Google Workspace Archives

Google Workspace Smart Chips: Productivity Enhancers

March 18, 2023February 24, 2023 by Steve Chipman

Smart chips in Google Workspace are an easy way to connect people, files, or events to a Google Doc. Smart chips are part of smart canvas, which is an updated product experience announced by Google … Read more →

Is Google Workspace HIPAA Compliant?

January 23, 2023 by Steve Chipman

If your organization is a HIPAA-covered entity, and you intend to use a cloud platform in connection with PHI, you may be asking if Google Workspace is HIPAA-compliant. The question of HIPAA compliance does not … Read more →

Google Workspace Pricing: What Your Business Can Expect to Pay

March 7, 2023December 30, 2022 by Steve Chipman

Google Workspace is a set of productivity and collaboration tools from Google for different types of organizations, including businesses, schools, nonprofits, and governments. Google Workspace includes popular online apps such as Gmail, Calendar, Docs, Sheets, … Read more →

Google Workspace Enterprise Adoption: Steady Progress

February 4, 2023October 11, 2022 by Steve Chipman

Google has made significant inroads into the small business market with Google Workspace. For business owners and employees who have been using consumer Gmail, moving to Google Workspace is an easy transition. However, Google has … Read more →

What is Google Workspace Individual?

October 26, 2022March 28, 2022 by Steve Chipman

Man Working on Google Workspace Individual

Google Workspace Individual is different from Google Workspace [for teams]. “Individual” is designed for use by any of the more than 1.8 billion Gmail users who need to add business functionality to their Gmail accounts. … Read more →

Google Workspace vs Microsoft 365

December 30, 2022February 23, 2022 by Steve Chipman

Google Workspace vs Microsoft Office 365. These are the two leading office productivity suites. Which one is best for your organization?

How To Find a Google Workspace Partner

November 28, 2022October 10, 2021 by Steve Chipman

Many small businesses do not have the in-house resources needed to properly implement and support Google Workspace. These companies often seek help from a Google Workspace Partner to optimize access and usage of the anytime, … Read more →

A Brief History of Google Workspace

January 24, 2023September 8, 2021 by Steve Chipman

It took less than a decade for Google to dominate the internet search engine market. Today, Google’s business productivity suite, Google Workspace, has over 6 million paying customers. It all started in the mid-’90s when … Read more →

Google Spaces: The Slack & Teams Alternative

September 20, 2022June 17, 2021 by Steve Chipman

At the 2021 Google I/O, Google announced that Rooms in Google Chat will be rebranded “Spaces” and will get a number of enhancements. Spaces appears to be a viable alternative to Slack (which is in … Read more →

15 Reasons to Move Your Business From Free Gmail to Google Workspace

November 7, 2022December 1, 2020 by Steve Chipman

If you have been using free Gmail for your business communications, here are the reasons to consider Google Workspace (formerly G Suite).

Use Google Workspace to Keep Control of Online Google Services

September 20, 2022November 9, 2020 by Steve Chipman

In many businesses, the marketing department signs up for a variety of Google services. These services include: Google My Business Google Analytics Google Search Console Google Ads YouTube Companies that are not using Google Workspace … Read more →

What is Google Workspace Essentials and Who is it For?

January 20, 2023July 12, 2020 by Steve Chipman

Google Workspace Essentials can be viewed as a slimmed-down version of Google Workspace. It includes Google Docs, Sheets, Slides, Drive, Meet, Chat, Sites, Forms, Keep, and Jamboard. However, this version does not host your company … Read more →

Multiple Domains and Your Google Workspace Account

September 20, 2022May 26, 2020 by Steve Chipman

Why an organization would want to have multiple domains associated with their Google Workspace account. One way to add additional domains.

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.

What is Google Workspace?

November 28, 2022August 26, 2019 by Steve Chipman

Google Workspace explained. Some of the reasons to consider adopting Google Workspace for your business. Answers to several common questions.

Use Google Workspace to Better Manage & Control Access to Online Marketing Accounts

September 20, 2022April 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 →

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 20, 2022November 7, 2018 by Steve Chipman

At Salesforce’s annual Dreamforce conference in 2017, a strategic partnership with Google was announced.

Often, these alliances come and go. However, the Salesforce/Google partnership has gained momentum. Google had a noticeable presence at the 2018 Dreamforce conference.

Among a wide range of facets to the partnership are the following five Salesforce to Google Workspace integrations.

How Admins & Users Can Make Google Workspace Security Even Stronger

September 20, 2022August 4, 2018 by Steve Chipman

Updated: March 14, 2019 If you’re using Google Workspace or considering Google Workspace for your organization, there may be questions about Google Workspace security in your mind. After all company email and business documents (if … Read more →

Google Sheets and Microsoft Excel: Converting From One to the Other

September 20, 2022April 20, 2018 by Steve Chipman

Whether and when to use Excel or Google Sheets depends on a number of factors. Here’s how to move spreadsheet information back and forth between the two environments.

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?

January 9, 2023February 16, 2018 by Steve Chipman

Gmail and Google Workspace use the same global data storage as Google’s search engine. Google currently has 23 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

September 20, 2022January 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 a Chrome extension for Gmail to Salesforce integration. Recently, the company expanded its offering to become a a broad and useful feature set for any user of Gmail or Google Workspace — regardless of whether they are using a specific CRM application.

Through a combination of internal inventions and acquisitions, Cirrus has assembled a “dream suite” of tools that most salespeople will appreciate.

Here is an overview of a few of the ways that salespeople can benefit from the Cirrus platform.

Google Jamboard: A Cloud-Connected Whiteboard

September 20, 2022May 28, 2017 by Steve Chipman

Google has released Jamboard, the first hardware component of Google Workspace. Jamboard can be viewed as a digital whiteboard that’s sharable, in real-time, across multiple locations. It has a 55-inch 4K touchscreen. Drawings, or ‘jams’ … Read more →