Make It Easy For Others to Schedule Time with You

Timebridge is offer a free resource that makes it easy for people see your availability and schedule time with you.  The great thing about this resource is that it doesn’t reveal the details of your schedule, only the times that you’re “available” or “busy”.  Further is works with Outlook, Google Calendar, and iCal to synchronize your free/busy availability.

For an additional fee, Timebridge’s Meet With Me also provides a meeting room, web or phone conferencing, and text message reminders to those involved in the meeting.

To learn more, visit TimeBridge.

Goal Setting Using Google Calendar

I love web aps that make my life easier. How ever too many apps can confuse things. That’s why I love resources like iGoogle in which many of my tools can be accessed in one place.

In my hunt for a great goal setting tool, I was concerned about how I would manage yet another app. Resources like 43 Things are great not only to set and manage goals, but for the support and social aspect. But I don’t tend to go back to them once I set them up. If you don’t use it, it can’t help you.

So I was intrigued when I found this post from last year on We Do Creative on how to use Google Calendar to manage goals. I love this idea because I do check my calendar on a regular basis. You can not only set your goals, but break them down into milestones and tasks as well. If your goals are a group effort, you can share that particular goal’s calendar with others as well.

Check out this article, “Google Calendar as a Todo List & Task Management App” and see if it works for you.

Send Bulk SMS Messages through Tatango

Need to keep in touch with a group that’s on the go? Tatango offers a text messaging service that can send your message out to everyone in your group. Messages can be composed and sent from a computer or by phone if you’re on the go as well.  Depending on the plan, you can a variety of groups, subgroups and message allotments. Members can use “keywords” which allow people to easily join your group via text or through a link online. Current users include athletic teams, religious organizations, real estate agents and sororities.

Tatango offers a free-30 day trial. Plans vary from basic at $19 a month for 400 messages and unlimited members all the way up to the premium for $199 a month for 5000 messages and few other perks (there are two plans in between). To learn more or test out a free trial, visit Tatango.com