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Articles in this category cover proven concepts and ideas to help you improve work processes and strengthen your organization. It's all about doing things smarter and avoiding mistakes, resulting in cost and resource savings.

Five Outside-the-box Ways to Cut IT Costs

October 19, 2008 By

The best time to consider cost-saving measures is before the CFO comes knocking on your door.

Filed Under: Best Practices, Resources, Technology Trends

Running Over Budget

May 25, 2008 By

How do projects run over budget? Or would it be better to say that the project wasn’t priced correctly at the outset?

Filed Under: Best Practices, Design, Resources, Small Business

Mastering Keywords

May 20, 2008 By

Proper planning at the outset of a project is a critical success factor – one such facet is keyword research and how it ties into copywriting and search engine optimization.

Filed Under: Best Practices, Marketing, Resources, Small Business

Content Theft and Plagiarism

March 31, 2008 By

The demand for content puts more pressure on website administrators, who may resort to stealing content in order to fill space on their sites

Filed Under: Best Practices, Resources, Security, Small Business

Update Your Flash Player

January 1, 2008 By 2 Comments

CNET’s security blogger Michael Horowitz described extensively in a recent blog entry why it is so important to upgrade right away your browsers on Macs, Linux and Windows to Flash Player’s version 9.0.115.0.

Filed Under: Best Practices, Resources, Security, Technology Trends

Zero Inbox

August 1, 2007 By Leave a Comment

43 Folders has a special series looking at the skills, tools, and attitude needed to empty your email inbox — and then keep it that way.

Filed Under: Best Practices, Resources

Now You’re Invulnerable, Right?

February 15, 2007 By Leave a Comment

It’s fairly easy to misconfigure your firewall if you don’t have strong technology expertise among your staff.

Filed Under: Best Practices, Open-Source

Magic Doesn’t Just Happen By Itself

February 4, 2007 By Leave a Comment

It takes more than good design and a good team to create successful websites.

Filed Under: Best Practices, Blogging, Small Business

When Brainstorming Goes Bad

December 28, 2006 By Leave a Comment

Fruitless sessions are a clear sign your company isn’t doing it the right way.

Filed Under: Best Practices, Small Business, Technology Trends

Project Management Basics

December 20, 2006 By Leave a Comment

A thought or two that’ll help you manage your projects better and easier.

Filed Under: Best Practices, Small Business

Converting Visitors Into Customers

December 13, 2006 By Leave a Comment

101 simple, surefire techniques that will make a significant difference.

Filed Under: Best Practices, Marketing, Small Business

When Disaster Strikes

December 3, 2006 By Leave a Comment

A stich in time saves nine. True for businesses as well.

Filed Under: Best Practices, Small Business

“I will back up my data. I will back up my data.”

November 9, 2006 By Leave a Comment

Sobering reminder why you shouldn’t shortchange maintenance.

Filed Under: Best Practices

Changing Default Passwords

October 28, 2006 By Leave a Comment

Ignorance and a simple four-word Google search query allowed individual to take control of thousands of ATMs across the US.

Filed Under: Best Practices, Security

Building Analytics into Your Website

October 25, 2006 By Leave a Comment

Do yourself a favor and plan to integrate analytics from the outset.

Filed Under: Best Practices, Marketing, Small Business

Don’t Cut Corners

October 23, 2006 By Leave a Comment

There is a difference between risk taking and taking stupid risks.

Filed Under: Best Practices, Small Business

Blog Content Theft

October 22, 2006 By 2 Comments

Fight copyright infringement, copyright violation, and content theft.

Filed Under: Best Practices, Blogging, Technology Trends

Developing More Secure Code

October 21, 2006 By Leave a Comment

Any web project with custom-programming (i.e. e-commerce) should follow these from the outset, or you’ll regret it later.

Filed Under: Best Practices, Open-Source, Security

Naming A Business

October 17, 2006 By Leave a Comment

Just like naming your firstborn, choosing the right name for a business is an artform.

Filed Under: Best Practices, Small Business

Critical Questions For Your Startup Co-Founders

October 5, 2006 By Leave a Comment

You may want to discuss these issues before signing on the dotted line.

Filed Under: Best Practices, Small Business