One of the things I dread most about running my business is dealing with the administrative hassles of the day to day, but so important, aspects of running it. I love organizing events, but even more, I love sharing with the attendees of the event. But to do an event means you’ve got to deal [...]
From our partnership with Business on Main Forecasters have been proclaiming the age of m-commerce for a decade now. Yet small enterprises keep doing business the old-fashioned way: online and via email. So I can hear you saying, “Mobile biz? Again? Really?” As we all know, technological advances typically outpace consumer adoption and social transformation. [...]
Today your average car is tech savvy but it’s not made for business especially those of you with very long commutes or who are in their car for just as much time as they are out of their car. In this partnership with Business on Main, we look at some new cars with Ford SYNC [...]
Most every business should have a multi-page web site giving pertinent information about their business – at the very list. This information should include robust information on the core products or services you sell, information about your company’s management, news, customer support information and most. Of course this web site should also be “alive” and [...]
Close your eyes and think 2o or 50 years ago to how companies had to raise funds to fund their business ventures. Whether it’s a company like Intuit or a company like Starbucks. Today, entrepreneurs and startups have new ways of raising funds, in large part due the speed of communication and collaboration the Internet [...]
We all want to use technology in furtherance of the growth of our businesses. However, we also know that technology can be pretty confusing (for many business owners) and at times even filled with errors, crashes and security breaches. Click here to download the image I asked a few executives of technology vendors to share their best [...]
Telecommuting is GREAT if your employer allows it and if you do it properly. In fact some studies show that you get MORE done when you save an hour on the train to work and an hour on the train from work, skip the obligatory “lunches” and just work in the quietness of your home [...]
I do lot of conference calls, but I’m sure not nearly as much as some others who might have 2 or 3 conference calls a DAY as part of their day to day work. I’ve found that BlackBerry’s built in conference call feature, that you can indicated within a calendar appointment the conference call number [...]
Joomla is a web development platform, similar to WordPress. You install Joomla on your web host’s server and then your programmer (or you) can build web sites using the Joomla platform. A few months ago I went to a local NYC Joomla Conference which was created to help the Joomla community of programmers and regular businesses [...]
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