Rising Stream, LLC http://www.risingstream.net Helping firms utilize technology to achieve their sales & marketing goals Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:52:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 en Google Apps For Your Business http://www.risingstream.net/2008/04/15/google-apps-for-your-business/ http://www.risingstream.net/2008/04/15/google-apps-for-your-business/#comments Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:52:28 +0000 Steve http://www.risingstream.net/?p=39 Managing email is one of the more frustrating technological challenges my clients have. Whether it’s administering accounts, ensuring reliable delivery or worst, dealing with spam, it’s a chore.

As a small business myself, I’ve migrated to Google Apps for Business, primarily for the email support. I now rely on Google to handle delivery and spam control for all of my business mail. I have IMAP support set up, allowing me to work offline and while its not 100% reliable, there have been only a few short instances where delivery was delayed. The spam control is wonderful - I check it every day and average 100+ spam emails and I can only recall one false positive in the past year.

With that in mind, I share with you this recent notice I received from my host:

Next week is National Small Business Week, and to celebrate, the Google Apps Team is going on tour. From April 21st through April 24th, we’ll be visiting the most entrepreneurial city in each of the four regions of the U.S.*: Washington D.C., Charlotte, NC, Kansas City, MO, and Phoenix, AZ.

Come by to meet members of the Apps team, find out what’s new, and connect with other businesses using Google Apps.

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Event information for Kansas City, MO:
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Date:
Thursday, April 23, 2008

Location:
Kansas City Live
Corner of 14th Street and Grand Boulevard
Kansas City, MO 64106

Time:
10:00am - 3:00pm

For more details, visit http://www.google.com/apps/citiestour .

We hope to see you there!
The Google Apps Team

If you’d like to learn more about Google Apps, contact me and I’ll demonstrate my personal experience with the tools available.

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I am a 1978 graduate of the university with a Bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering. It is an education that has provided me the foundation I have needed to succeed in technology, sales and marketing. Go Miners!

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