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Using Email Marketing to Grow your Managed Service Practice
As published on CRN Email marketing is a powerful way to get the word out about your managed service business. But it needs to be done professionally, not as an afterthought or as something that could be misconstrued as SPAM by customers. By following some simple...
Sometimes it is easy being green.
Today is St. Patrick’s Day. Everybody is Irish for 24 hours and the color green is top of mind. Green Computing or sustainable computing is a way to use your IT Assets such as computers, printers, monitors, servers, routers and storage devices efficiently, effectively...
Moving your IT to the Cloud? Here are some things to consider.
Moving your IT to the Cloud? It seems like everyone is doing it. According to a 2011 survey by IPED at least 50% of small businesses will adopt cloud computing within their business by the end of 2012. With all of the hype about cloud computing, here are some things...
Happy Leap Day!
Every four years we all get something we all need in our busy lives, more time. How we use that extra day may determine whether we become more productive or efficient. Maybe that gift of an extra day will make us more relaxed. This year February 29th falls on a...
Digital Marketing Tips for Managed Services Providers: Why You Should (Still) Use Email Marketing
In this world of social media, cloud computing and managed services hysteria, it is easy to forget basic blocking and tackling. It is essential that you educate and inform your prospects and customers on a regular basis. It may take as many as six or seven marketing...
Adopting an Integrated IT Strategy
Are you thrilled with your IT infrastructure? Chances are you do not want to think about it at all. In fact, the less you worry about your IT Infrastructure and assets the better - right? Small and medium businesses (SMBs) rely on hardware, software, email and data to...
Getting Your IT Managed Services Website to Convert
Not getting enough web leads? Maybe your website and digital marketing program needs a little TLC. Here is a quick checklist to see if you are making the most of your website visitor traffic. Does your website have compelling content? Your website should connect with...
How Safe is Your Password?
If you Google “how safe is your password,” you will find more than one billion webpages dedicated to password protection. Near the top of the list is “How I would Hack your weak password”. Here are a few suggestions for keeping your password and your critical data...
Proactive IT for Small and Medium Businesses
Let's face it, most businesses rely on their IT Systems to run their daily operations. Whether it is email, eCommerce, accounting or other “line of business” applications, SMBs need the same up time and availability as a large business. Most of the time everything...
How To Succeed With Google Adwords: 10 Tips for Managed Service Providers
So you are trying to get off on the right foot for the new year. You quit smoking, swore off gin and decided you were going to be more disciplined about marketing your IT Managed Services practice. One way to crank up the lead generation quickly is to turn on your...
5 Tips for Protecting your Data
It seems not a week goes by when you hear about some company getting hacked. Not only is this embarrassing, but also it can be costly if you compromise customer’s data. According to PCICompliance.org banks may pass along fines ranging from $5,000 to $100,000 for each...
Top Small Business IT Trends in 2012
It is that time of year (again) when everyone puts together that list of stuff that is going to happen next year. Small businesses are the backbone of the US economy. According the the US Department of Commerce small businesses employ over half the workforce. Inc....