Author Archives: Ramon Ray

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Ramon Ray, Editor & Technology Evangelist, Smallbiztechnology.com – see his full bio at http://www.ramonray.com

Turn Your iPad Into A Business Knowledge Center: 30 Must Have Apps From DocStoc

Big kudos to DocStoc for their very, very rich library of iPhone and iPad apps all for growing companies. I looked through some of these apps and videos over the weekend and HIGHLY encourage you to download them – all. http://www.docstoc.com/apps/   The apps give you insight on a variety of topics, including venture capital, sales, HR [...]

Rackspace’s Cloud Certification Program – Cheesy or Useful for IT Professionals?

Rackspace recently launched a Cloud Computing Certification program so that IT professionals can learn more about cloud computing and show their proficiency in it through taking a 10 quizzes with 10 questions each and a 50 question final exam. So many IT professionals already know quite a bit about cloud computing and many are learning on the [...]

Infusionsoft Hires Ramon Ray To Evangelize Small Biz Marketing In New York & New Jersey

I am happy to announce that I am an employee of Infusionsoft, the all-in-one sales and marketing software company for small businesses. Infusionsoft is based in Gilbert, Arizona and I have been hired as their Regional Development Manager (RDM) New York, to build awareness, generate leads and ultimately drive sales of Infusionsoft in the New York [...]

Why Indian Farmers Love Intuit’s Online Marketplace: No More Frustrated Buyers and Sellers

At Intuit’s recent, “Simplify the Business of Your Life” Intuit showcased a variety of products and services that indeed simply our lives as consumers or business owners. This showcase was designed to show that Intuit is more than just consumer and business accounting software (Quicken, Quickbooks and TurboTax). Intuit’s software geeks have cooked up a [...]

Intuit’s Health Patient Portal Keeps Patient and Doctor Communication Healthy

At Intuit’s recent, “Simplify the Business of Your Life” Intuit showcased a variety of products and services that indeed simply our lives as consumers or business owners. This showcase was designed to show that Intuit is more than just consumer and business accounting software (Quicken, Quickbooks and TurboTax). Intuit’s software geeks have cooked up a [...]

Intuit’s MyBizTracker iPhone App Helps Your Business Stay In Business (UK Only For Now)

At Intuit’s recent, “Simplify the Business of Your Life” Intuit showcased a variety of products and services that indeed simply our lives as consumers or business owners. This showcase was designed to show that Intuit is more than just consumer and business accounting software (Quicken, Quickbooks and TurboTax). Intuit’s software geeks have cooked up a [...]

Are You Managing Projects? Are Projects Managing You? Big Tip On Project Management Technologies

At Intuit’s recent, “Simplify the Business of Your Life” Intuit showcased a variety of products and services that indeed simply our lives as consumers or business owners. This showcase was designed to show that Intuit is more than just consumer and business accounting software (Quicken, Quickbooks and TurboTax). Intuit’s software geeks have cooked up a variety [...]

Why Prezi Is The New “Power Point” For Good Looking and Feature Rich Presentations

At the recent 7th Annual Small Business Summit, sponsored by Dell, we had most of our presentations on Microsoft Power Point which just about every business professional has used and seen, many times. Most of us, use the default templates of common bullet points and some color. A few people get really nice Power Points designed [...]

Nervous About Missing Some Negative Online Whisper? Yahoo’s Marketing Dashboard Can Help

It is VERY hard to listen to all the digital noise online – you’ve got the local online boards (Yelp, Manta, Merchant Circle and so many more), you’ve got blogs, Twitter and so many other sources of content. It’s near impossible to keep up with it all. I use a mixture of Google Alerts, NutShell [...]

Quickbooks Online Goes Global: Vendors (US) or “Suppliers” (UK)?

Intuit’s Alana Vieira (Quickbooks Online, Marketing Manager) speaks with Ramon Ray (Smallbiztechnology.com) abut Intuit Quickbooks Online going global. Global features include: the ability to include local sales tax local languages term sensitivity (such as calling suppliers, “suppliers” in the UK instead of “vendors” as we do in the US).   Check out our video interview [...]