Inside this month's issue:

In addition to being easy to use, LinkedIn is well adapted to the needs of an insurance agency. Sign up today!

A successful marketing program is vital—but you must have a strategy before you implement any new technology.

If you’re thinking about passing your business along to your kids, make sure to avoid common traps.

Introducing GoToMyPC, DropBox, Mozy, and Jing—4 Web-based services you may find useful.

Is your brand and message being tarnished by sloppy e-mails, faxes, letters, and proposals?

Ready to move? Take note of some lessons learned before you travel too far down the wrong path.

In part 5, learn to succeed at e-business by measuring progress, setting milestones, and purchasing gear.

LinkedIn makes improvements; BCBS suffers $7 million data breach; insurance industry launches personal lines initiative.

Quickly find missing contact information using LeadResearcher, an intelligent research tool.

March 2010

Techno Tidbits

G. Barry Klein

Four Useful Web-Based Services: Part 3

In January, I reviewed four Web-based services that I use in our home-based small business. They were DropSend, for sending large files; Email Finder, for doing reverse e-mail address lookups; CheckComposer, for accepting Check-By-Fax payments; and GoogleVoice, for a free, feature-laden telephone number. Last month, I reviewed RURL, for shortening long links; EyeJot, for sending video e-mails; Zoho, for online collaboration tools; and GoToMeeting, for online meetings and screen sharing.

In this article, we'll explore four more useful services. Again, although your business is undoubtedly different than ours, some of these might be useful to you.

GoToMyPC—Remotely access your computers from anywhere

If you live one place and work somewhere else, GoToMyPC was created just for you. This (paid, not free) service lets you install a small program on a computer (called a "host"), which normally runs all the time and re-loads when you re-boot the computer. You can then log on to t...

Log in to read whole article