We have a special newsletter every month specifically for small businesses, called Small Bytes!  It’s full of articles and tips that are geared to help small businesses with IT issues.  This month’s newsletter has Microsoft Office tips, PowerPoint rules and a review of the new Google+!  If you’d like to sign up for our newsletter, just email bcochrane@comptroub.com today!  Or click on the Resources tab at the top of this page and enter your info.

Are you still using a hotmail, gmail or other personal email address for your business?  If you run Joe’s Catering…  and one of your clients gets an email from joe3429@hotmail.com… how professional does that REALLY sound?  Wouldn’t joe@joescatering.com sound a WHOLE lot more professional?  Absolutely!  And guess what – it’s REALLY inexpensive and easy to set up your own domain name and email accounts.  Computer Troubleshooters can set up your own domain name and email accounts quickly…  and now we can do it for 30% off!  But hurry, this offer is only good until 4/17/11!  Call Computer Troubleshooters today at (513) 737-8500 and get your very own professional domain name and email!

If your small business is like many others, you have that one “guy” who knows enough about computers to be dangerous, and he spends half his time dealing with everyone else’s computer issues rather than doing his own job and making you money!  Wouldn’t it be nice to have a 24/7 IT help desk your employees could call with computer issues?  Well you can have that and much more with one of our B.E.S.T. Service Plans…  and at a very affordable price!  We monitor your computers and servers 24/7, provide remote access repair, automated maintenance, and much much more.  Call Computer Troubleshooters today at (513) 737-8500 to find out more!

If you have kids, you want to make sure they stay safe on the internet.  Obviously that means putting parental blocking on the computer…  but did you think about all their gadgets?  If your kids have an iPad, iPhone or iPod Touch, they need parental blocking on those devices also!  The best news is…  you can get excellent blocking software for FREE!  Just give us a call at (513) 737-8500 or email us at bcochrane@comptroub.com for more info.  Keep your kids safe!!

We come across situations all the time where people think their data is being backed up, but when we check we find out the last backup was years ago!  Lost data can’t be recovered, and it’s very cheap and easy to backup data these days!  We recommend Dr. Backup for offsite backups, and StorageCraft for onsite backups.  Both will tell you every day if your data backed up successfully or not, and you don’t need to do a thing.  Best of all we can get special pricing for you as a certified reseller.  Call us today at 513-737-8500 and protect your data!!

AVG Antivirus is running a GREAT special right now!  Here is the deal: 1) If you’re currently using another brand of antivirus software, AVG will match the renewal price for that brand, OR they will buy out the rest of your license term if you switch to AVG!  2) If you switch to AVG Business Edition Internet Security for your office PC’s, AVG will give you a FREE license of AVG Home Edition Internet Security for each license of Business you buy!  (i.e., buy 5 Business licenses, get 5 home licenses FREE!)  This is a great little bonus for all of your employees!  Call us NOW at 737-8500 to take advantage of this offer!!

Need to send out your company newsletter every month, but tired of trying to use Outlook to manage it?  Use Constant Contact!  We’ve been using it for years, and it’s a simple and professional way to handle all your email marketing.  It also keeps you from being labeled as a spammer when you send your emails out!  Try it FREE for 60 days – click here to sign up: http://www.constantcontact.com/index.jsp?pn=ctcincinw.

We’ve noticed a sharp increase in the number of viruses and spyware infecting computers this summer.  Usually they don’t destroy data, but they do try to steal your information…  especially when you’re on the web.  If you notice a lot of popups, a “new” antivirus program you didn’t install asking you to pay for it, or if you try to go to a website but get redirected to another – those are all signs of an infection.  We use and recommend AVG Antivirus – it’s excellent at protecting your computer from viruses and spyware.  And from now until September 30th you can get AVG at a 5% discount from our normal price, if you mention this blog post (offer good for new clients only)!  Call us today at (513) 737-8500 to get AVG protection for your computer!

Dr. Backup data backup SALE is almost over!!  Until August 31st, you can save 30-45% on the cost of Dr. Backup online/offsite data backup service…  and the savings are good for LIFE!  That’s right…  normally you would pay $20.95/mo for the 2GB starter package…  but if you sign up before August 31st you will only pay $14.95/mo for as long as you use Dr. Backup!  Remember, it’s critical to back your important data up, and backing it up offsite protects against ALL possible disasters – hard drive crash, fire, theft, etc.  Dr. Backup is completely encrypted and HIPAA compliant, and so simple that you don’t have to do a thing!  And if you act now, the first month of Dr. Backup is a FREE trial!  Give us a call NOW at (513) 737-8500 to get started…  but hurry, this offer ends 8/31/10!!

Computer Troubleshooters now offers a variety of VoIP phone services! We have specialists for both hosted (cloud-based, no server needed) systems and more powerful digital PBX systems. Here’s a sales video we put together to talk about some of the benefits VoIP can offer: