Sites in Google Apps for Business Team Collaboration

Posted on 18. Nov, 2009 by Tracy Sigler in Small Business Tools

If I sound mellow in this one it’s because A) I had a huge, and awesome, dinner at Sunny Point Cafe in west Asheville, and B) it’s a little past my bed time. This video is almost 10 minutes but if you’re interested in using Google Apps in your small business I think you’ll find it worth your time. If you don’t, check your warranty.

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Google Apps Set Up for Your Small Business

Posted on 10. Nov, 2009 by Tracy Sigler in Small Business Tools

Google Apps is a fantastic suite of tools you can use in your small business… fo’ free. I have used Apps for my own businesses, my personal life, and I’ve even set it up for my kids’ small private school.

And just to be clear kids, I’m talking about setting up Google Apps for very own domain. So your employees can have accounts like “EmployeeName@YourCompany.com.” Of course, you can use Apps without also using the email. But…

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Add Your Small Business to the Google Local Business Center

Posted on 06. Nov, 2009 by Tracy Sigler in SEO, Small Business Tools

Follow these steps to add your company to the Google Local Business Center. Make sure potential customers are able to find you business. I will take you through the entire process in this short video and I also point out a couple things that have caused problems for us in the past. For small businesses operating in a local area, as opposed to only online, it’s critical that your company show up in the Local results, which are usually at the top on search engine results pages.

There are some additional steps to take that will help make sure your company appears in the first set of Local listings, but we’ll cover those in a later video.

If you have any questions or trouble with this process just email or call and we’ll help you get it sorted out. No cost for that, we just want to help.

Crowdsourcing Affordable Logo Designs for a Small Business or Start-up

Posted on 04. Nov, 2009 by Tracy Sigler in Small Business Tools

The “wisdom of the crowds” or at least the “logo designs of the crowds.” This describes LogoMyWay.com. In my opinion this is a fantastic way for a small business or other organization to get a great looking logo designed at a very reasonable cost.

Sure, a full-tilt pro logo designer may do a better job but who has that budget? If you want to go that route, how about this: Submit your concept for a logo design and see what you get from the crowd. If one of the designs is even close to what you want, select it as the winner, and you’ll have a great starting point to take to your big money designer.

On the other hand you might get a logo you love for very little money. So what’s the downside?

Manage Your Social Media Accounts with DandyID

Posted on 03. Nov, 2009 by Tracy Sigler in Social Media

DandyID is an interesting service. I haven’t used to it load my standard account info into a new social media account, yet, but it seems like it will be a major time saver. Moreover, if you ever move and need to change an address or phone number you can change the info in one place instead of several social media-type accounts. I definitely love the WordPress plugin and the other widgets they offer that make it easy to display icons and links to all you social stuff.

Certainly the best features are saved for the “Pro” level. The best of those are (from the site):

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