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Are You The 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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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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All That Tech Stuff!

Here is a cool site with lots of answers and lots of suggestions for you on all things tech – phones, online banking, Alexa, speakers, etc. The content ranges from simple “What is a platform?” to more complex “How to buy the right laptop.”

And it’s FREE!

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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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When to Use Email vs. Texting in Business

“Email and texting each have their ideal uses in a business context, depending on the nature of the communication, the audience, and the level of formality required.”

Click here to continue reading. 

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Sixth Annual Password Habit Review

It kills me that people still use these AWFUL passwords. Why not just max out your credit card and throw the cash out the window of your speeding car?!

The 200 Most Common Passwords

Please read their recommendations!  I wholeheartedly support them.

Best trick I know – a password pattern. For example,

27_ _ _ _ _5#&%

So my password for Gmail is  27gMail5#&%

     my password for Amazon is 27aMazo5#&%

    my password for Dropbox is 27dRopb5#&%

Each password is unique to the place you’re using it.  If a hacker gets your Amazon password, they can’t access Dropbox.

The pattern fits 98% of all password requirements: 10 characters, at least 1 upper case, at least 1 number, at least 1 special character, no repeating character.  Yes, there will be a few places the pattern won’t work. But not often. Then your Password Keeper will help you out.

But the pattern is easy for you to remember!

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Leadership Lessons from Dancing Guy

Watch this video!  So funny yet so true.  Thanks to Dean DeLisle for sharing this on LinkedIn.

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Share your blessings

Earn contributions to your favorite charity when walking, running, biking
Charity Miles app

Earn donations to a charity when you shop
IGive.com

Give food or earn donations when you shop
TheHungerSite.GreaterGood.com

Treat an active service member to coffee
GreenBeansCoffee.com

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The Power of Confidence

Just had to share this story I read. Pablo Picasso credited his mother with much of his success. She believed in him from the beginning. She told him, “If you become a soldier, you’ll become a general. If you become a monk, you’ll end up as the Pope.” In Picasso’s own humble way, he ended the story, “Instead I became an artist and wound up as Picasso!”

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Where Is My Email Stored?

Here’s the scenario. You write an email in Outlook and send it to your best friend. Your friend then opens the email in her Gmail account.

Where is the email stored?  In 4 places.

  1. Your Outlook (email management software) saves a copy in Sent Items.
  2. Your server (Cox, CenturyLink, Verizon, etc.) saves a copy in webmail Sent Items.
  3. Your friend’s server saves a copy in her webmail Inbox.
  4. Your friend’s Gmail (email management software) saves a copy in Inbox.

You can delete both of your copies if you want to. Delete from Outlook. Log into webmail and delete from webmail.

You can not delete your friend’s copies.

That’s why you always want to THINK before you hit SEND!

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