Association Web Sites

Every association is unique in that way that it manages a membership and produces events. We take the time to learn what your association is all about before making any recommendations on how to best use the web in achieving your objectives. 

Here’s the process that we use to earn your business:

  1. Free consultation – to discover what your association offers, how you are positioned in the marketplace, learn how you are different than all others, and ask how the web can help you achieve your objectives.
  2. Written quote – that describes how your objectives can be met through various web projects. All web layout, pages, features, schedule and price are fully described.
  3. Quote acceptance – then we determine when the project starts, all the deliverables and the final date to implement everything specified in step 2.
  4. Implementation – is the process of delivering each item from the quote.
  5. Acceptance – where you review every deliverable and let us know if it meets your expectations.
  6. Training – the process of written and in-person training to get you up to speed on your new web features.
  7. Testimonial – we love to exceed your expectations and then tell the world about how delighted you are with our service.

Business Web Sites

Every business is unique in that way that it creates products and delivers services. We take the time to learn what your business is all about before making any recommendations on how to best use the web in achieving your objectives.

Here’s the process that we use to earn your business:

  1. Free consultation – to discover what business you are in, how you are positioned in the marketplace, learn how you are different than all others, and ask how the web can help you achieve your objectives.
  2. Written quote – that describes how your objectives can be met through various web projects. All web layout, pages, features, schedule and price are fully described.
  3. Quote acceptance – then we determine when the project starts, all the deliverables and the final date to implement everything specified in step 2.
  4. Implementation – is the process of delivering each item from the quote.
  5. Acceptance – where you review every deliverable and let us know if it meets your expectations.
  6. Training – the process of written and in-person training to get you up to speed on your new web features.
  7. Testimonial – we love to exceed your expectations and then tell the world about how delighted you are with our service.

Slowing down the email S P A M

Written: April 9, 2011

I’m annoyed when my business email address is targeted by email S P A M, so here’s what I do about it. When I notice that email is coming from a certain domain name I can just add that entire domain name to something called my black list with my Internet Service Provider, so I login to my control panel, click on email accounts, find my email account that receives too much S P A M, then click the Blacklist button:

In the blacklist go the offensive domain names:

So now when email comes from any of these bad domains the email doesn’t show up in my Outlook inbox, instead they are caught at my ISP and stopped from being delivered.
Your ISP probably has a similar procedure to place unwanted email domains on a blacklist as well, so that you can focus on your work and not your junk email.

2 Responses to “Slowing down the email S P A M”

  1. Atkins Recipes says:
    June 16, 2011 at 12:41 am

    Wonderful blog! Do you have any hints for aspiring writers? I’m hoping to start my own blog soon but I’m a little lost on everything. Would you suggest starting with a free platform like WordPress or go for a paid option? There are so many options out there that I’m totally overwhelmed .. Any ideas? Appreciate it!

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    • Daniel Payne says:
      June 24, 2011 at 6:18 pm

      Sure, find a topic that you are passionate about, blog at least once a week, take an interest in others, make lots of links back to your blog. I also use a Facebook page to promote my blog posts.

      Yes, WordPress is a fine blogging platform, the most popular in the world.

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Using WiFi and WiMax in my New Office, Less Clutter, Fast Speed

Written: April 5, 2011

The Challenge
Last month I moved into a new office in Tualatin and decided to start looking for an Internet connection. Several choices were considered:

  1. Pay $65.00 / month to the landlord
  2. Borrow another tenant WiFi connection
  3. Try out WiMAX, $45.00 /month

WiMAX
From the blog title you can infer that I choose option #3, try out WiMax. I’ve been reading about WiMax for years and knew that I could benefit from the fast data rates. At first I just connected my Clear WiMAX modem directly into my MacBook Pro laptop however I didn’t like the looks of the modem sticking out the side of my laptop, instead I wanted to try WiFi.

Wireless Router
Researching a bit I found a company called Cradlepoint that offered a Wireless Router that I could plug my WiMAX modem into and it would create a WiFi hotspot. The added bonus was that I could also plug in my HP network printer into the Wireless Router. Here’s what I ended up with:

Conclusion
So now I have nothing plugged into my laptop and I can connect to the Internet with WiFi and print documents without any USB cable strung across the floor.
I still need to follow up with Cradlepoint and ask about the bandwidth of their Wireless Router because I’m about 2X slower on downloads with the Wireless Router compared to WiMAX plugged directly into my laptop. Perhaps I will learn about some speed settings that can be tweaked.
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4 Responses to “Using WiFi and WiMax in my New Office, Less Clutter, Fast Speed”

  1. zynga poker chips says:
    June 20, 2011 at 9:16 pm

    Hmm is anyone else having problems with the images on this blog loading? I’m trying to find out if its a problem on my end or if it’s the blog. Any responses would be greatly appreciated.

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  2. Jenifer Gray says:
    June 24, 2011 at 2:47 am

    I really like your blog concept, can you let me know the name of it or in which you downloaded it?

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    • admin says:
      June 24, 2011 at 6:10 pm

      Jennifer, my blog is part of a customized WordPress theme that I designed and developed. As a web developer I created everything from scratch so that my blog and pages are integrated. Does that help answer your question?

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