Product Reviews

Speed Up Your Mobile Browsing with Dolphin

By TJ McCue - Jun 17, 2013 - 1 Comment

When you browse the Web on a cell phone, you want it to be fast. You may think that all you need is a faster connection to speed up browsing, but it could be something as simple as downloading a better Web browser built for mobile. This review of the Dolphin browser is for the increasingly-mobile … Read More

Did a “Little Bird” Talk to You About Social Selling?

By TJ McCue - Jun 9, 2013 - 7 Comments

Content marketing and social selling are all the rage lately. But in order to actually take those terms to heart and do them takes a lot of diligence and powerful tools. This review is for a new service, Little Bird, that is a search engine to find influencers. They start with the content and tie … Read More

StraightTalk: Are Prepaid Cell Phone Plans Good For Small Business?

By TJ McCue - Jun 5, 2013 - Leave a Comment

Cell phones have practically become part of our anatomies. We show off our newest cell phone like it was a new baby. We carry them everywhere. We cannot live without them, as consumers, but especially as business owners. Mobile phones are mission critical. The Pew Internet project reports that 29 … Read More

Review of the Small Business Events Calendar: Can We Improve It?

By Anita Campbell - Jun 1, 2013 - 2 Comments

We are so excited about our new Small Business Events Calendar. This is a public calendar for the small business community. We invite you to share your events on it. How It Works Events - and Awards and Contests, too -- On the Events Calendar (pictured above) we include not only events such … Read More

Brother’s Smart Printers Rival the Local Copy Center

By Joshua Sophy - May 30, 2013 - 1 Comment

Brother USA has introduced a new line of printers aimed at the small business market. They are designed to offer a high quality, inexpensive printing option. According to a study by Brother last year, businesses can save up to 60% on costs otherwise spent making trips to the local copy center, by … Read More

ExpertCircle Launched: Find Products Recommended by Your Peers

By Anita Campbell - May 22, 2013 - 4 Comments

DocStoc today launched ExpertCircle, a site where you can find vendors and products for you business, recommended by your peers. You can also suggest vendors and products to recommend them to others. ExpertCircle is like sharing word of mouth for business vendors, but in an organized … Read More

Email Marketing with MailChimp

By TJ McCue - May 15, 2013 - 12 Comments

Some claim that email is dead. It is a familiar refrain that many marketers hear, and perhaps say, but it is not true. With over 95 million emails sent per day on average, MailChimp proves that email is still a viable way for small businesses to get the word out. This MailChimp review is for … Read More

Edit Images Interactively With Adobe Photoshop Elements 11

By TJ McCue - Apr 30, 2013 - Leave a Comment

You have probably heard of Adobe Photoshop. The Lexus or Mercedes or Ferrari of photo editing tools. Many small business owners dream of such a powerful tool, but often find that it is too much "engine" for their needs. This product review is for small business owners who need to edit images with … Read More

Review of Plantronics Voyager Legend UC Headset

By TJ McCue - Apr 23, 2013 - 5 Comments

Sponsored Post "Can you hear me now?" You may remember that line from a wireless-phone company commercial. The reason that line is so successful is that we all say it. I’m willing to bet that many of you say that or some version of that question pretty often. We want to make … Read More

Dell Unveils A Huge 18-Inch Tablet and Desktop In One

By Joshua Sophy - Apr 19, 2013 - 2 Comments

Dell has finally unveiled its long-awaited large tablet / desktop computer hybrid, called the XPS 18 (pictured above). It's an all-in-one computing device. It runs Windows 8 or Windows 8 Pro. Business users will want to take note. The new product, the company boasts, can function like a … Read More

Managing Your Small Business Inventory With InFlow Inventory

By TJ McCue - Mar 26, 2013 - 9 Comments

It's no easy task for a business to manage inventory. In addition to tracking the actual number of products in inventory, you deal with customer orders, purchase orders and re-ordering stock. This review of inFlow Inventory is for the business owner or executive who is ready to move beyond the … Read More

Sending a Fax Via the Internet with eFax

By TJ McCue - Mar 11, 2013 - 3 Comments

There are still a fair number of businesses that use fax as their primary means of communication. The fax machine may be going the way of the dinosaur, but faxing is still going on, oddly enough. eFax is on top of these trends and that's why they keep diversifying to keep up with the digital … Read More