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Pet Peeves – E-mail
E-mail has become a common office tool for communications. For some it may be their major form of communicating with clients and associates. There may even be others whose only form of communications is through e-mails. I firmly believe that Business E-mails should be treated exactly like a business letter, following the same format. Although [...]
Tips to Save Gas
With each passing day, the price of gas is rising. Here are 6 tips do to help use less gas. 1. Don’t drive if you don’t have to. If you are close enough to your destination to walk or ride a bike. Not only will it save on use of the gas, but also you [...]
Hold Onto Your Laptop
Can you afford to lose your laptop? A laptop can be easily replaced. But that’s only a small part of your business. For those who use their laptop as the primary business computer it is full of important data. Does it hold your idea that is just about ready to send to the patent office? [...]
Are You on Facebook?
I’m not going to say that you should be a facebook user. But I do think that your decision should be based on a number of factors, including your time commitment, and your approach to social media in general. A recent conducted research of Co-Tweet and ExactTarget may assist in making that decision. Here are [...]
What’s Your Home Page?
Every internet browser allows the setting of a home page. While I’m sure there are many who use the default that is set by the browser, many have selected their favorite page as their home. Here area few suggestions. Search Many times when we open our browser we are going to search for something on [...]
Transfer is not Forward
Throughout my career I think that the two most misunderstood functions within a telephone system are Transfer and Forward. Some consider the two the same. Which of course they aren’t. In short Transfer is the act of taking a call and then transferring it to another location. This could be another extension, telephone user (inside [...]
Happy 2011
Wishing everyone a very Happy 2011. May it be a very good year.
Create Your Gravatar
You post a comment on a blog. Everyone else who commented has a picture of themselves or something other than a blank. This is called a gravatar. Now you may be wondering, How can I get one and how can I have it show? The following gives a very good detail procedure on how it’s [...]
But all I want to do is be able to make and answer calls!
Does it really matter what kind of features you have on your telephone if you don’t know how to use them? Sometimes additional features are more of a hindrance than a benefit. What do you need to do? Many times all you need to do is be able to answer or make calls. If that [...]
Invoices wrong? – Be careful on how you pay.
It’s not unusual for telecommunications invoices to have errors. It is for that reason that they should be checked each month before payment is made. TEM (Technology Expense Management) vendors are always using that as a marketing tool to do it for you. As a Technology Consultant, I too believe this. One of the items [...]
