Steve Chipman - Blog Posts About Google Workspace

How to Add Users to Google Workspace

August 19, 2023December 3, 2019 by Steve Chipman

There are more similarities between free, consumer Gmail and Google Workspace than there are differences. In fact, Google Workspace can be viewed as a multi-user version of consumer Gmail. When a single-user platform becomes multi-user, … Read more →

3 Ways Chrome and Google Workspace Together To Save You Time

September 20, 2022October 31, 2019 by Steve Chipman

The Chrome browser and Google Workspace can work together in several ways.

These connections will help you create and find documents more easily. They will save you mouse clicks.

The following tips also work for consumer Gmail accounts.

Pixelbook Go: The Ideal Travel Companion

April 4, 2023October 27, 2019 by Steve Chipman

Google released Pixelbook Go in October 2019. Go is marketed as a consumer laptop. But since this is a business-oriented site, we’ll take a corporate angle on this new Google offering. If you’re not familiar … Read more →

Google Calendar Reminders vs. Event Notifications

September 20, 2022October 24, 2019 by Steve Chipman

You missed an important online meeting. Was it because you did not create a Google Calendar Reminder?

It’s more likely because you did not enable one or more Event Notifications.

Let’s look at the difference between Reminders and Event Notifications.

California Wine Country Maps in Google My Maps

April 20, 2023September 3, 2019 by Steve Chipman

Below are several California wine country maps we created using Google My Maps. Wine country maps include Napa Valley, Sonoma Valley, Alexander Valley, Lodi, Paso Robles, and Sacramento. These maps help you explore various wines, … Read more →

6 Google Slides Tips & Tricks

January 13, 2024August 14, 2019 by Steve Chipman

Google Slides allows you to collaboratively create business presentations with others in your organization. With Google’s continuous delivery of new features and functionality, there are always new ways to make your presentations more effective. Here … Read more →

How to Block (And Unblock) Emails on Gmail

September 20, 2022August 4, 2019 by Steve Chipman

Stop Unwanted Emails in Gmail We all get annoying emails in consumer Gmail and business Gmail that aren’t necessarily spam.

Let’s look at some of these types of incoming emails and why you might want to block them instead of reporting them as spam. Then we’ll look at how to block and unblock emails.

The emails in question are sometimes personalized. They often come directly from an individual email account (as opposed to from an email server).

Gmail Templates: How to Create Them Using Canned Responses

September 20, 2022August 1, 2019 by Steve Chipman

Both consumer Gmail and business Gmail users often have a need to create Gmail templates.

Fortunately, Google Labs developed an easy (and free) way to create Gmail templates. This app is called Canned Responses. As its name implies, the intent of the app was for responding to inbound emails. However, the majority use case may well be for new outbound emails.

Access to Canned Responses is available to Google Workspace users by default, but user access can be disabled by a Google Workspace administrator in the admin console.

Online Marketing Services: Managing and Controlling Access

June 21, 2023April 6, 2019 by Steve Chipman

Google Workspace: Manage Marketing Account Logins

Over time, some businesses end up with a plethora of different logins to assorted Google and non-Google online properties. This is particularly true in the digital marketing realm, where there can be dozens of online … Read more →

10 Ways Google Drive Saves Businesses Time & Money

January 24, 2024March 3, 2019 by Steve Chipman

Google Drive is well-known as a consumer product. 1.8+ billion Gmail users each have access to 15 GB of free cloud storage on Google Drive (consumers can always buy more storage). Many people don’t know … Read more →

How To Use Google Sites In Business

November 5, 2023January 28, 2019 by Steve Chipman

New Google Sites rolled out to all Google Workspace customers in November of 2016. The original Google Sites, now called “Classic Google Sites” was released in 2008 after the acquisition of JotSpot in 2006. The … Read more →

Login to Gmail as Different Users in the Same Browser

September 20, 2022January 7, 2019 by Steve Chipman

Many people have multiple Gmail logins.

An example is someone who has a personal Gmail account and one or more business Gmail (Google Workspace) accounts.

In fact, independent contractors such as marketers can have many business Gmail accounts—one for each of their customers.

The good news is that an individual can login to Gmail as different users within the same browser.

Why Become a Google Customer Instead of Just a Gmail User?

