January 2015

Google Glass - How worth is it ?

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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The increasing number of Google Glass invites has led to Project Glass being open to everyone in the US and now the UK, so curious, tech-savvy early adopters can answer most of these questions on their own.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It a little easier to say "yes" to Glass now that it's been upgraded with more memory and new apps that came out in time for Google IO. There's a speedier 2GB of RAM on board instead of 1GB and 12 new apps including Shazam and Live Stream. The Google Glass app list is officially over the 50 apps hump.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But there's one query all prospective Glass owners all struggling with right now at checkout: is Google Glass worth it?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">To answer that burning question, I turned a critical eye to Google's wearable computer and tested its Explorer Edition of Google Glass for nine months. It also upgraded to the brand new 2GB model.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">With the sound of my voice, I took hands-free photos by saying "Okay Glass, take a picture." I instructed it to upload the resulting point-of-view image to Twitter and Facebook and attached a caption, all with voice commands.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I saw flight information automatically beam to my eye with a gentle Google Now reminder the day before traveling. The weather for both my departure and destination cities, and directions to the airport were already being provided by this instinctual software. All of this data appeared in the top right corner of my vision, all without the need to take out my smartphone.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Google has continued to make the complicated ownership decision easier by adding more to its Explorer Edition heads-up display. In addition to the new 2GB version, an update late last year saw a tweaked form factor that made prescription glasses compatible with attachable frames.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Google has even been throwing in a free pair of frames or premium shades with all new orders since mid-April. Moreover, new apps and updates to the linear operating system that weren't available at launch make the current Google Glass Explorer Edition a tempting buy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Still, this new Project Glass model is better at addition than subtraction. While features have been added, the price hasn't dropped in a year. At $1,500 (£1,000, about AU$1,589) plus tax, Google's experimental wearable is exorbitantly priced for the average person. It's also best if you're an Android, not an Apple person.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Compatibility with the iPhone has improved thanks to the launch of an iOS MyGlass app and the ability to read text messages, but it stops short of tapping into Glass' hands-free SMS response capabilities. Maps navigation also requires MyGlass to be open on the iPhone, not in the background. All of these features are missing for Windows Phone 8 users entirely, though technically any Bluetooth phone can offer Glass tethered data with a personal hotspot enabled.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Google Glass is very much a prototype, even after more than 18 months of being in the hands and on the faces of tens of thousands of beta testers.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But that's partly why this out-of-reach, futuristic-looking curiosity is so fascinating, despite, or possibly because of the massive cost to your Google Wallet (that's actually how you <em style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">have to</em> pay for Google Glass). Peoples' mind=blown reaction, more so than snapping photos hands-free and getting directions that turn with your head, makes whomever is donning Google Glass a walking wonder.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Google undoubtedly wanted Glass in the hands of developers who will make the experience better, more so than curious individuals who want it for personal use. Therefore, developers were the first to qualify for Google Glass invites.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Now it's for sale to anyone living in the US and UK. Google threw Project Glass into open enrollment for 24 hours on April 15 and then permanently made it available a month later. Good things come to those who wait, too. All new Google Glass models come with free frames for prescription glasses or a free sunglasses shade attachment that typically costs $225 (£175, about AU$239).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Signing up for the normal Google Glass waitlist in June of 2013 after Google IO gave me access to an Explorer Edition beta code in November, while my friend who registered in December received an invite less than three weeks in January. That alone shows how much easier it became to receive an invitation.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Strict rules still limit who can ultimately take advantage of the invite code and purchase a prototype. For example, you must be 18 years old and a US or UK resident, so adults living in the other parts of Europe or Australia aren't eligible. These age and country-specific rules are still in place.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Google Glass now ships to US and UK addresses, though the company still encourages beta testers to pick it up in person at its New York, San Francisco or Los Angeles offices. In the UK, "base camp" is in King's Cross, London. But across the pond in LA, specifically Venice Beach, is where I went for my "fitting experience" with a friendly Glass guide named Frank.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Google employee helped with my Google Glass unboxing, adjusted the nose pads, tweaked the delicate nose stems and shaped the malleable titanium head band until it didn't sit so crooked on my face.