Beware of the BDR: Backup and Disaster Recovery are NOT the Same
Can we stop paying for online backup now that we have disaster recovery? Some of you may chuckle, but it’s a common question nowadays. Worse yet, there are unscrupulous service […]
Trade Secret Proposal Tips
Whether you’re a customer or a vendor, there are many undisclosed facts about proposals. The most protected truth is that the decision is already made and the game is rigged […]
Digital Marketing for More Customers
If you look at a typical sales funnel today, digital marketing has already educated customers and helped them make decisions well before talking to sales. In fact, virtually everything in […]
Streamlining Technology to Reduce Complexity and Improve Productivity
Smooth lines with a gleaming reflection and razzle-dazzle lights seem to convey the promises of technology, but in the current era we seem to be gridlocked. The trend now is […]
Technology Timeframes: How Long Does It Take?
Some things are true, even if you don’t believe them. We’ve all been handed impossible deadlines at some point in our careers. However, despite what management thinks, there are decrees […]
Realities of Google PageSpeed Insights for Business Leaders
If you haven’t tried Google PageSpeed Insights, then you should type in your website and see the results. Don’t be alarmed by the Google Developer logo. You’re more than capable of […]
Most Registrars Are Clueless about SSL
Have you encrypted your website yet? Reputable organizations around the globe are planning to implement HTTPS as described in Show Customers You Are Serious About Security. No one can intercept […]
Backstory of Experience The Possible for Strategic Vision
Backstory of Experience the Possible Technology improvements for business are accelerating so fast that a dozen previously unknown concepts have been launched by the time you read this sentence. If you like understanding the […]
Fix Your Broken Technology Model
In 2010, the push was to remove IT conflict. Five years later, most organizations still have a terribly broken technology model. For IT, the structure is generally: Least experienced personnel start […]
Avoid April Fools Technology Pranks
April Fools’ Day was actually invented by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt in 1934 to raise morale during the Great Depression. Well no, it actually wasn’t as explained in John […]
Pumpkin Plan Your Marketing
As virtual CIO, I sit in many board meeting and strategy sessions for customers. My role is not just streamlining technology, but also super charging digital marketing. My clients are […]
Help Fight Webspam
Webspam is duplicate, malicious, misleading, or unintelligible web pages designed to harm or confuse visitors and manipulate search results. Webspam is becoming such a widespread problem, that it’s time for […]
Export Your WordPress.com Blog for Any Contingency
Every few months you hear the same lesson, but few people pay any attention. Someone uses a free or nominal cost cloud service like Gmail and are left digitally destitute when their […]
Start Telling Your Origin Story
The letters glow brightly against the maroon façade of Gold’s Gym in the early hours of the morning. That’s where most days are started, lifting heavy weights with 30 seconds of rest between […]
Streamline Your Job Scorecard and Daily Routine
Accountability can be a tough word, just like fulfillment. I’m often amazed when I ask a client how is your performance measured and what’s your daily routine? Maybe it’s because they think […]
Fix The Most Common Thing Hurting Your Search Ranking
You see the same mistake virtually everywhere on the Internet. Huge companies like Apple and even SEO firms commit this error, so it’s not surprising average websites also suffer this affliction. The […]
What a Modern Network Looks Like
A generation ago, the picture below looked vastly different. Old network diagrams conjured thoughts of defending a castle. However, the problem for decades has been the fact that people work more outside of their business or […]
