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Global Newsletter
March 2009
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This month we continue our advice on technology’s little hassles, with a few more areas that can be easily and inexpensively solved.
Starting from scratch? If you have a document, spreadsheet or presentation to create, see if the topic is used by other businesses too. An online search or a visit to the Microsoft website may uncover a template that you can apply to your situation. Common examples include budget templates, sales presentations and employment forms.
How paperless is your office? Consider email as a great alternative to regular postal mail. Your financial software may even allow you to email invoices directly from it. It you are concerned about document details being changed, you can find free software to ‘print’ your documents electronically into an unchangeable Adobe Acrobat PDF format. This is widely used by airlines for sending flight details and receipts via email.
Morning slowness? If you have time to finish your coffee whilst your computer starts, there could be some easy tweaks which will improve its performance. Review the items in your ‘Startup’ group of programs and look at the icons in your ‘system tray’ by your computer’s clock, to see if you really do need everything to start up at once. Also, check and see if your anti-virus software is set to perform a scan each morning, perhaps changing the schedule to during your lunch break instead. If computer slowness is a constant problem, then a software tune-up or additional memory could improve the performance for less than the cost of a new computer.
Lost your internet connection? Intermittent internet connection faults are very frustrating and can be caused by any number of things between your internet provider and your computer. Keep a log of any drop-outs and call your internet provider to check if there is a fault on your cable or phone line (especially for ADSL). Ensure that all of your telephones and faxes have ADSL filters. And, if you also have wireless access to your internet that is provided by another ‘box’, follow this method to get things up and running again after a drop out:
- Power off your internet modem and your wireless router.
- Power on your internet modem.
- Wait for the ADSL light to be solid (approx. 40 seconds).
- Power on your wireless router.
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Talk to Computer Troubleshooters ~ Avonside about how a few small tweaks to your office technology could make the world of difference. |
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Sale: Ex-Lease IBMs
We have just got in a new supply of ex-least IBM PCs
- Windows XP Profesional
- Pentium 4 3.2GHz
- 1GB (1024MB) RAM
- 40GB Hard Drive
- DVD-Combo Drive
- 3 Month Warranty
- Only $400!
- Upgrade to a CD/DVD Writer for only $70
We have also got some Ex-Lease LCD Monitors in stock for $160.
Available while stocks last. Prices include GST.
Does not include data transfer or other related services. |
Trans-Tasman Spinners Cup
Part of being a member of the international Computer Troubleshooters network is attendance of a national conference each year. This allows us to keep up to date with the other New Zealand Franchisees and also allows a bit of socialising with other like minded people.
One of the competitions that is run each year is a competition between representitives from Australia and New Zealand to give a 10 minute sales presentation on the theme of the conference. This year it was Internet Security and we are proud to announce that Graham took home the trophy for New Zealand with an excellent sales pitch about how to reduce "Internet Stupidity" by cleaning up all the little things that allow viruses, malware and hackers into your computer. |
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To find out more about Internet Security, give Computer Troubleshooters a call. |
8 Web Design Mistakes to Avoid - #1
Over the next 8 months we will be featuring a different web design mistake that should be avoided. These tips can be used by anyone, but we make sure to incorporate them into any web sites that we design and build.
It’s all about you
Content should always be developed with customers in mind in a language they understand. It is easy to fall
into the trap of writing content that is full of jargon, littered with corporate speak, or worse, it’s all about you and
how good you are. Use of jargon, however, may be necessary with a technical audience or in certain specialist
industries (e.g. science, engineering).
In general, content needs to be persuasive, credible and engaging. The best way to do this is to answer a
simple question most customers quietly ask: “What’s in it for me?” Then write it as if you were explaining to a
friend what you do. Abandon corporate speak and strip your message down to plain English – clear, intelligent
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Need help with your website?
Whether you’re building your first website or upgrade your current website Computer Troubleshooters ~ Avonside can take the hassle and
expense out of the whole process. |
Broken Window?
Here in the workshop we have just had half our windows replaced with safety glass. The service that we got from the glazier was excellent and we would like to recommend him to you. He repairs and replaces windows in buildings and cars quickly and cleanly.
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For a personal introduction, please contact Computer Troubleshooters ~ Avonside |
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Contact Computer Troubleshooters ~ Avonside:
Graham Love – graham@avonside.co.nz
Peggy Love – peggy@avonside.co.nz
Nate Walker – nate@avonside.co.nz
Richard Bassett – richardb@avonside.co.nz
Andrea Jones – andrea@avonside.co.nz
Phone: (03) 389 3887
Newsletter Archives available at: http://avonside.co.nz/news.htm
Newsletter edited by Nate Walker |
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