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Recommended Resource – MP4 Converter

Denise Griffitts — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:06:51 +0000

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Build Your Own Affiliate Program
Free Press Release Generator
Recommended Resources – Spyware Removers
How to Create a Whitelist Instruction Page
Free Resource – Build a Personal Mission Statement
Recommended Resource – MP4 Converter

Weekly Recommended Resources

This week we are talking about a quick and very affordable affordable tool to help you convert file formats.

When I needed to convert videos for a client who has over 40 fitness videos so we could upload them to ClickBank and offer them as a digital product this is the tool I used.

Leawo DVD to MP4 Converter is a powerful and easy-to-use DVD tool that can perfectly convert DVD to MP4 video. This DVD to MP4 Converter also can convert DVD to iPod, DVD to iPhone, DVD to Apple TV, DVD to PSP, DVD to PS3 compatible MP4 video file. Then together with the fast conversion speed and excellent output quality, this DVD to MP4 Converter allows you easily and freely enjoy the DVD movie playback on iPod, iPhone, Apple TV, PSP, PS3 and other more MP3 players on the go.

KEY FEATURES of Leawo DVD to MP4 Converter:

User-friendly and easiest-to-use interface;
Powerful functions;
Convert DVD to MP4 video file with excellent quality;
Convert DVD to iPod compatible MP4 video file;
Convert DVD to iPhone and DVD to Apple TV compatible MP4 video file;
Convert DVD to PSP and DVD to PS3 compatible MP4 video file;
Supported the generated MP4 file playback on iPod, iPhone, Apple TV, PSP, PS3 palyers;
Convert DVD to MP3, AAC, M4A, WMA, WAV, AC3 audio file;
Set the visual effect by specifying video brightness, contrast, volume;
Trim any duration of DVD movie for conversion;
Support DVD Specific Features: Subtitle, Audio Track, and Angles;
Crop any parts of the video image and extract the black edge;
Custom output file by specifying video bit rate, frame rate, sample rate, audio bit rate and etc;
Merge multiple chapters or titles into one file for converting to entire movie and split DVD chapters;
Get thumbnail screenshot with one click to enrich picture base;
All encoders/decoders embedded in;
Support batch process and convert multiple DVD to MP4 file at a time;
Fast conversion speed and excellent quality.

Leawo also offers a variety of other converter type products on their site, ranging from DVD, video, powerpoint, and Mac compatible tools. A good number of them are free (limited capabilities) or offer free trials.

Click here to order this product. (This is an affliate link.)

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Your Partner In Success Welcomes Loren Fogleman and Nan Akasha

Denise Griffitts — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:42:15 +0000

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Your Partner In Success Radio Show

This week I will be interviewing two very interesting guests who have teamed up to bring a cutting edge process to create real breakthroughs in money and increase your business.

Nan Akasha, CHT is a hypnotherapist, a Spiritual Money Attraction & Wealth Creation Mentor and Wealth Esteem expert. A #1 bestselling Author of Already Rich! Secrets to Master Your Money Mind.

Loren Fogelman. Since 1984, Loren has provided support through therapy, focusing on the mindset to help her clients reach their peak potential. Loren is a masters level therapist passionately devoted to helping her clients reach their peak potential. She is also a certified advanced Emotional Freedom Techniques Practitioner.

Nan and Loren are going to share with you the 5 key areas people and entrepreneurs get stuck in creating more income, attracting money, and building a business and a life aligned with purpose and passion. Together, these ladies have created a new program called Wealthy You: Creating Breakthroughs in Money which will be available in early August, 2010.

We will be talking about:

How we have breakdowns in our lives right before big change.
How to transform breakdowns into breakthroughs, and why now it is so vital to do this.
Why your mindset is so important in transforming and in attracting the life, business model and income that you desire and deserve.
Why people tend to focus on lack rather than abundance and how we can create breakthroughs that change how we think and what we attract.
Shifting mindset beliefs centered around emotions, business, marketing strategies, confidence and self esteem.
Client attraction.

Please join us in the chatroom or on the phone during the interview if you would like to ask questions of Nan and Loren.

Your Partner In Success Radio Show

When: Friday, July 30, 2010

Time: 9 am PST, 10 am MST, 11 am CST, 12 pm EST

Where: Your home office telephone or computer.

Website: Your Partner In Success Radio Show

Call-in Number: 347-843-4988

We look forward to “seeing” you!

