Public Speaking

Date: 03/13/2013  Author: admin  Category:

Local clubs and professional organizations are a great place to advertise your business. Recently I was asked to speak on a local radio show. This led to speaking in front a woman’s business organization, etc. Get yourself out there and promote your business. Helping local charities is also a good way to get out and meet people, help the community, and give a presentation at events. You may not get as many leads at charity functions as you would at trade shows and conventions, but you will create a positive image for your business in the community. People are recommended because they are local or because they are involved with a charity. Charities make it in the local press which can mean good PR for your business. I also recommend this article from Lean Frog on using Lean to get PR.

The point of all this is to get out in the community and make yourself, and your business, visible. The more people see and hear you the more they are likely to want to hear you speak. I’m assuming you have something interesting to say.

Benefits of CDR Media

Date: 11/21/2012  Author: admin  Category:

The term “CD-R” refers to a CD that allows you to record files. Originally CDs were only recordable by companies with major resources, whereas now anyone with a CD-R drive can do it.Writing files to a CD has a large number of benefits for businesses of all sizes. These benefits include-Easy Transfer It’s easy to transfer files from one computer to another using a CD-R. It’s especially useful to use CDs in this manner when the files that you need to transfer are too large for email attachments. The portability of a CD-R also means that it won’t be cumbersome to move the CD from one location to another the way it might be with a portable hard drive, for example.

-Backups

It’s also very useful to use CD-Rs in a backup capacity. In the course of running a business, it’s often essential to make sure that certain files, often in the form of records, are backed up properly. In the past, this often took the form of actual physical paper files. But now, it makes a lot more sense to have electronic versions, especially since the amount of data that one CD can hold can be equal to an entire filing cabinet full of paper. Read More

Hurt My Shoulder at Work

Date: 11/16/2012  Author: admin  Category:

This might not fit in as a business  post but when you do a lot of typing and you’ve hurt your shoulder you hunt for all cures.

If you have sustained an injury, then you are likely going to need shoulder surgery. During the time between the injury and when your actual surgery takes place, you will need to be sure that you follow the advice of your shoulder surgeon. Depending on the amount of damage, the surgeon may also suggest holding off on surgery. If that is the case, these items can help to minimize the pain you are having.

The first thing that you will want to do is to avoid lifting anything heavy. Depending on the amount of damage you have sustained, you may even want to avoid items more than ten pounds. In addition to this, you are going to find that unless absolutely necessary; you will want to avoid lifting anything above shoulder level.

On the items that you lift before your surgery, you will want to be sure that you keep everything close to your body. Avoid lifting out and do what you can to keep the strain off of your arms as well. This can help you to avoid some pain. Read More

USB Active Extension Cable

Date: 11/15/2012  Author: admin  Category: ,

When you are in the market for a USB active extension cable, you had better make sure that you understand all about the all-important extension cable length. It all comes down to how you figure out your USB extension cable maximum length, but remember this. In the future, this will likely change, just like all things in the world of technology. In other words, a reliable maximum length today will eventually become obsolete in the future.

The maximum length of the extension cable will actually be founded upon two very important pieces of criteria: the purpose for which the cable is going to be used and also the specific kind of cable. In cases where the actual cable fails to come with an active repeater chip, then it is clearly going to belong to the passive category of cables and will thus be about 16 feet in length. For some people, just having 16 extra feet for an extension cable is naturally not going to be nearly enough. For these people, they should look into buying some active USB extension cables. With active USB cables, though, you are still going to be limited somewhat, though by not nearly as much as the passive cables. Active USB cables can give you up to 80 feet of additional length, which ought to really be satisfactory in most cases. Read More

Buying Fashion Jewelry Online

Date: 11/15/2012  Author: admin  Category:

Anyone buying fashion jewelry online will need to ensure that they are paying close attention to some important things. While there is a chance you can pick up a great piece of jewelry at a fraction of the price, there will be some things you will want to pay close attention to when buying online.

