google apps for your business

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

jen@startupchicks.net

VIC Technologies:

jennifer@victechnologies.com

Twitter:

@jen_bonnett