How to Back Up Your Gmail Account
As a long time Gmail fan, every email that I send or receive goes through my gmail account. Once I was annoyed by it’s clustered conversations but then it won me over with keyboard shortcuts and amazing search of my inbox. One thing that does terrify me is their ability to lock you out of your account, taking several days to fix it even if you do the required reset to your password via text message or secondary email. While I have both set up in case of emergencies, I also have a backup. If you work remotely, you probably have a lot of important details in your inbox. Don’t risk getting locked out and[.....]
How to Sell Your Product in Less than a Minute
I read about SwiftKey after seeing it tweeted as a keyboard alternative for Android users. When I landed on the home page of their website I saw this: I immediately went to search for their app and paid for it. It took less than a minute to sell me on this product. I haven’t come to any conclusions about how effective it is and I don’t know anything about their customer service, but they got me to spend. While social matters, that sale is the ultimate goal. (Keeping customers is another blog post. ) How can you make people buy into your product when you have less than a minute? Does your website/landing page/marketing efforts[.....]
6 small business marketing tips to do right now
There’s a lot to say for practice, but at some point we have to jump out of the plane or into the deep end. We cling to the safety blanket of what it is, instead of doing the things that would get us to the place we envision in our minds. This applies to all areas of life: saying no, learning martial arts, taking downtime, working on our own content, taking a leap from our day job, jumping on the speaking bandwagon, or writing a book. There is one major goal that applies to small businesses marketing online: make more delighted customers. Reputation and word of mouth are kings. If you’re a business owner, you[.....]
How to Email Files to Dropbox
Editor’s note: Habilis closed it’s doors. However you can use http://sendtodropbox.com/ for now! Huge Dropbox fan here, it makes sharing big files super easy which is great, especially for workshifting. I wanted to share a tip with everyone on how to email files as attachments that you want to share with others via Dropbox. First, if you don’t have Dropbox, get an account now. (Referral link!) If you haven’t heard of Dropbox, it allows you to sync your files online and across computers. It also allows you to share the folders that you create with others, see their changes and offers mobile support for phones and the iPad. Check it out, you’ll love the ease of[.....]
Want more sales? Make it easy.
When doing business online, one of your first priorities is to make it dead easy to buy. It is the responsibility of a business to provide a flawless experience online for customers when they get into the sales process. The goal of every business should be to convert the sale, yes? As an assistant, I spend a lot of my time managing speaking information, travel schedules and flight/hotel bookings for clients. For example, booking a hotel should be dead easy. It takes at most 3-5 minutes (unless they need a convoluted amount of information). If a site fails me at that moment I click that button to pay, it marks my day. I now have[.....]
