Internet Technology
3 Tips to Protect Yourself from the Newest Online Scams
Crooks thrive on you, your friends and acquaintances when you connect with them on Facebook, MySpace and other networking site. Unfortunately, these sites make it easy to scam users. [Full Story]
Tips for Webinars
No matter what your level of public speaking experience, whenever you open your mouth, whether you’re talking to one person or a thousand, you usually want to get a specific message across. [Full Story]
Recover LOST Passwords
A study showed that the average person has to remember at least four different passwords – and some as many as 40. And, most of us worry about losing track of them … [Full Story]
Send & Store Documents Digitally
There are plenty of good reasons to digitize your documents. Conventional filing systems take up valuable – and expensive – physical space. Digital files are also easier to work with. [Full Story]
How to Make Your E-Book a World Wide Rave
Wondering how to pull all that off? Here are some tips for executing a successful e-book. [Full Story]
Where to Check
There are several simple ways to find the statistics for your Web site. If you have a tech person or someone who works on your site for you, ask for a printout of the site statistic for the last six months. [Full Story]
Excessive Download Time
How long does it take for your site to come up when the user click on the URL or for a page to load when they click on a button on your web site? [Full Story]
Social Networks for Business?
Personal Tools with Business Applicability: Facebook, Twitter, Visual Communication, Wiki, Youtube and more. [Full Story]
Name and Username ~Twitter~
It starts with your name. Yes, you should know your name, and that question shouldn’t be hard. But it might be. You probably have more than one name. You have a name and your business might have a completely different name. [Full Story]
How to Use Facebook for Business
It seems the most popular question lately is, “Are you on Facebook?” Launched as a way for founder Mark Zuckerberg to connect with friends at Harvard, Facebook has exploded into the mainstream. [Full Story]
DOMAIN NAMES
Six tips on Domain Names from ebootcamp by Corey Perlman. [Full Story]
The Future of Search Marketing
Search spending was $7.067 billion in 2006 and is anticipated
to climb to $11.571 billion by 2010. Advertisers and media agencies have just begun to realize the significance that both
paid search and organic search have in the success of branding and demand generation. [Full Story]
Search Engines
The most popular way for someone to find something on the Internet is to go to a search engine. Type in a word (such as spider), and the search engine will find all the sites that deal with spiders for you. Then you can scroll through the pages and pick a site by clicking on it. [Full Story]
Cyber Tips
In this electronic age, computer users are accustomed to perusing “FAQ’s” --- “Frequently Asked Questions” --- in software manuals and on Web sites. They want information about a company, an industry, or the workings of a software product. [Full Story]
Want to Sell More and Work Less?
Running your own business often means working long hours. Wouldn't you like to cut back, ease up a little, maybe take Friday afternoons off or get away on an extended vacation - and keep your profits rolling in? [Full Story]
Want More Web Traffic?
There are a lot of things that can be done to get your local Web site noticed by your local customer base. Five of those techniques are invaluable in guiding you to success: [Full Story]
7 Tips to Having a Healthy Computer
Whether we are part of a small or home business, a multinational, or are just trying to find a recipe online at home, we seem to spend just as much time fixing ‘issues’ and ‘conflicts’ on our computers as we do working on them. [Full Story]
9 Tips to Picking a Search Engine Friendly Domain Name
Tip 1: Choose a Top Level Domain Name [Full Story]
The Ten Commandments of Web Sites
Commandment 1: Thou Shall Not Tolerate an Old or Bad Web Site. I was talking to my mother the other day and she was complaining that her seven year old computer wasn’t allowing her to do what she needed it to do anymore. [Full Story]
Protection from Prying Eyes
A way to protect private information from prying eyes is to use a “secure server.” A secure serve scrambles (“encrypts”) the information into an unreadable code, so it cannot be understood until it is unscrambled. [Full Story]
Marketing thru Blogging
One of the hallmarks of the much-heralded “Web 2.0” is a rapid rise in megablogs. Frequented by the latest generation of online addicts, usually in their teens and early twenties, these sites feed a seemingly bottomless need to stay in touch with one another on the Web. [Full Story]
Keys to Search Engine Marketing Success
Today’s consumers are spending more and more time online, researching products and services and ultimately purchasing directly from Web sites rather than visiting brick and mortar stores. [Full Story]
Is Your Web Site Marketing Killing Sales?