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Within ten minutes it looked perfect, or at least as perfect as one can appear with a wearable computer sitting on their face.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Though pliable, the titanium head band remains durable as it stretches from ear to ear. It runs alongside a plastic casing that hides Glass' key components and gives it an overall clean look. This subtle style makes the exposed parts like the camera lens in the front stand out even more - for better or worse.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Everyone's attention is also immediately drawn to the adjacent cube-shaped glass prism that sits above the right eye. It has an acceptable 640 x 360 resolution and hangs just out of the way of the wearer's line of sight. For the wearer, this personalized display acts as a much bigger screen, one that's equivalent to a 25-inch HDTV sitting eight feet away.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Google Glass dimensions are 5.25-inches at its widest point and 8-inches at its longest point. It's too long and wide to fit into my pocket, even though I've been able to carry a Nexus 7 tablet in my jeans' back pocket with a little squeeze.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Society has banned fanny packs and the titanium head band doesn't collapse, so storage options are limited. When out and about it's either on my face or in the complementary case, which I stow in a backpack. There's no in-between.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The new Google Glass is almost indistinguishable from its predecessor, and the fact that it comes in the same colors doesn't help you tell them apart. The options are black, orange, gray, white and blue. Or, as the Glass guides insisted: charcoal, tangerine, shale, cotton and sky.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Charcoal and cotton, the two non-color colors, appear to be the most popular, as they were initially sold out when I first entered my invite code to buy Google Glass. Luckily, before my seven-day invite expired, both options became available and I chose white. The choice made online actually didn't matter until I got to the on-site appointment. I was given one last chance to switch colors during the moment of truth.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The glaring exception to Glass' svelte design is the battery that rests behind the right ear and juts out rather noticeably. It's too big, yet it's not big enough for a full day's charge. Battery performance did improve with the Android KitKat update in April, but more power from this energy-eating wearable is still a priority of Explorers.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Even with the bulkiness of the battery and durable frame, Google Glass is extremely lightweight and comfortable resting on my face. It weights just 42 grams (1.48 oz) and because everything, including the screen, is just out of my line of sight I often forget I'm wearing it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">At first, Google Glass did give me slight headaches as I strained my right eye to focus on the tiny prism in the top right corner of my vision. The team at the Venice headquarters did forewarn me about temporary Google Glass headaches, instructing me not to use Glass for more than a few hours the first couple of days. It's incredibly unnatural to have just one eye focus on a screen while the other goes without use, but my eyes and brain adjusted to the phenomenon in a few days to the point where it's now intuitive.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Like a modern smartphone, there are few physical buttons and ports on Google Glass. That's because most of the interaction is done via a long 3.25-inch touchpad on the right side. Underneath the touchpad is a micro USB port for charging the device and on the top is a camera button that's great for quick snaps in noisy environments.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.321999996900558px; line-height: 27.3700008392334px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Having a first rough sketch of your app helps everyone on your team understand the mission. These sketches should be used as reference for the next phase of the project.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This research has four main purposes:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">While you may think that you have a revolutionary idea, you may get your hopes crushed very quickly. There are more than 1 million apps for Android and iOS, so building something that hasn’t been done before is nearly impossible. Nonetheless you must not get discouraged by those who may playing in the same arena. It is imperative that you focus on your own project and your user acquisition. Learn from the key features and mistakes of your competitors, and drop all other thoughts about them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There is a great marketplace for designers called <span style="color: #ff3334;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Dribbble</span></span>. Designers use Dribbble to showcase their work to others for feedback and to get inspiration from fellow artists. It is probably my favorite place to look for ideas about design and implementation. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is also the right time to look into the technical aspects of your mobile app. Find out what your requirements are and get a clear picture of whether your idea is truly feasible or not from a technical standpoint. In most cases there will be an alternative solution to proceed on a slightly different route. This research extends into legal restrictions like copyright and privacy questions, giving you a complete understanding of your situation.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you have connections in the industry, get an expert opinion on your idea right from the start.