Increase e-newsletter signups with your email signature
We recently posted about using your email signature to save time and promote your business offerings. This post will provide instructions on locating the Site Visitor Sign-up link from your Constant Contact account, and applying it to your email signature. Adding a Constant Contact sign-up link to your email signature 1. When you’re logged into your Constant Contact account, click on the Contacts tab at the top of the screen then click on... [Read More...]
How to add a signature to your email in Outlook
Adding your contact information as a signature to your emails is very useful in a business environment, but also for personal emails as well. An email signature is a block of text created by you that’s automatically added to the bottom of emails you send. You can designate whether it’s included on every single email, or if it’s excluded from emails where you’re replying to a previous message. There are a lot of benefits... [Read More...]
7 tricks for remembering passwords (and what to do if you can’t)
If you read our post about creating a secure password, you know that a strong password needs to contain numbers, letters, symbols and capitals. Combined with the account numbers and user IDs you use every day, the list of important login information we must remember can be very overwhelming! We found these helpful tricks to help you remember your passwords (courtesy of WalletPop Blog) Seven helpful tricks to help you remember passwords: Create... [Read More...]
How to spot an email scam
You just got a get a great offer by email! Or maybe it was an account notification….or was it a kind stranger offering to help market your website or give you a free credit report? There are a lot of emails going around that are trying to trick you into giving up personal information, buying services you don’t need, or worse, using your credit card or other payment you would provide for fraudulent purposes. Samples of email scams would... [Read More...]
How to make a SECURE password
First things first: what not to do To start with, we’ll tell you what NOT to do when creating a password. It’s not the shortest list, but afterward we’ll explain how to create a secure, memorable password. When creating a password, stay away from…. Words found in a dictionary of any language Personal details (birth date, pet’s name, family names) Words spelled backwards (nooccaR) Numbers in a sequence (4567) Keyboard... [Read More...]
Need to access your PC remotely?
When you remotely connect to a computer, you're able to see the desktop and take over the keyboard and mouse controls as if you were actually using the other computer. Have you ever been at home and found yourself needing a file from your work computer? There are a lot of options available for remotely accessing a computer so you can retrieve photos, video, documents, spreadsheets, power point presentations and other files. You can remote connect... [Read More...]
How does email work? A simple (illustrated) explanation
If you’re like most people who work in an office or use a computer regularly, you send and receive dozens of emails each day. When you click Send, how does it get to the right place? Email was born in 1971 when a computer engineer began using the @ symbol to designate which computer a message should go to. At its core, an email is simply a text message from one user to another. Advancing technology has added extra features along the way, of... [Read More...]
How can I cut down on email spam?
Email’s a great method of communication, but no one likes opening their email in to morning to find dozens of unsolicited junk messages in with their legitimate email. Email spam (also known as unsolicited bulk mail) averages 78% of email sent worldwide, according to one study. It’s easy to get fed up quickly when you see the subject lines in your inbox for discount pharmaceuticals, get-rich-quick schemes and notes from long-lost “relatives”... [Read More...]
Postini update 2/4/10: Message Log Search for tracking emails
Google’s Postini spam filter is scheduled to release a new Message Log Search feature on February 4, 2010. Hey, I use Postini! How will this change my services? The Message Log Search feature will help you track how your emails were processed, filtered and delivered. This new feature will be available to users designated as Administrator for Postini. When Postini filters incoming mail and spam, the message security service stores information... [Read More...]
5 routine maintenance tips to keep your PC running smoothly
Keep your PC running smoothly with these basic routine maintenance tips Keep your PC running efficiently with these routine maintenance items. 1. Operating System security updates Microsoft constantly releases updates for Windows and the Microsoft Office Suite to fix security issues and to improve performance. These updates fall into 3 categories: High Priority, Suggested and Drivers. At a minimum, you must install the High Priority updates. I can’t... [Read More...]