Everyone wants their Web site to make a fortune but most never will. Why? [Full Story]
Designing Your (Online) Store to Sell
Your first design decision should be to determine what you want out of your Store. Are you looking to create a design masterpiece, an online retail money machine or both? Here’s my
opinion about why you
shouldn’t have an opinion on store design until you see the sales numbers: [Full Story]
Evaluating Your Marketing Performance
There are new ways companies are measuring marketing performance which goes beyond Profit and Loss and Return on Investment. Ask yourself these questions: [Full Story]
How to Write Ads That Pull in Sales
Have you ever spent $500 or more on an ad and gotten a similarly limited response? Have you ever felt discouraged about your advertising campaign and the lack of results? [Full Story]
Don’t Bug Me!
You go to your mailbox to pick up the day’s mail and it’s filled with unsolicited advertising. Your e-mail inbox is full of unsolicited items also.
You sit down to dinner, the phone rings and it’s a telemarketer soliciting something you don’t want. What to do? [Full Story]
Your Home Office in Cyber Space
You may not think too much about it, but if you have a Web site, you have a “cyber office”. That’s an office away from your regular home based office. Both the appearance and the content of your site show clients, customers, prospects – even the world -- who you are and what you do. [Full Story]
How to Keep Spyware From Hijacking Your Business
A recent survey by Consumer Reports® reveals that 1/3 of all the Internet users have been hijacked by spyware. As a home business owner, you should know what spyware is, and you should tell your customers. [Full Story]
The Quiet Revolution
It’s quiet in your home office. That’s not because it’s late at night. It’s mid-day and you’re in the process of finishing up a project on one of your accounts. The sounds of silence are the tapping of keys and the pop up on your computer that says . . . [Full Story]
Why Good Photographs?
There are people who buy items on eBay from sellers who have done a careless job of photography and then sell for a profit after taking careful photographs. Ok, there are 22 million . . . [Full Story]
How to Write Great Web Site Copy
For the sake of brevity, many Web writers leave out too much and end up saying too little. To be sure, Web writing should be very short (only half as long as a comparable print . . . [Full Story]
Snail Mail Marketing versus E-Mail Marketing
There are now many ways to keep in touch with customers and to reach new audiences thanks to computers and the Internet. E-mail blasts for example, are the latest . . . [Full Story]
Backing Up Your Website Data
Since it is pretty self-evident that preventing the loss of all of a business’ orders and customer information is an important task, why is it that backup solutions are among the lowest priorities of most businesses shopping for Web
hosting? [Full Story]
Which Side of the Web Site Fence?
The definition of a Web site depends on which side of the fence you’re on. Most, if not all, vendors and service providers would say their Web sites are sales tools. The other side wants to serve buyers and information seekers. [Full Story]
Improving Your E-mail Dollars
E-mail is one of the most pervasive marketing methods today. Most companies have ventured onto the information superhighway, but many are uncertain about e-mail’s effectiveness in the marketing communications mix. [Full Story]
Managing Your E-Life
E-mail is arguably not only the Internet’s most popular communications tool, but it is one of the most powerful. With billions of e-mail messages being sent per day in the U.S. alone, e-mail has become an important part of our daily business and personal lives. [Full Story]
Finding You on the Net
How’s your Web site doing? It’s okay, you say, but it could be better. Well, maybe your clients and customers can’t find you easily. [Full Story]
Express Yourself with Your USP
You’ve got your Web site up and running. Sales have been slow so you need to give your site an edge in the marketplace. [Full Story]
Rise of the Blogs
It sounds like a 1950’s, grade-B sci-fi movie. However, it’s anything but that. Popular Internet sites called Web logs -- blogs for short – allow you to get in touch with people around the world who share your interests, from golf to politics. [Full Story]
Unexpectedly Going Global
The Internet has no geographical boundaries, which presents even the smallest Internet business the opportunity to find customers from all over the world. It also presents the need for cultural education, previously of no concern to most businesses. [Full Story]
FIVE Ways to Generate Qualified Leads with Your Web Site
If you sell services, one of the biggest challenges is identifying qualified prospects that want what you have to offer and are ready to buy. It is possible to waste time on cold calls and other marketing activities that turn up little in the way of sales. [Full Story]
