Archive for the 'Technology' Category

For years, the Big Interet Companies - Yahoo, Microsoft, and now Google - envisioned a world where users don’t store data locally but on huge servers. Users would only have devices to connect to the data.
The limitation in superiority in this battle is the number of servers… this report says Microsoft has 200,000 where Google has over 450,000.
Here’s something about […]

Melissa Data reports that most websites designed for Business to Business use are complicated and hard to follow.
That defeats the purpose doesn’t it?
Is your website easy to follow?
B-to-B Websites Aren’t as Friendly as You ThinkB-to-B websites aren’t as user-friendly as one might think. According to a recent report by the Nielsen Norman Group, business-to-business websites are […]

I was talking to an industry insider in the medical transcription field the other day and she dispelled some common myths.
When people today start thinking about doing Medical Transcription at home or in an office or hospital, there are many who tell them… “that field won’t be around long due to technology”.
The implication is that […]

Here’s a common internet marketing error you can see at Craigslist today.
They did the RIGHT THING by putting this under SERVICES since this is NOT a job and violates the TOS of Craigslist Jobs boards.
I’m reproducing the ad here so you can test yourself.
What’s the mistake? (I made the picture much smaller because of blog […]

Tuesday night I’ll be at a meeting of a company seeking to open in my rural town.
They’re a national company doing medical transcription.
Due to contract obligations, the transcription must be done “in house”… no home based transcription.
I was asked if this would be a problem for people who normally want to work at home.
“No…”
Here if […]

North Carolina realtors according to the Triad Business Journal
As a Realtor with Re/Max, Marks drives about 400 miles each week just for business. And because all Realtors, even those with large national firms, are independent contractors, Marks is not reimbursed for gas or vehicle maintenance costs.
“From a business sense, it just makes more sense to […]

From Seth Godin
 
Yes, there are 54 ways not to mention pay per click advertising.

Use lists.
Be topical… write posts that need to be read right now.
Learn enough to become the expert in your field.
Break news.
Be timeless… write posts that will be readable in a year.
Be among the first with a great blog on your topic, then […]

 
Blogger is a very easy to use and free blog service, but the templates DO leave something to be desired.
Also, since the internal blogger police are cracking down on every blog their computers tell them is a “spam blog”, it’s the variations you’ve done to your template (among other things) that signal your work isn’t […]

 
I was surfing the web yesterday browsing through available scripts just to see “what’s out there”… in case I had a brain storm for a website.
Oh well, at least web surfing is cheaper than my old pinball habit.
Anyway, I came across some relatively inexpensive software bundles I thought you might like looking at if you […]

Your home business could be dramatically increasing your home electric bill.
Taking a few simple steps could reduce your overhead without reducing your profits.
As energy prices increase, this may be worth considering for you. 
From the Wonder Working Words ezine
Zap Phantom Loads To Save Energy
Once upon a time, when you turned off an appliance, it was off. […]