When you launch your email program and click the send and receive email button, your email program asks the email server to deliver any new email.  Your email program then downloads the current messages and tells the email server to delete the messages on the server, since the email program now has a copy of the messages on your PC. 

You can control the action of your email program by telling it to delete messages after they have been downloaded, or telling the server to keep a copy for a period of time. 

It’s preferable to have your email program delete messages off of the server, because if you leave too many messages on the server your inbox will get too large and will cause performance problems with your email account. 

I STRONGLY recommend deleting messages off of the server.  Below are instructions for setting your email software to delete messages off of the server after downloading them.

Outlook Express, Outlook 98/2000, Windows Mail.

1. Open Outlook Express , Outlook 98/2000, or Windows Mail.
2. From the Tools menu select Accounts. The Internet Accounts box appears.
3. Select the Mail tab. (Note: Windows Mail does not have the Mail tab, but shows the account in the Internet Accounts window). Your email account appears, usually labeled mail.yourdomain.com.
4. Click on your account,  usually named mail.yourdomain.com, then click the Properties button on the right. The mail.yourdomain.com properties appear.
5. Select the Advanced tab.
6. Under the Delivery section: Clear the check box Leave a copy of messages on the server if you do not need to save mail on the server. If you would like to leave messages on the server, please check the box Remove from server after, and click the arrows to specify the number of days or weeks emails should be saved. I recommend 14 days max, but you should never leave a copy of email on the server for more than 30 days.
7. 7.Click OK and then click Close to return to the email program.

Outlook 2002/2003

1. Open Outlook.
2. From the Tools menu, select Email Accounts or Account Setting for Outlook 2007. The Accounts box appears.
3. Verify that the circle-box View or change existing email accounts is selected and click Next.
4. Your email account appears, usually labeled mail.yourdomain.com.
5. Click on your email account to highlight it, then click the Change button on the right. The Internet Email Settings appear.
6. Click the button More Settings… in the lower right-hand corner.  The Internet Email Settings box appears.
7. Click the Advanced tab.
8. Under the Delivery section: Clear the check box Leave a copy of messages on the server if you do not need to save mail on the server. If you would like to leave messages on the server, please check the box “Remove from server after,” and click the arrows to specify the number of days or weeks emails should be saved. I recommend 14 days max, but you should never leave a copy of email on the server for more than 30 days.
9. Click OK, then click Next, and then click Finish to return to the email program.

Outlook 2007

1. Open Outlook.
2. From the Tools menu, select Account Settings.  The Account Settings box appears.
3. Your email account appears, usually labeled mail.yourdomain.com.
4. Click on your email account to highlight it, then click the Change button. The Internet Email Settings appear.
5. Click the button More Settings… in the lower right-hand corner.  The Internet Email Settings box appears.
6. Click the Advanced tab.
7. Under the Delivery section: Clear the check box Leave a copy of messages on the server if you do not need to save mail on the server. If you would like to leave messages on the server, please check the box “Remove from server after”, and click the arrows to specify the number of days or weeks emails should be saved. I recommend 14 days max, but you should never leave a copy of email on the server for more than 30 days.
8. Click OK, then click Next, and then click Finish.  Click Close to return to the email program.

Windows Eudora

1. Open Eudora version 5 or 6.
2. From the Tools menu select Options. The Options box appears.
3. In the Category box on the left select the icon Incoming Mail.
4. Clear the check box Leave a copy of messages on the server if you do not need to save mail on the server. If you would like to leave messages on the server, please check the box Delete from server after, and specify the number of days emails should be saved. I recommend 14 days max, but you should never leave a copy of email on the server for more than 30 days.
5. Click OK to return to the email program.

Macintosh Eudora

1. Open Eudora version 5 or version 6.
2. From the Special menu select Settings. The Settings box appears.
3. In the box on the left select the icon Checking Mail.
4. Under the Mail Management section: Clear the check box Leave on server for if you do not need to save mail on the server. If you would like to leave messages on the server leave the box checked, and specify the number of days. I recommend 14 days max, but you should never leave a copy of email on the server for more than 30 days.
5. Click OK to return to the email program.

Netscape 7 (Mac and Windows)

1. Open Netscape Mail. From the Edit menu select Mail & Newsgroups Account Settings. The Account Settings box appears.
2. In the white area on the left, select the entry Server Settings.  Under the Server Settings section: Clear the check box Leave messages on the server if you do not need to save mail on the server. If you would like to leave messages on the server, check the box For at most, and specify the number of days. I recommend 14 days max, but you should never leave a copy of email on the server for more than 30 days.
3. Click OK to return to the email program.

