Email is the communication medium of choice for most businesses, worldwide, because of its inherent speed and efficiency. Unfortunately, the way we use email is oftentimes unproductive, distracting, or even damaging to our company’s bottom line. That’s why so many employers and supervisors want to know how to monitor employee email. Fortunately, it’s easier than you think.
There are two very distinct ways for a startup to travel through the early years of business: organically or with outside funding. Most businesses grow organically, where growth is funded by sales and if you have a lean quarter, well, paychecks are slimmer and capital expenditures are postponed until sales pick up.
Lots of credit cards have a points system, but with the double points standard on the American Express Blue Business Plus credit card, a bit of savvy planning can turn out be a huge boon for your small business. And it’s true whether you’re a high flier or it’s a moonlighting gig with a desk that doubles as your dining room table.
It’s an unfortunate fact that web security sometimes gets lost in the excitement of setting up a new website or blog, the thought of finally having a storefront for your craft takes precedence over protection from SQL injections and Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks – as if anybody knows what they are anyway. Foregoing website, server, and/or database protection creates a false economy though; online threats are increasingly a concern for everybody who has a website.
I have an idea for a great app. Don’t believe I’m the first to have thought of it. How do I find out if Google (or others) are already working on this app? I don’t have the skills to make it happen – just a great idea I want to share with someone who can make it happen…
My company is poised to acquire a startup here in San Francisco, but their accounting books are confusing and questionable. They claim it’s because they’re cleaning up after an identity theft incident, but I thought identity theft affected individuals, not businesses? What’s the scoop, and what can my business do to avoid business identity theft?
How can I sell my Idea to Yahoo, Google or any other company which has live chat to explain my Idea? I just need online contact …
I have an online business and it’s going pretty well, but I’ve hit a wall: I want to establish and set up an 800 toll free number for customers to call, a number that goes straight to voicemail, but lets me easily call them back to answer questions or concerns, help track shipments, etc. But how do I set up a toll free number without paying a ton of money?
