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Re: Adding Google Drive To Your Backup Plan

davegreenbaum — Fri, 16 Oct 2015 10:03:22 -0000

They are mostly offline versions of your Google Docs. Once your google account goes away, your access is revoked.

Re: Adding Google Drive To Your Backup Plan

davegreenbaum — Fri, 16 Oct 2015 00:06:20 -0000

I did some research. If you change the format, you can download 50 gig chunks. https://support.google.com/... Scroll down to "Why was my archive broken into multiple zip files?"

Re: Adding Google Drive To Your Backup Plan

davegreenbaum — Thu, 15 Oct 2015 19:42:57 -0000

Exactly! That's what makes it awesome.

Re: Where does Google get all of that money...

davegreenbaum — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 13:27:25 -0000

Great link. I think Google's entry into voice message management legitimizes it. As an early adopter of PhoneTag/Simulscribe, I still have customer's kinda "weirded out" by their voices being transcribed. Once it becomes common place, people will worry less. I spend lots of time explaining how the service works. It would be great if it were as common as leaving a voicemail.

At one point, the idea of buying coffee anywhere but a gas station and never paying more than 50 cents was silly. Who would pay more than a buck for coffee. Now even McDonalds has expensive water that passes through some beans.

I can watch free TV that is paid for by advertisers. I love LOST and it's good TV. The great TV tends to be on stations I subsidize via my cable bill (SciFi/ScyFY comes to mind-BSG FTW).

You can get good voicemail management transcription from Google in exchange for ads or get better quality if you want to pay for it. With free, you often get what you pay for.

Some people want Mr. Right, some want Mr. Right Now.

Google legitimizes a product category, while entrepreneurs like yourself monitize and specialize in that category.

In your case, it's the opposite, but nonetheless I still think it's win win.

Re: What I learned from the garage door guy

davegreenbaum — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 17:12:28 -0000

Personally, and I'm sure you already see this ;-) , #5 is social media. Effective use of Twitter and Facebook will be the next thing. Right now, you shout out about a problem, people listen. You'll win customers by solving their problems proactive--someone tweets they have a problem with your product and BAM you fix it before they even call customer service. Comcast is leading the way and I'm finding it effective to scan local people each day for anyone having problems I can fix. Has lead to lots of loyalty.

Re: What I learned from the garage door guy

davegreenbaum — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 16:31:24 -0000

Great information. What do you think the right mix of organic SEO of your website vs. PPC. My brief experience with PPC if you are in a competitive market, you and your competitors keep spending more. It's a constant race. I think one of the keys is finding a niche where your competitors don't understand the PPC game. Once they do, be Borg-like and adapt to a new startegy. In my biz, I moved from being top of organic searches and now moved onto the review game.
Your business analysis is sound, but I'd add the importance of review sites like google, yelp, angie's list etc. It's word of mouth referral meets Facebook.

Re: Backing up my Apple

davegreenbaum — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 01:29:32 -0000

Sure, if it's Fusion 2.0 you can backup up just the "snapshots" of your VM. Alternatively or in addition, and this sounds crazy but it works, just run Mozy inside your VM. Mozy will backup your Outlook data. Depending on your config, your My Documents may be linked with your documents folder on your Mac...therefore Mozy Mac would get it. Let Mozy PC (or even your carbonite if you like that) inside your VM get your Outlook data and other settings. Before you shutdown, just run a Quick mozy backup to get that data. Time machine should get your actual VMimage when you get back home.
Third option, in addition to, or along with, is to use MobileMe. Mobile Me backups up your contacts and such to their servers and will sync your Outlook data with your Mac iCal and address book as well as an iPhone if you have one. Finally, I have my Gmail sync my Outlook and Mac data so if I ad a contact it goes to four places: gmail, Outlook, Mac and iPhone.

Re: Backing up my Apple

davegreenbaum — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 00:08:22 -0000

You really don't care about the apps...apps can easily be reinstalled. I find mozy to be actually much better than carbonite on the Mac or PC.
Also, if you have a Time Capsule, you don't need to back up your apps/os when on the road. If disaster strikes, you restore the apps and such from the Time Capsule when you get home and then pull the latest data off Mozy. I run Mozy every night when I'm at a hotel to make sure the day's work is backed up.