My thanks to a special guest blogger, Caroline Melberg of SmallBusinessMavericks.com. This is a content and practical advice packed post, take your time and absorb.
It’s no secret that in today’s world, online success depends in large part on how much traffic you drive to your site. The amount of traffic you get depends on your […]

I subscribe to a fairly large number of RSS feeds and have been using IE7 to subscribe and manage them and have grown frustrated with the time it takes to rapidly scan my feeds for pertinent information.
Then I found a service called NetVibes. NetVibes is a web based service that lets you creates pages of […]

I love finding new online tools that help me better find and review information. I have tried almost every RSS reader there is and have never been quite satisfied with any of them.
I am trying a new RSS reader, widget thingy called Pageflake.com. It lets me add little widgets for various functions like maps, games, […]

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Twice in my career I have totally lost the hard drive in my computer and both times it was catastrophic to my business. All of my emails, files, presentations, sales proposals, contract forms, financial information, all gone.
When it happened I was so angry I boycotted technology for two weeks, all of […]

As a small business owner, we may believe that hackers have no use for our small network. Think again!
Understanding what these hackers are truly after will help us to understand why we are at risk.
What do these hackers want? A hackers ultimate goal is to gain control of your system and possess the ability to […]

Skype, the global Internet communications company, today announced that it has extended its Skype for Business offering in response to continued demand among businesses around the world that use Skype™ to communicate with customers and colleagues.
Business users have always been part of the Skype family and make up more than 30 percent of Skype’s global […]

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FreshBooks surpassed 100,000 “happy” business users since its initial release in 2004. FreshBooks is a painless online invoicing and time tracking service designed for small businesses and independent professionals that makes them look “Fortune 500” professional. Packages range from free to $39 per month.
FreshBooks changes the way small businesses manage their books, saving them time, […]

More than 136 million registered Skype™ users will now be able to purchase premium Internet conference calling services through Highspeedconferencing.com. The service will offer unique features such as recording and downloading, moderated question and answer services, and hand raising for people using conference calling on Skype.
“Conference calling through Skype has proven to be a very […]

Think Digg meets E-Commerce. Crowdstorm is a new way for consumers to find what to buy by measuring the buzz around products. Users recommend products, and the crowd defines the best products by recommending what they know and like. Good…
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