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Internet Slang Terms Explained (I Think!)

Denise Griffitts — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 10:28:55 +0000

I often come across internet terms and slang that puzzle me so decided to go on a hunt to determine what some of the more interesting ones actually meant. I don’t use any of these terms myself but understand that a lot of people do, and more people will in the future.

So for those of you who, like me, scratch your head occasionally and wonder just what in the world that tweet was actually signifying, hope this helps! If you come across some interesting ones that are not on this list, please be sure to drop back by and share!

143 or <3 – I Love You
2B@ – To Be At
2G2B4G – Too Good to Be Forgotten
2G2BT – Too Good to Be True
2moro – Tomorrow
2nite – Tonight
! – I Have a Comment
*$ – Starbucks
,!!!! – Talk to the Hand (One of my personal favorites. LOL!)
404 – I Haven’t a Clue
411 – Information
4COL – For Crying Out Loud
4EAE – Forever and Ever
511 – Too Much Information
::poof:: – I’m Gone
? – I Have a Question
@TEOTD – At The End Of The Day

AAAA – American Association Against Acronym Abuse
AAK - Asleep At Keyboard
AAMOF - As A Matter Of Fact
AAMOI - As A Matter Of Interest
AAR - At Any Rate
AAS - Alive and Smiling
AATK - Always At The Keyboard (I will have to use this one sometime)
AB/ABT - About
ABT2 – About To
ACK – Acknowledgement
ACORN - A Completely Obsessive Really Nutty Person
ADAD - Another Day, Another Dollar
ADBB - All Done. Bye Bye
Angry Garden Salad – A Poorly Designed Website with Bad Coding As Well

B4N – Bye for Now
BITD - Back in the Day
BLTD – Back Later Today
BFF – Best Friends Forever
BRB – Be Right Back or Bathroom Break
BTW – By the Way

Cappuccino Cowboy or Cowgirl - Refers to someone who must have a Starbucks or other “Roadie” on the way to work
Cytizenship - Owning “Real Estate” in Cyberspace. May own one or more domain name or visits chat rooms, newsgroups, or discussion boards on a regular basis. Feels very comfortable and has a feeling of belonging in Cyberspace
Capsizing – A company that keeps downsizing in labor, but not the workload. The company ultimately goes under

Digiterati or Digerati – People in the know of the digital revolution or otherwise hip and considered knowledgeable.
Digital Dirt - Comments you have posted on blogs or in chat rooms that may come back to haunt you
DINK - Double Incomes, No Kids
DIRFT - Do It Right the First Time

e-Bomb - A very potent computer virus
e-Dress - Stands for your electronic addresses such as IM’s and email
Ear Candy - Musical additives added to a website to make it more appealing

FISH - First in, Still Here
FAWC - For Anyone Who Cares
FIDO – Framework for Interdisciplinary Design Optimization
First Mover - A business that has a competitive edge by being the first to establish themselves in a specific industry segment
FTF or F2F – Face-to-Face

G - Guess, Grin, or Giggle
G1 - Good One
G4I - Go For It
GTOWOT - Going The Other Way On That

H/O - Hold On
H/P - Hold Please
HADVD - Have Advised

IMHO – in my honest opinion
IRL - In Real Life

JK - Just Kidding

KBD - Keyboard
KIR - Keep It Real
KM - Knowledge Management - Refers to capturing, storing and sharing experiences and knowledge
KOK - Knock
KPI - Key Performance Indicator
KWIM - Know What I Mean

LIFO - Last In, First Out
LMAO – laugh my ass off
Loser Error – A play on words from “user error” – refers to a user causing an error, but blames it on their computer
LOL - Lots of Laughs or Laughing Out Loud

M or MB - Megabyte
M&A - Mergers & Acquisitions
M2M - Manufacturer to Manufacturer
M2NY - Me Too, Not Yet
Magic Lantern - A code for FBI’s encryption-key and password-sniffing spyware disguised as email attachments which installs keylogging software
Meatjail - The human brain

NBD - No Big Deal
NP - No Problem or Nosy Parents
Net Lag - Slow connection due to a large amount of users on the internet
Net Nanny - Child safety software for the internet
NIMY - Never In A Million Years

O – Opponent or Over
OT - Off Topic
OAO - Over And Out
OMIK - Open Mouth, Insert Keyboard
OT - Off Topic
OZ – Australia

