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Easy Business Phone Numbers using Google Voice
by thedrick on May 17, 2013
Since Google Voice became available to everyone in the United States, many small and medium-size business owners saw the advantage of converting their communication system over to the Internet. The benefits of Google Voice include the fact that it offers a free phone management service that is hard to beat at any cost.
The reasons why you should consider using Google Voices your business phone include:
- Going Local – With Google Voice, you will always have the option of choosing a local phone number in any area code you would like. By having a local phone number in a specific area where you do business, you can attract new customers seeking a local company. Based on the products you sell, you can live on one side of the country, and have a local phone number on the opposite side.
- Lifetime Phone Numbers – No matter how many times your business relocates, your Google Voice number will always stay with you. It is simple to tie all of your existing office phone numbers and wireless carrier numbers to Google Voice. It has the ability to ring any one or all of your phones including those at work, home or on your smartphone.
- Simple Voice Conferencing – The old methods of having to enter a complicated passcode followed by digital strings just to start a conference call are gone. Developed as a simpler approach, Google Voice lets participants simply ring your specific Google Voice number to begin the conference call.
- Inexpensive International Calls – For companies doing business overseas, Google Voice has incredibly low pay-per-minute rates. Local and national calls are free.
- Free Texts – You will no longer have to pay for each text message you send. Google Voice allows free SMS text messages from your Google number.
In all, it just makes sense to use Google Voice as your business phone. It has great benefits, amazing features, and it is free.
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Dropbox: Access Your Files Anywhere
by thedrick on April 2, 2013
Dropbox is simply a must-have online application for anyone that stores documents and multimedia. It is even more beneficial for anyone that works remotely or needs to carry files with them to another location. Instead of needing to carry the entire group of files, each file can simply be acquired through an iPad, iPhone, smartphone, laptop or other mobile device.
As an enormously popular service that offers free file storage on the Internet, Dropbox is the ideal choice for gaining access to your files from anywhere there is an online connection. Additionally, Dropbox makes it much simpler to collaborate with others that share group files. Once you open your Dropbox account (for free), you can easily add files to your own account, or into a group. Working in collaboration, any group member can view or download a file, make changes or update the stored data.
Dropbox is easy to use. As the default of a private online file, you can easily upload any documents, folders, music, videos & photos that is publicly inaccessible. However, it is easy to share your folders with anyone else, or make it publicly accessible if you choose.
Every new account gets an automatic free 2 GB of storage. Users gain all the benefits of using an online service system without any of the hassles. Many other benefits include:
- Ease-Of-Use – Anyone that knows how to save a document or file on a computer automatically knows how to use their account on Dropbox.
- Remote Access – With an Internet connection from anywhere, users can gain instant access to all of their files and multimedia stored on Dropbox.
- Free Storage – Every account has 2 GB of free storage with additional storage of up to 100 GB for a small charge.
- Cloud Storage – Dropbox offers a great place to store files off-line as a backup to a hard drive system.
Having the ability to access files and multimedia from anywhere in the world is a must-have for families, students, employees, and professionals.
Meet iComm Studios
At iComm Studios we manage your entire project, much like a personal assistant for your website. We are a full service website design company that focuses on quality and customer service. The quality comes naturally, because we simply LOVE what we do!
One Design for all Devices: The Importance of Responsive Web Design
by thedrick on March 18, 2013
Before tablets and smartphones became so popular, web designers had only one unique stumbling block to consider when building a new website – to maintain the traditional look of a website when displayed on competing desktop computer browsers.
However, the challenge of displaying a traditional website on a tablet or smartphone simply does not produce results identical to a desktop computer monitor. Web designers now need to consider pixel resolution, screen size, Touch versus Click, optimize markup, and the full support of Adobe’s Flash technology. It has finally become vital to develop interactive websites using responsive web design.
Responsive Web Design (RWD) takes a crucial approach of coding and laying out an interactive website. It must provide the best experience of optimal viewing with an easy navigational function and a clear readable view. It is important to take panning, resizing and scrolling into consideration when viewing the website on a wide array of devices from mobile phones, smartphones, tablets and desktop computer monitors.
To be effective, the website’s navigational elements, images, video/audio player, text, and screen layouts need to automatically readjust themselves across multiple available devices and platforms. To be user-friendly, the readjustments must be automatic and quick.
Before responsive web design came about, online businesses were left to develop a mobile site version along with their desktop site version, which cost time, money and confusion. Often thought that responsive web design was expensive, nothing could be further from the truth. In fact, responsive websites are unfazed by operating systems and devices.
When performing at its peak, a responsive website provides the best consistent user experience no matter what the user’s choice or preference for a device. Effective responsive web design will accurately display the website on an iPhone, iPad, Android operating systems or a Windows OS.
Responsive web design is the path to the future, allowing a user-friendly experience when viewing and interacting with digital content.
Meet iComm Studios
At iComm Studios we manage your entire project, much like a personal assistant for your website. We are a full service website design company that focuses on quality and customer service. The quality comes naturally, because we simply LOVE what we do!