Technology Trends

 

How to Spot Technology Trends

A common question is: “How do you spot trends in the marketplace?”  Well, it’s hardly an exact science — actually not a science at all, but more of an art form. It involves keeping your ear close to the ground … looking at a variety of sources for small bits of data…

 

 

Twitter Plagued with Annoying Worm – Do Not Use Internet Explorer

For the past two weeks Twitter has been plagued with a worm called “Mikeyy.”  You can get infected with the Mikeyy worm simply by visiting an infected profile page on Twitter, or clicking on a link that takes you to an infected page. Once infected, it takes over your Twitter account…

Getting PR for a Small Business – Tweet Chat Summary

As some of you know, I have been participating in organized events over at Twitter.com called tweetchats (read my backgrounder on Tweetchats).  Last week I was the featured speaker in the @Sbbuzz tweetchat, about getting press coverage for a small business on a tight budget.  The summary for…

Skype’s So-Called Free Business Model Drives Revenue

When you hear the name Skype, what do you think?  Probably: free phone calls. Some thought Meg Whitman, former CEO of eBay, was nuts when eBay bought Skype back in 2005 for $2.6 Billion.  Analysts questioned what relevance Skype had to eBay’s business.  Many also questioned the business…

TweetChats – The Cool New Way to Network and Learn on Twitter

The world is agog with Twitter.  You can’t watch the evening news without the anchors reading Twitter messages from viewers. Small businesses are on Twitter.  To help you make the most use of Twitter, there are even lists of twitter tools for small businesses. Big corporations have jumped…

Sage North America Today Announced Sage SalesLogix Today

Scottsdale, Ariz. (PRESS RELEASE – March 23, 2009) – Sage North America today announced “Sage SalesLogix Today,” a new rapidly-deployable CRM offering for small businesses. Sage SalesLogix Today is a specially configured Sage SalesLogix system on an intelligent server from…

Benchmark Your IT Effectiveness

Would you like to see how your information technology infrastructure and procedures stack up against other small businesses? A group of companies, including Small Business Trends, have formed an industry coalition to benchmark the IT effectiveness of small and medium sized businesses around the…

SEO — Just Snake Oil?

A recent column in PC Magazine has the search engine optimization (SEO) community up in arms. John Dvorak writes that he tried one SEO tactic on his blog and saw a negative impact. His conclusion? SEO is snake oil.  Respected online search expert Aaron Wall fired back a post with evidence that SEO…

Fake Steve Jobs is Wrong About Blogging

Why is it that every article that proclaims ”you can’t make money at blogging,” is written by someone who is NOT an entrepreneur?   Coincidence?  Or cause and effect? The latest such article is by the journalist formerly known as Fake Steve Jobs.  For almost two years he…

More Coverage of Small Business Summit

I continue with part 2 of my coverage of the 4th annual Small Business Summit in New York this past week  (read part 1 for background and additional coverage).   * * * Intuit –  Intuit had a strong presence at the Summit and I managed to spend a few minutes with Rachel Euretig of Intuit…

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