Posts by Ed Fox
3 Ways to Protect Your Business Resources
What is the password to your website hosting account? Where is your domain name registration managed? Where do you go to create a new email account with your domain? Who has administrative access to your blog? If you are running a business and don’t know the answers (or how to find the answers) to these…
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Don’t Lead Like Roger Goodell
With the NFL’s spiraling domestic abuse and discipline crisis, everyone in the football-loving world has been wondering where is Roger Goodell? And last Friday, he had the press conference from Hell. To be fair, the much-anticipated moment of truth drew criticism before it even began. He showed up 15 minutes late (leading some on Twitter…
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Who’s Gonna Whack Yelp?
Yelp can (and should) be a helpful tool rather than an online cheap car salesman. Yet their business practices continue to suggest they proudly avoid the high road in exchange for revenues. Now, both businesses and consumers have reason to want the site to disappear. Business owners are angry over a federal appeals court decision…
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5 Keys to Local Search
In order to understand a little more about the process of Search Engine Optimization, it’s important to be aware of the distinction between local search and organic search. In local search, it can be difficult to deal with a lot more variability in terms of search platforms and market distribution, but you can also really…
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Internet Coverage
In addition to coverage of electronic data processing (EDP) risks, today’s business must consider insuring the risks of doing business on the Internet. Some issues that may require coverage include: Copyright issues Trademark violations related to a domain name Deceptive use of meta-tags Privacy issues related to information garnered from visitors Loss of functionality due…
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Pay Your Employees While On The Go
For small business owners who don’t expect to always be in the office, there need to be processes set in place that maximize productivity when working from a remote location. That’s where mobile technology comes into a play, and a Smartphone application called Online Payroll by Intuit is an option for entrepreneurs who appreciate the…
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Why Cloud Technology?
One of the most rapidly growing fields in technology in recent years has been cloud technology. Yet many people still don’t really know what it is. In fact, a survey conducted in 2010 by 7th Sense Research revealed that a smaller percentage of small businesses even claim to know what cloud technology is than actually…
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5 Cloud Storage Solutions for Small Businesses
Cloud storage has been growing like wildfire over the past few years, offering individuals and businesses the chance to easily store and share files with no strings attached. With many options when it comes to choosing a service for storing and sharing your files remotely, I’ve put together a list of who I see as…
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Swiftly Design: Professional Edits to Creative Projects
For businesses that don’t require the attention of a full-time designer but want to avoid the hassle of recruiting and hiring a freelancer, Swiftly offers a reasonable alternative. A subsidiary of 99designs, a graphic and web design Crowdsourcing site reviewed previously, Swiftly has a team of designers ready to deliver edits within a matter of…
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Manage Passwords and More in One Place
If you’re like most entrepreneurs, you use the internet every day for a multitude of functions. Whether email, social media, news, or ecommerce, we visit countless websites every day that require you to sign up with an account. But what if you don’t know where to save your passwords or don’t have time to remember…
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