Tips, by First Wave
Welcome to the First Wave blog, here you will find helpful tips, answers to frequently asked questions and pertinent information that has been gleaned from the web. We update it often, and this is a searchable area, where you can pull information on many topics. For more information please contact First Wave.
Lynn Riel – Van Bolderen
CEO – WebMaster
First Wave Website Management Ltd.
Tips, by First Wave
Welcome to the First Wave blog, here you will find helpful tips, answers to frequently asked questions and pertinent information that has been gleaned from the web. We update it often, and this is a searchable area, where you can pull information on many topics. For more information please contact First Wave.
Lynn Riel – Van Bolderen
CEO – WebMaster
First Wave Website Management Ltd.
Settings in Gmail for Domain Email to POP, Emails Bouncing Back
If Gmail SMTP is already setup change to POP If you have your domain email account setup to work on your GMAIL here are some instructions for ensuring you have the most recently recommended setup. Google is recommending that you make these accounts POP acocunts for...
Invite others to Group on Facebook (NNN)
To invite your Facebook Friends to join the Networking Now Niagara networking group, please follow the THREE steps below, it is so easy! 1 - Go to the Group's Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/511923716290727 2 - Click INVITE (see illustration below) 3 -...
How to Like/Follow a Facebook Page and Leave a Review
Sometimes the Option is to FOLLOW the page, instead of LIKE the page. DO that First. See illustrations Above and Below. (Yes there are reasons why it's like or follow, but I am keeping this as simple as possible).After that click on REIVIEWS. Now click on YES When you...
Facebook Groups, Admin Assist “Auto Welcome New Members”
Needed to do this task and this video was a quick answer to my question đ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBBZAfjnH2w #facebook #autowelcome #facebookgroups Contact Us: First Wave - Website Management, Design, SEO Website Design, SEO, Niagara Region Contact...
Google Page Speed Insights
Check out this great overview, of how this works. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5zSF1JQ1gs #google #pagespeed #websiteoptimization Contact Us: First Wave - Website Management, Design, SEO Website Design, SEO, Niagara Region Contact -
Google Workspace, Multiple Domains for Email
Create multiple email accounts for more than one DOMAIN on your Google Workspace. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4NHY9c38P8 #googleworkspace #domains #email Contact Us: First Wave - Website Management, Design, SEO Website Design, SEO, Niagara Region Contact...
Chamberforge Public Profiles for Networking Now Niagara Members
How is your business represented on the Networking Now Niagara website? Go to https://networkingnow.ca scroll down the page to view your MEMBERS BOX and click on the box. View your PUBLIC PROFILE. TO update your Public Profile, follow the steps below. FYI The...
Gmail, Cool Tips on Folders (aka Filters), Settings and Orgnaizing all that Email
1. Great info on Filters, Create, Edit, Delete https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNrCiRwMiMs Tip 2: Great system for prioritizing, snoozing emails. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bektiDaIhk Tip 3: More on Email Fliters and Labels...
LinkedIn: Should I Accept all Connections?
The short answer is YES, and this video does an excellent job of explaining why. There are many gold nuggets of information packed into this 5 mintue video. Thank you, Melanie Woods! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjWNrxAv54U #linkedin #connections Contact Us: First...
Tips for Gmail: White List, Quick Add Contact to Address Book
Super quick tip for easily adding any email address to your gmail contact list, and when you do this, the email address is automatically "white listed" and will never get blocked. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPEXJ8M65i4 #gmail #quickadd #whitelist #addressbook...
Tips for Gmail: How to Label, Organize, Filter or Colour Code your Emails!
This great little video will help you to organize your emails by creating a filter for any email address to always end up in a specifically labeled folder, you even learn now to colour code it! I suggest watching the entire video first, then watching it again...
Hard Refresh on any Web Browser
Why do you need a hard refresh sometimes? All web browsers (for example: Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Safari) on all types of devices or computer systems do have a memory system called "cache" where they save parts of websites we visit in order to help them load more...
Why WordPress and Why Divi?
What is wordpress? WordPress is modern software, but its roots and development go back to 2001. It is a mature and stable product. WordPress is a very popular free and open source Content Management System (CMS), that was released in May of 2003 by developers Matt...
How do I Check my IP Address?
Go to this website or any other IP checker to check your IP address https://ipchecker.io/ for more informations on what an IP is, or why it is important, visit that website, it does a great job of explaining it.
Cyber Safety Article from RBC
I thought his article was worth sharing, it is informative https://discover.rbcroyalbank.com/cyber-safety-101-the-risks-of-oversharing/ #RBC #cybersafety #security Contact Us: First Wave - Website Management, Design, SEO Website Design, SEO, Niagara Region Contact...
Google SERP Preview Tool
Check out this great tool for checking you key meta tags. Often you will hear that Google only looks at the front end of the website and this is an important area too, you need website that is keyword rich with great relevant content and the speed of the website also...
What about BING Places for Business and BING Ads?
Well lets put it this wayâŚMicrosoft is BING, BING is MicrosoftâŚenough said. Google is a win and so is BING, why not have both business listings? Below is what BING has to say, and I shared another video with some great information on BING ads. I recommend setuping...
What Are DNS (Domain Name Server) Records? A, AAA, CNAME, MX, TXT
What is an âAâ record? An A record maps a domain name to the IP address of the computer hosting the domain. An A record uses a domain name to find the IP address of a computer connected to the internet. âA recordâ stands for âaddress recordâ and is the purest form of...
