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Speed Up Your Mac

Housekeeping For Your Mac

Allow 20 minutes, shut down all open applications prior to undertaking.

On occasion our computers can begin to slow down, taking a very long time to start, a long time to open applications, slow responsiveness, and slow to log out or shut down. As computers today hold so much information in so many different ways, our normal everyday usage can eventually catch up with us, as we have placed all sorts of different information in so many places, it’s little wonder a computer can slow down as it sorts through all the different bits spread out across a system.

In this article we’ll take a look at cleaning our Mac in order to get it up and running at full speed again.

Free Office Suite Software

Office Software

Open Office does it all

We all rely to some extent on various Office applications on our computers to perform many functions for us, both in our businesses and for personal use. A few years ago when the computer industry was a lot more diverse, Lotus held the mantle as the preferred Office Suite across the world.

Email Your Invoices

Saving Time and Money With Email

A few keystrokes is all it takes

If you print your invoices from your computer, this also gives the added option of emailing them to clients. While the overwhelming majority of our domestic clients will still have their invoices placed in their mailboxes, this is not suitable for all cases, and emailing your invoice is a great option to choose in many of these circumstances.

A few simple guidelines will ensure that the practice is done professionally, and to a standard that your clients will expect.

Print Your Own Invoices

Easy Invoicing

We usually buy generic invoice books

As Contractors, we have many different ways available to invoice our customers for the services we provide. In days gone by, there have been reliable systems invented that probably won't cut the mustard in the 21'st century, our customers have become more discerning and have moved with the times, and they expect us to do the same.

So let's have a look at the benefits and how-to of printing our own invoices on the computer.

SMS Alerts

SMS In Business

An asy way to improve cash flow

SMS stands for Short Messaging Service, it is commonly used and is the widely popular messaging service on Mobile Phones. Loved by kids and adults, it provides a simple and cost effective way to communicate with the people in our lives.

With such widespread usage of this service, utilising it in our businesses can provide numerous benefits like cost savings, increases in cash-flow, reliability of the work day, and more, all at a small price and minimum effort.

Business Email

Your Customers Use Email - So Should You

Interact with customers the way they live

If you don't provide your clients with a means of contacting you by email, then your business is behind the times, and being left behind by others. Maintaining and providing your customers with a business email address lets them contact you easily and for free. These days everyone has email and it simply must be included as part of your business too.

Here's a few simple tips to get the most from email for your business.