Social Media Management tips and tricks
In June 2017, Facebook’s monthly user count passed the two billion mark — that’s over 1/4 of the global population. Social media as a whole is growing at a tremendous pace, and more businesses are starting to take notice of its potential in the advertising world. As...
Importance of Analytics for Businesses Big and Small
For most businesses, the top priority is offering valuable products and services to their consumers. The best way to do this is to stay ahead of their competition and keep innovating. In the past, companies would use flawed, time-consuming models to gauge how their...
Could Your Boss Be Banned from Snooping on Your Social Media?
When social media became the hottest trend about ten years ago, it opened up a proverbial can of worms that many people are still trying to get a grasp on. One of the issues that has come up is how employers use social media to make decisions in a company, such as...
Where Do Cyber Threats Come From? From All Sides.
We are such a highly technological society that we often take it for granted. This can lead to opening ourselves up to cybercriminals at an alarming rate. A recent speech from FBI Director Christopher A. Wray emphasized that these cyber threats are "coming at us from...
Could Convenience Cost Your Company Security?
New technology is always promising the ease of use and convenience that this breakthrough will offer. Unfortunately, for every step forward in convenience, there seems to be another step backward when it comes to headaches for IT professionals. This is true with...
You’ve Decided the Cloud Is for You – What’s Next?
It’s a major step that any IT director has to take, but once you’ve decided the cloud is right for you, there are a few steps you absolutely have to take. You are going to need to sit down with your team and discuss the timeline for the switchover, and just how you...
To Cloud or Not to Cloud? That is the Question.
A few years ago, a new term hit the tech world—“the cloud.” Since then, it has become one of the biggest technology game-changers, while at the same time also being one that many people don’t completely understand. But one thing that your business needs to do is...
Hybrid Cloud: The Best of Both Worlds
Many people are currently agonizing over the decision to switch their computer system over to a cloud-computing environment. Some are concerned about the security issues or the privacy problems. Others are worried about connectivity and what happens when the cloud...
February Roundup: 20 of Our Favorite Small Business Marketing Tips
Running your own business can be exhausting, and it can be a challenge coming up with new, fresh and fun marketing ideas when you're burnt out. Not only that, but these fun marketing ideas need to be within your marketing budget. Fear not! Here are 20 effective...
May Roundup: 16 Organization Tips for Your Small Business
1.You should have a Google my business profile Millions of people use Google Search as their first step when looking for goods or services. With a GMB created, you can ensure that they see the correct information. You can make sure that your business is getting a...
Is Your Email Host Catching All The Malicious Malware?
For many of us in the business and technology fields, emails can be our lifeline. Unfortunately, hackers also realize this and they are doing everything they can to subvert our emails and use them against us to infiltrate our networks. That’s why we rely on our...
5 Online Marketing Tactics Brick-and-Mortar Stores Can Use to Thrive
You’ve worked hard to establish a thriving and successful brick and mortar (physical) business. But the potential of leveraging online marketing and tactics has you intrigued. As well it should. Over 81% of consumers being their buying research process by conducting a...
Federal Employees Aren’t Immune to Data Breaches
While there have been a lot of high-profile hacks in the past few years, many still don’t believe that they themselves could one day also become victims of data breaches. But the reality is that just about any person could potentially be hit by one of these attacks...
April Roundup: 15 of our Favorite Productivity Tips
Happy Friday! Where did April go? It has just flown by. As the week/month comes to a close, it's always good to reflect on what you got done and see how far away you are from accomplishing your goals. Which got us thinking — how about we make our April roundup post...
Cyberattacks Threatening Professional Sports Teams
One of the biggest industries in the United States is professional sports. The National Football League (NFL) posted earnings of over $13 billion last year. For Major League Baseball (MLB), the number is $9.5 billion. The National Basketball Association (NBA) has...
5 Ways to Protect Your Data on Facebook
The recent testimony of Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook, before congressional investigators has only underscored what many of us have known for a while—social media can be potentially dangerous when it comes to the data that is being collected on you by outside...
What is GDPR and How Does It Affect You?
In the last decade, data has become king, and one of the biggest issues for cyber security experts has been protecting that data. With several high-profile hacks including the Equifax breach, it is obvious that hackers are targeting data storehouses in an attempt to...
The Critical Role your Business’s Name Plays in Your Success
Believe it or not, the name of your business, in large part, lays the foundation for the future success or failure of the brand. Your business’s name is what developers your target audience’s first impression of your company, and as they say, you only get one...
Why Restarting Your Computer Helps
We’ve all been there before. Your computer starts slowing down or freezing up, and you’re forced to throw your hands up in frustration, call tech support, or, perhaps, restart your machine? Opting for tech support often results in you waiting on hold for what feels...
What are Cookies and Why do They Matter?
Bring up the word “cookies” and most people’s minds drift to grandma’s famous chocolate chip recipe right out of the oven. But in the context of the internet, browsers and computers, “cookies” take on a whole different meaning altogether. Cookie, as you’ll come to...
Why Reviews are Important for Your Business
Despite all of the advancements in marketing strategies, word of mouth is still one of the most powerful tools for getting the word out about your business and closing more deals. With the rise of social media networks and digital business channels at our disposal,...
Warnings about Logging into Public Wi-fi
Today, we’ve become addicted to Internet access at all times of the day or night. If you walk into any restaurant, bar, coffee shop or shopping mall, you’ll see dozens of people attached to their electronic devices. It has become so common place that when we go...