P2P - Peer to Peer or Person to Person
PaaS – Platform as a Service
PB - Potty Break
POV - Point of View
Pink - Spam - Ex. Email Subject looks “pink”

QCD - Quarterly Charm Deficiency – Emotional disorder commonly found in executives at the end of the fiscal quarter
Quick and Dirty - Getting the job done for the mean time – a quick fix

RT – Real Time
ROFLOL – Rolling On Floor, Laughing Out Lod
Roadie – A coffee on the road – to go

S - Smile
S2R - Send to Receive
S4L - Spam For Life
SAPFU - Surpassing All Previous Foul Ups
SB - Stand By
SEP - Somebody Else’s Problem
Spin - Take a negative and make it positive
Sweeple – Sweet Twitter people

Think Time – A down moment due to a slow connection or long download
TMI - Too Much Information
TTYL – Talk to You Later
Twitterati – Twitter power user; sometimes also referred to as The Tweet Elite.
Twittermob – Quick mob due to information sharing on Twitter

U-L - You Will
U8 - You Ate?
UGC - User-Generated Content
unPC - unPolitically Correct
URZ - Yours – gamer jargon

VBG - Very Big Grin
VDT - Video Dial Tone
Veal Pens - Cube Farms – Cubicles in offices
Vortal - Content in a specific vertical subject area

W’S^ - What’s Up?
W8 - Wait
Waldo - A Demo with great product display or showmanship
Wire Jam - Slow internet connection with a lot of traffic
WYP - What’s Your Problem?
WYT - Whatever You Think

X - Times or times as big as…
X-I-10 - Exciting
XLNT - Excellent
XME - Excuse Me
XQZT - Exquisite

Y - Why or Yes
YA - Yet Another
YA yaya - Yet Another Ya-Ya or Yo-Yo
YBS - You’ll Be Sorry
YCT - Your Comment To
YHM - You Have Mail

Zapping - The lowest form of software programming
Zerg - To gang up on someone
Zipperhead - A person with a closed mind
Zombie or Zombie Network - An abandoned website that is still online
Zot - To ban, remove or otherwise censor material
ZZZ - Sleeping, Tired or Bored

Is Your Small Business Blogging Yet?

Denise Griffitts — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 12:27:54 +0000

Do you know over 60% of Internet users regularly get their information from blogs that they subscribe to?

Does your business have a blog? Are you sharing information with your readers about what it is that you do and how you can help them build and grow their business? Do you have a wonderful tool, product, service, or widget that can be a money or time saver for other small businesses?

Blogging has become one of the most popular ways to get the message of your business and service out to the world. It is no longer just a way for people to share thoughts, pictures, recipes, wedding and vacation plans online with friends and family.

Business blogging is a very powerful marketing tool and every major industry uses blogs to ensure that their customers and clients are kept abreast of new developments and just about any other kind of news that needs to be available on the internet 24 hours a day. If you are not leveraging the Internet to market to a global audience and give your small business a decisive competitive edge, you are very likely leaving a lot of money on the table.

Combine blogging with social media marketing and you can literally explode your online presence in a very short time. By committing to posting to your blog at least 3 times a week you will create a wealth of content that can be used to advertise your services and build trust and rapport with your prospects. And search engines love blogs that are updated regularly!

By leveraging the Internet, your small business can get more done and complete effectively in a global marketplace, but this can be time consuming, and often confusing for a small business. That’s where outsourcing can help. Blogging is one of the services a highly technically savvy Virtual Assistance firm can handle with ease.

There are a number of great blogging platforms available today with the most popular being WordPress and the list below will help you get started with your blog.

A common checklist of blogging tehnologies that you may need to get started:

