Tek Tips
Here’s the low-down on ways to become more aware of ways that you can automate your business (yup, you – no matter what kind or size of businesses). So often we go through our days on “auto-pilot”, doing things the way we’ve always done them without a thought to whether we could be working more…
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Email was the precursor to the Web as we know it today but the Web is a different place today and email has evolved. Have your email habits evolved as well, or are you still stuck in the stone ages? This video is a quick look at the beginning of email and how email has…
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Who shot J.R.? Why is the sky blue? How did cats come to rule the Internet? These are all questions that you can get answers to. You also already have the answer to that persisting question “What should I blog about this week?” The answer, my friends, is blowing in the wind. Okay, it’s not,…
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Sometimes I picture Tattoo running around Fantasy Island declaring “Ze cloud! Ze cloud!” when I start talking about one of the latest frontiers in technology. It is amusing, and maybe a bit reflective of how most people view cloud computing. Something to be pointed to and exclaimed about, but not really well understood. What is…
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As you are probably starting to understand from my previous posts, WordPress security is multi-layered. By now, you should at least be limiting login attempts on your site and making sure that everything stays updated. Up Next: Be Unique The next phase is to take steps to reduce what potential hackers know about your site, thus making…
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Not a week goes by without some company making the headlines because their system has been compromised. There’s always a big name in the news: Equifax, Target, Sony, Harbor Freight, etc. But, what you don’t see reported are the other 29,997 sites that are hacked every day (via Forbes). [Tweet “FACT: If you put something…
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When I sat down to share my list of plugins, I only intended to write one post. Well, one post turned into 3 (well, 4 if you count the one on plugin pricing models). Turns out there were more plugins on my list than I anticipated, so I ended up breaking it up into parts.…
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Previously I published my list of must-have plugins for every WordPress site that I work on. Continuing with my list of WordPress plugins, here’s the run down of my go-to plugins for specific functionality I need on a site. Sure, most sites will use many of them. However, I urge you to really evaluate what…
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It seems like everything you do these days requires an account. Email, calendar, files, phones, apps… the list goes on and on. For better or worse, Google owns many of the places you might need an account. If you use YouTube, Gmail, Google Docs, AdWords, Google+, Blogger, Picasa, Chrome or one of their other 49+…
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Would you have an employee use their home address to receive customer payments? Probably not. Receiving payments is critical to the business. You don’t want payments going anywhere that doesn’t belong to you. Well, that is exactly what happens employees are allowed to use personal email addresses for company business. Business critical activities are happening somewhere you have…
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