Surviving the “Darker Side” of the Internet
Over the last decade, the Internet has become one of the most popular and essential communications and reference tools. Many business people can’t imagine functioning without this resource. [Full Story]
E-Learning
You never really stop the learning process when you graduate from school. The Internet has revolutionized the way we communicate, research, buy and sell products – and has also transformed the way we learn. [Full Story]
Create Web Site Content That Sizzles
Take a hard look at your current Web site. When was the last time you updated the material or posted new facts about your product or service? One goal you should make – and keep – is to start posting better content in the coming year. [Full Story]
Web Benefits for Your Business
The Web has been around for a while. But it’s true that for many people and small/home business owners, they are just now beginning to realize the growth opportunities available to them. [Full Story]
Facts & Opportunities
FACT: Direct mail advertising is making a significant impact on consumers, according to a recent survey by Vertis, a provider of technology-based integrated marketing and advertising solutions. [Full Story]
Internet Insurance Scoop
Did you know that most business insurance policies exclude coverage for Internet related problems? Regular business insurance policies often cover the physical damage, destruction, or theft of a computer, but these policies do not cover lost data, the [Full Story]
CyberSpace and your Children
Your kids are home from school for the summer and they’re spending more time on the computer every day. They communicate with their friends. [Full Story]
E-Mail Inboxes Choke on Spam
Each day millions of Americans open their e-mail accounts only to watch in horror as messages appear touting everything from pornography to vitamins. If you think you’re getting more spam than ever, you’re right. [Full Story]
Loss Prevention Tips for Internet Transactions
Security is a constant concern for those conducting online business. Online merchants are always searching for new and better ways to protect themselves from hackers who try to tamper with their Web sites. There are various ways you can safeguard yourself against these computer invasions. [Full Story]
Web Site No-No’s
You’ve spent your time and hard-earned money getting your home business Web site going and now you want a million people a day to visit it. Well, as many as possible, anyway, and have them come back. Here are some things you don’t want to do when starting and designing your site: [Full Story]
The Powers of Persuasion
A commercial Web site, and hopefully your Web site, should inform and persuade your customers to buy your product or service. Persuasion in the building of your Web site isn’t a revolutionary idea. [Full Story]
Online Advertising, Not Your Usual Sidewalk Sale
Not Your Usual Sidewalk Sale
Hosting a successful e-commerce business is about a lot more than just being able to accept credit card transactions. Your Web site should play a specific role within the overall relationship that you are building with your customers. [Full Story]
Putting the “Able” in Disabled
At present, the federal government does not require businesses to make their Web sites accessible to handicapped people. But that may not be far off. [Full Story]
An E-visit to the Doctor
-mail is quickly becoming a way for people, especially for home business owners, to get medical advice and updates from their doctors. The American Medical Association (AMA) surveyed 1,000 doctors and found almost one in four regularly consults with patients through e-mail. [Full Story]
Check It Out … Quotes, Notes, Updates & Surf Sites
Inspirational & Humorous Quotes
Anon. “Know your limits … but never stop trying to exceed them.” [Full Story]
To See Through the Eyes of a Browser
You’re finally putting the finishing touches on your Web site, and it’s looking pretty good. But are you really sure about that? [Full Story]
Surf Sites for Savvy Business Owners
In this age of high-speed, “always-on” web connections, it’s even easier and sometimes more reliable to go to the web versus picking up the phone. Whatever your reason for using the Internet, remember, the beauty of the Internet is that it provides so much information [Full Story]
Creating the Perfect Balance on Your Website
Yes, it’s time as we approach 2003. Your business is up and running in the physical sense and now you want to expand into the on-line cyber world. [Full Story]
Check It Out … Quotes, Notes & Updates
Inspirational Quotes: George Eliot “Wear a smile and have friends’ wear a scowl and have wrinkles.” : [Full Story]
Web Site Down!
What happens one day when a customer tries to access your site and nothing is there but a message saying that the page can‘t be found? As far as your customer knows, horror of horrors – you could be out of business. [Full Story]
DON'T Pass It On!
