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Last month, I watched a founder spend three hours copy-pasting contact info into a spreadsheet instead of closing two warm deals in her inbox.
Sound familiar? Small sales teams lose deals because follow-up is slow and data is messy, not because the product is wrong.
A dedicated assistant who handles research, outreach, and scheduling changes quickly. You get hours back, prospects hear from you faster, and your CRM (customer relationship management system) stays usable. [Read more…]
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Are you familiar with the term “Porch Pirates”? You really need to be if you shop online.
Porch pirates are thieves who walk, bike or drive through residential neighborhoods checking all the front porches for packages that have been delivered but not yet retrieved by their recipients.
If they happen to spot a package sitting on someone’s porch they’ll sneak over and grab it, then hurry away from the scene as quickly as possible.
Believe it or not, porch piracy is a big deal in today’s world. [Read more…]
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Question from Melina: I have a question that I’ve been wondering about for a while now.
I know that computer repair shops must end up with a lot of older computers that the customers don’t want returned to them.
What do the shops do with those old computers when the customers abandon them and just buy a new computer? [Read more…]
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Both Windows 10 and Windows 11 have a nifty Autocorrect feature that really comes in handy for people who happen to be poor spellers and/or poor typists (like me for instance).
Lots of folks love Autocorrect and rely on it to help keep their documents as error-free as possible.
However, plenty of other folks find it extremely irritating because, well…it it often “corrects” misspelled words incorrectly.
If you happen to fall into the second group, you can easily disable the Autocorrect feature. [Read more…]
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Question from Alvin: My mom’s (really) old desktop computer won’t come on so she bought herself a new laptop to replace it.
Now she wants me to get the files off her old hard drive for her, but I don’t have a desktop PC to install it in.
I read your post about converting a spare internal hard drive into an external USB hard drive, and it’s very informative.
I’m hoping you can help me choose the right kind of external drive enclosure? [Read more…]