If your answer to this Arrow-Tip title question is “yes” then you may want to consider a mail server solution - even if you are just a one person business. Your next question is most likely “how can you afford a mail server if you are just one person?” The answer is that hosted mail server solutions have become very affordable and reliable. Read on to see if you are a good candidate for a hosted email server solution. Read More
24th Apr 2008 | Comments (2) | Front Page, Arrow Tips
I have gotten such great comments from Arrow-Tip #23 Could a Plug In Increase Your Outlook Efficiency that I thought they would make a nice post of their own. Also, one juicy piece of news has been circulating since Arrow-Tip #23 was posted - Microsoft has supposedly signed a letter of intent to acquire Xobni. If its true then congrats to the Xobni guys! Read More
24th Apr 2008 | Comments (3) | Front Page
More and more clients are experiencing issues with the size of their Outlook mailbox which can lead to corrupted data and very slow performance. One of the largest hogs of mailbox storage space is taken up by attachments so that is one of the first places I usually look to get my clients in the optimum mailbox size range of 300 - 500 MB. Of course the biggest challenge I run into is that users are afraid to lose their attachments - but lucky for them because they don’t have to. Read on for some ideas on how to shrink your Outlook mailbox through better attachment management. Read More
25th Mar 2008 | Comments (0) | Front Page, Arrow Tips
When my friend Josh Tabin President of Mosaic CFO and co-Author at StartUp Houston asked me to write a blog post about my favorite Outlook Add-ins I was only too happy to oblige. The only problem is that I really don’t use that many Outlook Add-ins so I recruited a couple of people to add their input to this post including my old friend intellectual property attorney and author N. Stephan Kinsella and my new twitter pal Henk-Jan van der Klis. There were several other folks who wanted to contribute, but were pressed for time so if you are one of them (or even if you are not) please feel free to leave a comment with your thoughts! Read More
20th Mar 2008 | Comments (10) | Front Page, Arrow Tips
Several clients have asked me about the benefits of upgrading from Outlook 2003 to Outlook 2007 and up until now I’ve pretty much told them the same thing - avoid it if you can. First of all, I always advise clients not to install Microsoft products until service pack 1 (SP1) has been released unless they are bleeding edge of technology types who need the latest and greatest as part of their job. Second, I have Office 2007 on my home computer and quite frankly I’m not that impressed. However, now that SP1 has been released its time to give you the pros and cons of upgrading. Read More
7th Mar 2008 | Comments (4) | Front Page, Arrow Tips
My buddy and guest blogger Rocky VanBrimmer just posted an interview with me on his blog regarding how I use LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook. Click here to check it out and be sure to leave us a comment!
5th Mar 2008 | Comments (0) | Front Page
Look for 2 new Arrow-Tips this week regarding why or why not to upgrade to Outlook 2007 and my favorite and not so favorite Outlook plug-ins. If you’ve got some unique insights on either topic that you would like to see included in my posts, please email me at mkhan@advenaartemis.com. In the mean time, have a great week!
3rd Mar 2008 | Comments (0) | Front Page
by Rocky VanBrimmer
I LOVE LINKEDIN!
LinkedIn has done wonderful things for my business. Each day I make 5 to 6 more contacts in my region (Columbus Ohio). These are people who may want to look for what I sell, which is investment properties.
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27th Feb 2008 | Comments (3) | Front Page
Any great networker knows that you need to have a quick elevator pitch waiting for when someone asks you about what you do. Kurt Stoll of StartUp Houston was kind enough to record and post elevator pitches for both my company Advena Artemis and Operation Mom at the OpenCoffee club meeting 5 months ago - click here to see them.
Come check out OpenCoffee club next month on Thursday, March 20th at the Coffee Groundz 2503 Bagby St. and be sure to have your elevator pitch ready for all of the great people you will meet!
26th Feb 2008 | Comments (0) | Front Page
You can install the best software in the world, but it won’t do much for you if you don’t have a good business process behind it. Microsoft Outlook is no exception - even if you just use it to manage your email. And if you use Outlook and HuntressPro for contact management, then having a good process is even more critical. Over the years I have seen several organizations try to substitute a good business process with software automation e.g. you can not click on this button until you have filled out that field. These constraints often annoy the user forcing him to work around the software and eventually thwarting the system. To learn more about matching your software to your business process read on.
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20th Feb 2008 | Comments (0) | Front Page, Arrow Tips
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