How to Choose the Best Web Hosting Solution Without Getting Screwed
Lucky me, I decided I would drop my longtime service provider after many years of great service because another provider promised me dirt cheap fees, free years and superhuman powers….
Do You Have the Skills to Deal on a Global Scale?
In the dark days of technology, when faxes were the fastest way to communicate with clients, I was contacted by a Japanese company to do some design and illustrations for…
Real-Time Marketing: What is It and How Do YOU Do It Effectively?
Marketing use to be a leisurely pastime of sorts. Weeks of meetings, focus groups, reading and analyzing statistics, three-martini lunches and over several months, the plan was laid for product…
Twidiots, Pinheads and Facebook Fools: Protecting Your Brand on Social Media
The title of this article says it all—”social” and “media.” Are you prepared to use both to your best advantage? Do you know how to control both? What do you…
iTech Review: Great Data Storage Choices
A few days ago, my computer decided it was time to die. Naturally, it was between backups and I had just uploaded a complete file of client’s files. I knew…
Are Your Employees Killing Your Business?
While the world seems to be watching Honey Boo Boo to see what outrageousness comes next, I love tuning into Restaurant Stakeout and Bar Rescue and even the latest non-food,…
It’s no surprise that as part of our human condition, we either do not see or rationalize our own bad behavior towards others. We will not take the extra twenty…
What Makes a Successful e-Commerce Site?
If one wants to explore the history of e-commerce, it will most likely point to eBay. While the web was still fairly young and many companies still were not hooked…
Mobile Sites and SMS Marketing: Are You Ready?
Ninety-eight percent of cell phone owners have their devices within reach one hundred percent of the time. The other two percent are my kids who always misplace them. Smartphones contain…
Testimonials on Your Site: Dealing With Positive and Negative Feedback
When I applied for my first adult job, the business owner asked for some letters of recommendation. Until that point, my part-time jobs had been the usual jobs young teenagers…
Specials, Discounts and Giveaways: Will They Bring People to Your Site More Often?
I like to reward people who are nice to me by being nice to them. A good client gets a discount, a close friend gets free help with their design…
Will NFC Communication Make QR Codes Obsolete?
The world is starting to go nuts over QR codes. They are on packaging, posters, web sites, business cards and, well, just about everything. A quick scan using a free…