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Two other important points are marketing and monetization. Now that you have confirmed the feasibility of your app, you should think about your strategy of getting it out onto the market. Determine your niche — know exactly how you can reach your target user and how you need to approach him to make him see the value and use the app.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Another important consideration is figuring out how your app is going to generate money. Will you charge your user to download it? Or will you offer the app for free but run ads on it? This model would require a large user base, so think about that as well.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There are various ways to monetize an app and it is up to you to decide on the channel you want to use.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In this phase your ideas and features fuse into a clearer picture. Wireframing is the process of creating a mockup or prototype of your app. You can find a number of prototyping tools online. The most popular ones are <span style="color: #ff3334;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Balsamiq</span></span>, <span style="color: #ff3334;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Moqups</span></span>, and <span style="color: #ff3334;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">HotGloo</span></span>, which allows you to not only drag and drop all your placeholders and representative graphics into place, but also add button functionality so that you can click through your app in review mode.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.321999996900558px; line-height: 27.3700008392334px;">While you are working on your wireframes you should also create a storyboard for your app. The idea is to build a roadmap that will help you understand the connection between each screen and how the user can navigate through your app.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Your wireframes and storyboard now become the foundation of your back-end structure. Draw a sketch of your servers, APIs, and data diagrams. This will be a helpful reference for the developer, and as more people join the project you will have a (mostly) self-explanatory diagram for them to study.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Revert to your wireframes and ask friends, family, colleagues, and experts to help you review your prototype. Grant them access to the wireframe and have them give your app a test run. Ask them for their honest feedback and to identify flaws and dead-end links. If possible, invite them to your studio and have them try out the prototype in front of you. Monitor how they use the app, taking note of their actions and adapting your UI/UX to them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Now that your app has been defined pretty clearly, it is time to get started on the back end of your system. Your developer will have to set up servers, databases, APIs, and storage solutions.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Another important thing on your to-do list at this stage is signing up for developer accounts at the app marketplaces you are developing for. Getting your account approved may take several days (depending on the platform) and shouldn’t be left to the last minute.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“Skins” are what designers/developers call the individual screens needed for the app. Your designer’s job is now to come up with high-resolution versions of what were previously your wireframes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Once your designer has completed the design skins, you’re up for another round of testing. Don’t think that you are all set with what you’ve done so far. For the first time you have your actual app concept completely in place, all the graphics inserted, and all text as it should be. Which means you can finally test your app in the way it will really look and feel.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">To test your app, two great testing apps come to mind:<span style="color: #555555;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; box-sizing: border-box;">Solidify</span></span> and <span style="color: #555555;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; box-sizing: border-box;">Framer</span></span>. These apps allow you to import your app designs and add links where needed to test the flow from screen to screen.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Don’t confuse this stage with Step 6 (wireframing). At first it was about creating the basic look and feel of the app. Here you’ve implemented the actual design and made it clickable.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">App marketplaces have very different policies when it comes to publishing a new app. Android, for example, does not review newly submitted apps right away. They’ll pass by at some point and check it out but you are able to instantly add your app to Google Play.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">iOS, once again, is different here. Apple reserves the right to review and approve your app before it can go live. There is no set timeframe for this, but you can expect at least a week before you hear back from them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">To overcome this hold there is something else you can do: submit your app to<span style="color: #555555;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; box-sizing: border-box;">PreApps</span></span>. As you can probably guess from its name, PreApps is an app marketplace that gives developers the opportunity to reach early adopters (a.k.a. “lead users” — people who like to be first at trying out new inventions) and receive some of the very earliest feedback on your masterpiece.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Once you’ve gotten your app listed on the app stores of choice, it is time to market your app and get it seen, but that’s a topic for a whole other future article!</span></div>
