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Adapting to More Digital and Social Ways of Being in a Time of Crisis

Great article to get your brainstorming going on how to keep your business moving forward even in the midst of a crisis. We can survive this as we have survived other disasters and crises.  We just have to think differently and be creative!  I’m seeing a large jump in my clients who want to do online meetings and to take their email marketing to the next level.  I’m also seeing website refreshes to get the message out loud and clear.

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Only One Gmail Inbox

Having an Inbox, Social and a Promotions tab is too much!! Sorting is supposed to help but it just mucks things up for me.

So turn the extras off.

In Gmail,

  • Go to Settings
  • Settings
  • The Inbox tab
  • In the Categories section,
  • Un-check Social, Promotions, Updates, Forums
  • At the bottom of the page, click the Save Changes button

Go back to your Inbox. There’s only 1!!!!

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Expert

How does your prospect or client KNOW that you are the expert they’re looking for? 

#1 Reviews on your website plus social media platforms. 

#2 Information on your website. Show your credentials, your education, your experience right up front on your site. Make it easy for the prospect to trust you. Use blog articles to go in depth about your topic(s). Get into the nitty gritty. Go wide on a topic to show the whole breadth of your knowledge. When the visitor finds information readily on your site, they develop trust in you.

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Guest Appearance on Business RadioX with Chon Pugh

I had the great privilege of appearing on a Business RadioX segment as the guest of Chon Pugh, Spirit Led Life Coach. Karen Nowicki, Studio Partner, led the interview. Karen Camblin, Sr. Loan Officer with Guild Mortgage, also joined us. So two of my favorite women and WSRG (Womens Success Referral Group)  members had a little chat about Chon’s work as a relationship counselor. Karen N, Karen C and I have all had the privilege of sharing with Chon and have benefited from her wisdom. The hour flew by with a couple of tears and lots of laughter.

Hope you enjoy the discussion!  Listen here.

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Reviews

Don’t ask for client reviews once. Ask many times in many different ways! You can’t tell when a client will have the time and the focus to do a review. So ask often and make it easy! Here is a good example. Event Espresso is a plug-in for WordPress to organize events and ticket sales. They did a 7 day series of email lessons. At the bottom of #7, they inserted a link to their Twitter profile. They asked for a tweet. This is an easy type of review request. I didn’t have to think of what to write, look up their Twitter ID. Nothing like that! Click on the link and share the word.

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Don’t Get Scammed!

I had another client get scammed last week by the “Microsoft noticed that your computer has a virus and we want to help” message that commandeers your computer.

MICROSOFT NEVER EVER CONTACTS YOU ABOUT A VIRUS OR PROBLEM
WITH YOUR COMPUTER! NEVER.

Do not call the number given in the message! Do not let unknown persons remotely access your computer. Do not give unknown persons your credit card info.

If you are ever in doubt, call me or text me at 480-433-9995 for help.

Or take these steps to get out of the lock.

Try to close your browser completely.

If that doesn’t work, hit Ctrl+Alt+Del to open your Task Manager and force the browser to close.
If that doesn’t work, power off the computer. Hold the power button down several seconds until it forces a shut down.

Unplug your modem. Then restart the computer. If the message shows up again, try to close it again. There is no Internet connection so it can’t do any harm at this point.

Shut down the computer again. Re-plug the modem. Turn on the computer. Open your browser.
If you see the message again, call one of my hardware referrals. Let them clean up the problem.
If you don’t see the message, say a gratitude prayer!

Building Bridges Business Solutions
602-604-5000
Les Ticey

Expert IT Support
480-217-3721
James Casteneda

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