Technology, the Net, and Your Time

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Technology, the Net, and Your Time

• Tips Tools for Your Business
• Bill Dotsonhttp//www.billdotson.com859 361
  4464bill_at_billdotson.com

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Agenda

• Your Office
• Tools on the Web
• Web Tips for Your Site

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Background Thoughts

• Being busy is not being productive
• Live each day well
• Staying on top of things is part of your job
• Multiple paychecks is better than one paycheck
• Tracking Time is no fun Verasage
• You compete globally and locally
• Make money when you can

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Your Office

• Weekly Back-up, A/V Updates, Financials
• Monthly Purge old project files
• Yearly Archive docs into This Year file
  structure
• Every Three Years new system, new programs
• Use Outlook or other reminder systems to help you

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The New Office

• NetSuite accounting, web store, SFA, and CRM
• Freshbooks.com billing time tracking
• Skype and On State
• Flat Rate Mobile Plans
• Gmail handles domain e-mail for free
• Internal How Tos in a Google Site

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Desktop Tools

• Calendar Synchronization SyncMyCal, Google
  Calendar, Outlook, Blackberry
• Contact Updates LinkedIn Toolbar and Fonebook
• Back-up Carbonite.com
• Passwords Keepass
• Design Paint.net, SnagIt
• PDFs FoxIt

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Desktop Tools (Cont.)

• VLC media player with a laptop and kids!
• Image Management Picasa
• eFax scan and get a fax
• Office 2007 Esp. Excels Capture from Web

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Net Tools I use

• Phones Saveonphone.com to buy,
  freeconferencecall.com for con calls
• Payments PayPal.com
• Domains GoDaddy
• Hosting GoDaddy but about to switch!
• Spicing up proposals iStockPhoto and Flickr (CC)
• Jigsaw for sales contacts
• TubeMogul

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Net Tools (Cont.)

• Instant Messaging Meebo.com
• Gethuman.com skip phone trees
• Slideshare.net, Docstoc, Scribd, and Wikipedia
  look up info
• Commission Junction
• Copilot or WebEx or GoToMeeting

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Web Site Tips Tactical

• Keep the code updated!
• Keep a back-up
• Get a How To guide from your designer/host
• Make it easy to contact you
• Set-up Google Analytics
• http//www.websitegrader.com/
• Mobile?

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Web Site Tips Growing Clients

• Content! Nuf Said
• Put video on your site
• Try building a resource 1100 ratio

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Thank you!Bill Dotsonhttp//www.billdotson.com
bill_at_billdotson.com859 361 4464
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