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Managing Your Cash Flow Better in 2015

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can help you better manage the financial side of your business so you can help
your company thrive.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Every small-business owner knows that cash flow
management is critical, but it's likely to be even more important in 2015.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">As we gear up for managing our businesses this year, a
wide variety of factors will drive the importance of effective cash flow
management, including the volatility of the capital markets, tightening
commercial lending standards, the political uncertainty in Washington and the
pockets of global unrest around the world.  Customers who sense this level
of volatility may hold on to their money for longer periods of time, which
means your ability to get paid and have cash in hand will be delayed. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">So what can you do to improve your business's cash
flow? This hypothetical example offers some key insights.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Let's imagine you own a small, well-established
catering company. You get a call one day to provide the food and beverages for
a very large, high-profile wedding. The client gives you a 10 percent deposit,
and you and your team immediately start planning the menu (the overhead costs
for your time and effort are already chipping away at the deposit). Your
projected revenue on the event is Rs100,000 (nice!), and your target profit
after labor, food and other costs have been paid will be almost Rs25,000 (even
nicer!). <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Then the big day arrives, and you're already thinking
about all the things you'll do with that Rs25,000 profit. But as the reception
is winding down, the bride’s father pulls you aside and tells you that he just
lost his job and will need some extra time to pay the catering bills. He
apologizes profusely, but you're furious. Your staff all expects to be paid
this evening, and your food vendors will be clamoring for their payments by
Monday.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">On an accrual basis, you look great on paper: revenue
of Rs100,000, Rs75,000 in costs and a very healthy Rs25,000 profit. But on a
cash basis, this situation could cripple or even destroy your company.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">So what could you have done differently to avoid this
mess?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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     an operating line of credit in place with a local bank in anticipation of
     these cash-flow gaps<o:p></o:p></span></li>
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     working capital in place to anticipate the “delta” between revenues booked
     and cash received so costs can be covered<o:p></o:p></span></li>
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     your clients to pay you progress payments and/or a larger deposit in
     anticipation of this contingency<o:p></o:p></span></li>
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     your clients to sign a promissory note and assign/factor it with a third
     party to “liberate” some cash as soon as possible<o:p></o:p></span></li>
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     business models and cash-flow forecasts to avoid being blindsided by your
     customer’s miseries<o:p></o:p></span></li>
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if you've never done any cash flow forecasting, learning how will help you
improve your cash flow management.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Forecasting 101<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Business forecasting in general involves peering into
the future to get some degree of predictability based on the norms of your
industry, your business model and your prior operating history as well as the
historical and current trends in the economy. Forecasting your cash flow can
help you better manage the risks of growing a business.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For small-business owners, putting together an
accurate forecast of the working capital you'll need to survive and thrive can
be an arduous task. How can you predict sales, cash flow and expenses for the
next 12 months in an uncertain, rollercoaster-type economy? How can you spot
red flags and warning signs ahead of the curve and be in a position to take
remedial action before it's too late? Forecasting starts with a proper
definition of the term as well as creating an infrastructure to keep you
focused and on track to meet your goals.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The best approach to cash flow forecasting isn't to
create a single plan but rather one plan with three possible scenarios:
worst-case scenario, best-case scenario and something in between, often known
as “expected case” scenario. To create these three scenarios, you need to
identify and understand the dynamics of the key variables that will influence
your business. These variables may include your typical sales cycle, degrees of
customer satisfaction, the entry of new competitors or the reliability of your
products or services. Keeping your finger on the pulse of what’s happening in
the marketplace is also key to successful cash flow forecasting—your goal is to
be proactive and not reactive. Be a business news “junkie,” and pay careful
attention to economic news, market updates and industry developments to
determine how it may affect your cash flow.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">A well-drafted cash flow forecast should also address
how much money your company will need to implement its business plan over the
next 12 to 18 months and why. It should carefully anticipate when you need to
pay your bills and compare it to how and when your customers typically pay you.
