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Great News! - our web application http://anymessagesforme.com has just been nominated for the CSS Winner - CSS site of the day.  Why not go an give us a vote :-)  http://www.csswinner.com/details/any-messages/886/


Any messages is a web application to replace the old carbon copy telephone messaging pad.  It is designed to ensure user gets consistent, timely messages with ALL the information they need (too often I have had messages like 'Fred Rang', 'Fred Who?' , He said you know him'...etc.)  The telephone messaging system works with any browser and sends messages by email and text.  You can view the message history and manage all the users in your organisation.

You can start with the free account today just here - http://anymessagesforme.com/signup.php
 

Right now the thing thats blowing me away with the internet is what Google is doing with Google Apps.  Everybody's heard of Google but whats Google Apps I hear you ask?  Its just a system that google have created to enable you to manage email addresses @yourdomain........and a shed load more.

Once you get your company email onto Google Apps, Say hello to a whole world of new opportunities to use web technology in ways you never imagined, either because you didn't know you could do those things with the internet OR you thought that it would be too complicated and expensive.

A keyword is collaboration.  There is, (and you can quote me) no more cost effective or better platform for providing a means for collaboration (ie: people working together on projects, tasks, day to day business management etc.) amongst colleagues, customers and suppliers than Google Apps and the suite of tools that Google have provided including , Google mail, Google chat. Google, docs. Google calendar, Google video, Google site builder, Google analytics....that'll do for now.

I guarantee I could provide you with at least one amazing new idea for collaboration in your business using Google tools - I know because it happens to us every week - in our own business.

Anyway - the message for today is Google Apps and cloud computing - get stuck in, its great stuff that WILL save you £££'s.

Here are some links:

http://www.google.com/apps/intl/en/business/smbs.html

for information from Google about Google Apps

http://wsipowerontheweb.com/googleappsbusinessstarterpackage

See you in the cloud :-)

(I am not a commission with Google by the way - its just good stuff!)

Hello again,

We can help you with nearly anything internet related - websites, search marketing, web based software etc etc.

If anyone can help me get my kids to put things away I would be deeply appreciative.

Cheers Richard.

All those who have attended the 'How to Establish your Internet Presence Quickly and Easily' Seminars with business link will hopefully remember that in the second part of the session we talk about creating an Internet Strategy or plan.  We do this because success on the internet is an ongoing process, we build and develop our internet presence over time in order to leverage more benefits from it.

Anyway, in this session I suggest to attendees that they should review their business plans to help determine what key elements of the Internet Strategy might be - and at this point I usually get the impression that at least 50% of the attendees do not have a business plan, or at least an up to date one.  So, I then suggest that they talk to the business link rep to help them in that area.

I stumbled across this video the other day courtesy of John Edmonds.   I think this could be really useful for people who need some insight into creating or bringing their business plan up to speed.  Why not check it out, create or refine your business plan - THEN, set out what your Internet Strategy needs be to help deliver the business plan.

Hi, Well this is the first of posts for the WSI blog and it has been inspired byt the many requests from attendees at the Establish Your Internet Presence seminars that have been held with Business Link.

In case you lost your handout here is a link to the course materials http://labs.hostingpowerontheweb.com/businesslink/

I am planning to add updates on how to use/what you can do with the google site builder and other google services in future posts so why not sign up for updates with Google reader?

Anyway thats it for now.