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July 19, 2017 by Glen Ferguson

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Don’t Be A Digital Sharecropper

June 24, 2014 by Glen Ferguson

domain name photoAfter writing my earlier post about branding mistakes, I was listening to a Copyblogger* podcast and I was reminded how important it is to have your own domain name. More to the point, I was reminded WHY you want to have your content show up under YOUR domain name.

How many times have you heard about someone’s Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest or other social media account being suspended? Just yesterday I read about a mommyblogger whose Instagram account was shut down over a minor terms of service violation regarding a photo. Right or wrong, all her content is no longer available. All her effort creating a page, getting likes, followers or whatever, and now it’s a big blank page.

Digital Sharecropping

The term is “digital sharecropping” and it applies when you put your content on any platform you don’t control. If someone else owns it, you’re beholden to them and subject to their whims. Without your own website – and your own domain name, you’re creating traffic for someone else. All that fuss you hear about SEO and Google page rank? You’re helping to build someone else’s reputation and traffic. Wouldn’t you rather have all of your effort benefit your own business instead of theirs?

Your Domain Name = Your Brand

Now don’t get me wrong, I’m not saying you should abandon social media. Not at all.

First, sharecropping extends to free websites and blogs too. Anyone remember Geocities.com? They had tens of thousands of websites hosted for free. They all vanished when Geocities closed their doors. Today, sites like blogger.com, web.com, weebly.com offer ways to get a free website. [Read more…] about Don’t Be A Digital Sharecropper

Filed Under: Featured, Promote my business online

The One Big Branding Mistake Businesses Make

June 6, 2014 by Glen Ferguson

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We all know how important branding is to your business. That’s why you worked endless hours on a name, a tag line, and a logo design. And don’t forget the effort you put in to make sure you could secure a domain name that matched! But, there’s a major piece in the branding puzzle that is often overlooked, and it defeats all the work you put in to create a consistent image. Fortunately, it’s easy – and cheap – to fix this huge branding mistake. I’ll tell you what it is in a minute.  [Read more…] about The One Big Branding Mistake Businesses Make

Filed Under: Featured, Promote my business online

Setting Up Google Apps on an iPhone

February 19, 2014 by Glen Ferguson

[The following information comes from Google Apps for Business setup wizard]

Google Apps works great on iPhones and other iOS products, where you can access your email, contacts, and calendar using the device’s built-in apps. This is easy to set up, using Google Sync.

Want quick access to your apps? Skip all this and access your apps in a moblie browser by visiting http://mail.google.com/a/<your domain name> on mobile Safari.

Step 1: Sync an iPhone with Google Apps

After you enable Google Sync for your domain, have each user follow these instructions on their iPhone.

  1. Open the Settings application on the iPhone’s home screen.
  2. Open Accounts & Passwords.
  3. Tap Add Account….
  4. Select Microsoft Exchange. [NOTE: screens may be different depending on your version of iOS]
    iPhone add account screen iPhone add mail account screen iPhone add account screen
  5. In the Email field, enter your full Google Apps email address.
  6. Leave the Domain field blank.
  7. Enter your full Google Apps email address as the Username.
  8. Enter your Google Apps password as the Password.
  9. Tap Next at the top of your screen. (Choose Cancel if the Unable to Verify Certificate dialog appears.)
  10. When the new Server field appears, enter m.google.com.
  11. Press Next at the top of your screen again.
    iPhone Google Mail settings iPhone Google mail account
  12. Select the Google Apps services (Mail, Calendar, and Contacts) you want to sync.
  13. Unless you want to delete all the existing Contacts and Calendars on your phone, select the Keep on my iPhone option when prompted. This will also allow you to keep syncing with your computer via iTunes. To sync only the My Contacts group, you must choose to Delete Existing Contacts during the Google Sync install when prompted. If you choose to keep existing contacts, it will sync the contents of the “All Contacts” group instead. If there are no contacts on your phone, the latter will happen — the contents of your All Contacts group will be synced.
    iPhone mail, contacts, calendars iPhone keep contacts

That’s it! You can now access Google Apps from your iPhone. If you have Push enabled on the phone, synchronization starts automatically. You can also just open the Mail, Calendar or Contacts app and wait a few seconds to start a sync.

Filed Under: knowledgebase

Setting Up Google Apps On Your Android Phone

February 19, 2014 by Glen Ferguson

[The following information comes from Google Apps for Business setup wizard]

Using Google Apps on an Android is really easy. Just add your Google Apps account to the phone, then select the services you want to use. Each user should follow these instructions on their own phone.

  1. Open the Accounts & Sync Settings screen on your phone. You can do this in Contacts by pressing Menu and touching Accounts, or directly in the Settings application.
    Android account & sync settings
  2. The Accounts & Sync Settings screen displays your current sync settings and a list of your current accounts.
  3. Touch Add account.
  4. Touch Google to add your Google Apps account.
  5. Touch Sign in when prompted for your Google Account.
  6. Enter your full Google Apps email address as your username, and then enter your password.
  7. Select which services you’d like to sync between your phone and Google Apps.

That’s it! You can now use Google Apps from your Android.

Filed Under: knowledgebase

TextExpander – Shortcuts Save You Time Typing

October 4, 2011 by Glen Ferguson

text expander logoA great timesaver, this Mac and iPhone/iPad application allows you to assign shortcuts or abbreviations for commonly used phrases, signatures, email addresses, etc. If you use more than one computer, your shortcuts or snippets can sync via Dropbox. An added plus if you also use Windows, the TextExpander snippets and settings file can be used by the Windows app Breevy, allowing you to share the same shortcuts between both computers. TextExpander offers a free trial of the Mac version. TextExpander: (Mac): $34.95 (iPhone/iPad):$4.99

Filed Under: Make things easier Tagged With: Free Trial, iPhone, Mac

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