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Tip of the Week: How To Get Better at Managing Your Time

  • By Rafiq Masri
  • July 5, 2020
  • How To

Countless business professionals all over the world are finding that they don’t have enough time in their work day to handle all of their responsibilities. The truth of the matter is that this is hardly something that’s anyone’s fault. If anything, it’s the poor time management skills that come from bad practices in the office. Today's tip is dedicated to...

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How to Set Your Out of Office Messages

  • By Rafiq Masri
  • July 4, 2020
  • How To

The business world depends on communication to function efficiently. In fact, you might say it’s grown to be little too connected, to the point where it’s considered odd or rude to not receive a reply back soon after sending an email. Even though it’s important to take a break every so often to maintain your sanity, it’s also important to...

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Tip of the Week: Protect Your Word Document with a Password

  • By Rafiq Masri
  • July 4, 2020
  • How To

Some documents contain more sensitive data on them than others, making them important to protect. When it won’t do to have documents containing boatloads of sensitive data available to anyone who obtains the document, you can turn to Microsoft Word to have a feature that protects them: password protection. Not All Documents Require Protection Granted, not every single document your...

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Help Your Business By Getting Microsoft Office Certified

  • By Rafiq Masri
  • July 4, 2020
  • How To

Certifications are extremely helpful on both a personal and professional level, and it can make all the difference in securing customers or clients. Your staff can become Microsoft Office Specialists on Microsoft Office 2016, and in doing so, will improve their own value and self-worth in the process. Why You Want An MOS (Or Any Other) Certification It’s a fact...

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How the Internet of Things Helps B2B and B2C Both

  • By Rafiq Masri
  • July 3, 2020
  • How To

The Internet of Things is nothing to shake a stick at - with well over 15 billion devices connecting to the Internet, it has become a force that cannot be ignored. This applies not only to the consumer devices that many associate the IoT with, but also the many IoT applications in the business world as well. Here, we’ll go...

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Tip of the Week: How to Manage Your Network Profiles

  • By Rafiq Masri
  • July 2, 2020
  • How To

Your Windows computer has all kinds of different settings that let it connect to different networks. While this might not seem like major difference, it could have a drastic effect on your organization’s cybersecurity. This week’s tip is dedicated to helping you make sure that your network profile is as secure as possible. What’s a Network Profile? Every time a...

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Tip of the Week: How to Use PowerPoint More Efficiently

  • By Rafiq Masri
  • July 2, 2020
  • How To

When there is a need to create a presentation, one solution is common enough that its name has become synonymous with the presentation itself: PowerPoint. Not only does this Microsoft Office staple have plenty of features for a user to leverage, it also provides a considerable amount of shortcuts and time-saving tricks. This week’s tip will dive into some of...

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Tip of the Week: How to Phase Out Paper

  • By Rafiq Masri
  • July 2, 2020
  • How To

Paper is expensive, but it’s not like you didn’t know that already. In addition to the costs that frivolous paper usage can have to your business, there’s also the environmental impact to consider. Making a few changes around the office can help to reduce your dependence on paper to conduct business, as we’ll review in this week’s tip! How to...

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How to Safely and Securely Dispose of an Old Computer

  • By Rafiq Masri
  • June 29, 2020
  • How To

How long have you been working on the same computer? Depending on your answer, it may be time to replace it with a new model. That’s simple enough (especially with our help), but the question remains: what are you supposed to do with the old one? Believe it or not, there is a very wrong way to dispose of your...

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How to Make Your Business More Eco-Friendly in 2020

  • By Rafiq Masri
  • June 29, 2020
  • How To

Whether your motives are financial, or you are actively trying to be more environmentally conscious in your business, there are plenty of ways to encourage ‘green’ behaviors in the workplace. We’ve taken the liberty of assembling a few of them for your consideration: Reduce Power Consumption This one is pretty basic: make sure that a room’s lights are powered down...

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