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June 2010

  • Use comments in Google Docs when working together

    posted by Aaron in Google, HowTo, Productivity, Small Business

    Tue 1st

    Tips & Tricks: Comments in Google documents
    Thursday, May 27, 2010 8:54 AM
    In April, we launched a new version of Google documents. One feature that makes collaboration easier is improved commenting.
    Connecting text to note
    Comments let you make suggestions about the text in your document without modifying the document itself. When you click [...]

May 2010

  • Hello Google Apps, hello real collaboration

    posted by Aaron in Blog, Case Study, Google, HowTo, Small Business

    Fri 14th

    From The Official Google Blog
    Hello Google Apps, hello real collaboration
    5/12/2010 02:53:00 PM
    This is the latest post in an ongoing series about Small Business and resources for entrepreneurs. Previous posts have covered how Google AdWords and Google Places can help business owners use technology to drive success. -Ed.
    I’ve talked to a lot of small businesses that [...]

  • Enhance your networking with Google Calendar

    posted by Aaron in Blog, Community, Google, HowTo, Networking

    Fri 14th

    Zach and I at Computer System Works, LLC do a lot of networking to build relationships and our business.
    Since we founded this company it has been vital to our success and we meet people every day who say the same thing. In Indianapolis there is a rich community of active business networker’s, you must [...]

February 2010

  • Google™ Mail Multiple Inboxes

    posted by Aaron in Blog, Google, HowTo, Productivity

    Fri 5th

    Google™ Labs offers a number of additional features to help you become more productive or have fewer headaches in a day.
    One such feature is Multiple Inboxes.  This feature is strictly a productivity enhancer, but can be very detrimental if not used properly (just making more work for yourself).
    First step for using this (or any lab) [...]

  • Update your browser!

    posted by Aaron in Announcement, Blog, Google, HowTo, Security

    Thu 4th

    In the last post we mentioned that Google™ wants to push the envelope a bit more and start offering new and faster features through Google Apps™.  This means they want to use the new HTML5 specification – are you ready?
    If your using Firefox 3.5 (or greater), Chrome, Opera or Safari you should be ready to [...]

  • Google Apps™ Browser Requirements

    posted by Aaron in Announcement, Blog, Google, HowTo, Security

    Mon 1st

    Google Apps™ is trying to roll out new and better features and part of that process includes using the newly approved HTML 5 spec. What this means to you is that your old web browser may or may not support these features. Google™ will be adding a notification to your accounts if you [...]

November 2009

  • Import Contacts from Google™ to LinkedIN

    posted by Aaron in Blog, Google, HowTo

    Fri 6th

    This is just a quick post reminding you that you can import your contacts from your Google Apps™ Mail account directly into LinkedIN.
    Here’s how:

    Log into your Google Apps™ Mail account for your domain.
    http://mail.google.com/a/[domain name here]
    Go to your contacts (Left side click on Contacts)
    Choose Export (Top right of contacts Frame)
    Under “Which Export Format?” choose Outlook CSV [...]

October 2009

  • GMail™ – Picture in your Signature

    posted by Aaron in Blog, Google, HowTo

    Thu 15th

    We’re happy to report that there is a stop-gap for adding images to your signature in Google Mail™. In order to use this you must be using Mozilla Firefox but it will automatically insert your signature into your email for you. This is an excellent tool to use in conjunction with our Google [...]

September 2009

  • Organic Search Engine Optimization (part 2)

    posted by Aaron in Blog, HowTo, seo

    Thu 3rd

    Picking up where we left off in the previous post.
    Google Local
    Your website for Google Local.
    Go back to: http://www.google.com/submityourcontent/tools.html#web
    This time we’re going to Local Business Center – Under Location Based
    Local Business Center: http://www.google.com/local/add/businessCenter?hl=en-US&gl=US
    From here you want to choose Add new listing

    Fill out all of the fields and correct the location marker if necessary
    Click Next, [...]

July 2009

  • Getting Things Done and Google Mail

    posted by Aaron in Blog, Google, HowTo, Productivity

    Tue 28th

    A great article has been posted on LifeHacker for those using Google Mail. The article walks you through setting up you’re inbox to aid you in being more productive. It makes use of a few Google Labs features and is quite easy to follow if you want give it a try. GTD [...]