Hello World!

For years, I’ve been recommending that clients have blogs on their websites, but I never took the time to add a blog to my own website. Shame on me! Websites are often static. Once your customers visit, there’s not a lot to bring them back. So, it’s easy to get out of touch with them. Blogs enable you to regularly send fresh information to your customers. You can tell them about what’s new in your business or about special current offers. If customers feel your blog is worth following, they can subscribe to receive emails whenever you add new posts.

My excuse for not blogging was I didn’t have a content focus. Yesterday I realized that many problems I solve for clients (and new things I show them how to do) would be of interest to others. For example, I recently helped a client use her smartphone as a broadband modem for her laptop. I realized many other clients might want to do the same thing (if they knew it was possible).  So now I plan to share tips, tricks and other interesting technology-related information in my blog.

Every week, I’ll add a new posting. My goal is to include both informative and how-to information. Sometimes I may discuss a cool application that can increase your efficiency or effectiveness. Other times, I may include brief tutorial videos that show how to perform a task step-by-step.

If you think my blog might contain helpful information for you, please subscribe to it. You can always unsubscribe if you’re no longer finding the information helpful. Thanks. I look forward to keeping in touch with you in cyberspace!

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5 Responses to Hello World!

  1. Ron Bohnlein says:

    Finally, somebody is putting out practical tips and tricks that the everyday schmo can understand and use. We see the TV ad where guys sit around a campfire and have some sort of mobile hot spot, but the viewer has to go to a phone store to find out how that works. When one gets to the store, one can only hope they get to talk to someone who knows more than how to point to a box they sell. Nice to see that a blog can help explain things.

  2. moss says:

    Hi Pres, pretty cool.

    So I have a “tech” question for you… I need to bring my computer in for service for a system fan failure & DVD drive problems. I have Turbo Tax & lots of other personal/financial stuff on my computer. I have it all backed up just in case.

    Question: How do I protect my data from the “techs” at Fry’s while they’re fixing my computer? Do I password all our logins and create a guest login? Will that keep them from my files? Or should I change out my hard drive with an old one (don’t really wanna do that). Help!

  3. LORI says:

    Hi Preston,
    Nice to know there is a reputable computer guy I can depend on for help!

  4. Hi Moss … Your question about protecting data is a good one. There are lots of ways to hide files and folders. Secret Disk (www.secret-disk.com) is one of my favorites, and it’s free.

    Secret Disk creates a virtual drive on your computer. The drive is password protected, so only you have access to it. Best of all, the drive can be locked and unlocked by launching the program from the Start menu or the Notification Area (System Tray). When locked, the drive appears to no one who views My Computer. When unlocked the drive appears in My Computer and functions like a normal drive.

    Copy your private files to the Secret Disk (and delete them from their normal location) before taking the PC to the shop. Later, restore the files to their normal location. Since your files are also backed up on an external drive, you can feel confident you won’t lose anything using this process.

  5. Rae White says:

    Thanks for the help again today. You are more help than a pocket on a shirt.

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