Symantec found a vulnerability in Adobe Flash there are two simple ways to protect yourself against this and other security nightmares a) update your software frequently b) be VERY careful when opening attachments, even ones from your mother. Symantec writes, in their blog: For the exploit to successfully work, the malicious attachments need to be opened [...]
Scott Cook is one of my favorite business leaders. His humility, passion for business and the continuation of the company he founded, Intuit, are simply inspiring. I had about 5 minutes with him at a recent Intuit event and he shared five nuggets of wisdom with me. Seek surprises and learn from them Stop chasing [...]
Social media is exploding – we’re all diving in and Tweeting, Liking and generating ‘content’ like crazy. But there’s one problem, some of us are no longer the only persons hitting “re-tweet” on our corporate accounts? Some of you now have 3 staff who post on Facebok. The tools you started out with were most [...]
Local craftsmen have a hard time getting jobs. When there’s lots of business or one main project things are great. But when the deal flow dries up it’s very hard to get work. It’s even harder when people are NOT knocking on your door, even just for advice, but you have to knock on so [...]
Thanks to American Express I’ve been trying out advertising on Twitter for less than $100 I got 26 followers and 42 clicks. This means absolutely nothing – until you put deep analytics behind this to fully understand the ROI of the money spent and can see over time what action these clicks and new followers have resulted [...]
Over the weekend I read through Jay Conrad Levinson and Jeannie Levinson’s latest book, “The Best of Guerrilla Marketing“*. This 400+ page book is a treasure for three reasons. It’s one of the most complete books on marketing – on a budget that I’ve seen The concepts are practical and information rich The Levinson’s give [...]
I grew up in a very, very small town in Ohio. There are only 12,000 people in the town and every body knows everybody. Being a small town (ahem – a small business even) has it’s huge advantages and of course it’s disadvantages. I had the pleasure of interviewing Kat Mandelstein of IBM at SXSW [...]
I picked my son up from work last week, where he has a job at a cat adoption center, once a week. He excitedly told me how he surpassed his previous fund raising efforts by bringing in $40 in 30 minutes from about 40 – 50 persons. I am very proud of him. What makes [...]
I’ve covered HP ePrint’s technology enabling smartphones to print files to any ePrint enabled devices. These new devices (and upgraded devices) are directly connected to the Internet and have email addresses. Today HP announced that more than 4,300 The UPS Store locations nationwide are now a part of the HP ePrint Public Print Locations. So you’re in Kansas City, [...]
On May 2 and 3 the 7th Annual (and quite awesome) New York XPO takes place. Join Ramon Ray (Smallbiztechnology.com) and 3 panelists on 2 May at 11am in Room 7 as they give practical insight on: The latest gadgets and software for growing YOUR business (Grant Wickes, Wasp Bar Code) Showing you where the [...]
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