Archive: October 2008

October 31, 2008

Backup: You Know It... So Do It

It's not news that you should be backing up your data, but it so important that it's worth a reminder....

October 31, 2008

Five Steps for Effective Business Continuity Planning

Planning for disaster is one of those things that you just can't put off, because if you do it...

October 30, 2008

Still Afraid of Vista? Microsoft Extends Windows Vista Small Business Assurance Program

If you've been thinking about taking the plunge and upgrading to Vista anytime soon, you may want to do...

October 30, 2008

Paying $29 For a Subscription For Your Next Notebook Computer

The WSJ reports that HP might sell notebook computers as a subscription. "For example, Taiwanese carrier Far EasTone Communications Ltd....

October 29, 2008

When Is It Time to Change Phones: BlackBerry Storm

From what I see, there's three types of cell phone users. Those who have simple cell phones and use them...

October 29, 2008

Archiving Email: Is It Being Done The Right Way?

For those of you who have a growing repository of email, you'll find that you need to archive it. Using...

October 29, 2008

Increase Your Protection With Multiple Rings of Security

Traditional security for many businesses consists of installing an anti-virus program like Symantec Anti-Virus, Trend Micro or McAfee on your...

October 29, 2008

Unified Communications: Beyond Traditional PBX

There are many "unified communications" solutions available in the marketplace from many vendors including Cisco, Microsoft, and IBM. Several applications...

October 29, 2008

Back Up Your Internet Connection Via Satellite

As we often remind readers, backup plans are critical for all aspects of running a business. If your internal network...

October 29, 2008

New Backup Options: Better Initial Upload, Less Computer Resources, Using Amazon.com's Servers

I have been using Carbonite's backup service for about a year now and like it. They have recently updated their...

October 28, 2008

Into the Cloud: When Gmail Goes Down and Lessons Learned

For the past several hours, I've been trying to access my Gmail account. Gmail keeps indicating that it's "trying to...

October 28, 2008

Improve Direct Mail Results with Technology

Mail that doesn't get delivered to your customers or prospects is a waste. The time, resources and postage it...

October 27, 2008

Do Customers Know How to Use Your Product?

Knowing how to use a product properly is directly related to how much satisfaction a buyer gets out of it....

October 27, 2008

Easy Web Site Building For Joe the Plumber and others

For the fancy IT professionals in NY, hot design firms in Los Angeles, or uptight accounting firms in Washington, having...

October 27, 2008

Telephone Sales: Measuring Them LIke Web Pages With Google Analytics

Many of you use Google Analytics or some other tool to track the traffic on your web site (most viewed...

October 27, 2008

Buried In Contracts: Let Mumboe Get You Organized

Some of you sign contracts more often than babies get their diapers changed. This leaves stacks of digital or paper...

October 26, 2008

Solid State Drive: Drop It and It Works

This is NOT a geek site filled with videos about all things "geek". Businesses don't need "geek" but you need...

October 26, 2008

Using Technology to Cut Costs

As customers cut orders for products or services to small businesses, small businesses are looking for ways - any ways...

October 25, 2008

Temptation: Using Consumer Apps for Business

Earlier this month, Yahoo released the new version of its calendar. According to 901am Other new easy-to-use features allow consumers...

October 24, 2008

The Shoemaker's Children

By David Strom You know the saying, about how the ones who supposedly should know better, well, don't. I was...

October 24, 2008

Mobility: T-Mobile G1 - Google's Android

Earlier this week, T-Mobile announced the launch of its G-1, Google powered phone. Google's new mobile operating system, Android, provides...

October 23, 2008

Theft Prevention: Keeping an Eye on Things

One of the biggest threats to profitability for most businesses is theft - by customers, partners, guests and employees....

October 23, 2008

Cost Savings through Telecommuting

Telecommuting sounds great, in theory. Its appeal to the employee is kind of obvious - it saves commuting time and...