Thunderbird (Mac and Windows)

1. Open Thunderbird. From the Tools menu select Account Settings. The Account Settings box appears.
2. In the white area on the left, select the entry Server Settings.  Under the Server Settings section: Clear the check box Leave messages on the server if you do not need to save email on the server. If you would like to leave messages on the server check the box For at most, and specify the number of days. I recommend 14 days max, but you should never leave a copy of email on the server for more than 30 days.
3. Click OK to return to the email program.

Macintosh OS X Mail

1. Open Mail.
2. From the Mail menu, select Preferences. Select the Accounts icon and click on your email account under the Description heading.  The Account Information appears.
3. Click on the Advanced tab.
4. Make sure that Remove copy from server after retrieving a message: is checked. If you would like to leave messages on the server, click on the field below and select after one day, or after one week, etc.  I recommend 14 days max, but you should never leave a copy of email on the server for more than 30 days.  Note: You can remove the email from the server immediately by clicking the Remove Now button.
5. Close the Accounts box to return to the email program.

Entourage (Mac)

1. Open Entourage.
2. From the Tools menu, select Accounts.
3. Click once on the name of the account you wish to edit. This will highlight the account.
4. Click on the Edit button at the top of the Accounts window. DO NOT click on the edit menu at the very top of the screen.
5. In the Edit Account box click on the Options  tab.
6. Under Server options section: Clear the check box Leave a copy of each message on the server. If you would like to leave messages on the server, check the box Delete messages from the server after and specify the number of days. I recommend 14 days max, but you should never leave a copy of email on the server for more than 30 days. Note: You can remove the email from the server immediately by clicking Get all messages left on server.
7. Click OK to close the Edit Account box and close the Accounts box to return to the email program.

Tom

 To be able to interconnect a person’s social relationships online is the most valuable marketing opportunity to come from the viral adoption of social tools such as Facebook.

This will become a part of how we (as consumers) begin to make choices about the people and companies we choose to do business with.

Put simply, Instead of companies finding more about prospects, prospects will see who in their social network knows a good attorney.

We’ve done this for years informally, but now with the current online social tools the data is there to mine.

Imagine when a visitor can stop by any real estate agency or law firm’s website and bypass all the cute pictures and fluff filled bios and simply hit a button to see who in their LinkedIn of Facebook network knows any of these folks.

That day is here!

Furthermore, I truly believe that it will soon be a standard website feature.

As an example (to the right), the Colorado start-up Peep.ly (which is currently in private beta and launching in Fall 2010), is now demonstating its social surfing tools in action at Telluride Properties. Simply click the “Agent Match Link” in the navigation.

Can you see what a powerful tool this will be for someone shopping for Doctor, Real Estate Agent, Lawyer, Mechanic, Painter, Contractor, Web designer

Now With the click of a button they can search their own social networks and see which of the businesses they may already have a connections with.

This is going to drastically impact referral and lead generation.

Even if a business has only one employee they could easily offer this kind of functionality on their website, so that when someone refers them, a potential prospect could visit the web site and see who know who.

SiteDesignZ Web Design and Internet Marketing is dedicated to following these trends and keeping you informed of tomorrow’s online marketing tools.

Should you have any questions or interest in advancing your social network online so that you are positioned to take advantage of these coming trends, please feel free to call us today. 772-223-4707

For business owners, the ability to publicly respond to reviews — positive or negative — can be a great way to engage with customers, correct or address certain issues, and, when necessary, set the record straight. Yelp (Yelp) introduced a similar feature last year, and

In order to leave a response, owners first need to verify their identity with Google (Google) by going to the Google Places main page and claiming their listing.

Do you have a Google Places setup?

SiteDesignZ has got a great package that will get you setup on all the local review sites

• Google Places
• Yelp!
• Yahoo! Local Listings
• CitySearch
• MerchantCircle
• InsiderPages

For more information on our The LOCAL Power Pack (Geo-Targeted) Click Here

Learn more about Google Places:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=TpZan96KHOM

Recently, I have been getting a lot of questions about using Facebook “pages” for business.

What is the difference from personal and business pages?
Is there any real benefit to using Facebook?
How do I get a Facebook page for my business?

I completely understand the confusion. Facebook is relatively new and there is a lot of information online…maybe too much. But I think this is a critical element to any small businesses marketing campaign and needs to be understood and implemented.

Here are a few of the questions, and my answers….

Why use Facebook for business?

