Have you ever tried to set up a meeting with people who use different calendars? At best, it can be a challenge. TimeBridge, a PC Magazine Editors' Choice, helps you set up meetings for those with unrelated scheduling systems. You've got Outlook; she's got Google Calendar; he's got Thunderbird, and so on. Instead of playing phone-tag and worrying about time zones, you just send out the invites, and TimeBridge handles the confirmations and … [Read more...]
New iPhone Application for Insurance Quotes Available
OK, so I don’t have an iPhone yet. But many people do. 2insure4less.com has released a new Insurance Shopper iPhone application. It is the first mobile phone application of its kind. Now, iPhone and iPod Touch owners can receive insurance quotes directly through their mobile devices. The Insurance Shopper application helps individuals save time when searching for affordable insurance quotes by storing their information on the company’s Web … [Read more...]
PDF Readers
The PDF file format is an insurance industry standard for sharing many types of documents. Insurance companies almost always use the PDF file format when delivering client documents to an agency electronically. Originally created by Adobe, many agencies use the Adobe Acrobat software to create and read these documents. One of the drawbacks to using Adobe software is that it can be expensive (especially for a smaller agency) and slow. The good … [Read more...]
Zoho Projects
Project management software can help you keep any type of project on time and on budget. There is no need to spend big dollars for complicated software when online project management programs are easy to use and inexpensive. Zoho Projects is one example. It is part of a suite of online products from Zoho. Any project you or your team create can include time tracking, a Gantt bar chart to show start/finish dates, a calendar, and RSS and iCal … [Read more...]
Google Trends
One way to maximize your Web site’s visibility on Google is to understand what words people use to search for information. That’s just what the Google Trends tool does. It shows you the most popular searches on Google in any given hour, plus a list of related news articles and blog posts that support the rise and fall of the traffic surges. If any of them affects your business, you'll see it first here and will be able to react faster. You … [Read more...]
ThinkGeek
Got a favorite technogeek you'd like to repay for reviving your computer or restoring your network? Turn to ThinkGeek, a haven for the technologically advanced. The website is loaded with offbeat products and is searchable by price, gender, age, interest area, or wish list. … [Read more...]
Protect Information on Mobile Devices
JumpVault is software that addresses concerns from a growing number of businesses whose employees regularly use BlackBerry, USB flash drives, and other mobile devices to transport and transfer data. JumpVault transforms an ordinary USB flash or mobile device, such as a BlackBerry, into a secure virtual container. JumpVault, created by QuickVault, Inc., is password protected and offers the option for meta data logging to track movement of mobile … [Read more...]
Find Your Blue Oceans
One of my passions is helping insurance agencies be successful and profitable. As I mentioned in my editorial last month, the current economic conditions have some agency owners questioning their ability, at least over the short term, to be both profitable and successful. In today’s economy, it’s extremely important for you to distinguish yourself by selling your value. Sometimes value is how an agency utilizes technology to improve internal … [Read more...]
