Best Practices
What Gets Measured Gets Done
There are apps for almost everything. Some wonderful. Others less so. Several of the apps play to the recently created insecurity in us all – the strange desire to get “Likes.” These apps are designed to make you strive to boosts the number of approvals your posts receive. Which begs the question: Who cares? Are…
Read MoreHas Technology Rendered Personal Connections Obsolete
Technology provides some amazing tools. We can contact friends and co-workers around the world with a push of a button. We can instantly send and retrieve data that once required trucks to deliver. We can monitor our business or home from nearly anywhere on the planet. But is there a downside? One of the most…
Read MoreInteresting Insights from 5 Million E-Mails
Baydin, the makers of an email plugin Boomerang, recently analyzed over 5 million emails that were sent and received by Boomerang’s users. Out of the 147 messages the average email user receives every day, only 12 require “substantial work.” Those 12 messages which require “substantial work” take up approximately 90 minutes per day! Most people…
Read MoreDon’t Take the Bait — Practice Link Safety – Hyperlink Best Practices
The Internet is full of friendly people. There are Nigerian princes who want to give us a piece of their oil fortunes, in exchange for some basic bank account information, or long-lost relatives coming out of the woodwork to wire us multi-million dollar inheritances. To say nothing of the generosity of strangers: just the other…
Read MoreThe Cost of Data Re-Creation and Data Recovery — And Yes, We Can Help
As I was working on some new marketing materials this week, I came across some interesting information on the cost to re-create data that had been lost due to either a data backup failure or the absence of a sufficient data backup solution. Data is the lifeblood of modern business, and the rate at which…
Read MoreTen Big Tips to Keep Your Sanity and Get Your Invoices Paid
Unless you run a cash-only business or started less than 10 minutes ago, chances are that you’ve experienced a past-due customer. Here are ten big tips to keep your sanity and make sure you get paid: The collections process begins with your proposal. That’s your opportunity to set clear payment expectations with your client. Include…
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