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My email name doesn't have to match my website ... does it?
Saturday, October 31st, 2009 | Business |
Good question! When I was living in a small town where there wasn't a lot of information about the internet, I saw instances every day of local businesses who make the excellent decision to get a website, but still use their old email name at their Internet Service Provider [ISP] - OR - a yahoo or hotmail or other free email name. Every time I see this I want to approach the business and let them know this is something which could be having a negative effect on their ...› Continue reading
What Frogs And Soap Can Do For Your Business!
Friday, October 30th, 2009 | Advertising |
Ideas, ideas, ideas - the lifeblood of any business. Stay in one position too long and you are dead! Today's market place requires constant change, new angles, different products, fresh presentations, original advertising slogans. In short it requires business creativity. It requires creativity in advertising. But how do you get them? You can spend thousands of dollars paying the pros to deliver slick advertising slogans. You can pay web site designer generous fees for original designs. But how ...› Continue reading
time
Thursday, October 29th, 2009 | Computers |
Time issues a nanosecond to a second is what a second is like to 30 years! 1x10-9, si units, 1 nanosecond is one billionth of a second, or there abouts,so if we live for around 3 billion seconds approx 1 century, in the higher time domains its less then a blink of an eye, ie geological changes etc. as is true for us when trying to comprehend nanoseconds.If living organisms last for 1 second in that time domain,frequency dependent, i suppose it is 30 years approximatley realized of real ...› Continue reading
Setting-up Your New Computer
Thursday, October 29th, 2009 | Business |
You've got a new computer for your office. It's cleaner, better, faster and you can't wait to start to use it! However, your satisfaction of making a fresh start with a new computer is tempered by the fact that all of your "stuff" is still on your old computer. Everything that made your old computer YOUR computer: your personal settings, your business files, your company spreadsheets are still loaded on your old computer. You find yourself with a new computer that's not so great without a ...› Continue reading
Finding Places To Access The Internet For Free
Wednesday, October 28th, 2009 | Computers |
In an increasingly wireless world, there are lots of places where you can connect your laptop to the internet when you are out and about. These places are called "hotspots," and if you know where to find them, you may never want to go home again. How To Find Public Hotspots The first place to look for hotspots is big public institutions. Libraries are increasingly offering wireless access. And, if you're a student, chances are that your campus is already wireless-enabled, or will be ...› Continue reading
A Great Press Release Can Really Get Your Business Noticed
Tuesday, October 27th, 2009 | Advertising |
Getting a new business off the ground is a daunting prospect. There are so many things to consider: office space, equipment, personnel, and the all important advertising. Money is always tight in the beginning, and quite often by the time that last dollar is spent getting things up and running, the advertising budget just isn't there. Not to worry. There are many great ways of getting the word out about your business without spending a fortune. In particular, press releases have long been ...› Continue reading
What's Your Company's Email Policy?