A Computer virus is a piece of uninvited, unwelcome programming, created by some computer genius (?) with a warped mind. A virus can cause minor or serious problems with your computer that could alter or destroy data. [Full Story]
SPAM The Phantom Menace Strikes Again!
Everyone agrees that SPAM is a growing problem on the Internet. With estimates that we will soon have over one billion people worldwide surfing the net, this problem will only continue to grow worse. [Full Story]
Check It Out … Quotes, Notes & Updates
Inspirational Quotes Yogi Berra: “You can obseve a lot by watching.” [Full Story]
Surf Sites for Savvy Businesses
Autoresponder www.getresponse.com GetReponse.com has some excellent features that aren’t available from their competitors and their price is quite competitive. [Full Story]
U.S. Department of Labor Services - E-laws Update
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has asked our association to help educate our members on resources that are available to them, as part of the American workforce. Regardless of having one employee or many, understanding and obtaining information from the Federal government can be frustrating. [Full Story]
Check It Out … Quotes, Notes & Updates
Inspirational Quotes Anne Frank: “How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment to imrove the world.” [Full Story]
To Link or Not to Link
If you are just testing the Internet waters, your start up site should be simple and basic, something you can have up and running quickly. Then expand from there. [Full Story]
Let’s Go Surfin
The web can be a positive force in anyone’s work or home life. It‘s like an ever-ready fountain of knowledge, not to mention fun that brings the world to your monitor. [Full Story]
Pick A Domain Name
Did your home business miss out on getting the Internet domain name you really wanted? Now you have a chance to pick from seven new domain endings. [Full Story]
Protecting Your E-Signature
Signatures have come in a variety of forms over the years. Some are as simple as an "X” marked on a line. [Full Story]
Online Resources for the Business Owner
Utilizing your online resources can be a tremendous savings to you in time and money. Here are some resource sites to help you with your home business. [Full Story]
Approaching the Finish Line With Your Web Site
If you are of the mindset that your web site is “finished”, or you have to wait until it’s “finished” to put a page or a site up, hold on. The hard-cold fact is, your site will never be “finished.” [Full Story]
A Legal Checkup for Your Web Site
No one likes to hear the word audit -- since it's most often used in connection with the IRS. But there is another type of audit that is not really new, but has gained importance in proportion to the number of laws that apply to doing business on the Internet. [Full Story]
NET SAVVY SPYING
Unfortunately, most of the richest information on the web must be dug up. It’s like prospecting without a map. [Full Story]
General E-Mail Tips
No matter what program you use, it seems like e-mail rules your life. We spend way too much time sorting through messages. [Full Story]
Promoting Web Sites through Search Engines
As a new home business owner (or a seasoned one, for that matter), getting customers to beat a path to your door or your Web site is what it's all about. Even in this technology filled world if your potential customers don't know you're there, they can't find you. [Full Story]
Web Site Strategy via E-Mail Marketing
The three most important words in a marketing campaign are response, response, response. In off-line direct marketing efforts a two percent response rate is considered successful. [Full Story]
News Updates: Regulating Internet Sites - Online Retailing Survey – Outsourcing Poll
Group Created to Regulate Internet Sites For the most part, Web sites have been unrestricted by government regulations or any type of industry codes. [Full Story]
What Happened to My E-Mail?
Losing your Internet connection and access to your e-mail account if your provider goes out of business can cause big problems for anyone -- whether you have high-speed or dial-up access from your home or business. Here are some [Full Story]
Increase Your Office Efficiency by Networking Computers
A network is merely two or more computers tied together so that they can share files and other resources, such as printers, modems, etc. If you have more than one computer or printer in your office, they should be networked. [Full Story]
Immunize Your System Against Cyber Attacks
The system we’re referring to in the title is your computer system - your lifeline in business and other aspects of your daily existence. Having access to the Internet has provided a vast array of information sources, but it has also made your computer vulnerable to the viruses [Full Story]
E-Mail Marketing
So your home business has decided to embark on an e-mail marketing campaign. Don't become blinded when it comes to copy writing. [Full Story]
So Why Isn't Anybody Buying From My Web Site?