Domain Name. I use and recommend GoDaddy for domain name purchases, but NOT for hosting. Be sure to purchase most extensions of your domain name such as dot com, dot net, dot biz, etc., to ensure that your name and brand is protected. Each domain name will cost about $11 annually.
Hosting for your website. I use and recommend HostGator for hosting. Depending on the plan you need, your cost range from $4.95 to $12.95 per month. If you need a toll free number this is also available on their largest hosting package. You will be able to install WordPress from your cpanel using the Fantastico application. This is easy and quick.
Premium WordPress Templates. I have several companies that I use a lot, but these are two of my favorites:
- Elegant Themes
- WordPress Dream Theme
If your website/blog will be functioning as a membership site, now or in the future, I consider WishList Member an essential plugin.
Shopping Cart. 1ShoppingCart incorporates all of the tools your business needs to market and sell online in a single, easy-to-use web-based solution. If you need an affiliate program, you can build that in your shopping cart. The basic plan (I don’t recommend anything below this plan) will cost $59 per month and the professional plan, which includes affiliate marketing, is $99.00 per month. You can also make application here for a payment gateway through Authorize.net or PowerPay so that you can accept credit card payments on your website.
PayPal account for accepting payments if you don’t currently have a payment gateway. This is free and you will only pay a fee when a payment is made. You will be able to use your PayPal account in place of a payment gateway if you prefer.
Newsletter or email marketing software. Two excellent tools for this are Aweber and Constant Contact.
Social Media Profiles. KnowEm Username Check allows you to check for the use of your brand, product, personal name or username instantly on over 400 popular and emerging social media websites. Grab your name and secure your brand before someone else does. They offer free and premium plans.
- LinkedIn Profile (FREE)
- Facebook Fan Page for Your Business. (FREE)
- Twitter Account. (FREE) For branding purposes we use and recommend TweetPages for a very professional Twitter background. They can also create and Facebook designs. Tell Matt I sent you!
- Gmail account – you will need this for various services such as Feedburner, Google Analytics, Google Maps, etc.
Essential WordPress Plugins. The WordPress community has developed thousands of plugins and themes. If you haven’t tried out WordPress plugins yet, you owe it to yourself and your blog to give them a try. They’re amazingly easy to set up and can boost the functionality of WordPress to an astonishing degree. You will install these directly from your WordPress control panel:
- Yoast Breadcrumbs (FREE)
- All in One SEO Pack (FREE)
- pageMash (FREE)
- Google XML Sitemaps (FREE)
- WP DB Backup (FREE)
- WordPress Database Backup (FREE)
- Advertising Manager (FREE)
- TinyMCE (FREE)
- Bad Behavior (FREE)

Are you ready to start building?

If you are interested in tackling this project on your own and want to learn how to build a seriously professional WordPress website/blog my best recommendation is that you sign up for the next Go For Your Dream WordPress Website Workshop. This 4 week online e-course takes you step-by-step through the process of building your website using the Premium Dream Theme. There’s also an additional 2 weeks of basic training bonus modules on 1shoppingcart, Authorize.net, PayPal, and installing a Membership site. I highly recommend this training.

Too much information! I can’t even begin to tackle a project like this.

Another alternative is to have us build it for you. We are a Web Development company paired with a Virtual Assistance firm. What does this mean? It means that we do it all, from concept to launch. Our websites are turnkey, meaning that your social media marketing is built in, your branding is complete and all you have to do is blog! And we train you on the backend of your website/blog so you are in control of your content.

For a free 20 minute consultation please call us at 888-719-6711 or use our contact page. We are here to help!

Free Resource – Picnik Online Image Editing

Denise Griffitts — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 00:00:37 +0000

Weekly Recommended Resources

Do you need to clean up or manipulate images quickly and easily? Unless you are a whiz in Photoshop or Picasa, reworking images may be something that you don’t even try to tackle on your own.

Picnik is an online image editing tool that provides a variety of textual and visual embellishments such as themed graphics to personalize photographs and even provide scrapbook-like polishes.

You can crop and resize images, sharpen or soften lines, adjust layers for optimal contrast and saturation and implement other everyday polishes.

Users can also learn tips, tricks and discuss finished photos in the forums, find information about tools and features in the topically-organized in-depth FAQ section and even give feedback to the site developers using the contact sub-portal in the Help menu.

While this is a free resource, I do recommend that you go with Picnik Premium. For as little as $2 a month you get more features and content:

More effects
Beauty tools
More collages
More fonts and stickers
Advanced editing tools
Unlimited history
Unlimited connections
Priority feedback
Ad-free and full screen
Layering and more…

Be sure to come back here and share some of your new images!

Your Partner In Success Welcomes Rosalind Gardner

Denise Griffitts — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 19:17:35 +0000

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Your Partner In Success Radio Show

Are you ready to learn about affiliate marketing?

This week I chat with one of my absolute favorite online entrepreneurs, Rosalind Gardner. Her book “The Super Affiliate Handbook; How I Made $436,797 in One Year Selling Other People’s Stuff Online” is one the staples in my entrepreneurial library.

