Google Sites Personalization

Websites are important to any business, but not every company requires a rich presence on the Internet. Google Apps offers simple, powerful communication and collaboration tools for any size business – all hosted by Google to streamline setup, minimize maintenance, and reduce IT costs. Google Apps includes Gmail for business, Google Docs, Google Calendar, Google Sites, and more for $50 per user per year.  One component of Google Apps is Google Sites. it is the easiest way to make information accessible to people who need quick, up-to-date access. People can work together on a Site to add file attachments, information from other Google applications (like Google Docs, Google Calendar, YouTube and Picasa), and new free-form content.

Google Sites Personalization for Business

This is a starter corporate presence that lets your visitors know who you are and how to contact you.   SiteBento takes care of the technical elements and helps you minimize the learning curve.  Information on Google Apps migration services is available on our parent website, http://www.computer-me.com/index.php/googleapps-maine-migration-support.   As far as your public Google Site customization, here is what you can expect:

• Google Site creation, using customer provided content, consisting of four-seven pages ("Home", "About Us", "Products/Services Summary", "Contact Us").  Placement of logos, additional graphics, and gadgets.
• The technical steps involved in proper domain pointing so that visitors using "http://www.yourdomainname.com" can actually land on this site.
•  Administrative training and support. 

More Details

More companies each day choose Google Apps to run the communication and collaboration components of their business.  Even though the deployment of Google Apps is extensively documented, most companies choose to hire Google Authorized Resellers to manage the deployment and implementation process.  Computer Doctors of Maine, Inc., is an authorized reseller and publicly listed as a Small Business Implementation resource in the Google Marketplace.   

The primary focus of Google Apps is G-Mail for Business, as it replaces existing mail infrastructure and powers communication for your company.  Google Sites is a small, but significant, piece of Google Apps.  It offers a simple, but professional, web presence for your company.  It is a great entry-level solution for companies that have limited needs for an Internet presence.  Our role is to help such companies utilize Google Sites to create a website for their business. 

• If you are an Existing Google Apps Customer:
  
  
  • Contact us for a business assessment.  We'll review your needs and lay out a plan.
  • You will be asked to provide Google Apps administrative credentials and access to your domain management tools.
  • Provide content and participate in a simple prototyping process.
  • We will prepare the site and publish it for you.
  • You will be able to edit and manage your site, but we do offer annual support in case you want extra help.
    
    
• If you are interested in Google Apps:
  
  
  • Learn about the Google Apps features and functions.  We have a wealth of information available at http://www.computer-me.com/index.php/googleapps-maine-migration-support
  • Contact us for a business assessment. 
  • We will establish a deployment project time line, milestones, and deadlines.   Depending on your business and agreed terms, we will help roll out Google Apps into your organization.
  • The Google Apps deployment process will include a focus on Google Sites, but as you will see, it will become a small piece of the overall deployment process.   We will build that into the project time line. 
  • Follow the process outlined in the "Existing Google Apps Customer" summary above.