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Sparrow: Bringing FUN back to your email!

  I simply love Sparrow Mail – the new Mail for Macs! And the first social email client. Just updated my latest 1.1 version on my iMac and MacBook Air and even used the Facebook integration. Also found some great Sparrow Mail tips for you if you really love it as much as I do! The ease! The efficiency! The coolness factor! Not to mention full IMAP support, a unified box, quick replies, multiple accounts, labels and now, Facebook profile pictures! We have also included a great Cheat Sheet on this post. There is a cost for Sparrow Mail, but….

How to Change Your Gmail Theme to Something…Less White

Hello there fellow Googlers and Gmail users! Are you bored and sick of white? Well have no fear – the color fairy is here! Did you know you change the color theme on your Gmail? To something…well…less white? It’s so easy – here’s how: Sign into your Gmail account. It will appear white. Right? Go to the top right where it says “Settings”. Click that. In front of you will be all the Settings choices, go to the 2nd row left where it says, “Themes”. Scroll through all the many Themes and choose one you like. I chose Ninjas. Because….

Netiquette: Don't CC When You Can BCC

CC and BCC are email tools to use when trying to get your message out to a few people or to 50. However, they should be used quite differently or else you will find yourself on the wrong side of netiquette, whether sending to a customer or friend. CC stands for “Carbon Copy”. Do you watch Mad Men? Notice how the ladies type on their typewriters with a piece of carbon paper then use that to roll out copies to all the, um, Mad Men? Think of CC on your email client as just that. Sending an important item to….

How to Add BCC to my Email on my Mac

Someone asked how to add BCC (Blind Carbon Copy) to their Mac using the Apple Mail client. This is easy. Just go to your email and compose a new message. You will see it has a “To” line, and a “CC” line. See the small drop down to your left? Click that open. You will see your CC address field checked off, and then you will see your BCC address field. Check that. Voila! Instantly you will have your BCC address field to send emails. Check in tomorrow as we discuss when to use the BCC address field. Spoiler Alert:….

Wow! I didn't know you worked at Yahoo!

Cross-posted on SocMedia101 Does your email look like this? [email protected] Feel free to take out ‘Yahoo!’ and insert any of the following: AOL Hotmail Earthlink Gmail MSN Comcast When you see that my email is [email protected] or [email protected] or [email protected], you assume that I work at one of those fine establishments. Why wouldn’t I assume then, if your email was [email protected] that you worked at Comcast? Obviously, because most of us do know that Comcast is an ISP – but we also know nothing about YOU. Here’s my point. When you’re running a business that has an online component (which….