Rules of Conduct on Internal Social Networks
Is it okay to take quizzes and challenge your co-workers on your company’s social network? Or post pictures of the wild office holiday party? Now that busi... Read story
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Social Media: Measuring Your Company's ROI
Many businesses are devoting a lot of time and energy to maintaining a social media strategy, but is the money being well spent. Here's how to measure your s... Read story
The Need for Speed: 4G Networks
The major wireless telecommunications carriers are rolling out next-generation or 4G wireless services. Read story
Cell Phones: A Security Risk to Your Business?
As cell phones are becoming more like pocket-sized computers, they are also more vulnerable to viruses, Trojan horses, and worms. Take these key steps to pro... Read story
For Hire: Social Media Rep for Businesses
Social media is incredibly important...and incredibly time consuming. Many small business owners must choose between properly promoting their companies on Fa... Read story
Doc or Docx? Which Office Format to Use
For those using older versions of Microsoft Word, or other non-Microsoft word processing software, the new .docx format can be a real pain. It has caused dis... Read story
Will Your Texting Policy Stand Up in Court?
A new Supreme Court case casts a shadow on employee text messaging rules. The case involves an employer sued for reading an employee's (highly sexual) text m... Read story
How to Leapfrog from XP to Windows 7
Most small companies will be upgrading from Windows XP to Windows 7 this year – basically bypassing Vista. Here's what that entails, between reinstalling s... Read story
How to Improve Your Site's Search Engine Optimization
Search engine optimization can raise your website's profile, delivering more traffic, more customers, and bigger revenues. Here's how to make the most of thi... Read story
Use Wikipedia as a Marketing Tool
In the age of social media, you can use Wikipedia -- the world's online encyclopedia –- as a marketing tool. Small businesses are find that getting a listi... Read story
Storing Data in the Cloud
The best online backup services for business data Read story
Secrets to Getting Good Reviews Online
There’s a right way and a wrong way to seek positive online reviews for your business. Filing fake reviews led New York State to collect $300,000 from a pl... Read story
Online Barter Exchanges
Here are the largest online barter exchanges. All of them let you peruse available goods before joining Read story
Is a Barter Exchange Right for Your Company?
Careful: Some barter trades can be costly Read story
The Best Business Card Scanners
How two portable business card scanners stack up. Read story
Track Comments about Your Business Online
Listen Up! Tracking software and services can alert you to what customers are saying about your business on social networks, blogs, and other social media. T... Read story
The Best Printers for Less Than $1,000
From the HP OfficeJet Pro to the Xerox Phaser, four top printers Read story
Online B2B Marketplaces: Should You Dive In?
Business-to-business marketplaces are proliferating on the Web. Here's how to tell a site is right for you. Read story
How to Fight Organized Cybercrime
International gangs of cyber-criminals are working together to infiltrate unprotected networks -- and targeting small businesses. Here’s how to keep from b... Read story
Should Your Company Switch to Online Banking?
Many small businesses are still using paper checks sent through the mail to settle their accounts. But online banking can save time and effort, and improve c... Read story
Use Twitter to Find Customers
Most businesses think of Twitter as a promotional tool, but it can also be used to find sales leads. Read story
Using Twitter to Find Customers
Most businesses think of Twitter as a promotional tool, but it can also be used to find sales leads. Here's how to use Twitter to find potential customers an... Read story
Device Detection Protects Your Site from Fraud
New device detection services can give online businesses a lot of detail about devices being used to access their sites. Providers of these services say this... Read story
Getting the Most from Banking Online
Many small businesses are still using paper checks sent through the mail to settle their accounts. But online banking can save time and effort, and improve c... Read story
Be Very Afraid of Scareware
“Scareware” consists of pop-up advertisements that appear warning users of supposed security threats. These fake anti-virus programs take advantage of gu... Read story
Five Tips to Make Your Hardware Last Longer
At a time when few businesses can afford new equipment, there are several ways to get longevity out of your desktop. Read story
Online B2B Marketplaces: Should You Dive In?
Business-to-business marketplaces are proliferating on the Web. Here’s how to tell a site is right for you. Read story
Keeping Tabs on Mobile Workers
Mobile phone GPS tracking can tell you where employees are throughout the day -- but how will they feel about it? Read story
Time to Renegotiate Vendor Contracts?
With the economy in major slowdown mode, now may be a good time to try renegotiating some of those one-sided vendor contracts you entered into in better time... Read story
The Downside to Virtualization: Security Risks
Businesses small and large are increasingly turning to virtualization technology to save costs and increase redundancies in case of disaster. But traditional... Read story
Link Bait: Giving It Away Online to Get Traffic
Every small business yearns for "link love" -- links from other websites that can bring traffic to your site and raise your company's visibility. One way to ... Read story
What’s New in Server Software?
Microsoft’s 2008 server software has better data protection and security, and more options. Is it time for an upgrade? Read story
5 Steps to Localized Online Marketing
Just because it’s called the “World Wide Web” doesn’t mean you can’t use it to reach a local audience. Here’s how. Read story
Why You Need to Hire a Virtual Assistant
Overwhelmed at the office? But not ready to hire new staff? A virtual assistant might be the solution. Read story
Time to Take a Look at Digital Signatures?
Legal since 2000, electronic signatures are only now coming into widespread use -- and they can make a big difference to your bottom line. Read story
Beware the E-mail Blacklist
It’s surprisingly easy to get included in anti-spam blacklists that can keep your messages trapped in limbo. Here’s how to stay off these lists. Read story
Viral Video Helps Market Products
Want to make a big impression with a tiny ad budget? Try creating videos customers will forward to each other. Here are three case studies of small businesse... Read story
What New PCI Standards Mean to You
If your business accepts credit card payments, it must be compliant with Payment Card Industry (PCI) Standards -- which changed this fall. Here’s what the ... Read story
New Tactics in the War on Spam
Spam may make up 90 percent or more of the e-mail your company receives. Here are some new tactics for taming the beast. Read story
Web-Hosted Software: Compliance as a Service
Web-hosted software can keep you in line with ever-changing regulations. Read story