It should also demonstrate when the various capital levels will be required,
since many investors and lenders will prefer to invest or lend in stages as
milestones are met rather than giving your company all the money on a lump sum
basis. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The forecast should also include any major
expenditures you're planning and why you believe they're necessary for a
company at your stage. This section should be broken down into at least three
different scenarios reflecting differing funding levels at the bottom, middle
and upper ranges of the capital you're seeking since it's unlikely you'll be
able to raise the exact amount of money you require or cover these costs from
your internal cash flow.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Work<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The key to preparing effective cash flow forecasts is
to have clear and detailed footnotes that explain your underlying assumptions
and the variables—the key factors and sources of data you relied upon in
arriving at these conclusions—that affect these assumptions. The more accurate
your forecast, the better you'll know whether you'll need credit cards,
operating lines of credit or other sources of funding to cover the gap between
money in hand and money out the door.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">These tips to take away and common mistakes to avoid
can help you create a cash flow forecast that helps your business thrive:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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     underestimate your cost projections, especially in the area of personnel
     expenses.</span></b><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Small
     and growing companies often grossly underestimate these expenses. Be sure
     to include all costs associated with human resources such as headhunter
     fees, benefits, technology, resources and office space, not just salaries
     and projected bonuses.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
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     your key reserve drivers and the variables that affect actual
     performances.</span></b><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> If
     people/time is your chief revenue driver, make sure your projections match
     up with your current personnel. Are you sure you'll be able to attract and
     retain additional personnel as you grow? Your strategy must match the
     numbers.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
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     the financial and cash flow needs of the source of your “cash flow gap”
     lenders.</span></b><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> For
     commercial banks, make sure your projections and cash flows match up with
     the schedule of debt service payments. Don’t force fit your projections
     into a third party’s perceived cash flow needs or their expected rates of
     return. Your numbers will either meet their needs or they won’t. A little
     bit of tweaking is fine, but don’t do a major overhaul or get too
     aggressive just because you think that's the only way they'll lend you
     money. <o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #333333; line-height: 22.5pt; margin-bottom: 12.75pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Know
     the numbers for your competitors and your industry overall.</span></b><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Does your cash
     flow forecast fit with applicable and relevant key industry ratios? Why or
     why not? Where are you stronger than the norm? Weaker? Why? Bankers and
     lenders that regularly provide capital to your industry will be very
     familiar with these numbers, and you need to be as well.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
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     focus on your business plan must match up consistently with your stated
     capital needs and projected cash flow.</span></b><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> These are often called the “critical
     linkages” between the body of the business plan and the cash flow
     forecasts, and they must smoothly fit together. For example, your sales
     forecast should fit with your marketing budget. Your new product
     development plans must fit your research and development budget. A
     sophisticated reader will spot gaps between the words and the numbers
     early on, and when they do, you'll lose your credibility.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #333333; line-height: 22.5pt; margin-bottom: 12.75pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Don’t
     rely too heavily on outside advisors or software programs when preparing
     your cash flow forecasts. </span></b><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Prospective lenders want to know how you
     arrived at these conclusions, not how some consultant or software program
     got you there. Use your advisors as editors and sounding boards but not as
     primary draftsmen.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #333333; line-height: 22.5pt; margin-bottom: 12.75pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Give
     yourself enough of a working capital cushion. </span></b><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">It's very costly to go
     back to the source of capital for additional funds prematurely or in
     between expected rounds. Leave room for error in your projections so you
     don't run out of cash too soon.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Your ability to measure costs and financial data
directly affects your ability to manage your company based on this data. To
create a growing, thriving business, you must be able to contain and control
costs, keep debt low on the balance sheet, manage rapid sales growth, increase
profit margins, build multiple reserve streams and strong earnings, and
position your company for additional rounds of capital at higher valuations.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">These critical drivers for continued business growth
will all depend on the systems and procedures you put in place to measure and
monitor performance. Learning to create realistic cash flow forecasts is a
critical step on the road to business success.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Managing Your Cash Flow Better in 2015

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I've been a Business Man

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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I've been a Business Man most of
my adult life. Recently, on a long business flight, I began thinking about what
it takes to become successful as a Business Man—and how I would even define the
meaning “success” itself. The two ideas became more intertwined in my thinking:
success as a Business Man, Business Man success.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I've given a lot of talks over
the years on the subject of Business Man ship. The first thing I find I have to
do is to dispel the persistent myth that Business Man success is <i>all</i> about
innovative thinking and breakthrough ideas. I've found that Business Man
success usually comes through <i>great execution</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">But what else does it take to
succeed as a Business Man—and how should a Business Man define success? Here's
my top 10 list, in descending order, for success:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">10. You must be passionate about
what you're trying to achieve</span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">. This means you’re willing to
sacrifice a large part of your waking hours to the idea you’ve come up with.