The first thing you will need to do is to understand the pricing on fashion jewelry. Online, there are places that will sell their jewelry at wholesale prices, while others may list their products at retail. Depending on what you will be using this jewelry for, you may want to consider the pricing options you have to pick up a piece at the best possible price. Read More

Hiring a Law Firm for Personal Injury

Date: 11/15/2012  Author: admin  Category:

For anyone who has been the victim of a personal injury accident, one of the first considerations, after receiving proper medical care, is whether to hire a personal injury law firm to handle the case. Although each case presents a unique set of circumstances, the complexity of both the legal system, and the area of the law that deals with personal injuries in particular, makes hiring an experienced personal injury lawyer an excellent decision. Read More

Types-Of-Interpreting-Service

Date: 11/15/2012  Author: admin  Category:

Interpreting services offer much needed services in many different industries. In the health care field, for example, it is very important to keep clear communication between patients and doctors. Sometimes a situation arises where there is a need to communicate with people who are of different origins and speak different languages. Similarly, doctors often have to communicate with people who cannot speak verbally. In this type of situation, there is a need for using interpreting services to keep communication smooth.

There are different types of interpreting services that can be used in the health care or any other field for the purpose of keeping communication clear. Some of the different types of interpreting services are simultaneous interpreting, consecutive interpreting, translators, and nonverbal interpreting. The first and most common one is simultaneous interpreting in which interpretation is done as the speaker talks. Read More

SEO Basics for Business

Date: 11/15/2012  Author: admin  Category:
Whether you’re learning about SEO yourself or you’re hiring a consultant to handle the work for you, it’s helpful to understand some of the basic terms of the industry. Here are some of the most commonly-used terms:
Keywords
Keywords are the words that people type when they’re searching online. Some keywords will obviously have more competition than others, so it’s important to pick the most effective keywords for your product or service.
Keyword Research
You need to find out what words people use in searching for your product or service. Research is vital and must come before you even start thinking about site content.

Keyword Density
Keywords are important, but so is the way you use them. If you’re stuffing your pages with too many, you may be blacklisted by search engines. Keyword density refers to the amount of keywords contained on each page. Read More

Using CDR for Legal Data Back

Date: 09/19/2012  Author: admin  Category:

If you work in a law firm, you cannot underestimate the need for data protection for your business records. Sure, you can protect the vital records of your law firm, and those of your clients, with just external hard drives or even basic tapes, yet those old-fashioned options simply fail to offer a backup option that is satisfactory for your current needs. When thinking about back up choices, you should definitely go with the CDR option. CDR is recordable cd media that you can purchase cheap from many stores. We buy ours online from WTSmedia brands.

The following are a few pieces of advice when it comes to establishing a reliable back up strategy for your legal purposes.

The number one thing you should keep in mind is that your backup files must be encrypted, whether they are going to go on CD-R media or not. When you encrypt your files, you guarantee privacy. Further, when you pick a backup vendor, you must ensure that the vendor has at least 2 geographically different facilities at least 100 miles apart from each other. Other significant things to look for in your vendor are certifications such as, for instance, SAS 70 Type II. Such a certification will tell you that the vendor has satisfied requirements from a 3rd-party certification authority.

If you have been updating your law firm files on a manual schedule, you must think hard about switching over to an automated one with updates that are regular. This will allow your data backups to happen on a consistent basis, thereby heightening security for your law firm and its very important files. This also includes the requirement to confirm if activities have really taken place as you think they have, and you have to be notified if issues do occur at your site.

Making Money with a Small Business

Date: 07/19/2012  Author: admin  Category:

As someone that has started several small businesses I’m a firm believer that your own business is the only way to make real money. My Dad, a self-made millionaire, always said, “You will never make real money working for someone else.” I’ve worked for other people and I’ve worked for myself. While the former is normally more secure, the latter is more rewarding. There are many reasons people go into business for themselves: laid off, tired of the grind, trying to make real money, taking over a family business. In this post I’m going to try and give you a very short treatise on a few problems with starting your own business.

Making Money

Many people will tell you that they started their own business because they want to be their own boss. It’s normally about happiness, freedom, more time, etc. Those are all fine but at the end of the day your business has to make money to survive. As a side note, if you want freedom and more time, don’t quit your day job. Many people put their time and money into businesses that are losers; they think they have to do a particular thing because they liked a hobby or because they like the thought of doing a particular job. They forge ahead and forget the basics, a business must be profitable. There has to be a market demand. If you open the best sandwich shop in a place that hates sandwiches you won’t succeed. Read More

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