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October 25, 2017
How to Keep Your Business Safe from Voice Phishing Scams?
How to Keep Your Business Safe from Voice Phishing Scams? Admit it; you’ve played a phone prank on someone at least once in your life. Where’s it’s alright playing around a little, voice phishing is anything but fun. Also called “vishing,” these scams often make interesting press stories – consider the events in April 2016 […]
Say NO to a Trip Abroad without Phone Cards!
Say NO to a Trip Abroad without Phone Cards! As they often say, ‘the world is becoming smaller’, and traveling abroad for both business and pleasure has become quite normal these days. We sort out the bigger details regarding the trip like Visa, permits and bookings with much needed attention, but forget a few essentials […]
Let’s Get Down to Business
Prime Time Amazon launched Prime for businesses to replicate quick delivery in the workplace. Shares of industrial suppliers Grainger and Fastenal dropped upon the news of Business Prime Shipping. Makes sense since if I need a certain bolt or pair of safety goggles and can get them faster from Amazon – why would I go […]
How To Create a Fun Corporate Environment for Your Staff and Clients
How To Create a Fun Corporate Environment for Your Staff and Clients There’s a reason why young, trendy startups tend to bypass tradition: it’s boring! Smart suits, pristine gray work spaces and the smell of photocopier ink has no place in the contemporary office. While many old-school dinosaurs shun the modern way of conducting business, […]
October 24, 2017
Four Reasons Why Your Email Marketing Campaign Isn’t Working
Four Reasons Why Your Email Marketing Campaign Isn’t Working For many businesses, email marketing is little more than taking a shot in the dark. If and when it works, it’s down to sheer luck. This is a risky approach. Email marketing has the power to make or break your reputation. Good intentions alone will not […]
Does Cloud & Data Centre Technologies Have any Importance in the Finance Sector?
Does Cloud & Data Centre Technologies Have any Importance in the Finance Sector? Have you heard about cloud and data centre technologies? I’m sure quite often, right? You may have heard tech geeks and entrepreneurs talk about it a lot. But does it have any role to play in your company, which caters to the […]
October 23, 2017
Three Steps to a Healthy Relationship with Technology
Three Steps to a Healthy Relationship with Technology The digital age is full of surprises. New technologies are constantly popping into our lives. In just the past couple of weeks, we have been introduced to emoji generated playlists, real-time language translation headphones, blood delivering drones (yep, this is a real thing), and wireless charging iPhones […]
Fly the W
Apple Wins Big in Chicago Apple’s 497th retail store just got a makeover. This “Town Square” location in Chicago, replacing the company’s flagship store from 2003, sits alongside the Chicago River and contains massive slabs of glass for customers to enjoy the view. This is just one glimpse into the company’s plan to build a […]
The Importance of Starting a Blog for Your Business
The Importance of Starting a Blog for Your Business There are so many ways to market your business today. You can go the traditional route and court magazines, newspapers, television, and radio. Or you can jump into the brave new world of marketing and build campaigns built around social media. In either case, your goal […]
October 22, 2017
How 2018 Will Change the Way You Experience Social Media
How 2018 Will Change the Way You Experience Social Media The only thing that remains consistent across all platforms of social media is that something is always changing to try to keep up with what users are “liking” the most at the time. It is rare to find someone in our world today who is […]