Passion will ignite the same intensity in the others who join you as you build
a team to succeed in this endeavor. And with passion, both your team and your
customers are more likely to truly believe in what you are trying to do.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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opportunity.</span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> This focus and intensity helps to eliminate wasted effort
and distractions. Most companies die from indigestion rather than starvation—in
other words, companies suffer from doing too many things at the same time
rather than doing too few things very well. Stay focused on the mission.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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work.</span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> We all know that there is no such thing as overnight
success. Behind every overnight success lies years of hard work and sweat.
People with luck will tell you there’s no easy way to achieve success—and that
luck comes to those who work hard. Successful Business Mans always give 100
percent of their efforts to everything they do. If you know you are giving your
best effort, you’ll never have any reason for regrets. Keep your focus on
things you can control.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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to be long, so remember to enjoy the journey.</span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Everyone
will teach you to focus on goals, but successful people focus on the
journey <i>and</i> celebrate the milestones along the way. Is it
worth spending a large part of your life trying to reach the destination if you
didn’t enjoy the journey along the way? Won’t the team you attract to join your
mission also enjoy the journey more as well? Wouldn’t it be better for all of
you to have the time of your life <i>during </i>the journey, even if
the destination is never reached?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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than any spreadsheet.</span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> There are too many variables in the real world that you
simply can’t put into a spreadsheet. Spreadsheets spit out results from your
inexact assumptions and give you a false sense of security. In most cases, your
heart and gut are still your best guide. We’ve all had experiences in business
where our heart told us something was wrong while our brain was still trying to
use logic to figure it all out. Sometimes a faint voice based on instinct
resonates far more strongly than overpowering logic.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Man has to be agile in order to perform. You have to continually learn and
adapt as new information becomes available. At the same time you have to remain
persistent to the cause and mission of your enterprise. That’s where that faint
voice becomes so important, especially when it is giving you early warning
signals that things are going off-track. Successful Business Mans find the
balance between listening to that voice and staying persistent in driving for
success—because sometimes success is waiting right across from the transitional
bump that’s disguised as failure.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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simple fact: No individual can be good at everything. Everyone needs people
around them who have complementary skill sets. Business Mans are an optimistic
bunch of people and it’s very hard for them to believe that they are not good
at certain things. It takes a lot of soul searching to find your own core
skills and strengths. After that, find the smartest people you can who <i>complement </i>your
strengths. It’s easy to get attracted to people who are like you; the trick is
to find people who are not like you but who are good at what they do—and what
you can’t do.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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execution</span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">. Unless you are the smartest person on earth, it’s likely that
many others have thought about doing the same thing you’re trying to do.
Success doesn’t necessarily come from breakthrough innovation but from flawless
execution. A great strategy alone won’t win a game or a battle; the win comes
from basic blocking and tackling. All of us have seen Business Mans who waste
too much time writing business plans and preparing PowerPoints. I believe that
a business plan is too long if it’s more than one page. Besides, things
never turn out the way you envisioned them. No matter how much time you spend
perfecting the plan, you still have to adapt according to the ground realities.
You’re going to learn a lot more useful information from taking action rather
than hypothesizing. Remember—stay flexible and adapt as new information becomes
available.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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integrity. </span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I can’t imagine anyone ever achieving long-term success without
having honesty and integrity. These two qualities need to be at the core of
everything we do. Everybody has a conscience—but too many people stop listening
to it. There is always that faint voice that warns you when you are not being
completely honest or even slightly off track from the path of integrity. Be
sure to listen to that voice.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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giving back. </span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Don't ever forget this part, arguably the most important part,
of defining yourself as a true success. By the time you achieve your success,
lots of people will have helped you along the way. You’ll learn, as I have,
that you rarely get a chance to help the people who helped you because in most
cases, you don’t even know who they were. The only way to pay back the debts we
owe is to help people we can help—and hope they will go on to help more people.
