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Lately we have had a number of clients in the orthodontic vertical that require a robust secure and frankly better email hosts. We though this information would also benefit other local company’s looking for email solutions for small business.
Today, even with all the rapid advancements in technology and communication, when it comes to business, the good old telephone and email are still King.
Smartphone apps, Jing and cloud computing all have their place in a busy office but we rely on email more than we realize, whether its to confirm appointments, make enquiries, ask questions, send information and media like videos, photos and the occasional joke to a colleague.
Email provides a manageable thread of communication that can be searched and archived for easy retrieval and modern offices couldn’t live with out it.
If you’re email has gone down or you are loosing valuable customer correspondences to your spam filter you know how annoying and costly this can be.
With these thoughts in mind your business email accounts need to be safe, secure and robust so you can effectively communicate with your employees and customers. Security and archiving is especially important to your business if you are an Orthodontist, Dentist or other professional where you need to keep correspondence records for a long period of time.
We have researched the top 3 business email solution providers, so you can decide which one fits your business and budget and never have to worry about loosing another email again.
FuseMailFusemail are a US based company that provides a convenient email service for small businesses. They strive to provide a high quality, professional service that has built in maximum security.
Access to emails can be obtained from any device as long as you have an Internet connection. So whether you are in the office, at home on a laptop or even on your smartphone, you are always connected and will never miss an email again.
Fusemail prices start from as little as $2 user/month and for with extra benefits like email archiving for 7 years from $5 user/month
HyperOfficeHyperOffice is a cloud based business email service.
They provide a reliable cloud based email solution that requires no expensive hardware or complex software installations. With their business email service, you can send and receive email, sync with Outlook and mac, access advanced email tools, and stay connected to your business with just an Internet connection. If you prefer, you can even push and manage email from almost every major mobile device in the market.
HyperOffice also rises to your advanced business email needs such as email archiving. You can protect, index and search information assets contained across company mailboxes, to serve all your professional email security, compliance and discovery needs.
HyperOffice prices start from $7 per month per user.
Microsoft ExchangeYou get what you would expect from a software giant like Microsoft. A huge 25 GB of mailbox storage as standard and the ability to send attachments up to 25 megabytes.
Security is second to none with their premier anti-spam and antivirus filtering systems. Exchange also automatically archives to reduce email clutter.
Additionally users can connect to Microsoft Outlook if they like the look feel and of that platform from the Outlook Web App so mobile access is easy too.
Prices start from $5 per month.
If you have any other suggestions or have experience with these or other email business solutions share them with us in the comments section below.
Notes by Perry Stevens the hot rockin’, tea drinking and SEO lovin’ son of a gun in Bangkok. Join his circles here or contact us here.
Office Email Solutions for Small Businesses
If you manage a local business; a restaurant, orthodontist or hotel, you know the importance of gaining positive reviews from real customers on 3rd party review sites like Google My business, Yelp and City Search etc.
People search online and on mobile devices for products and services saving themselves time from visiting numerous locations to find the products and services they are looking for. These motivated buyers visit 3rd party review sites to find out what others are saying about your business and often make up their minds whether or not you will get their business on other people’s experiences.
Great online reviews also act as great touch points for consumers to find you and to be drawn into your sales funnel as they also rank highly in Search Engine Result Pages (SERP’s) like Google, Bing and Yahoo.
With that being said, there has been a lot of talk and confusion of late relating to online reviews and how to get them ethically without them disappearing within a few days, or simply not appearing at all on Google My Business.
With this in mind, we have addressed the subject to clarify any misconceptions and avoid any possible penalties.
With a growing trend in mediums being used such as iPads and smart phones in business premises, there has been a direct correlation in the number of reviews being filtered out by Google and other review websites alike. This hasn’t happened my coincidence.
Review sites, especially Google My Business and Yelp from our experiences, really are taking no prisoners when it comes to filtering out reviews. It could be conceived as being slightly draconian in nature, but they are willing to lay the law down in order to keep their sites ‘spam’ free of any dodgy reviews.
We understand that 90% of the time there was no genuine intention to commit any foul play, it was simply not being aware of their often grey guidelines; however we are faced with having to play to their rules if we are to succeed online and beat our competition, there is no other way.
Take a look at our slideshare presentation:
Perry Stevens is the CEO and Giovanni Greenard is the lead SEO Strategists at Blend Local Search Marketing, an innovative Internet marketing company based in Singapore. Blend Local Search Marketing specialize in helping small businesses with Website Design, Local SEO & Social Media Marketing.
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