Google Docs – Google docs allows you to create, edit and share documents easily online.  We use this service to manage our password lists and keep track of back links and article posts.

LogMeIn (Free Version) – My computer in my office is much more powerful than my laptop.  Additionally I have a ton of client info on that computer.

Joomla or Worpress Websites – While these aren’t services they do allow you to edit your website remotely. With your login information you can log in to your website and edit or add pages to your website.  I often edit websites through my android phone.

Filezilla – A free FTP program which allows you to upload files and folders to your server.  I used this in conjunction with LogMeIn to upload some files I had forgotten at the office to my server.  I was then able to download them to my laptop.

My wife and I just returned yesterday from our first working vacation.  We went and stayed at my parents’ house a half hour away from home.  I know, I know, “Only 30 minutes away.  Who cares?”  We did go for 4 days though.  The point of this trip was that we could do it.  We could grab a bag and our laptops and leave the office and still continue to run our business.

I will follow up more on what we learned on this little trip in a later post.  I am still putting my thoughts together.  For now though, I will catch you up a bit on how we were able to use the programs/services mentioned above to work remotely without pissing any clients off.