October 22, 2008

Don't Lose Your Phone Number - Park It

One of the most annoying things about moving is having to change your phone number - notifying friends, family,...

October 21, 2008

Move Scheduling Out of Your Office to the Customer and Boost Sales and Productivity

Wouldn't it be nice if you would not have to call the doctor's office and schedule an appointment? Instead it...

October 21, 2008

Eye Candy: How LCD's Can Boost Your Image

I've always known that large flat panel LCD's can be used to display awesome imagery (photos, video) about your business,...

October 20, 2008

How Vulnerable Are You? Knowing Can Help

Verizon Business recently released a study which gives deep insight into security breaches. Although this report does not list any...

October 20, 2008

Tips and Techniques for IT Continuity and Survival

By Paul F. Kirvan, FBCI, CBCP, CISSP For small businesses, just as with large businesses, as an IT professional you...

October 20, 2008

Neat Scanning Solutions

We love technology that makes life easier. The company that brought us the popular NeatReceipts scanner recently announced a name...

October 19, 2008

Integrating Online Applications for More Productivity

Excel is used by many as an all-purpose workhorse for lots of business tasks - including some that it...

October 17, 2008

USB Devices: Secure and Network Access

These days most computer peripheral devices connect using a USB cable - printers, PDAs, scanners, card readers... you name it....

October 17, 2008

Custom Voicemail for Better Customer Service

Let's be honest. As a customer, I'm never thrilled to get voicemail instead of a live person. As a...

October 16, 2008

Free eBook from Microsoft: Take Your Business Online (Limited Time)

Microsoft is offering a free download of their latest book for a limited time: Looking for a simple but powerful...

October 16, 2008

What to Expect When Expecting a Disaster

Backup and disaster recovery plans are not new topics here at smallbiztechnology.com, but they are extremely important for all businesses...

October 16, 2008

Football: In The Office It's Lost Productivity and Wasted Time

According to the Fantasy Sports Trade Association (FSTA), more than 14 million people are playing Fantasy Football. According to outplacement...

October 16, 2008

Use Product Photos? Boost Sales with Better Images

Looks may not be everything, but when you're talking about a product for sale online they are pretty important. The...

October 16, 2008

Cable Company: Get Rid Of The Telephone Company

A few years ago, I would write about the pros and cons of cable vs DSL service for Internet access....

October 16, 2008

The iPhone: Apple's Trojan Horse. Increasing Demands On Your Business

Many of you have purchased iPhones. They're cool. Feature rich. New. But guess what - they're clearly turning out to...

October 16, 2008

Microsoft "Challenges" McCain and Obama With Its Own Subsidies

Over the past few weeks, we've seen an increase in news reports about government "rescues", guarantees and subsidies for individuals,...

October 16, 2008

Updates You Need to Know About: Email Center Pro and Constant Contact

We've been using Email Center Pro for a number of months to manage the editorial process of Smallbiztechnology.com. Email Center...

October 15, 2008

Prospecting 2.0

Evan Sohn, CEO of Salesconx Not too long ago (say 1990) if we wanted to drive leads for our business...

October 15, 2008

The 140-Character Attention Span

By David Strom Call it GenT, the Twitter and texting generation. We are all becoming ADD, to the point where...

October 15, 2008

Save Money and Boost Productivity with Video Conferencing

Video conferencing can help companies increase collaboration and cut travel expenses, stress, and wasted time. High-end video conference systems are...

October 15, 2008

New HP Notebook Can Work as Long as You Can

Road warriors, celebrate - No more angling for the one seat at Starbucks that's within reach of a wall outlet....

October 14, 2008

Marketing Guru + Marketing Software = Powerful Marekting Software

Palo Alto Software has long produced the best marketing software, in Marketing Plan Pro. John Jantsch's Duct Tape Marketing, is...

October 14, 2008

Send Paper To An Online Storage Via the US Postal Service

When I first heard of Pixily and read how you can send paper documents, via envelopes to it, to be...