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Advertising on Facebook– Why Spend the Money?
Social media plays a huge role in connecting and reaching out to your audience. Even though Facebook has driven some users away with their recent shift to a paid-only format for marketing and advertising, it can still be a very useful marketing tool. One of the most...
Mobilegeddon Is Just Beginning
Question: What is Mobilegeddon? Answer: Google’s recent April 2015 update to rank mobile-friendly sites higher in mobile searches with the launch of their new search algorithm. Question: What’s behind the name? Answer: It’s called Mobilegeddon because many feared the...
Do You Need A CRM System?
Customer Relationship Management Software, more commonly referred to as CRM Software – Is this something you need? It depends. Do you work in sales or marketing? Is it important for you to track your interactions with current and future customers? Do you keep track...
Why You Need A Responsive Site More Than Ever
There are more mobile devices on Earth than people! And that number is expected to continue to grow at this crazy-fast pace. If you want to capture this market share (and why wouldn’t you?) then you need to make sure your website looks good on multiple devices. That’s...
Components You Can’t Ignore for a Sustainable Web Presence
Website Architecture The first thing to ask any developer you’re considering to build a new website for you is this: Are you going to build my website with search engines in mind? While Search Engine Optimization and Search Engine Marketing can help a website rank...
Google Is Having a Bad Day
Mid-April of this year, Bing reached their all-time high of the Search market share in the U.S. with 20% of the market share. Both, Yahoo and Google experienced a slight decrease with Bing's gains. These results come from recent analysis of the U.S. desktop search...
Marketing Using the Five Senses
Here’s a marketing test involving research participants that yielded some very interesting results. Marketing professor Raj Raghunathan and Ph.D. student Szu-Chi performed a study of two chickens and here’s what happened. The Test Participants were given two photos to...
Why You Should Be Using Call Tracking – Right Now!
Before you can reap the benefits of call tracking, first you need to understand what it is and how it works. What is Call Tracking Call tracking is a technique used in digital marketing to track which marketing channels generate calls. Call tracking is not unique to...
Google Changes Presentation of URLS On Mobile Devices
Google’s changing things up on mobile devices again. This time it’s the way that URLs are displayed on mobile devices. As part of this new launch, Google will make these two changes: The website name will be used instead of the domain name The URL structure...
Direct Mail is Not Dead
There is a tested and proven way to reach more potential customers, directly communicating with your target market and making you stand out against your competition. It is not through the use of digital methods such as social media sites like Facebook, Twitter or...
Are You Using a Shotgun or a Rifle to Hit Your Marketing Targets?
At this point in your career as a business person, have you already identified the prospects who are most likely to become good, profitable customers and the ones who will not? Do you specifically know why your customers decide to purchase from you as well as why...
What Does Your (Lack of) Branding Tell Potential Clients?
Branding is a very important aspect in the marketing circle. It has the power to push your business forward, giving you a competitive edge. A strong and well-defined brand will result in an increase in sales, customer loyalty, brand value, and most importantly, the...
Does Traditional Marketing Work in a Digital World?
In a modern, digital world that currently revolves around the use of tablets, smartphones and laptops, it’s very challenging to think in an offline sense. Both traditional and offline marketing still have their clear advantages, but the method of choice for your...
The Difference Between Branding and Marketing
A business operating amidst a competitive industry makes good use of attraction marketing in order to maximize selling potentials. This technique enables a potential customer to see what you are offering them and how it can actually be of benefit to them before making...
Yes, we are still talking about mobile!
In 2008, an analyst at Kleiner Perkins Caufield Byers made a bold prediction. "Mobile to overtake fixed Internet access by 2014. According to the latest report from comScore, we’re way past the mobile tipping point. It’s not whether mobile marketing is important, it’s...
Top 10 apps for mobile
Here’s the top ten apps for mobile devices, ranging from getting the scoop on local businesses to trying the best new restaurant in town to visiting a new city and looking for the best place to get a haircut. Want to know the closest coffee shop or gas station? When...
“Near Me” searches are on the rise
According to Google their “Near Me” Search feature has doubled this year as people turn more and more to find local businesses with their mobile devices. Google released this information last week when they launched a new mobile ad product designed specifically around...
Why Restarting Your Computer Helps
We’ve all been there before. Your computer starts slowing down or freezing up, and you’re forced to throw your hands up in frustration, call tech support, or, perhaps, restart your machine? Opting for tech support often results in you waiting on hold for what feels...
What are Cookies and Why do They Matter?
Bring up the word “cookies” and most people’s minds drift to grandma’s famous chocolate chip recipe right out of the oven. But in the context of the internet, browsers and computers, “cookies” take on a whole different meaning altogether. Cookie, as you’ll come to...
Why Reviews are Important for Your Business
Despite all of the advancements in marketing strategies, word of mouth is still one of the most powerful tools for getting the word out about your business and closing more deals. With the rise of social media networks and digital business channels at our disposal,...
Warnings about Logging into Public Wi-fi
Today, we’ve become addicted to Internet access at all times of the day or night. If you walk into any restaurant, bar, coffee shop or shopping mall, you’ll see dozens of people attached to their electronic devices. It has become so common place that when we go...
How to Filter What Your Kids See Online
Think of the Internet as the actual physical world outside. You wouldn’t let your young children run around without supervision outside of your home or your street. For parents with teens, the supervision may loosen, but you still won’t allow them to visit bars or the...