Using a step-by-step plan to help you build you online business, this book answers all the questions you may have about affiliate marketing and many more that you didn’t know you needed answers to. Not only is this book one that I consider an important addition to any small business owners library, the Super Affiliate Handbook is stocked in libraries and used in University and College ecommerce courses. For more information click here.

Do you want to know….

How you can use your web site, blog, or email list to “presell” visitors into affiliate purchases?
The strategies that lead to high conversion rates?
Why it’s critical to pick affiliate products you believe in personally?
How to write product reviews that convert into sales?
How to use affiliate offers to solve your customers problems and make money doing it?
What Rosalind’s #1 success tip for anyone considering information marketing or for those already involved in information or affiliate marketing?
What Rosalind feels is the biggest challenge or pitfall that she feels holds individuals back from success in Information Marketing?
Marketing your own products on ClickBank

Why would affiliate marketing be something that you should add to your business building activities?

The profit potential of the Net is growing at an amazing rate. And the list of people who can benefit from becoming involved in cyber commerce is getting longer every minute. For example, over one million retirees have returned to work in recent years after sustaining huge losses in their retirement savings portfolios.

Rather than working at the local laundromat, many have chosen to make MORE money and work at HOME as affiliate marketers.

An affiliate marketing business is perfect for anyone in the scenarios listed below.

Are you…

An at-home parent with young children?
An at home caregiver?
Physically challenged?
Unemployed?
A victim of downsizing and at an age when finding new employment will be difficult?
A Retiree looking for a stimulating activity and/or need extra cash?
A Student who needs cash and flexible hours?
A Graduate who lacks job experience?
An Individual who needs extra cash, but can’t take a second away-from-home job?
Someone with a real-time business who needs extra cash?
Someone with skills or hobbies that can be turned into an online service or business?
Individuals who are ’stuck’ in their current jobs or businesses?
Someone who needs a challenge?
A person who wants an intellectual challenge?
Someone with expensive habits?
Someone who could use some extra cash
Someone with a job who wants to earn extra for retirement?
A person who wants to make a risk-free career change?
Someone with a large expense to save for: e.g. college for the kids?
Those who need more flexible working hours?
Someone who is ready to fire their boss?
A person who feels ’stuck’ in the 9 to 5 rut?
Someone who wants to stop commuting to work?
Someone who wants to work at home?
A person who feels discriminated against in traditional jobs?
Someone who lives in a remote area where employment opportunities are limited?
Someone who WANTS to live in a remote area and still have an income?

Learn from a master of affiliate marketing and dial in on Friday, July 16^th to listen to Rosalind Gardner live. She will even stick around for Q&A if you need. If you have any questions you would like to ask Rosalind, or to speak with us live please join us in the chat room or on the phone.

Your Partner In Success Radio Show

When: Friday, July 16, 2010

Time: 9 am PST, 10 am MST, 11 am CST, 12 pm EST

Where: Your home office telephone or computer.

Website: Your Partner In Success Radio Show

Call-in Number: 347-843-4988

We look forward to “seeing” you!

Denise Griffitts

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Free Resource – Build a Personal Mission Statement

Denise Griffitts — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 14:25:28 +0000

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Build Your Own Affiliate Program
Free Press Release Generator
Recommended Resources – Spyware Removers
How to Create a Whitelist Instruction Page
Free Resource – Build a Personal Mission Statement
Recommended Resource – MP4 Converter

Weekly Recommended Resources

A mission statement is only a paragraph long, but it has specific, measurable outcomes and a deadline for accomplishing that outcome. Your personal mission statement should guide your actions, spell out your overall goals, provide a sense of direction, and guide decision-making for your daily life.

Nightingale Conat’s free Mission Statement Builder helps you clarify what you want out of life in as little as 5 minutes.

Another great resource is Franklin Covey’s Mission Statement Builder. After you create your personal mission statement, you will want to refer to it often. When you are finished, they can send a copy to your email address.

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Your Partner In Success Welcomes Tom Buford

Denise Griffitts — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 16:59:47 +0000

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This week I welcome to the show fee-setting expert Tom Buford.

Do you ever feel like you…

Get nervous when you discuss your fees because you feel unprepared and self-conscious?
Are frustrated by the number of hours you have to work because you’re trading time for money?
Have been undercharging for the amazing results you know you deliver but are unsure what to do about it?
Are hungry to raise your rates, but you’re nervous about the reaction you will get from your clients?
Are completely OVERWHELMED?

