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 back to your Inbox. There’s only 1!!!!
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.
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.
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!
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
“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.”
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?!
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!
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
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!”