Monday, October 26th, 2009 | Business |
Does your company have an email policy? Did you even know there was such a thing? Well, there is, and if your company doesn't have one you are not only risking the professional image of your firm, but also risking potential liability issues that may arise from the misuse of your company email system. Having a published email policy accomplishes three objectives. First, it teaches your employees how to use email in a professional manner. What's that? You've never really given much thought about ...› Continue reading
Company Inspires Individual Duty
Sunday, October 25th, 2009 | News and Society |
Elko, Nevada - Free-news-release.com (10/17/09) While you go through your regular everyday routine, you realize yourself with the ability to pay your accounts so the idea of debt settlement never crosses your thought processes. Ladonna Carr of the trustworthy AssuredDebtConsolidation web site pointed out. "All the same, take a minute to review your personal finances and find out if your financial position falls into any of the top debt management indicators that borrowers commonly work their ...› Continue reading
Don't Leave Your Email Naked
Saturday, October 24th, 2009 | Business |
No matter how high tech the world becomes, there are still many old-fashioned problems regarding communication. With email, you face the same challenge as you do with regular mail -- convincing the recipient to open the message (or envelope). Many email recipients delete messages without ever opening them. How do you avoid ending up in the electronic equivalent of "File Thirteen"? The answer is: by using a good subject line. A subject line allows the reader to see at a glance what the message ...› Continue reading
The Opt-in Email List Secret that Every Business Needs to Know
Friday, October 23rd, 2009 | Business |
You don't need me to tell you that an opt-in email list is the foundation for an online customer database. After all, there are hundreds of articles available over the Internet that explain in-depth the reasons why permission marketing is so important in this day and age. What many articles on this subject omit to mention however is the ease by which businesses can obtain an opt-in email list. Yes, acquiring an opt-in email list is not a difficult process. You don't have to bide your time ...› Continue reading
Work From Home
Thursday, October 22nd, 2009 | Advertising |
Have you been looking to make some extra money or replacing an income? Well here is a great way to do it. I don't have very much extra time but I am now making extra money and working only when I can find the time. You can have a pay check in as little as ONE month!! Check out my website www.powerofwellness.net for more info! About the author: I am student teaching this semester and have a 2 year old daughter and have home based business. You can do the same and earn extra money from home!› Continue reading
Finding An Internet Access Provider That Will Meet Your Needs
Monday, October 19th, 2009 | Computers |
Your internet access provider can make you happy or sad. They can also save you time or cost you precious time. How do you make sure that you are satisfied and feel good about your internet access provider? You can ensure that you have made the correct choice for you and your family by researching and weighing the pros and cons of each provider. Where do you start? First find an internet access provider that has a proven track record and good customer service ratings. Make sure that the ...› Continue reading
Can You Believe It?
Sunday, October 18th, 2009 | Advertising |
Can you believe everything you read? If you have been on the Internet for any length of time, chances are you have fallen for at least one fantastic claim that "this will bring you great weatlh and success." There are, of course, some completely bogus sites with promises that, if you really think about it, could not possibly turn out to be true. At the other end of the spectrum, there are many sites that really do have a great value and really can follow through with their promises. But what ...› Continue reading
Can't Get Right - Maybe It's Just a Word
Saturday, October 17th, 2009 | Advertising |
One of the people I worked with in advertising, had an expression "Can't Get Right". What the heck does it mean? Well, when he could not seem to get ad copy.... right, he would walk in and say, this ad "Can't Get Right". This was his way of telling me that he had come to wits end trying to get this particular ad to his level of perfection. Actually, he would tell you that it was my level of perfection that was not met. :o) What does one do when they reach a point of knowing that something is ...› Continue reading
Another Kind of Computer Game
Friday, October 16th, 2009 | Computers |
/p> The term computer game might have one more meaning than you realize. You are familiar with one kind, games that run on computers? They are set in eras from prehistoric and Roman times up to the present, and into various wonderful and depressing future worlds. There are also games in the physical world, played with pens and paper and imagination which involve the characters doing things in the virtual world of the Internet. Players, and the referee, sit with pen and paper pretending to be ...› Continue reading
Why Big Skyscraper Ads are Replacing Banners--and How YOU Can
Wednesday, October 14th, 2009 | Advertising |
In the early days of the Internet, banner ads quickly became the prime advertising method. Most major companies still pour millions into banner ads, but results have steadily dropped. Banner ads that once pulled in business now get ignored. And so it often goes with advertising. The first rule of making a sale is for your ad to get attention. Once banners became commonplace and consumers got used to them, they stopped noticing them (and clicking on them) altogether. All that was turned on its ...› Continue reading
Is your network security and user access in the right balance?
