Posted by: Andy on August 30th, 2005
Category: General eBusiness
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Many of us [you] use Microsoft Excel for such purposes as spreadsheets, marketing graphs, invoicing, etc., but how far does your knowledge extend into the realm of becoming an Excel Guru? Well, unfortunately I can’t turn you into an Excel Guru, but About dot com’s Ten Top Tips for MS Excel can bring you only that much closer to becoming and Excel Guru.
This article includes information for easy shortcut formulas and useful formulas for hiding and shading desired fields. There are also links to other such valuable resources.
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Posted by: Andy on August 29th, 2005
Category: General eBusiness
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In an earlier blog, we had discussed the importance of backing up your documents and means of keeping administration for a good back-up system.
If backing up your data on your own is too much of an overhead for you/your business, then Trivoli has a solution by means of automation.
The product allows a user to back up in several places simultaneously, thereby storing data continually onto a server connected through a network. Customers can configure the software by file type or size, write directly to a tape in a corporate network, and write to an external device (such as a machine’s memory card), so offline backup can occur.
Available for download Sept. 16 for $35 per laptop or desktop…
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Posted by: Christina on August 25th, 2005
Category: e-Commerce
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If you’re worried about identity theft online Microsoft is in the process of testing out their new anti-phishing tool which comes with Internet Explorer 7. Within the next couple weeks it will be made availbale to anyone running Microsoft XP with last summers Service Pack 2 security upgrade and they will incorporate it into a toolbar for older versions of IE.
The tool was built to address scammers who try to trick people into revealing passwords by posing as legitimate banking or e-commerce site. When an unfamiliar site is encountered, users have the option of passing that address to Microsoft to check against a database of known phishing sites. A “red” warning page appears when there’s a match.
Even when there isn’t a match, the tool will display a pop-up “yellow” warning when it sees telltale signs of phishing, such as the lack of SSL encryption when submitting passwords.
> To read full article visit BizReport
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Posted by: Christina on August 24th, 2005
Category: Marketing
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So you registered your business and your ready to start selling but you have no idea how to market yourself. There are many options as to how you promote your business but ofcourse your marketing ventures depend on your budget, here are ten low-cost suggestions to promoting your business online and generally:
1. Use every outgoing piece of paper, and every electronic document as business promotion. Have your website address on everything (ie. business cards, letters, envelopes, faxes, emails, etc)
2. Writing articles on topics related to your business expertise is an excellent business promotion technique. The internet would most likely be the quickest and cheapest way. There are thousands of blogs and e-zines out there, find one that relates to your services/products.
3. Sending out press releases is another great way to get some free business promotion. Has your business recently expanded? Do you have a new product? Have you been involved in some promotional activity such as sponsoring a charity event? Have you or your company recently won an award? All of these are examples of “news” that you can capitalize on to get some free promotion.
4. If you’re an Internet user, spend some of your online time on business promotion. You could post messages in forums that are closely related to your business to reach people you otherwise wouldn’t have.
5. Use buddy marketing to promote your business. For example, if you send out e-newsletters, you could include an ad of another business, which had agreed to do the same for you. This gives you the chance to reach a whole new pool of potential customers.
6. Give out freebies as business promotion. It could be a coffee mug to free chocolate, everyone loves freebies. You could find something that relates to what your business sells, it doesn’t have to be big to make a good impression.
7. Promote your business on a talk show. Your local radio station or cable TV station may have programs that are looking for guests - a great low-cost way to promote your business! Business-related programs are ideal. Find out who the host is, and approach him or her as willing to share your expertise on a particular topic.
8. Give a seminar or presentation. You have expertise if your in business so why not host a seminar on it? For example, a pet store hosts a seminar on how to groom your furry friend.
9. Use your vehicle to promote your business. Your driving anyways so you may as well promote your business while doing it. You should be able to get a pair of magnetic signs from your local source for less than a hundred dollars. Have your website address on there too!
10. Promote your business through your lesiure activities. For example, if you’re in a band and have a gig one night put your business information on your bands business cards, cds, flyers, etc.
With a little imagination and time you’ll find plenty of opportunities to market your business!
> For more details visit About.com
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Posted by: Christina on August 23rd, 2005
Category: Free Tools
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Google Inc. updated its Desktop software for searching PC hard drives and the Internet, giving the free program a new look and adding tools that deliver personalized information based on a user’s Web surfing habits. The software provides search results and monitors the user’s behavior to provide relevant information in a resizable and moveable vertical window called the Sidebar. Some of the features include:
- Integrated email (Gmail, your Internet Provider email account)
- Stock prices
- Personalized news headlines
- Weather reports
- What’s popular on the Web
- Pictures from your searches and hard drive
The Sidebar is great for novices and provides many customizable features for advanced users and best of all, it’s FREE!
> For more information read Biz Report’s article.
> To download Google’s Desktop now, click here.
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