Lisa Hendrickson is the owner of Call That Girl. She is an Outlook Expert and Microsoft 365 Consultant.
Really? Two? Three? Four? Five? Why do you need so many? I ask because almost all of my clients now use three browsers. Internet Explorer, Firefox and Chrome. Back before Chrome, it was mostly IE and Firefox competing…they said “Use Firefox, it’s more secure and fast”…not anymore. Then came Chrome, they said the same thing “It’s more secure and faster”…not anymore. Might be faster, but it’s not so safe in regards to installing 3rd party software and I have found it allows more junky extensions and redirect pages than any other browser out there.
So back to my question, how many do you need? I need one. I’m a die hard Internet Explorer gal here. I do have three browsers on my computer for testing and Googling. But I could live with just one. And when I say I use one, I just use Internet Explorer, all day everyday. Sometimes when I am working with someone, they will say “It doesn’t work on my computer” and I say “What browser are you in”….yep, not every browser works the same on every computer, so yeah…I get it, why you need more than one. But for day to day, use just one is what I recommend.
Now the reason I am asking how many do you need or use is because of this…when a redirect toolbar gets loaded into a computer (usually downloaded by you unknowingly), it normally installs into all three browsers. I know to remove it from all three, but sometimes other things break while fixing this…such as flash. On occasion, one of the browsers just isn’t going to work the same as it did and on occasion I have to ask the client to just use one browser because I have put in time to fix one (that they don’t use often, and it keeps breaking, usually because they install more 3rd party software after I did a redirect removal believe it or not!).
My job sometimes never ends 🙂
If you have any questions or IT support needs don’t hesitate to contact Call That Girl today by scheduling an appointment here!
New Business Minnesota Presents
Meet the Resource Heroes
Join New Business Minnesota at a reception and networking event honoring the Resource Heroes and their clients featured on the February cover. This informal gathering is a chance to meet business professionals who have made a significant difference in the success of their clients has proven to be one of our more popular events.
Aug. 20/ 4 to 7 p.m.
Pool and Yacht Club, Lilydale
Overlooking the Mississippi River.
FREE
REGISTER – RSVP at www.newstartupmeetup.com
Resource Heroes
Lisa Hendrickson – Call That Girl Christopher Carriero, Guardian Applications LLC
Larry Greaves – APT Resources Clients – Jeremy Austrum and Shawn Kline, Next Generation Auto
Christine Pigsley – Dakota County Technical College Client – David Hartnett, Dunn Bros. Coffee Shop, Farmington.
Who should attend: Business professionals and owners who believe that the key to business success is building relationships and who know their next customer is one networking event away.
RSVP at http://www.newstartupmeetup.com
Thank you for visiting Call That Girl Technology Support. We offer services for one person companies, small and large businesses.
Whether you need remote support, help with Microsoft Outlook, Hosted Exchange, Microsoft Office 365, online data backup , file sharing. smart phone syncing, virus removals, Word Press website development, blogging, Windows 8, Search Engine Optimization (SEO), anti-virus, or data backup, Call That Girl can work with you to find the right solution.
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To be the leader in small business technology support, servicing the staff and computers of small businesses, helping them keep their computers up to date, insure data complacency and data backup, and helping keep their teams collaborating efficiently. We will insure these services by having a great process for every client, great resources and referral teams.
Call That Girl offers fast and responsive PC and Mac software and hardware computer repairs, technical solutions, expertise and troubleshooting for home and business computer issues. We service residential and business clients onsite at homes and office, and we offer remote support. In addition, we also offer other IT Services including software support, cloud application help, Microsoft Hosted Exchange, Google Apps, virus, spyware and malware removals, tune ups, data backup and recovery, printers, smartphone help and synching, windows 8 setup, laptop repairs, Outlook, synchronizing email. If it’s not on this list, just call us and ask to see if we can support it!