When we are successful, we draw so much from the community and society that we
live in, we should think in terms of how we can help others in return. It’s our
responsibility to do “good” with the resources we have available.  <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Hopefully, you have internalized
the 10 lessons of becoming a successful Business Man. The next question you are
likely to ask yourself is: How do we measure success? Success, of course, is
very personal; there is no universal way of measuring success. What do
successful people like Bill Gates and Mother Teresa have in common? On the
surface, it’s hard to find anything they share—and yet both are successful. I
personally believe the real metric of success isn’t the size of your bank
account. It’s the number of lives where you might be able to make a positive
difference. This is the measure of success we need to apply while we are on our
journey to success.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">So, you've just bought that shiny, new </span>Apple iPhone <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">, and you're loving every aspect of it... but you just can't figure out one thing – how are you supposed to create a custom ringtone out of your favorite song, and import it into that beautiful but sometimes seemingly stubborn as hell glass-and-steel body. Or, here's another example (this time a bit more tragic) – you've been having the iPhone for the last few years, and you are loving every aspect of it, but you just can't figure out one thing -  how are you supposed to create a custom ringtone out of your favorite song and actually use it?! Well, the time has come to put an end to this misery, for there is a way to do this! Below you'll find our step-by-step guide, which includes all the details that you need for that doable, but, dare we say, slightly more complicated that usual process. Of course, this guide is for those users who want to create a ringtone from a DRM-free file, which in our case means a music file, which they have obtained from a place other than iTunes.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">  3. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Once you're ready with that, please right-click on the song, and choose “</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Get Info</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">”. In this pop-up, you need to navigate to the “Options” tab, and right there you'll see options to set a “</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Start Time</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">” and a “</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Stop Time</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">”. You guessed it – this is where you'll have to input the times that you wrote down a minute ago.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">  4. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Now that you've done this, simply click the “OK” button to close the pop-up. From this position, you should again right-click on your track, and this time you'll have to choose “</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Create AAC version</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">”. As you've noticed, the new, AAC version of your track has appeared in addition to your old track.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">  5. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Okay, so now you have a nice new AAC file, right? Right-click on it and choose “</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Show in Windows Explorer</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">” for PC users or “</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Show in Finder</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">” for Mac users. A new window will pop up, with the song selected, but let's first go back to the iTunes library and delete the AAC song from there. When prompted, you should choose “</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Keep File</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">”.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">  6. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">We're now left with an AAC file selected in Windows Explorer, or Finder, and this same file actually missing from the iTunes library. What we have to do now is to </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">change the extension of this file</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">. For those who don't know what a file extension is, we'll just quickly mention that it can be looked at as a part of the file's name, which defines the type of file. For Windows users, file extensions might be, or might not be visible. If you see the part “.m4a” written after the name of your AAC file in Windows Explorer, then you should just right-click on the file and choose “Rename”, after which you have to replace “m4a” with “</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">m4r</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">”, which is obviously the file extension for iTunes ringtones. However, if file extensions aren't visible on your system, do the following: while in Windows Explorer, hit the “Alt” key on your keyboard, and choose “Tools->Folder Options” from the menu that just appeared. Then, you need to move to the “View” tab, and from there, you should uncheck “Hide extensions for known file types” and hit “OK”. This will make the file extension of your AAC file appear on screen, allowing you to change it following our instructions from the beginning of this step. Mac users simply have to right-click on the AAC file in Finder, choose “Get Info” and then change the file's extension.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">  7. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Now that we've dealt with this tricky part, all we need to do is double-click on our file and, surprise – it automatically opens in iTunes, neatly nested within the “Tones” section. However, if by some chance the ringtone doesn't show up, it is probably because your “Tones” section isn't set to be active in iTunes. To make it appear, you have to go to “Edit->Preferences” in iTunes, and there you'll need to check “Tones” from the list of “Sources”.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">  </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">8. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">The only thing left to do is to </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">sync iTunes with your iPhone</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">, and your brand new, custom ringtone will appear as an option in your iOS device's Settings->Sounds->Ringtone menu. If it doesn't sync, that means you'll have to click on your iPhone in iTunes, go to the “Tones” tab and choose “Sync Tones”. This should do it.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Well, we told you it's not among the simplest of processes, but it's certainly doable! And now, you have your favorite song set as a ringtone on your iPhone – we don't know why this should sound like such a big deal, but nothing is perfect, you know, including the world of the ubiquitous iTunes sync.</span><br />
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