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May 2009
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Dear Client,
Welcome to INNOVATE!, an administrative resource for small business owners. INNOVATE! is a product of Cybertary, a professional Virtual Assisting company. In these monthly emails we will be giving you numerous resources and tips you can use in your business, your home, your office and your life!
Time for Spring Cleaning! Spring cleaning your computer and business files, that is. This month Cybertary shows you how to clean your computer properly and simplify your filing. At last, we share Part 3 of our LinkedIn Series - Building Your Business Connections. Let Cybertary help you spruce up your business this Spring!
Enjoy!
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| Keeping Your Computer Squeaky Clean |
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 For optimum computer system health, do your best to keep you computer's insides and outsides squeaky clean. Dust can accumulate in the vents and increase your PC's temperatures, which ultimately could cause system failure. Built up crumbs and dust in your keyboard can cause sticking and malfunction as well. So it's a good idea to make computer cleaning part of your regular routine. Here are some tips for cleaning your computer or laptop.
Always start your cleaning routine by turning off your computer. If you are planning to clean internally, make sure to turn off your system and unplug all cords from the wall.
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| Simplified Filing For Your Small Business |
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 I admit it. I'm a bit of a Filing Fanatic. At any given moment, I like to know the exact location of all the necessary documents I may need. In fact, I don't like giving a single minute of my precious time to the task of searching around my desk. Instead, I love the feeling I get when I need a specific document and am able to make my move to the right file in one single, quick and systematic movement. Okay, so you don't have to get this excited about your filing system; however, as a small business owner, you should have a system that works simply for you. Here's a peek at Cybertary's simplified filing system that can work well for any small business.
So many of our clients have such complicated filing systems that they never find the time to maintain them and even avoid filing entirely. Instead of being able to locate a needed document easily, they spend time shuffling through mounds of random paper. This is not an efficient use of time.
Here's the problem: Oftentimes business owners create separate files for each vendor, customer, bank account, etc. Then they sort the file "types' alphabetically and end up with many folders with single pieces of paper and many others that are overflowing. When those files need to be cleared out periodically or archived, they either have to go through each file and purge the contents or start over from scratch.
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| Learning LinkedIn - Part 3 of 3 |
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Building Your Business Connections
By Tracy Phipps - Cybertary South Charlotte, NC
As you have learned in our previous articles, you now have your LinkedIn profile assembled, and have started to build your connection network of people you worked with, went to school with or even just hang out with. What’s next? Well, there is no point in having all those connections if you don’t do anything with them. How do you convert connections to business?
A client recently asked me “Why should I connect with people who are obviously not my target market?” to which I explained the age old adage, “It’s not what you know, but who you know” and more importantly on LinkedIn, who your friends know.
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CyberQuick-Tip - Software Storage Simplified
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When you need a software CD or the software license information, do you dread the mad search you must embark upon to find them? Do you have a shelf full of old software boxes taking up space? Or are there software jewel boxes and loose CDs in a drawer or box? Worse yet, are you losing or damaging your valuable software CDs because you just don't have a designated way to store them? We have a solution that will save you space and keep your software and license keys handy and safe.
It's simple really. Just get yourself a CD binder at an office supply store and insert all of your software CDs in it. Then, you can then either cut out the license key from the box and slip it into the pocket with the CD or write the key number on the CD itself with a fine-tip permanent marker.
As Cybertaries, we need to stay on the cutting edge of technology with the latest software at our fingertips. This is a picture of our software binder at Cybertary Headquarters that holds 128 CDs in 3 inches of shelf space. They are sorted by software type (Operating System, Microsoft, Utilities, Graphics, Microsoft and Other). All of our software is easily accessible, protected, and organized. Pretty nice and easy, huh?
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THEME - Summer Fun!
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