It a lot of cases I find myself researching businesses online.  As a salesman I used online tools to find prospective businesses and contacts to call on.  As a manager I ran reports for market intelligence by industry, size, locations, etc. for my sales teams. Business owners may also want to check on the key [...]

Your company’s domain name, or it’s address on the internet, is an important part of your brand, image, and message.  It is akin to a piece of property or some other form of capital that you want to protect.  That is why it is important to know the vital details about your domain name, including [...]

If you’ve tried to access Google or Wikipedia this morning you’ve noticed that the pages are blacked out. Many of the highest traffic sites have coordinated an effort to protest the Stop Online Piracy Act commonly referred to as (SOPA). The proposed law would limit access to sites that host copyright protected content illegally such [...]

Google grants is a program for Nonprofit organizations, offered through Google’s Nonprofits program.  If your organization is a qualified Google for Nonprofits organization, you may be able to benefit from Google’s advertising program. The way it works is as follows.  If you qualify, Google Grants will give you an advertising grant within the Google AdWords™ [...]

  Advertising is always a bit of a crap shoot – especially when you are launching a campaign in a brand new medium, be it TV, Radio, Print or Digital realms.  The message needs to be right, there needs to a compelling call to action, the aesthetics need to appeal and of course, your target [...]

Google Plus, to some it is a graveyard to others it is the next “big thing”.  Regardless of what you think the platform has been making quite a bit of noise over the last few months.  Yet this post is not meant to give a high level review of what Google+ is (those can be [...]

Ready for some spring cleaning?  Why not start with your website?  Your website is the first and last place your prospects go before deciding whether or not to do business with you. Don’t miss the critical opportunity to make a great first impression! If you’d like to learn how you can spring clean your website [...]

When was the last time you took a look at your company’s website?  Is it easy to navigate?  Is it attractive to look at?  Here’s a short list of some basic website do’s and don’ts to move your website in the right direction.  Stay tuned for upcoming blog posts and webinar later this month. Do… Keep [...]

I almost use this product so much that I forget other people don’t know about it. I would like to share. My best explanation of this product is , It’s like a thumb drive that you don’t have to carry around.  It’s clouded and virtual. They host all the data on the Drop Box servers [...]

  Have you ever thought “that website would be better if it had this or that…”?   Maybe you’d like to try some rearranging or a new design on a web page, but perhaps you don’t know HTML or don’t have admin access to your website?  Small businesses are often without full-time web design help, [...]