Video conference calls are now a way of life. It started long before COVID-19 but now we are finding video conferencing necessary to continue with day to day activities that we used to take for granted.
9 Tips For Better Video Conferencing
Quick guide: configure squidGuard for Zoom
This quick guide lists the five steps to allow access to zoom.us through a squidGuard proxy that normally blocks video conferencing services.
The Why and How of backing up your WordPress site
A website backup is your best protection against accidental and malicious changes. From simple things like making content changes, installing a new theme, having your site hacked, or moving to new hosting, you need to have a backup.
Getting your own online presence
A quick guide to the things you need, in the correct order, in order to get a self-hosted WordPress website up and running with a minimum of fuss.
Introduction to Domain Names and Web Hosting
A domain name is a structured, human readable, unique name for a place on the Internet. It is not unlike your postal address. The post office expects your postal address to be structured in a standard way, usually with your name at the top, followed by street and suburb, then finally country and postcode.
Similarly, a domain name has a domain and a top level domain (TLD), and sometimes one or more sub-domains. Continue reading
Productivity Hack #1 – Recording Receipts using a mobile app
As a business operator you need to make sure that you are able to deduct justifiable expenses otherwise you are giving m
oney away to the tax man. One of the problems I have is ensuring that I capture those expenses in a way that lets me enter the information into my accounting software as well as meeting the ATO requirements for “written evidence”.
Another look at passwords
In a prior post I talked about managing passwords and briefly touched on not using the same password on multiple sites. I’d like to expand that discussion with some practical examples.
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Throw-away email addresses
Sometimes you need to register on a web site to get a software key, enter a competition, or complete a transaction but you’re wary of the possibility that your email address may be sold to a spammer. In cases like these I use a free mail redirection service to hide my real email address.
Using an email program to manage all your business email
In this post I assume that you’ve read the reasons why you need multiple business email addresses. If not, have a look at that post and then come back to see how to set up your email program to manage all your business email addresses.
Managing Your Email Personas
Even though you are starting up a business and most likely it’s just you and maybe one or two other people, there is no reason not to put in place the organisational structure that your business will grow into.
One way to do this is to create different email accounts to help you keep organised and to provide a familiar environment for your customers. Each email address represents an aspect of your business. Each email address is one of the hats that you wear each day, one of your many personas.