• FB has over 500 million users monthly
• The average user has 130 friends
• The average user spends one hour a day on the site
• 30 Million people become “fans” of a company’s facebook page each day
• Over 60% of the world’s top retailers NOW have a facebook page
• Perfect target with over 50% of users age 25 – 50
• Facebook now 2nd most used search engine

I have a personal page…why do I need a business page?

Facebook profiles

For individuals

• ONLY accepted “friends” can see users pages
• You only get one page. (standard tabs: Wall, Photo, Info etc.)
• Limited to 5,000 friends

Business Pages

• Specifically for businesses or organizations
• Visible to everyone
• Pages are the ability to add new tabs and create page like a website
• Many Pages ( Create custom designed pages that look like your website or brand)
• Gets indexed in the Facebook search engine
• (See examples below)

Should a Facebook Page replace my Website?

While a facebook page can be exactly like a website, it cannot and should not replace them. The biggest reason you will need both is that Google, Yahoo, Bing and ASK all DO NOT index facebook websites.

Google searches Websites

Facebook searches Facebook

They don’t cross…for now at least.

Who Manages the site?

Regular participation is key to the success of a Facebook fan/business page, so a small time commitment is imperative, although updating the page is relatively simple and easy to do.

Does SiteDesignZ offer Facebook Page Design?

Yes, actually SitedesignZ is one of only a very few web design companies that actually does offer this service.

What do you get?

• 2 Custom landing pages based on your brand or website.
• Customized Tabs (Services, Portfolio, Events…etc.)
• Integration of 2 Applications of the over 50,000+ available for engagement!
• 1 hour Live Phone consultation to walk you through setup and admin. (Simple)
• Google analytic integration (Track your visitors)
• A head start into the future of Social Marketing
• 3 Day Turn-A-Round
  
  

Where can I see Examples?

• SiteDesignZ Small business Facebook page: Facebook.sitedesignz.com
• Corporate examples: http://developers.facebook.com/showcase/

What does it cost?

The normal cost is only $299, however, on our SiteDesignZ Facebook page, I am now offering a $50 discount for anyone who clicks the “Like” button on my page.

You can also learn more about Facebook marketing and a few other services we provide on our SEO AlaCart page of our website.

In a nutshell, if your business is not on Facebook, you are really missing an opportunity to grow your business with social media.

I’ve been publishing inside the admin or WordPress (The Blog CMS this site runs on) and just recently thought I would try to use the Microsoft Word to WordPress publishing feature available in Word 07.

Setting up is pretty easy.

Click office button “new”
Select “New Blog Post”
In the setup, use the pull down to select “WordPress”

Enter your WordPress Admin URL with /
Enter your WordPress Admin login

THIS IS WHERE MOST MIGHT HAVE PROBLEMS

At this point, there is a trick in making it work that Microsoft does not tell you about. If you don’t do it you will get the dreaded “word cannot register your account blog” warning.

To fix this and get it to publish:

In the admin of your WordPress go to “Settings”
Click on “Writing”
Scroll down and check “XML-RPC” in the Remote Publishing features.

That’s it! From there, you are good to go with quickly publishing your blog articles from Word

Ok, so most of us have short attention spans. This is really true while we surf the web. As web designers we know this, and have a neat little trick for getting our clients information out there quickly—we insert sleek slideshows to the homepages of the websites. This entices the viewer to click through.

See a few examples of this below:

Ok saw this on YouTube.com and had to share.

 Deadmau5 (pronounced Dead Mouse) is a House/Trance group, where the band wears a mouse head on stage.

And Here is Google adscence doing its Job. Searving up an ad for Truly Nolen pest control. I can only assume that the person that posed the video put Dead Mouse in the Keywords …I hope.  Either that……… or Google is now serving ads based on what it sees in the acutal content!

Using Twitterfeed you can setup your account to post your WordPress blogs to your Facebook Buisness pages. Obviously this requires you to have a busienss page setup, which I will cover, but if you have one then set up TwitterFeed to connect to your personal account first. I know you wnat the business page, but for now, just use the personal. Once you have successfully hooked up the personal facebook page, you will see the dropdown that asks you to select the pages you manage in Facebook.. Simply select the page and you are DONE

Here is another great tip, good video on how to get a FaceBook “Like Button” on your website.  Through the use of Facebook Social Tools you can add Like buttons to any web site, page or individual item of content. By using the Open Graph protocol in meta tags you can further describe the content.

The purpose of this site is to manage the online identity of My sites and my Brand.  The name Tom Jodzio or Thomas Jodzio is quickly becoming synonymous with some of the most innovative, and highest demand services for SEO, Web Design and Online marketing.