If you have called us recently for a web consultation, than we most likely discussed the various email services available to you.  We all know that an email such as johnsaccounting@aol.com looks amateur and in many cases may hurt your business.  So why does johnsaccounting@gmail.com look any less amateur and more professional?

Gmail created and backed by Google’s reputation allows for personal and business email use from anywhere in the world.  The fact that it is free and as of today allows for 2GB of storage is enough to hook most.  But we highly endorse the SPAM protection to save you time and money of sorting through unwanted emails.

You may setup your GMAIL account as a pop3 account in your email program of choice such as Microsoft Outlook.  GMAIL does not have banner advertisements and confusing messages all over the page to side track you.  Did we mention it was FREE?

In a recent case study, our client Captain Jon Turner of Barefoot Charters called to let us know the enormous amount of spam that taking time away from his business.  We immediately told him about GMAIL and the various benefits to switch over.   All forms that were used to gather data were pointed to the new GMAIL address.  Within 1 week the results were remarkable and he could not be happier.

In some cases, GMAIL is not best suited for all small businesses and we feel it is much more professional to have an email such as john@myaccountingfirm.com within your domain.  You will need a spam firewall in place to make the life of yourself and your employees easier.  We use Barracuda Networks as our spam firewall and offer it to our clients.

Keeping your email account spam free is an art form and with the use of GMAIL or Barracuda Networks, you can be assured that your time is not wasted sorting through spam.