Every day, service professionals are leaving hundreds and even thousands of dollars on the table by undercharging for their valuable products and services. Tom Buford, founder of ChargeWhatYouDeserve.com is a fee-setting and marketing strategist and he’ll be revealing common mistakes that service professionals make when setting prices and fees and how they can instantly overcome them.

Whether you’re just starting your business or you’re a seasoned veteran, Tom’s advice can help you add thousands of dollars to your pocket.

Imagine what it would feel like to…

Double your current fees and know that you can get it
Have complete confidence when telling prospects what you charge
Be a sought after EXPERT in your field

Get on the fast track to charge what you deserve and dial in on Friday, July 9^th to listen to Tom Buford live. He will even stick around for Q&A if you need. If you have any questions you would like to ask Tom, or to speak with us live please join us in the chat room or on the phone.

We look forward to “seeing” you!

Your Partner In Success Radio Show

When: Friday, July 9, 2010

Time: 9 am PST, 10 am MST, 11 am CST, 12 pm EST

Where: Your home office telephone or computer.

Website: Your Partner In Success Radio Show

Call-in Number: 347-843-4988

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How to Create a Whitelist Instruction Page

Denise Griffitts — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 20:07:05 +0000

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Build Your Own Affiliate Program
Free Press Release Generator
Recommended Resources – Spyware Removers
How to Create a Whitelist Instruction Page
Free Resource – Build a Personal Mission Statement
Recommended Resource – MP4 Converter

Weekly Recommended Resource

Did you know that a recent whitelist study showed that only 22 percent of all email newsletters give specific instructions to recipients to whitelist their newsletter?

I came across this nifty free tool by Chris Lang that will create a detailed set of email whitelist instructions for all major ISPs, mobile devices and spam filters. None of your information is recorded or stored, it only creates a web landing page for you as you can see by the image below.

Once you have created your page, simply “View source” and copy the code to your html editor. Voila!

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Google Voice Phone Management Service

Denise Griffitts — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 12:13:22 +0000

Google Voice is now available to subscribers in the United States after being in beta mode (with over a million subscribers) since 2007 after Google purchased a company called Grand Central.

As with all new product launches there are good and bad points, ranging from really great to oh no! However Google Voice is a free service and when combined with other free tools available from Google can provide the synergy to make a unified communication solution available to small home-based companies. As the system in its present form does not support ported numbers, users are required to use a new Google Voice phone number which can be a non-starter for businesses with a widely known or published phone number.

To recap:

You get your own free phone number.
You can provide customized phone messages depending on who is calling.
You can have your Google voice number forward to any number you want.
Voice mail messages can be transcribed to email and emailed to you. However, it should be noted that the inaccuracies are so extensive some companies may decide not to rely upon this feature in its present state.

The following information was pulled from Google’s website:

The first thing you’ll need to decide is whether you’d like to use the full version of Google Voice with a brand new phone number, or add some Google Voice features (like voicemail) to your existing mobile phone number.

The basic differences between these options are:

Google Voice with a Google number

Use one number to manage all your phones; your Google Voice number is tied to you, not to a particular device or location.
Voicemail like email: Save voicemail messages for as long as you’d like, star important ones, and search through them
Voicemail transcription: Voicemail messages will be automatically transcribed to text and sent to you via email and/or SMS.
Customize your callers’ experience (custom voicemail greetings, decide which of your phones ring based on who’s calling, send some callers straight to voicemail, etc.)
Define which phones ring, based on who’s calling, and even ListenIn^TM on voicemail before answering the call. We use smart technology to route your calls. So, if you’re already on a Google Voice call, we’ll recognize it and use call waiting to reach you on the phone you’re on.
Works with mobile phones, desk phones, and work phones. There’s nothing to download, upload, or install, and you don’t have to make or take calls using a computer.
International calling: Make low priced international calls from the web or from your phone.

Google Voice with your non-Google phone number:

With this option you won’t get some features (i.e. call forwarding, screening, and call recording), but you’ll still get plenty of others, including:

Voicemail like email: Save voicemail messages for as long as you’d like, star important ones, and search through them
Voicemail transcription: Voicemail messages will be automatically transcribed to text and sent to you via email and/or SMS.
Custom voicemail greetings: Customize your voicemail greeting based on who is calling.
International calling: Make low priced international calls from the web or from your phone.

For a complete list of the features with each option, click here. You can also check out a video about Google Voice’s You Tube channel for explanatory videos.

Please be sure to drop back by here and let us know how Google Voice works for you.