I’ve found creating a professional whizz-bang birthday invitation is a fun and easy project. The comments we’ve received back from people amaze me as they’re astonished by the quality that we can easily produce and have no idea how we’ve done it. The software I use is free and the cost per invitation including high quality invitation, label and matching coloured envelope would be under 50 cents, and just 10-15 cents each if you just want to hand out the invitations.
It occurred to me that since I find it fun and interesting to create birthday invitations, others may also be interested in creating stunning birthday invitations as well.
If you’re into creating your own invitations, leave a comment, and if enough people are interested, I’ll produce an e-Book to help others produce their own high quality birthday invitations.
Kelvin Eldridge
www.OnlineConnections.com.au
Wednesday, 29 February 2012
How to create birthday invitations.
Tuesday, 28 February 2012
Computer repair Templestowe Lower for just $20
Yes, it may be hard to believe, but I was recently called out by a customer in Templestowe Lower to repair their computer and it only cost them $20. Their screen setting had changed to 4 bit colour. A problem like this often causes people problems because they don’t know what to do. If the problem is quick to fix it shouldn’t cost much to fix it.
You can call someone out and most will charge over a hundred dollars. This same client said they called out one of the well known support groups for a 15 minute support issue and was charged $250. The other option is to take the computer to a repair business and there can be quite a bit of time involved dropping off the computer and then collecting the computer again. Minimum charges often start at $60-$110, but you really don’t know what you may be charged.
In this case the problem was easy to fix and the client was charged only for the time involved. No travel time. No set fee. No call-out fee. If I couldn’t fix the problem there would have been no charge.
I later received the following message via email from the customer.
Dear Kelvin,
Thank you so much for all your help and patience. Our computer is working perfectly again.
Many people struggle with problems I can fix relatively quickly. It often takes longer to try to explain the problem over the telephone than it will take for me to drive to the customer. Because I’m local I can make a time and come over and check the problem very easily.
If you have a computer problem giving you grief and live in Templestowe, Templestowe Lower, Doncaster, Doncaster East, Eltham, Lower Plenty, or Montmorency, then give me a call on 0415 910 703.
Kelvin Eldridge
www.OnlineConnections.com.au
Call 0415 910 703 if you have a computer/technology issue.
Monday, 27 February 2012
MyAnswers: Should I add Google advertising (Google adsense) to my web site?
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Should I add Google advertising (Google adsense) to my web site to generate income?
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Kelvin Eldridge
www.MyAnswers.biz
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Sunday, 26 February 2012
Email message: reason: 552-5.7.0 Our system detected an illegal attachment on your message.
A lot of people use Gmail but don’t realise the limitations of the service.
In this case I emailed a client a zipped file which contains an executable program. Google could easily scan attachments to make sure the attachment doesn’t contain a known virus, but they’ve made the decision to simply stop all such emails.
There are a number of solutions to get around this issue to trick Google, but each requires work that isn’t necessary. Because of the time involved I now simply refund the client’s money and they miss out on the solution to their needs and I miss out on the sale. In time because of the work involved prices will most likely be increased to cover the additional workload created by services like Gmail. Unfortunately the extra time and effort caused by Google means it isn’t worth the time for the low value of the sale.
If you’re thinking about using Google’s Gmail service get to know its limitations. For business I would not normally recommend Gmail as an email service. Google isn’t the only service to make such decisions on the behalf of their users. I find those services that make too many decisions on behalf of users tend to damage the users experience, often without the users knowledge.
Kelvin Eldridge
www.OnlineConnections.com.au
Thursday, 23 February 2012
MyAnswers: New Toshiba L750 the user set up Windows 7/32 bit instead of Windows 7/64 bit.
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Setting up a brand new Toshiba L750 notebook the user set up Windows 7/32 bit instead of Windows 7/64 bit. This the approach to fix the problem and have Windows 7/64bit installed.
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Kelvin Eldridge
www.MyAnswers.biz
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Thursday, 16 February 2012
MyAnswers: Can I use a locked Boost Samsung Mini mobile phone running Android 2.3 with TPG?
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Can I use a locked Boost Samsung Mini mobile phone running Android 2.3 with TPG?
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Kelvin Eldridge
www.MyAnswers.biz
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Sunday, 12 February 2012
MyAnswers: TPG mobile email message 550 5.7.1 ... Relaying denied.
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When I try to send an email using a tethered computer with my TPG mobile service I get the message
550 5.7.1 <email address.>... Relaying denied. IP name possibly forged [49.196.5.88]".
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Kelvin Eldridge
www.MyAnswers.biz
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