Posts Tagged ‘networking’

Always Backup Your Business Contacts

posted by Catt Mallen
Saturday, January 30, 2010

If you are in business for yourself you will already understand the importance of networking and contacts. These days we use our mobile telephones as electronic personal assistants to store all of these vital business contact details, to do lists, appointments and reminders. But do we back up this valuable business data in case of loss or damage?

It has been estimated by cell phone providers that less than 15% of users actually copy their data from their phones. Take a few moments now to consider what the impact would be of losing all of those valuable business contacts. Do you have all of these details stored elsewhere?

These days I take no chances and backup every single day. This is a new backup routine for me that started only after I’d lost my mobile phone while hiking. The business impact of this loss was huge. I’d built up a whole load of valuable business contact details on my cell phone. The cost to my business of my losing these was immense. This is why I now have a daily cell phone backup routine. And I have my phone covered with mobile phone insurance to pay for a replacement the next time I lose it, which is bound to happen sooner or later.

If you are wondering about how to back up the valuable data on your cell phone the first place to look is the applications that came with your phone. If it’s a Sony, Nokia or similar then you will have been provided with a disk full of applications that will include the facility to copy all of your telephone data to your computer. If, or should I say when, you replace your phone it should be easy to copy back all of your phone data from your computer.

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If you use hire cars you will be interested in the savings you can make on car hire insurance and when travelling, on business or for pleasure, you must ensure that you have appropriate travel insurance.

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Backup Your Business Contacts

posted by Catt Mallen
Tuesday, August 25, 2009

If you’re in business you’ll understand the importance of personal contacts. Our mobile phones have become our personal assistants, keeping lists of our contacts, to do lists and agendas. But do we ensure that our valuable business data is backed up in case our phones are lost or damaged?

It has been estimated by cell phone providers that less than 15% of users actually copy their data from their phones. Take a few moments now to consider what the impact would be of losing all of those valuable business contacts. Think about whether you have these details stored elsewhere?

These days I don’t take any risks and backup my telephone data every day. This is a new backup routine for me that started only after I’d lost my mobile phone while hiking. The impact of this loss was enormous. I’d accumulated a lot of valuable business contact details on my mobile phone. My business suffered enormously due to this loss. These days I backup my phone data every day. And I have my phone covered with mobile phone insurance to pay for a replacement the next time I lose it, which is bound to happen sooner or later.

If you are now worried about how to back up your phone data it should simply be a matter of taking a look at the applications that came with your phone. Most phones are supplied with some computer applications that will allow you to sync your phone with your computer. If, or when, you lose or replace your cell phone it should be a simple task to re-sync with the data copied to your computer.

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If you use hire cars you will be interested in the savings you can make on car hire insurance and when travelling, on business or for pleasure, you must ensure that you have appropriate travel insurance.

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