Every day while I’m helping my Outlook clients, I learn quite a bit about people and how they manage their lives. Outlook is usually their “life manager” with email, calendar and contacts working in synchronization.I know it manages my life and those that help me run the business. Since they have access to my calendar and some email folders, I try to keep it managed for others to help me run the company. Try is the keyword, it’s not easy to get my brain from my way to thinking to a way others understand, after all…my brain is not a computer.
Now during all these years of helping clients, I have figured out there are a few types of emailers. Part of the joys of what I do for a living is getting remoted into a computer and seeing how my clients work, this helps me repair their Outlook believe it or not.
The Four Types of Email Users
1.) The type that deletes everything out of the inbox, it’s clean as a whistle! You keep nothing, you don’t need it, why have it around? You usually don’t have many Outlook problems do you?
2.) You have 180 emails in your inbox and you think you have a lot and it’s wasting space. You have no folders, no rules and just feel that 180 is too many. You’re not sure what to keep or throw, so you just delicately go through those emails and keep only what you need.
3.) The type that keeps everything in your inbox, never sorts, has rules or moves anything. You may have 4000 unread emails and it doesn’t bother you a bit. You use the search feature and love it! You probably do have size issues on occasion or a major slow down in your Outlook. You’re smart enough to know to delete stuff, but are scared but do is cautiously.
4.) You’re over obsessed with managing every email, have 50 folders, massive amounts of rules, heck…you maxxed out the rule limit! You never delete, you keep everything somewhere and live and breathe out of your smartphones and iPads, you can’t wait one minute for a new email. Email is your money and your money is your life. Having 10,000 unread emails is nothing to you, it’s just a database right? Keep it all!
Then there are the types in the middle. Currently with the Smartphone phenomenon, I’ve had to learn how to do many new “therapy sessions” (aka..Outlook help) and am learning how those folks work.
If you are experiencing Outlook or email issues or need to get all of your computers and devices in synch, try our hosted exchange opportunities, feel free to give me a call. I can help. (Or email me!) Lisa@callthatgirl.biz
612-865-4475
Many of our clients are transitioning to Microsoft Office 365 to manage all of their email, calendars, contacts and enjoying the added benefits of SharePoint, (consider this your own online server for your teams and an external site for your clients!). There are many other benefits as well outside of the core most people use Office 365 for though such as security, collaboration and online communications through Lync and SkyDrive. To read more from Microsoft, click here
Is this a good solution for you?
If you are having issues as a one person team with synchronizing your computers & devices or have a team of people who can’t work together because your technology is getting in the way, it’s time to talk and get on the program. Most of our small business clients struggle with just having too many computers, iPhones, iPads, tablets and Androids that just don’t talk to each other. Make your life easier and invest in this program.
How much is it?
Support
Outside of the awesome monthly pricing offered from our referring partner, Call That Girl offers day, night and weekend responsive help desk support, and our USA based vendor has 24×7 support. We are proud to say that when you have an issue, we can talk to a real person, right away. Not put in a support ticket and wait 4 days and suffer. Consider us your technical liaison and all of our work is done remotely, so we can service clients from outside of Minnesota.
How does it work?
We will start with a short interview to review your current situation. Then we will work with you to create a simple proposal with a quote to let you know what to expect in terms of pricing and transition. Call That Girl does not use migration tools, all of our work is done by hand to insure your data is secured. With no monthly fee’s or contracts, our small business clients are enjoying these fast transitions that includes training on how to manage your own IT. We are always here to help, but small businesses can now manage their own cloud based programs quite easily.
Call That Girl’s pricing for Microsoft Office 365 transitions for service
To get started, email Lisa@callthatgirl.biz or call her directly at 612-865-4475 to get on her calendar for a consultation. We are also IT consultants to assist other IT departments with transitions.
Ready to get more information? Contact us today! Sign up during the month of May and get the server admin work at no cost, that’s a $150 savings! Spring into your new business Outlook!