How's your Web site doing? Is it giving your customers and potential customers everything they need to complete a transaction? [Full Story]
Computer Tech Tips
When performing routine computer tasks, try some of these Tech Tips to help you work smarter. Access your E-mail without a Computer [Full Story]
Find It Fast Part 2 of 2
Sure the Web is big and full of information. But don't let it turn you into the fool who spends hours on the Internet trying to pinpoint a factoid, news article or telephone number. [Full Story]
Find It Fast Part 1 of 2
Your browser's default start page barely skims the surface of what's good on the Web. Streamline your search right from the beginning. [Full Story]
Cyber Seal the Deal
To enter into electronic agreements is becoming more common. And to some home businesses, an everyday occurrence. [Full Story]
Something for Nothing - Web Marketing Strategies -
People love to get something for nothing. On the Web, where "something for nothing" is practically a commandment, giving something away is one of the most effective draws a home business owner can add to their site. [Full Story]
Ten Web Site Sins
Too many web sites are boring, annoying and actually turn potential, long-term customers away because they committed one or more of the "10 Web Site Sins." Don't be a sinner, avoid making these mistakes: [Full Story]
8 Steps in Choosing Your Web Marketing
Creating a successful marketing plan for the Web is like baking a cake from scratch; you must assemble the appropriate ingredients in the correct amounts and then combine them in the proper way. Determine the scope of your on-line commitment [Full Story]
E-Mail Tips
Free E-Mail Accounts Seems like everyone is giving away free e-mail accounts. [Full Story]
Who Shops Online?
As a home business owner, you certainly want to know who shops online, who doesn't and why? Surveys conducted by two independent online research groups - Flexo-Hiner and ebates.com/Harris Interactive-have attempted to answer this question. [Full Story]
Snooping on the Web
Snooping is such an ugly word so let's just say that the information you're looking for is there on the Web, free - or really cheap - for the taking. [Full Story]
Speedy Tricks for the Internet
Note: Web sites change daily. All information and web addresses are current and pertinent to this article as of 1/l5/0l [Full Story]
The Scent of E-Commerce
Technology Never Ceases… First you See, then you Hear and Now…Sniff Online.Imagine perusing through an online food and beverage catalog and catching a whiff of home baked bread [Full Story]
Quick Tips on Protecting Your Privacy - Part 2
Protect your privacy on the Web with a few precautionary steps. SmartBusiness Magazine suggests, first and foremost, un-list yourself from your local phone directory. [Full Story]
Evidence Found of "Bug" that Phones Home
Read Documents Carefully - Evidence Found of Tracking Bug Be careful when reading Word documents - you might catch a bug. [Full Story]
Quick Tips on Protecting Your Privacy - Part 1
Web browsing can leave your home business vulnerable and highly exposed. There's no need to become paranoid however. Protect your privacy on the Web with good business sense and taking a few precautionary measures. [Full Story]
INTERNET LIABILITY EXPOSURE
The Internet is a powerful tool that has changed, and will continue to change, how we operate our businesses and live our lives. Many entrepreneurs have developed ways to make significant amounts of money via the Internet. [Full Story]
The Big E in E-Mail
Remember the old TV western when pony express would gallop across the prairie to deliver the mail? Well, the internet can do the same thing, but without all the dust, dirt and sweaty horses. [Full Story]
Online Business Resources
Check out these web sites for informative help and insight to operate your business. [Full Story]
Uncle Sam & Your Internet Taxes
As a home business owner, there's probably nothing in the world that gets you more riled than the thought of paying more taxes. As you prepare to put your Web marketing plan into action, you might wonder, are there any tax surprises waiting for you online? [Full Story]
Safe Surfing
Are your online customers secure? When typing in your credit card number as you buy something online, do you ask yourself, "Is this safe? [Full Story]
The Original "20 Reasons to Put Your Business on the WWW"
Brought to you by NET 101. This material is © copyright 1995 - 2000 by Net 101. [Full Story]
WEB HISTORY
The Internet emerged from concern about nuclear was during the 1960's. It expanded first into colleges and institutions, then into private enterprise, and eventually found its way to the mass market. [Full Story]
Seven Ways Merchants Can Maximize Their Web Presence
How can your home business maximize your Internet presence and making the Web site more responsive to your customers needs is critical. Here are some steps that might be helpful. [Full Story]