Tips for Selecting the Right Cloud Vendor

We’ve written several blogs lately about the advantages of cloud computing for businesses. In this entry, we’ll offer a bit of advice on how to select the right cloud service partner for you and your business.

How Many Businesses Are Actually Using Cloud

A recent survey tells us that about 72% of organizations in the U.S. have at least one of their applications hosted in the cloud. Other key findings from the survey indicate:

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How to Select the Right Consultant

The early days of the Internet were a mixed bag for businesses finding their way on the then new medium. All too often, negative experiences resulted from Internet consultants who seemed to be finding their way as well.

Thankfully, the combination of time and natural forces combined to weed out the pretenders from the contenders.

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Top 5 Essential WordPress Plugins

A common request from our clients are WordPress plugin suggestions so that they have the right set of tools to take their businesses to the next level. In this article, we’ll focus on some of the more essential plugins.

Must Have WordPress Plugins

There are currently about 40,000 plugins for WordPress available for download. Here’s a selection of free and premium must-have plugins that can seriously jumpstart your business website.

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Is Your Customer Experience Personalized?

There’s no doubt about it: for companies to survive in the competitive landscape on today’s markets, they must keep up with the trends – especially when it comes to marketing. In this article, we’ll talk about the personal customer experience – one of the most important trends out there – and how you can make it work for your company.

Personalized Customer Experience at a Glance

No getting around it: the digital age has revolutionized the way we buy things and do business. One aspect of business that has stuck around, though, is the importance of the personal touch. If you’re knowledgeable about your customer’s purchasing history and have a good understanding of what they’re after, you have a far better chance of turning that customer into an advocate for your business.

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How PHP Can Help Your Business

You don’t have to be a programmer to understand the benefits PHP programming can bring to a business. In this article, we’ll tell you why.

PHP at a Glance

Originally called Personal Home Page, PHP was developed a series of codes to track visitors on a particular site. Since then, it has grown to be the most popular “interpreter” on most operating systems and platforms in the world.

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Pay-Per-Click – What Does This Mean For Your Business?

One surefire way of drawing potential customers to your business’s website is Pay-Per-Click marketing  – known informally as PPC. In this article, we’ll cover the basics of PPC marketing and how it can boost your business.

 

PPC Marketing at a Glance

When you’re in a PPC marketing campaign, you’re only paying for each time your ad is clicked in search engine marketing. In essence, you bid for your online ad placement based upon a keyword phrase.

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Why WordPress is the Right Choice for Your Business

When it comes to building your business’s website, you’d be hard-pressed to find a better content management system than WordPress. With more than 25 percent of the world’s websites based upon the WordPress platform, it is purposefully designed so that your web editing and publishing experience is as easy, efficient and effective as possible.

WordPress at a Glance

Put simply, WordPress is a content management system (CMS) that makes it easier for you to update and maintain your business’s site without having to go deep into the woods with HTML coding.

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