google apps for your business
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From the Business Bootcamp for Wonder Women 2011 Conference.TRANSCRIPT
Jennifer BonnettStartupChick & CTO
AppsFor your business
About Me
Founder of StartupChicks
Serial Entrepreneur & Startup CTO
What are Google Apps?
Why Google Apps?
• Free < 50 users. ($50/user/yr > 50)• Leverage Google’s Infrastructure• Safe, Secure & BACKED UP• Spam & Virus Scanning by Postini• Cross-Platform• Ease of Collaboration & Sharing• Always available
What is Free?
Signing Up
1.) http://www.google.com/apps
2.) Enter your domain name
3.) Register your admin user
4.) Verify your Domain
5.) Set up your Users & Groups
6.) Migrate your existing data (contacts, calendars, emails)
7.) Change the DNS Records
Or….1.) http://mail.google.com
2.) Sign-up for a Gmail Account
3.) Go to Settings / Accounts & Import
Google Mail• Integrated email, contacts, tasks and
chat (Google Talk).• Access via desktop email clients &
mobile devices via IMAP/Google Sync• HUGE Amount of space • Use of Labels to sort/organize• Filters• Priority Inbox Feature
Google Calendar
• Access via desktop email clients & mobile devices via IMAP/Google Sync
• Integrated w/ email• Share Calendars• Supports multiple calendars• Notifications/Reminders • Publish Calendars
Cool Calendar Features
Google Groups
Discussion Forum & Mailing List
Google Sites
• Wiki style site builder for team, project, intranet sites.
• Can be public or private.• Can share with partners, vendors, team-
mates, clients.• Embed rich content: documents,
spreadsheets, presentations, videos, web forms, etc.
• https://sites.google.com/site/NAME
Google Docs
• Like Microsoft Office, in the cloud.• Supports:
• Documents• Spreadsheets• Presentations• Forms• Drawings• Collections (Like a folder)
More Google Docs
• Public, Private & Shared.• Upload & Convert from MS Office.• Tracks Revision History.• Setup auto-notifications/emails when
documents are updated.
Google Docs - FormsEasy way to create a form or survey and
capture answers in Spreadsheet Doc.
Google Docs - Forms
Google & Your Website
Other Google Tools
MORE Google Tools
Let’s Connect
StartupChicks: http://www.startupchicks.net
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