The Fife IT Support Blog

If you’re beetling along nicely with a free e-mail address, think again. You’re definitely saving pennies, but you might be losing pounds. Business-quality e-mail is helping smart companies to shine out from the competition and boost sales. As the recession bites, many budding entrepreneurs are taking the plunge and starting to work for themselves. Whether your business is shiny and new or comfortably established, the way you are perceived depends on much more than just your

For many small businesses and new starts, IT is often treated as an afterthought — something to “sort later,” “fix when it breaks,” or “deal with once we’re bigger.” It’s understandable. When you’re building a business, your focus is on customers, cash flow, and growth. Technology feels like a background concern. But in 2026, IT is the business infrastructure. It’s the backbone that supports every sale, every customer interaction, every internal process, and every piece of da

Hear ye, hear ye! Google are helping Chrome Browser users by actively telling them when a website that they are visiting is not secure (using SSL). How great is that! For your convenience we have a copy below! To me, user education is the most important thing when it comes to IT security. If you are thinking about getting your business online, check out our packages where you can get online from only £29.99 per month for the 1st year!! and then £12.50 per month every year

Those of you that know me will know that I HATE sales by scare stories. A lot of the questions I've been getting recently is in regards to GDPR - the General Data Protection Regulation which is coming into force on the 25th May 2018. My simple advice that I've been giving my business clients is to simply use some common sense, treat any data in your control with the same standards as you'd wish your data to be treated in the hands of another. As an example: It is not up to

First, lets start with what is a domain name? A domain name is the second part of an internet address - the part which identifies your company for example: @fifeitsupport.co.uk Using a branded domain name for email is more professional than a free e-mail service for example @hotmail.com and you can use your domain name for your website, holding page or to link to your Facebook business page. There a lot of different providers of free email addresses that you can choose fro

I set out this morning to create a Pro and Con list on Facebook business pages for a short blog post and I have failed. After a good few hours of researching, I have been drawn to the conclusion there are no cons. Well none that I think are relevant to us as users of a Facebook business page. So, I am going to go ahead and detail below my PRO list for Facebook business pages: Facebook is one of largest social media platforms with 'As of the first quarter of 2017, Facebook h

I've just heard a story from a client that has made me a bit sad - an elderly neighbour of our client got a laptop for Christmas with all the great intentions of learning how to use it and finally get on the internet. After several weeks of trying they gave the laptop away! - why? Because their relatives, including children couldn't / wouldn't take the time out of their day to help them learn. Now i know as well as anyone else, trying to teach your relatives anything (ie, d

Interested in WEBSITES?! Great! Businesses want or need a website for different reasons! You might be looking to sell something, in which case your website would be an ‘ecommerce’ website. You might want to have it for sending customers to so that they can get more information on your product or service. No matter what you need a website for, there are 4 elements that stay the same, heres 1 of them: 1 - A domain name (www.yourbusiness.co.uk & info@yourbusiness.co.uk) What

The new Windows 10 mail app, calender and the like - some would say they are TOO simplified... If you're looking for something that should be there (like print!) - check this wee button oot. ‪‬ The universal buttons for 'menus' are now mostly 3 dots or 3 horizontal lines stacked on top of each other. Keep an eye oot for them! #WindowsMailApp #ITSupport #HandyHints