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Pixieset. Anti-spam legislation: What you need to do. Canada’s anti-spam legislation (CASL) aims to reduce the amount of unwanted commercial emails received by Canadians.

Anti-spam legislation: What you need to do

It therefore affects the way you use email and other electronic messages to connect with your customers. While CASL came into effect in July 2014, some provisions are coming into force on July 1st, 2017. From that date forward, the implied consent of former customers will only be valid if you have had a relationship with them in the last two years.

The provisions, known as private right of action, which would have allowed lawsuits to be filed against individuals and organizations for alleged violations of the legislation were suspended by the government on June 7, 2017. How does it affect your business? CASL prohibits sending commercial electronic messages (“CEMs”) without the recipient's consent. On Flipboard. On Flipboard. Top Three Ways to Optimize Your DMO Site’s Images. Long gone are the days where we are connecting to the Internet through a modem and a phone line.

Top Three Ways to Optimize Your DMO Site’s Images

While the sound of dialing in makes me nostalgic, I'm happy that I can watch video and download images quicker than ever before. Yet, the power of fast connections comes with great responsibility when maintaining your website. Password protect documents, workbooks, and presentations - Office Support. In the 2007 Microsoft Office system, you can use passwords to help prevent other people from opening or modifying your documents, workbooks, and presentations. Keep in mind that Microsoft cannot retrieve forgotten passwords. For more about passwords, see Create strong passwords. Keep your password in a safe place. If you lose or forget the password, it can't be recovered. What do you want to do? Set a password in a Word document Remove password protection from a Word document. Recommended settings for Wi-Fi routers and access points. This article is for network administrators and others who manage their own network.

Recommended settings for Wi-Fi routers and access points

If you're trying to join a Wi-Fi network, one of these articles should help: Follow these steps first Before you change your settings, follow these steps: Make sure that your Wi–Fi router's firmware is up to date. If you're using an AirPort base station or Time Capsule, follow these steps.Make sure that all Wi–Fi devices you want to use support the settings this article recommends.If possible, back up your Wi–Fi router's settings. Configure all Wi–Fi routers on the same network with the same settings. You can configure an AirPort Base Station with AirPort Utility. Use the settings below for best performance, security, and reliability. SSID (Service Set Identifier—Wi-Fi network name) The SSID, or network name, identifies your Wi-Fi network to users and other Wi-Fi devices. Set to: Any unique name. Small business spotlight: Creating a discovery experience, online and off.

You know that moment when you first walk inside a store and marvel at everything there is to see?

Small business spotlight: Creating a discovery experience, online and off

Some things catch your eye at first, and when you look more closely, you see there’s a lot more to discover all around you. Pinterest is a digital version of that discovery experience. When people visit Pinterest, they’re interested in discovering new possibilities and saving the things they want to explore further. Google Matched Content Gives Visitors Personalized Experience. If you’re an AdSense Publisher, here is some news for you.

Google Matched Content Gives Visitors Personalized Experience

Google has introduced a new tool for AdSense that could change your site. By generating relevant article recommendations from the content on your site, Google says its new tool could increase not only reader engagement but your ad revenue, too. Google Matched content is a free tool that promotes your site’s content to visitors. This is done by article recommendations that are contextually relevant and personalized for your site’s visitors. Google says Matched content could help visitors discover other content on your site, become more engaged, and increase reader loyalty. Let’s Put Our Cities on the Map. A 5-Step DIY Promotion Guide for Startups to Generate Business Without Google. It's no secret that I'm a huge fan of search engine traffic, and the strategies that you can use to attract and keep it.

A 5-Step DIY Promotion Guide for Startups to Generate Business Without Google

But here's something everybody who loves SEO needs to recognize: It's dangerous, short-sighted, and risky to count on a search engine monopoly to subsidize your business model, not without diversification. That's why you should favor an SEO strategy that makes sense for promotion,even if the search engines completely ignored what you did. But let's take things a step further by looking at how you can diversify your incoming traffic streams and boost revenue and awareness without the search engines. Tech tools social media apps. No Photoshop? No Problem: 10 Visual Content Tools for Beginners. Design isn't something that every marketer feels comfortable doing, but the reality is every one of us will need to design something at some point in our careers.

No Photoshop? No Problem: 10 Visual Content Tools for Beginners

Whether it's a website, some sales collateral, or an ebook, there will be some design expertise required to finish the project. The reason why we often get bogged down in it all is because often, we don't know how to use the tools at our disposal to get high-quality designs. But here's a little secret, marketers: You don't need Photoshop to create great designs. Below are 10 design tools even the most design-phobic marketers can use to create gorgeous visual content. 1) Canva Canva is your one-stop shop for easily creating customizable designs. BAKE IT UP! (Toronto, ON) Google Grant for NPOs. The Tourism Tech Corner. Google connected classroom. Learn. Play, Design & Code Retro Arcade Games Grades 2+ | Blocks CS First Unplugged Grades 2-8 | Blocks, Unplugged, Scratch Discover Python with Silent Teacher Grades 6+ | Python codeSpark Academy with The Foos: Create Games. Google Motion.