Monday, October 12th, 2009 | Computers |
b>The whole meaning of networking is to share programs, but granting others to access a computer device reveals an open window for those with foul motives, too. In the early days networks were quite secure because they were closed in systems, and to do any harm you had to get physical access to a server wired to the LAN. Remote access and Internet possibility to hook up has changed that. Broader availableness and less cost of broadband (DSL and cable) connections means that even home computers ...› Continue reading
Wired Network Working Into Wireless Access Points
Saturday, October 10th, 2009 | Computers |
Let's dive into something a little more complex. What if you have a wired network already, and you're quite happy with the way it performs -- you see no point in dismantling it and making it wireless when it works fine as it is. You've got this laptop, though, that you'd really like to use wirelessly. Basically, what you want to do is make a wireless connection to a wired network. This is often referred to as a network bridge. As luck would have it, there's a very easy way to do exactly what ...› Continue reading
How to Prevent Computer Security Risk and How to Keep Your Small
Friday, October 9th, 2009 | Business |
You know that computer security is important to your small business. But do you know exactly what you need to do today to protect your business? Do you know all of the risks to your business computer system? Do you know the steps you need to take to protect your business computer system? We hear reports of computer hackers breaking into business computer networks to attack or shut-down an Internet site, to disrupt business operations, or to gain access to confidential information. ...› Continue reading
The Real Cost of a Free Email Address
Thursday, October 8th, 2009 | Business |
As I've mentioned before, trust is the fundamental building block for present and future customer relations for any business, large or small. All your marketing materials should inspire trust in your business - especially if the service or goods you're providing carry an element of risk. One way of doing this is to make sure that every public aspect of your business shows total professionalism. Sure you can run your business from your living room - as long as you don't advertise that fact by ...› Continue reading
How Safe is Your Critical Business Data on Your Computer System?
Wednesday, October 7th, 2009 | Business |
Network security company, Internet Security Systems, recently issued a report stating that "security events" (an "event" being anything from a computer virus to a major attack on your computer network) increased by more than 80% in the first quarter of this year compared with the previous three months. This may be alarming to any small business who works with a computer, but the number of small businesses who base their business on computers must be particularly alarmed. Rather then being ...› Continue reading
10 Power Tips for Presentations with Computer Projection
Tuesday, October 6th, 2009 | Business |
When was the last time you sat through a terrible presentation using computer projection? When was the last time you gave one? If you want to avoid disaster and give your career a boost then apply these ten tips the next time you present with the computer projector. And if you want to do a friend a favour then slide them a copy of these tips before their next presentation. The biggest mistake is to believe that cool graphics will make up for your lack of presentation skills. If you can not ...› Continue reading
US businesses warned of system overload as staff email
Monday, October 5th, 2009 | Business |
NEWS RELEASE Date: 18 November 2005 Media Contact: Stuart Bruce, Bruce Marshall Associates LLP +44 (0)20 7870 5322 / +44 (0)113 282 5321 / +44 (0)7900 985960 US businesses warned of system overload as staff email thanksgiving photos and videos Small businesses across America could be under threat, experts warned today, as Thanksgiving Day approaches. All across America people will be coming together to offer thanks and hold family gatherings, preparing special thanksgiving meals and taking ...› Continue reading
How to Make Money from Your Website Using Advertising
Sunday, October 4th, 2009 | Advertising |
You have managed to get your website to that magical point where you have established popularity, traffic, loyalty and a community of fans. Your site contains a wealth of information, resources and services that you provide free because that's just the kind of person you are. You may not have intended to make money from your site but now that you have an audience you realise that it's possible, or perhaps you have to start thinking about generating income because your costs to manage the site ...› Continue reading
An Overview of GPT Programs
Thursday, October 1st, 2009 | Business |
"Get paid to" programs (or GPTs as they are often called) are one of the many ways that Wahms can make money from home. If you've been looking for a work at home job, you've no doubt run across ads that claim that you can make money by reading e-mails, answering surveys and trying free samples. The good news is many Wahms make money doing those exact things. The bad news is that this particular industry is rife with scammers. If you are interested in getting involved with GPT programs, you'll ...› Continue reading