:
remind me to take out the garbage on Sunday evening @weekly
remember to pay the credit card bill on 9/1 @monthly
r Sam’s birthday 10/2 @yearly
Specify how you’d like a reminder sent (overrides your default reminder settings):
remind me to pick up a pizza on the way home from work this evening @email
remind me to call Susan during my commute at 7:30am @sms
remind me to head downtown by 9:30am for my coffee date with Brad @twitter
remind me to leave work at 5pm @email @twitter
Remember to mow the lawn on Sunday @noreminder
Add a to-do:
remember to pick up the dry cleaning @todo
r clear out the gutters @todo
Mark a to-do as done (or to do again):
update @done
u @todo
Make a list:
remember groceries @weekly
* eggs
* milk
* bread
Add to and remove things from a list:
update * cheese
update -* milk
update
* rolls
-* bread
Add someone to your contacts:
remember Dad’s number is 503-555-1212
r Frank Fitzwilliam frank@example.com, 123 Couch Street, Portland, OR 97212
Tag (label, file) something:
remember eggs @groceries
r Southwest Airline #123 @travel @”hawaiian holiday”
Look something up:
lookup Frank
look up @errand
l appointments
lookup this week’s to-dos
Update something:
update Meeting in Chicago
update #1 4-6pm
u @home
u -@oldtag
Forget (delete) something:
forget
forget #1
f #1
Tell time:
- 12- and 24-hour time (1:30pm; 13:30)
- Specific dates (May 14, 2007; 5/14/07; 5.15)
- Relative dates (today; tomorrow; next Thursday; Thu; next week)
- Relative times (this afternoon; tomorrow morning; next thursday evening)
- Relative date intervals (in 2 days; in 3 weeks; in a month)
- Relative time intervals (in 15 minutes; in an hour; in 4 hours)
- Date ranges (May 14-16; 10/14-10/22)
- Time ranges (1-4pm)
(Sandy interprets “monday”, “this monday”, and “on monday” as the very first Monday coming up and “next monday” as the Monday after that.)
Ignore time sometimes:
remind me to talk to Sue tomorrow about my “December 1st” trip
remember to buy tickets on Friday for local performance of “Next Monday”
remind me to ask “June First” out for Friday night
Make things repeat:
- By day: @daily, @bidaily (every 2 days), @weekends (Sat and Sun), @weekdays (Mon through Fri)
- By week: @weekly, @biweekly (every 2 weeks)
- By month: @monthly, @bimonthly (every 2 months), @quarterly (every 3 months)
- By year: @yearly, and @biyearly (every 2 years).
Ask Sandy to reply — or not (overrides your default email reply settings):
- Remember to replace the back-porch lightbulb @reply
- remember Pride and Prejudice @noreply
Set a goal:
Remember Anywhere is walking distance if you have the time @goal
(Your latest goal appears in both the web and email versions of your Daily Digest.)
Get help:
help
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