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Website Marketing Class – June 6th

May 23, 2008 By Leave a Comment

Our Website Marketing Class is fast approaching at the Van Buren Chamber of Commerce (June 6, 2008).

The class is filling up fairly quickly and we have added a second session in the afternoon.

Here is the official brochure content:
Have you ever thought:

  • Why don’t I get sales leads from my website?
  • How would a website help my business?
  • Isn’t getting online too expensive?

Then this seminar is what you are looking for!

June 6, 2008 (Friday)

Two Sessions:

  • 10 a.m. – 12 noon
  • 2 p.m. – 4 p.m.

Location: Van Buren Chamber Office – 510 Main Street

Registration: FREE for Chamber members and anyone signing up as a new member, $20 for non-Chamber members.

One person (for each session!) will receive a free website assessment ($250 value)

This seminar will be presented by Joe McCoy of Best Progress.
Call the VBCC at 474-2761 to register.  Seating is limited to the first 20 registrations.

You will discover:

  1. How to get a free website that looks sharp and is easy to edit.
  2. The top 16 mistakes small businesses make with their website.
  3. How to find out who is coming to your website and what pages they like.
  4. The free tools the pros use to help define marketing strategy.
  5. Ways to avoid the mistakes that even big companies make with their website marketing.
  6. Who to consider as your developer if you want a new website.
  7. The 5 most critical things you need to do for an effective website

This seminar will be presented by Joe McCoy of Best Progress.
Call the VBCC at 474-2761 to register.  Seating is limited to the first 20 registrations.

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Moving to Office 2007?

May 23, 2008 By Leave a Comment

One quick fix to eliminate 90% of the problems…

For many people, Office 2007 is a radical departure from the interface they have grown to love. Office 2007 has the “ribbon” for navigation. People upgrading to Office 2007 from any other Microsoft Office will find it the biggest change ever in Microsoft Office. I tell my clients it is similar to what they faced when they changed from WordPerfect in the 90s to Microsoft Office – a bit uncomfortable with a learning curve, but eventually a very good choice.

My two favorite things about Office 2007: 1 – Real-time formatting - as you start to make changes, the formatting will be shown in the background. This makes it very easy to get the right look on your documents. 2 – The use of large styling buttons on the ribbon makes it easier to get formatting to work well and provide a professional look.

Quick Fix: If you plan to communicate with anyone else on the planet that does NOT have Office 2007, you will want to use compatibility mode. Otherwise they will get your document with a DOCX extension that they can’t open. To configure compatibility mode, do the following: Click the Office Button in Word 2007 (circle in top left corner), click Word Options, and click “Save” on the left. Where the screen says “Save files in this format:”, click the dropdown arrow and then select “Word 97-2003 Document (*.doc)” and then click OK. You use a similar approach in Excel and PowerPoint.

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BUYING A NEW COMPUTER?…

May 23, 2008 By 2 Comments

What you should know about JUNE 30TH, 2008.

Microsoft will stop retail sales of the popular and stable Windows XP operating system on June 30th.  You may have already heard about Vista difficulties and the more expensive hardware requirements compared to Windows XP.  I have had several clients ask me if there is any way they can find a new computer with XP pre-installed instead of Vista.  Yes you can – if you buy your new systems online.  Dell, Toshiba, Sony, HP/Compaq, and Lenovo (was IBM) business class machine are available online with XP pre-installed.  However, traditional retailers are unlikely to have XP computers available.

Buying Vista is not horrible, it just takes more effort to get things back to normal after adding a new Vista computer.  A little preparation and a lot of patience is what you need if you decide to start moving to Vista this year.

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