Archive: December 2007

December 31, 2007

Samsung's Got Juice Beyond Cell Phones

In large part due to my ignorance, in some part due to Samsung's own branding strategy, I didn't think of...

December 31, 2007

A "Green" Office is No Longer a Fad, Just 'PC" or a Pipe Dream. You Can Do It If you Want To.

From time to time I'll be pointing you to resources in how you can have an affect on your environment...

December 30, 2007

How Symantec Is Changing to Better Meet Small Business Needs

Earlier this month I spoke with John Magee, Vice President of Symantec who gave me an update of where Symantec...

December 29, 2007

Tips From Office Depot's CIO

One of the best learning experiences small businesses can get is to take what successes larger businesses have had and...

December 29, 2007

If CRM is So Important Why Are There So Many Failures?

AMR Research has recently (September 2007) published a study that one in three CRM implementations fail. Why? If CRM is...

December 29, 2007

Computers Are Losing Relevance in Japan. What About in the US?

The answer to this question is - it depends. Since I'm a writer I struggle with this answer quite a...

December 29, 2007

Donny Deutsch, "The Big Idea" On Reinventing Your Business

Last Thursday Donny Deutsch, host of CNBC's "The Big Idea" aired a segment about reinventing your business, that I was...

December 29, 2007

Dell's Relationship With Your Local Consultant

For many years, in fact for most of Dell's existence, it has had a distance (at best) relationship with local...

December 27, 2007

Is Being Online All The Time (in an airplane) good for you?

Airlines are ramping up, yet again, to enable their customers to be online during flights. The International Herald Tribune covers...

December 27, 2007

Jim Blasingame: How To Use Technology As An Investment and More

Jim Blasingame, Small Business Advocate and host of the name sake radio program talks about how to use technology as...

December 27, 2007

The Technology You NEED in 2008 (and the stuff to avoid)

There’s a lot of technology out there today to aide our daily business and personal lives. But is it really...

December 25, 2007

Sales 2.0 In A Sales 1.0 World

David Thompson, CEO of Genius.com, explains in plain English why your business needs to focus on "Sales 2.0" instead of...

December 25, 2007

Content Management: Expert Interview with Joseph Bachana, DPCI

DPCI, is a provider of integrated technology solutions for organizations that need to publish content to Web, print, and mobile...

December 24, 2007

Backing Up Your Data Online: Everyone Should Do It

For years I've got by with having a dial up connection in my home office, as I had a broad...

December 23, 2007

Six Technology Rules You Must Follow To THRIVE

Over the past few weeks, I've been really chewing on the following six rules I created that I believe will...

December 23, 2007

Small Things That Can Have Big Impacts Online

Recently I was having a look at the web site of http://whineranddiner.net. This web site, run by a home base...

December 22, 2007

Why Using Excel Is Bad For Your Health

I grew up on two things (technically speaking): Corel Word Perfect 5.1 for DOS and Excel. I didn't use these...

December 21, 2007

The Notebook Computer Buying Dilemma: Which One?

One of the benefits of being a technology writer is that you have access to just about any technology you...

December 21, 2007

Selling Online Takes A Good E-Commerce Technology Back End

There's a few secrets to selling online and many of them can only be implemented with good technology. For example,...

December 20, 2007

Duct Tape Marketing Launches A Community for Small Business Marketers

If you're a small business marketer you'll want to check out John Jantsch's new Duct Tape Marketing Workbench. Duct Tape...

December 19, 2007

Making One Computer Into 2 - 10 Computers

As you can imagine, I get quite a bit of email from tech companies alerting me to a wide range...

December 19, 2007

You Are As Productive As the Email Program You Use

What email program do you use to check your email? I'm sure most of you use Microsoft Outlook, which is...

December 19, 2007

Bar Codes Aren't Old Fashioned

You might think that with all the buzz about social media, web 2.0 and mobility, bar code scanning is a...

December 19, 2007

Why Having a Good Phone and Advance Planning Makes You More Productive While Away from the Office

This holiday season, you're probably going to want to get away from the office and spend more time with friends...

