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  1. Mark Dodds

    Is it possible to get coaching in using Office 365/my basic IT systems effectively?

    What are your current processes that you believe could be improved?
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    Paid Email Service Recommendations

    Office 365 or G Suite without doubt
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    What cyber security steps are you taking?

    I've read this before... "The report doesn't by any means suggest you should not be using a password manager. Even with the mild flaws ISE found, a password manager remains by far the best way to keep your login credentials secure" Would I still use a password manager? Yes, you bet i would...
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    What cyber security steps are you taking?

    My experience is that no one really cares about their cyber exposure until something happens. Personally, the basic version of Cyber Essentials is substandard and would only advise the plus version and that's only due the 3rd party involvement. My 2 cents: - Enable 2-factor authentication on...
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    Emails

    I'd suggest you move everything to Exchange online (part of Office 365). You'd then not have to rely on not having access to emails in the outlook software on your computer - you'll be able to access it via the web, along with all of those email contacts
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    Small Business Storage/Back-Up Options?

    There are a few important points i'd like to mention, first, putting files into Dropbox/onedrive/google drive etc is not a backup and backing up your data once a week is nowhere near the number of times you need to do it unless your files are static and don't get updated. In my opinion, I...
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    Email for Small Office - 3 PC's

    I’d agree with using the web versions but I wouldn’t agree with just jumping into it, I’ve found with our clients there needs to be a period of transition and user training from the locally installed to the web versions.
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    Email for Small Office - 3 PC's

    The office 365 license you go for would depend on how you are going to setup your email addresses etc. You’ll obviously need to setup your domain name in office 365 which involve some DNS changes so you’ll need access to your domain name hosting provider. The quickest way to move your existing...
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    4g Router & internet connection, advice needed.

    How about something like a Draytek 2862?....I think it’s that anyway
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    Which Crm

    This one may be personal preference. How about trying capsulecrm, insightly, sugarcrm. You also want to know if it will integrate into any existing systems you've already got whether it be integrating into your email client, accounting software for example - if you want to have that of course.
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    Apple update! Round in circles

    Have you tried logging in through the apple website?
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    Best lightweight laptops

    Really depends on budget but the Dell XPS 15 is amazing..but expensive If you're willing to lower the screen size I would definitely suggest a Dell XPS 13 or HP Spectre 13.
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    Email for Small Office - 3 PC's

    What's wrong with using something like Office 365 or G Suite? This will also remove having end of life Office software in Jan 2020
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    Marketing options for virtual IT Director / vCIO

    I'd say start building your ideal client avatar - and any marketing should be based solely for the ideal client. MD's, business owners isn't enough - what are their pain points etc. I've done this exercise and it's helped me in creating a marketing message
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    Alternative to Dropbox and Drive

    Google Drive or Microsoft OneDrive would do the trick
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