Posts by Jeff Collins
3 Tips for Effective Ecommerce
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…
Read More6 Things an Extremely Reliable Web Host Will Have
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…
Read MoreIs Your Shoestring Budget Hurting Your Business?
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…
Read MoreFive Reasons Why So Many Ecommerce Stores Fail
That so many e-commerce business startups fail (80% or more) should not come as a surprise since most business startups fail regardless of their type. However, e-commerce business failures happen because of reasons specific to the online world in addition to fundamental business oversights. The online business landscape has matured since the wild west days…
Read MoreForrester predicts the private cloud is “doomed” cloud platform.
Many SMBs today struggle with making the right buying decisions given the blur of advertising and messaging scattered across the digital landscape; this, even though sellers of may not be over-selling their product lines, rather there are so many features to wade through. Add the fact that more businesses are opting to use a cloud…
Read MoreCloud infrastructure in 2016: What are businesses expecting?
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…
Read MoreAnnual Disaster Recovery (DR) exercises key to surviving failures.
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…
Read MoreGive Your Web Server a Break by Using These Two CSS Tricks
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…
Read More4 Signs That You Should Choose a Reseller Hosting Account
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…
Read MoreWeb Hosting and Brand Reputation
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…
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