Archive for the ‘Business Tips’ Category
Google Predicts Interest in Facebook Marketing Will Overtake Interest in Google Marketing in 2011
In 2011, if a prediction tool provided by Google, Google Insights for Search, is correct interest in Facebook marketing will become more intense than the interest in Google marketing (see the chart below). What does this mean for Facebook? What does it mean for Google and most importantly what does it mean for your company?
Monday, December 27WordPress 3.0.2 Update Recommendation
WordPress has come out with a “security” upgrade from 3.0.1 to 3.0.2. Do you need it? While WordPress is calling this a “mandatory security update” it appears to be a bit more situational. There’s apparently a security hole whereby an malicious author could gain access to other areas of your site. If you are the [...]
Wednesday, December 1PCI DSS Compliance & WordPress Ecommerce
When we mention the need for PCI DSS compliance to most of the business we work with the typical reply is, “What’s that?” PCI DSS stands for Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards. These are six areas of security with twelve standards total that have the aim of protecting your customer’s card holder information.
Monday, October 11How Amazon’s Fight with North Carolina Could Effect Your Business
North Carolina has picked a fight with the largest Internet retailer, Amazon, over tax records. You don’t live in North Carolina so why should you care?
Thursday, April 22Do You Need to Change Your Passwords? Microsoft Says No, But…
Last week Microsoft once again made news for a security issue. While you may have grown used to seeing announcements on the latest patch to fix the latest security hole on Microsoft’s products like Internet Explorer, this one was a bit different.
Tuesday, April 20Paul’s iPad Expierment is On
A couple of weeks ago I wrote a post on an experiment to use the iPad by Paul Colligan as his only computer. Well that experiment began on the 3rd of April and so far Paul likes it for traveling. He reports that it is small enough to use on the fold down tray with [...]
Monday, April 5Getting Organized in the Google Era
When I saw that Google’s former chief information officer Douglas Merill was coming out with a book on getting organized, I pre-ordered a copy. My life, probably like yours, gets busier and busier all the time. I already know technology has a tremendous amount to offer us in terms of organizing our days and weeks [...]
Monday, March 22Can a Small Business be Run on an iPad?
That’s the question Paul Colligan will answer for small business owners over 30 days in his iPad experiment. Of course there’s a big difference between “can” and “should.”
Friday, February 26Google Phasing Out Support for Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0
Microsoft is notorious, for among other things, its missteps with its browser Internet Explorer. “Upgrades” they make to it end up causing headaches for Web developers whose websites don’t show in the new browser the way they did in the old. This has always felt like Microsoft telling the World Wide Web that they better [...]
Friday, January 29Convert Incomplete e-Commerce Transactions
What do you do when a visitor to your e-commerce store begins a purchase but abandons it before paying? If you’re making no attempt to contact those individuals you’re losing a tremendous opportunity to make convert near customers into customers and you’re loosing sales. Try something like this.
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