Posts Tagged ‘business’

5 Reasons Why Your Business Needs A Website

Wednesday, September 21st, 2011

You are aware of the fact that if you want to increase the popularity of your brand, you need to promote it through the social media like Facebook, Twitter, etc. But there is one thing for sure – no matter how many business pages you have on social media, all of them combined cannot compare to the effect of a website.

According to a recent research, branded social networking pages get only 22% of customer visits, compared to the 62% of people who regularly visit branded websites. So, if your site is out of date, we strongly recommend that you think of a refresh. After reading this article you will agree with me that websites do still matter. (more…)

The Importance of Safe Social Networking

Monday, September 19th, 2011

Know the Risks

No matter how real online interactions seem, they’re not quite like hanging out with friends because you never know for sure who you’re connecting with. You may be revealing personal details to a much wider audience than you realize–a mix of family, buddies, acquaintances, co-workers–and complete strangers.

When ordinarily you might share only a part of your life with any one person–intimate details with close friends, complaints about your work load with colleagues–online you may be sharing everything with everybody. Unlike a private conversation, after information has been published on the Internet, it’s effectively there forever. It’s available to future employers, friends, job recruiters, and others with consequences you may be unable to imagine.Most people you’ll meet online are genuine and decent, but just as in the rest of the world, some are up to no good. They could misuse the information you disclose to tarnish your reputation, harass you, steal your identity, even jeopardize your physical safety. They could also try to break into your computer to plant spyware, or exploit your PC to send spam or commit crimes. (more…)

HP spin off PC business

Wednesday, August 24th, 2011

Hewlett-Packard Co., the world’s largest personal-computer maker, confirmed its decision to spin off its PC business and even more shocking: it is going to “discontinue operations for webOS devices”. In other words, this is the end of the line for its just-launched tablet, the HP TouchPad as well as for its  smartphones that challenged Apple Inc.’s iPad and iPhone. This is a drastic change from past strategies and it will undo the famous HP-Compaq merger that was engineered by then-CEO Carly Fiorina a decade ago. (more…)

5 Useful Tips For Business Websites

Tuesday, August 9th, 2011

It is the most typical thing for all small businesses to care about their customers. The reason for that is quite simple- customers are essential for a small company, they are the lifeblood of the business, not just another part in the whole mechanism. The support and hence the repeated work with a loyal user base are what small businesses strongly rely on. So, if you are a small business owner, what you really have to do is take a good care of your customers.

We offer you 5 simple tips that will help you improve your website in order to make your customers’ time spent on it far more pleasant and productive at the same time.

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