Posts by Jeff Collins

Electronic commerce or ecommerce is basically the buying and selling of a company’s products or services online.  Ecommerce can help a business expand into a new competitive marketplace. The advantage for a business to expand to ecommerce is the ability to virtually sell a  product or service anywhere on the planet with just anybody. Companies…

Choosing a high quality web host is one of the most important decisions that a business can make regarding their online presence. Evaluating web hosts can be difficult. They all make similar promises, and you must dig a little deeper to truly evaluate what kind of service you can expect from a given company. There…

The hugely successful business with humble beginnings is the stuff of legends. There is no shortage of stories of successful businesses starting out in a garage or as the part-time diversions of busy college students in need of some extra cash. Today, the Internet is full of opportunity for the cash strapped entrepreneur to bootstrap…

If you’re currently a cloud reseller or are considering becoming one, you’ve likely picked up on the increasing demand for cloud services. A variety of businesses – small, medium-sized, and large – are making use of the cloud in different ways. As a cloud reseller, what should you offer them in the coming year? Insurance…

How often do companies, and organizations, conduct an actual Disaster Recovery (DR) exercise? Monthly? Annually? Most companies, according to Forrester Research, say they run their DR plan once-a-year. But, a post on the CIO website offers a different conclusion: business are not running regular DR programs; consequently, their chances are bleak when it comes time…

In loose terms, CSS controls the presentation of HTML code used in a website. For example, it gives text its size, color, and font. Most web designers use CSS precisely in that way. However, you can also use it as a substitute for simple images commonly used in web page design as well as for…

If you have been shopping around for a Web hosting package, the last thing that you might have looked at is a reseller hosting package. Although you might think that these packages are only for individuals who actually want to sell hosting packages, this isn’t necessarily the case. A lot of people can benefit from a reseller…

Reputation takes time and effort to build up and can be quickly ruined. Even great business practices and excellent customer care doesn’t guaranty a good reputation. Reputation is also a volatile thing because it exists in the minds of others — minds that can quickly change. On top of this volatility, many businesses aren’t proactive…