Office Live Small Business Community

Laura Bartels, owner of GreenWeaver-Demo

Joe C - MSFT — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 14:46:43 GMT

Dr. Jay Parkinson, co-founder of Hello Health-Demo

Joe C - MSFT — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 14:45:49 GMT

James Bazelle, owner of Mert’s Heart and Soul-Demo

Joe C - MSFT — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 14:44:19 GMT

Carolyn Coquillette, owner of Luscious Garage-Demo

Joe C - MSFT — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 14:43:26 GMT

Kim Ima, owner of The Treats Trucks-Demo

Joe C - MSFT — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 14:42:33 GMT

Laura Bartels, owner of GreenWeaver

Joe C - MSFT — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 14:28:00 GMT

Follow Laura as she tracks spending to move her business forward.

Dr. Jay Parkinson, co-founder of Hello Health

Joe C - MSFT — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 14:26:02 GMT

Follow Dr. Jay as he controls spending to move his business forward.

James Bazelle, owner of Mert’s Heart and Soul

Joe C - MSFT — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 14:24:17 GMT

Follow James as he uses his Visa Business card to move his business forward.

Carolyn Coquillette, owner of Luscious Garage

Joe C - MSFT — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 14:10:01 GMT

Follow Carolyn as she uses networking to move her business forward.

Kim Ima, owner of The Treats Trucks

Joe C - MSFT — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 14:04:46 GMT

Follow Kim as she manages cashflow to move her business forward.

Demo: Create and use a Web page template

Monte Enbysk — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 00:18:31 GMT

If you've designed a Web site page in Office Live Small Business that you would like to use as a template for other pages on your site, these instructions will show you how. Learn how to save a page as a template, and then use that template to create new pages to give your site a consistent look and feel.

Demo: Add a video to your Web site

Monte Enbysk — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 00:15:21 GMT

Learn how to add a video to any page of your Office Live Small Business Web site using the new video module in the Web Site designer tool. This demo will show you how to add your video to a Web hosting service, obtain the embed code you'll need from the Web hosting service site, and then use the video module in the Web Site designer tool to embed the video directly onto your Web page.

Demo: Customize your Web site look

Monte Enbysk — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 22:43:23 GMT

Your Office Live Small Business Web site should have a unique look that reflects your business needs. This video shows you how to customize your header, create a color scheme, and add a gradient site background to unify your overall site look and feel. You'll also learn to customize the layout and add an image to the background of a page. Also, see the related article, "First steps to a more attractive Web site."

Demo: Add a PayPal button to your Web site

Monte Enbysk — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 22:40:17 GMT

Adding a PayPal button to your Web site provides transactional capability from a trusted provider. With PayPal, you can choose the right button for your needs ("Buy now," "Donate," "Subscribe," and more) and add it to a Web page from right within the Office Live Small Business Page Editor. Then, your customers can easily transact with you using a well-known and widely-used online payment method. This video tells you how to add one to your site.

Demo: Get started with Contact Manager

mohand - msft — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 06:10:17 GMT

As a small business, you can't afford to lose customer information. Contact Manager is a free application with your account that allows you to add new contacts, import existing contacts from another program, and add Web site inquiries as new contacts. This video shows the steps, and also how to synch contacts with Microsoft Office Outlook.

Demo: Get started with Reports

mohand - msft — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 06:09:59 GMT

You've spent a lot of time creating your Web site, and now you need to know how that investment is paying off. This video shows you how to access reports that provide detail on traffic to your Web site, how visitors find you and where they're coming from, and how people have responded to your marketing campaigns.

Demo: Get started with E-mail

mohand - msft — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 11:59:32 GMT

Setting up e-mail accounts in Office Live Small Business takes just a few minutes. This video shows you how to register a domain name and add e-mail accounts for yourself, colleagues, and departments. Learn how to read your e-mail in Office Live, and, synch your e-mail with Microsoft Office Outlook for offline access. Finally, you'll see tips on sorting and organizing messages in your inbox.

Demo: Get started with Web Site

mohand - msft — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 11:58:04 GMT

Office Live Small Business makes it easy for you to create your own professional-looking Web site. This video shows you how to use the free Web design templates and tools to select styles, fonts, and colors. You'll also learn how to upload images, add and change text and pages, and add other content types such as maps and blogs.

Demo: Add a calendar to your Web site

amit-msft — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 05:48:19 GMT

An event calendar is a helpful tool for visitors to view events, promotions, and other announcements.

This demo shows:

How to use Page Manager to create your calendar page, and set the associated properties such as where the page will live on your Web site.
How to use the Page Editor tool to edit your calendar page and insert the calendar module.
How to add to or edit individual events on your calendar.
How the customer can view additional details about an event.

Demo: Rename an Office Live Small Business domain

amit-msft — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 06:31:17 GMT

When you sign up for Microsoft Office Live Small Business, you receive a domain name. For business and branding purposes, you may wish to rename that domain name.

In this demo, you will learn how to rename your domain, and also:

The implications of changing your domain name
How to find information on purchasing a new domain name
Starting guidance on pointing an old domain to a new domain

Demo: Add a subscriber to a Contact List

amit-msft — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 06:29:44 GMT

In Contact Manager, you can create e-mail campaigns to market your products and services to customers and prospects. But first, you need to create groups of individuals in Contact Manager. After you have created one or more groups, you can send out your campaign.

This demo shows you the steps to:

Add an individual contact in Contact Manager
Add details about that contact to his or her record
Create a group of contacts in Contact Manager
Add contacts to your group
Edit groups

Demo: Work with Web site images

amit-msft — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 06:27:11 GMT

Adding images to your web site creates a visual appeal that is attractive to visitors and can tell a richer story about your business and its customers. The free design tools in Microsoft Office Live Small Business make it easy for you to include images on your Web pages: no graphics or Web design experience required!

In this demo, learn how to:

Use Image Gallery and Page Editor to select, place, and work with images.
Upload images from your computer to the Image Gallery.
Use Microsoft Office Picture Manager to resize and edit photos.
Place photos on a Web page including text wrapping.

Demo: Redirect your domain to Office Live Small Business

amit-msft — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 06:24:27 GMT

Once you have your Microsoft Office Live Small Business Web site up and running, you may want to redirect individuals who visit your older Web site to the new site. You can also redirect visitors’ e-mail messages to your new Office Live account. All of this happens behind the scenes so that customers and prospects don't experience any delays or hassles.

In this demo, see how to:

Use Domain Manager to indicate the domain name you wish to redirect to your Office Live domain.
Change name server settings at the domain registrar site of your other web site, so that traffic is redirected.
Check the status of the redirection request in Domain Manager.

Demo: Set up e-mail alerts

amit-msft — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 05:35:10 GMT

E-mail alerts send urgent information to your e-mail inbox so that you may be proactive about changes to customers, orders, events, or other business conditions. In Microsoft Office Live Small Business, you can set up alerts based on changes to lists, libraries, or calendars of Contact Manager and Business Applications. You can create e-mail alerts for yourself or others.

This demo shows you how to:

Create an e-mail alert from Account Settings
Add recipients and indicate frequency and criteria for your alert.
View the alerts in your inbox
Set up alerts in Contact Manager
Manage, view, and edit alerts.

Web Site: How to add pictures and create slide shows in your Web site

mohand - msft — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 07:31:33 GMT

Adding pictures and creating slide shows is a great way to make your Office Live Small Business Web site visually appealing — and it’s easy to do. In this video, you’ll see how to:

Upload pictures to your Image Gallery
Post pictures on Web pages
Create slide shows that display multiple images