Anouncement 19-06-10

Tue, 29 Jun 2010 18:47:00 +0100

At Bancom Design Hosting we are proud to announce that we have started sponsoring two fantastic podcasts. Sponsoring podcasts is a great way of spreading the word about our services and supporting your favourite podcasts to continue and grow.

Pixelmator Podcast

A first sponsorship partner is Pixelmator Podcast they produce high quality video tutorials on how to use Pixelmator a photo editing / image manipulation app for Mac OSX. I use this app everyday in my web design workflow and also for my photography hobby.

The tutorials have helped to get me profficient at using Pixelmator and keep up to date with how to use the latest features at every major Pixelmator update.

Check out these tutorials at http://www.pixelmatorpodcast.com or on iTunes.

For Mac Eyes Only Podcast (FMEO)

This is a long running Mac news, views, reviews and general chit chat podcast. Each episode is well produced and entertaining due to a talented host Mike Potter. Mike has managed to bring other people on from around the world to do different segments which helps to keep the shows varied and interesting.

Bancom Design Hosting are very proud to be sponsoring the Gary Malpas segment that provides Mac news etc from a UK perspective. Also sponsoring the supporting blog site that has regular interesting posts on different Apple technology topics.

Check out this podcast at http://www.formaceyesonly.com/ or on iTunes

I’m looking forward to a long and prosperous relationship supporting these podcasts.

Apple Supports Small Business

Fri, 16 Apr 2010 15:12:04 +0100

Yesterday I decided to book myself on two free training workshops at my local Apple store in Norwich. The first workshop was “iWork Workshop: Keynote” a generalised workshop helping you to understand all the main features of creating presentations using Keynote. The second workshop was “Presentations Hands-On Business Workshop” Focused on creating business presentations using Keynote and how this can benefit your business.

At the first workshop I was the only person attending and instead of cancelling the workshop I was given an hour and half worth of free one to one training on keynote which was a nice surprise. The Apple staff at the store were so helpful and were doing everything they possibly could to give me a great experience while in the store.

After the first workshop I had a break of just over an hour, while waiting for the next workshop to start. This gave me time to stand at one of the many Macs in there and try out different apps that might be useful for my own business.

The second business based workshop had two attendees my self and one other business professional. So again this one to two ratio training was great as the Apple Specialist had more time to go more in-depth on more advanced features and techniques. At the end of the session the Apple Specialist talked us through the other workshops and services that they can provide for businesses using Apple products.

A workshop that caught my attention is a business meetup workshop where they will explain how to use the Mac in general in a business situation. This event will be happening soon at the Norwich Apple store but they do not have a date for the event yet. The Specialist explained how this will be a good opportunity to interact with and network with other business people. I believe this will be a good opportunity for business people new to the Mac to learn off other established Mac users business sector. Also to gain valuable contacts and connections through networking with like minded people.

Conclusion

I have found these workshops very useful especially for people new to the Mac or that want to fill in certain gaps in there knowledge. Apple is showing that they are not just targeting the consumer market but the business market to.

All I can say is watch out Microsoft your days of having the majority market in small business customers could be numbered!