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8 Tips for
More Effective E-Mails
reprinted with permission from the HP Small Business
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Most
business people receive dozens, even hundreds, of
e-mails each day. Without question, e-mail is now the
primary means of communication in the professional
world. That’s why it’s very important to create messages
that effectively communicate your point while presenting
a professional image. Here are eight helpful tips for
writing e-mails that achieve both
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1. Set clear,
concrete deadlines. If you’re sending a task or a request
for more information, don’t just say, "Hope to hear from you
soon." Make it clear by what time or date you need a response
and write the deadline clearly, for instance: "Please respond
by next Thursday, January 15th."
2. Use proper
spelling and grammar. Poorly spelled or grammatically
incorrect e-mails make you appear unprofessional and reduce
the effectiveness of your communication. Always double check
your e-mails before sending them, making use of spelling and
grammar check tools.
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Get a Second
Chance When Your PC Crashes
reprinted with permission from the HP Small Business
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It’s a
common scenario. You’re working at your computer when
all of a sudden, with no warning, the PC freezes.
Nothing seems to be working. The screen goes dark. You
may even be unlucky enough to see the dreaded blue
screen informing you that a critical error has occurred
and Windows® will be shut down.
You’ve just
been the unfortunate victim of a system crash.
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If this happens to
you, it’s likely that you’ve recently added a new program,
device, driver or application that your machine doesn’t like,
and this is its way of making its feelings known.
Sometimes, a simple
reboot of the PC resolves the issue. But sometimes it doesn’t.
You reboot, Windows loads and the computer crashes again, or
continues to behave weirdly. What can be done to end the
recurring nightmare and return your computer to a more stable
state?
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Enhance Microsoft Office with Business Add-on
Tools
By
Philipp Harper
reprinted with permission from the Microsoft Small
Business Center
 A new breed of solutions called Office
Business Applications helps extend the usability of your
desktop and line-of-business applications.
- For many
companies, the ROI in enterprise software isn't what it
could be.
- Office Business
Applications create synergy by connecting Microsoft Office
to business applications.
- The impact of
OBAs on the bottom line is significant and immediate.
Return on
investment is everything. But for too many small and midsize
businesses, the ROI for line-of-business software is far less
than what it ought to be.
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Who’s Listening to Your Phone Calls?
reprinted with
permission from the HP Small Business Center
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Simple to
use and cost effective, VoIP (Voice over IP) solutions
have taken the communications world by storm. But with
this increase in popularity come serious security
issues.
The problem
with VoIP calls is the very thing that makes them so
popular: they travel over the Internet. Because of this
simplicity, VoIP calls can be intercepted at two points:
the call setup and the call data flow.
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Tapping into the
call setup provides the intruder with information on who
called a particular number, and if they listen, what was said
on that call. All that's needed to hack into a call is a
packet-sniffing program that can be easily downloaded from the
Internet and a tiny piece of hardware that taps into a
physical wire undetected.
So just who might be spying on you?
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March 2009 |
| In this issue: |
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More Effective E-Mails |
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When Your PC Crashes |
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Business Add-on Tools |
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Who's Listening? |
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Electronic Business Cards |
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| Microsoft Outlook
Share Contact Information the
easy way with Electronic Business Cards
Traditional paper business
cards are a time-honored and effective way to get business and
contact information out to current and prospective clients.
But these days, a lot of
business is done in e-mail. So how do you make sure that
people know how to reach you?
Try an Electronic Business
Card (or EBC), part of the Contacts feature in Microsoft
Office Outlook 2007.
An EBC is simple to create and
you can easily give it professional polish or personal style
by adding your company logo or a picture of yourself. And when
you use an EBC as part of your e-mail signature, customers and
friends will see it in a format that looks good and is easy
for them to save.
Watch the demo to see how easy it is to
create, customize, and share an Electronic Business
Card.
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Quote of the Month |
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"The first day of spring is one thing
and the first spring day is another. The difference
between them is sometimes as great as a
month."
~Henry Van
Dyke
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Just for Laughs |
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