September 20, 2022January 2, 2019 by Steve Chipman

When someone uses a free service such as Gmail, Facebook, Twitter or LinkedIn, they are not a customer of the service provider. For free services such as these, the customers of the service provider are … Read more →

7 Useful Apps That Are Included With Google Workspace

September 20, 2022November 15, 2018 by Steve Chipman

The core applications of office productivity suites such as Google Workspace are: email, documents, spreadsheets and presentations. These are the basic software tools most people use at work.

In addition to these core applications, there are a number of Google Workspace extras that are included in the monthly per user price. Not everyone is aware of these bonus applications.

Five Google Workspace to Salesforce Integrations and How They Benefit Businesses

September 19, 2024November 7, 2018 by Steve Chipman

The Google/Salesforce partnership has resulted in integrations that benefit organizations that subscribe to both Salesforce & Google Workspace

6 Business Data Sources To Feed Into Google Sheets

January 15, 2024September 9, 2018 by Steve Chipman

Google Sheets Data connector for Salesforce

Business users of Google Sheets can automate the import of data from a variety of sources, including RSS feeds, CRM, Google Analytics and more.

Gmail Offline For Business and Consumer Users

September 20, 2022May 17, 2018 by Steve Chipman

Google has introduced native Gmail Offline for business (Google Workspace) and consumer users of Gmail.

This means that Gmail users can now read, reply to and compose emails while not connected to the internet. What’s more, no Chrome extension is needed.

It also means that people who current use a local email client in conjunction with Google Workspace, mainly for offline access, may find that the local client is no longer needed.

Google Chat vs Google Meet vs Classic Hangouts

September 20, 2022March 2, 2018 by Steve Chipman

Updated: July 20, 2021

It’s a challenge to keep with Google’s various iterations of chat, online meeting and Hangouts products—as well as the branding of these apps. In fact, we need to frequently update this post.

Google now has three distinct components in this category that are a part of Google Workspace’s core services, a.k.a. core apps.

Here is a roundup of the Google Hangouts, Meet, Chat (and now Rooms) offerings.

Where is Google Workspace Data Stored?

April 29, 2023February 16, 2018 by Steve Chipman

Gmail and Google Workspace use the same global data storage as Google’s search engine. Google currently has 24 data global data centers. The first data center was built on the Oregon side of the Columbia … Read more →

A Sales Productivity Tool for Google Workspace and Gmail Users

August 19, 2023January 10, 2018 by Steve Chipman

For anyone who is in sales and who uses either Google Workspace or Gmail, there’s a new sales productivity platform from Cirrus Insight that’s worth taking on a test drive. Cirrus Insight’s flagship product was … Read more →

FeedBurner: Still Alive And Somewhat Well

August 19, 2023October 18, 2017 by Steve Chipman

FeedBurner is a web feed tool that was launched in 2004. The best know web feed format is RSS (Really Simple Syndication). FeedBurner was acquired by Google in June of 2007. Several years later, Google’s … Read more →

Chrome Enterprise: How Google Will Get More CIOs To Embrace Chromebook

September 27, 2023August 28, 2017 by Steve Chipman

Since Google introduced Chromebook in 2011, the adoption of Chromebooks by businesses has been more of an interesting idea than a widespread reality. We first wrote about the business potential for Chromebooks soon after they … Read more →

Google Jamboard: A Cloud-Connected Whiteboard

November 5, 2023May 28, 2017 by Steve Chipman

Update: On September 28, 2023, Google announced it would be winding down the Jamboard feature of Google Workspace in 2024. Google has released Jamboard, the first hardware component of Google Workspace. Jamboard can be viewed … Read more →

Google Workspace for Enterprises: The Shift is Underway

August 20, 2023March 17, 2017 by Steve Chipman

The adoption of Google Workspace began with small to mid-sized businesses. However, the shift to Google Workspace for enterprises is ostensibly underway. At the March 2017 Google Cloud Next Conference, both Colgate and Verizon talked … Read more →

G Suite: Gmail & Calendar iOS Updates

September 20, 2022November 12, 2016 by Steve Chipman

While Google has its own mobile phone and tablet operating system, the company needs to remain mindful of the fact that millions of consumer and business Gmail customers are iPhone and iPad users.

In fact, over the last 30 days, 63% of the mobile & tablet visitors to this website, as reported by Google Analytics, are iPhone or iPad users.

For years, Google has offered iOS apps for Gmail, Calendar, Drive, Docs, Sheets, Slides and more. However, until recently, the Gmail app had not been updated since December 4, 2012.