Category Office – IT

Stand out from your competitors and make 2014 the year that you start harnessing the power of blogging

Recently, I was trawling through my Evernote store of articles when I came across a Social Media Examiner article from a few months ago called: Blogging a Top Focus for Marketers and Other Trends Shown in New Research. Before I go on, I must say that I use Evernote to ‘clip’ and store articles that,…

6 ways to better blog content

I was talking with a colleague earlier today and we were discussing blogging, marketing and how to engage with your customers and with more customers. I’m a great believer in blogging being a really powerful marketing tool. (I’ve written about blogging and marketing here before in Inbound marketing – it’s new and it’s hard but…

London 2012 Olympics – Even Better Business

Excitement for the London 2012 Olympics is visible everywhere in London these days, but how do you enjoy the games when you have a business to run? You may even be one of the lucky ones and have a ticket to an event. Or you fear the interruption it will cause to your daily business…

Busting a few blogging myths for small businesses

When I speak to business owners, whether to a group or one on one, about social media and, particularly, blogging, I often get a sense of unease in the room. A lot of that is to do with people’s fears about writing, being wrong, being creative, having enough time, criticism from others etc etc. This…

Top 5 Business Data Cloud Storage Tips

The top 5 tips weekly post is always full of hints and tips for small, home & micro business owners. 1. Although you often pay a monthly fee for cloud storage, it still usually works out cheaper than buying physical hardware for data storage. 2. The cost of cloud storage covers the outlay of the…

The Rise Of The Tablets

Ever since the launch of the Apple iPad sales in other computers have taken a hit, especially notebook computers. Given the ease of use, weight and dimensions, this is hardly surprising. When the iPad was announced we at WinWeb made the decision to make our new apps work natively in the Apple iPad browser. With…

Rethink IT. Revitalize Business. – IaaS

When you look at products like WinWeb’s Online Office Suite you realize that it provides you with far more than just small business cloud computing software or Software as a Service (SaaS), it is actually a complete small business IT “Infrastructure as a Service” (IaaS). “ IaaS – Infrastructure as a ServiceDelivers time-savings, security and…

Not Every Cloud Has A Silver Lining

Much is being said about so called APIs, software bridges, mashable technology an other little innocent sounding descriptions like – “our software plays nicely with this software”! IMO – truth is – there is nothing “nice” about it! Let’s back up a little, what does it all mean? What it means is this, the software…

Is Your Business Still Ignoring Social Media?

Social media is arguably one of the greatest things to have ever happen to small businesses. In less than a decade of usage, it has managed to completely transform the way in which businesses are able to conduct their marketing activities. In terms of what can be achieved with a great social media campaign, it…

Are You Risking Your Business By Taking Risks With Your Data?

Digital data loss can have severe consequences for any small business that is reliant on good recordkeeping. Losing customer data could mean that you don’t have any means to contact them or perhaps cause you to be left without details of financial transactions. This would either make it difficult for you to invoice them or…

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