December 18, 2007

Securing Your Business Should Be One Of Your "Gifts" This Holiday Season

According to analyst firm AMI-USA, Small-Medium sized businesses will close the year by spending about US$240 billion on beefing up...

December 18, 2007

Securing Your Business Should Be One Of Your "Gifts" This Holiday Season

According to analyst firm AMI-USA, Small-Medium sized businesses will close the year by spending about US$240 billion on beefing up...

December 17, 2007

Steering Clear of Hype - Google vs Microsoft

In the New York Times on Sunday and in Cnet today the topic was the battle between Google and Microsoft....

December 17, 2007

Don't Use Home Technology for Your Home Based Business

Computer vendors often have three categories of technology they sell. One for the home, another for small businesses and another...

December 16, 2007

Why A Tablet Could Be Your Next Computer

Dell recently launched its first tablet computer in its Latitude line of computers, which Dell targets to businesses. Dell is...

December 15, 2007

Using Social Media Without Wasting Your Time

Over the past several months, I've been using Facebook. I haven't used Facebook as a communication tool by choice, but...

December 15, 2007

Why You Should Accept PayPal Payments

Selling online is a bit like a roller coaster. It's fun to watch sales increase, but it's a bit harrowing...

December 10, 2007

Need Technology? Need Money? Leasing Could be an Option for Your Business.

In today's global economy, your toughest competitor may no longer be down the street or even in the same...

December 10, 2007

An Overview of Unified Communications: Guest Post from Shayna Kaneshiro, Siemens Communications

Shayna Kaneshiro, of Siemens Communications, gives us an overview of Unified Communications. Customer relationships, financial fitness and efficient operations...

December 10, 2007

Are You In the Top 25% Who Don't Care About Security?

AT&T recently conducted a survey which reveals that many smaller businesses really don't care enough about their data security....

December 10, 2007

Remote File Access: It's Not Just for Geeks or Those In Hotel Rooms

Right now, I'm in Puerto Rico at the wonderful Ritz-Carlton Hotel. The service is simply 100% fabulous. I'm not...

December 7, 2007

TalkSwitch's Jan Scheeren: Veteran of Small Business Telephony. Plus: Update on Ring Central

I recently had the honor of speaking with Jan Scheeren, CEO and Founder of Talkswitch, makers of a line of...

December 7, 2007

The Ultimate Holiday / Christmas Shopping Guide for Small Businesses

So the annual "shopping time" has come for gifts for friends, family and of course dear business associates. Some...

December 5, 2007

Why You Need a Managed Service Provider (MSP)

There comes a time in your business when you need to procure the services of a company to help you...

December 5, 2007

Email Marketing: It's More Than Fancy Email Messages

Email marketing is much more than sending email messages with fancy images and fonts in it. It's about the...

December 5, 2007

When Caller ID is Intelligent You Benefit

Wouldn't it be great if when a phone call came in, you knew more than just the telephone number...

December 4, 2007

Bringing IT Experts To The Executive Decision Making Process

When executives of smaller businesses make big decisions they often consult with their lawyer, accountant and other senior members...

December 4, 2007

Calling via the Internet Without your Computer

My office seems like it NEVER is without boxes - containing gadgets of one sort or another to review...

December 3, 2007

Remember: Simple Tools Can Make Big Results

I recently received information that CallWave (makers of voice to text voice mail technologies), announced a $9.95 per month...

December 3, 2007

Selling Online Has to Be Smart - Not Difficult

This Christmas season, you're going to go online and visit retailer web sites to either browse for something and...

December 3, 2007

Computer Security Day Is Every Day

The Association for Computer Security Day has held Computer Security Day since 1998. The particular "day" is not as...

December 2, 2007

Using Your "Cash Register" to Prepare For Holiday Sales 2008. (It's Too Late for 2007)

This holiday season 2007, if you have not implemented customer loyalty programs and customer relationships management software for the...

December 1, 2007

Using & Getting Rid of Your Dusty Stack of Business Cards

I'm sitting in my kitchen teaching my children how to do a product review with the CardScan 800c business card...