October 14, 2008

Computers That Can Call for Help (and more) When They Need It.

NYC Event Attend the next Taste of Technology Small Business Series in New York City - October 20, 2008 -...

October 14, 2008

No IT Department? You Can Still Use a Server

Lenovo, known for its ThinkPad and Lenovo branded notebook computers, has joined leaders Dell and HP in the server market...

October 13, 2008

Social Media for Small Business: Dell's New Facebook Community

Social media is growing into a significant part of the marketing, branding and loyalty building strategies for many businesses. Email...

October 13, 2008

Top 5 Reasons to Track Your Website Traffic

Knowing who is visiting your web site is key to knowing how to better serve your customers. For example, maybe...

October 12, 2008

Keep Your Old Computer Performing Like New

After a while your computer can gradually slow down, start crashing more often and freezing up. Many things can...

October 12, 2008

Mobile Nation: How It Affects Your Marketing and Communication

Websites, blogs and email newsletters are important forms of communication. These communication tools were made to fit perfectly on a...

October 10, 2008

Lookin' Good on Paper While Being Green

We thought that having technology would reduce our reliance on paper. Clearly that's not that case. We have more technology...

October 10, 2008

Are You Paying Too Much for A Business Cell Phone Plan?

Cell phones are wonderful tools, but for smaller businesses, purchasing them for employees can be a costly, recurring expense. Paying...

October 10, 2008

Social Data Backup: An Interesting Perspective

You know that you should backup your data. In fact, some (I hope most or all) of you might backup...

October 10, 2008

Finally - An Easier Way To Select A Printer

One of the most difficult things about buying a printer is the dizzying array of choices there are to choose...

October 9, 2008

Products, Tech Reviews and Local Experts for Business

There are a lot of web sites that offer you computer help. There are a lot of sites that offer...

October 9, 2008

The Secrets and Lies of Email Marketing

BtoB Magazine reports on a Forrester Research study which finds that despite the fact that most companies have been doing...

October 7, 2008

QuickBooks 2009: Do More. Get Help. View Insight.

Mother's Day, Father's Day, Birth Day's, Christmas, Easter Columbus Day and about 100 other holidays come around once per year....

October 7, 2008

Relying On Startups: Smart Move. Reckless Endeavor

CRM guru Brent Leary clued me in to the sad news that CRM vendor Entellium is going through some rough...

October 6, 2008

It's a Smartphone, Not a Petri Dish. Keep Your Tech Devices Clean on the Go

Right about this time of year, when the flu shot clinic signs start to appear in drugstores, I get a...

October 6, 2008

6 Tips for Boosting Sales in a Slumping Economy

James Wong, CEO of Avidian Technologies In today’s struggling economy, maintaining strong sales numbers is becoming a greater and greater...

October 5, 2008

Hola Señorita And the Localization of Your Online Presence

Over the past few weeks I've covered a variety of online web databases. Web databases, enable you to create database...

October 5, 2008

Your Technology Consultant and Your Business: Beyond If It Ain't Broke Don't Fix It

[SMBNation - Seattle] I've interviewed a number of local technology consultants at the Sixth Annual SMBl Nation. What's encouraging is...

October 4, 2008

SMBNation: Intel's Case For Powering Small & Medium Sized Businesses (SMB)

This weekend I'm at Harry Brelsford's 6th Annual SMB Nation, a gathering of about 500 computer consultants, focused on serving...

October 1, 2008

Managed Services: Relief For Tech Headaches

I've written about managed services for a number of years and as business owners get smarter about growing their businesses...

October 1, 2008

Collaborate, Share and Backup Files, All in One Place

If your business has more than one location or remote employees, it can be a challenge to manage a shared...

October 1, 2008

TurningPoint: Bring Your Audience Into Your Presentation

Microsoft's Power Point is one of the most popular tools at just about every business meeting. For most of us,...