The Hazards of Hiring “Star” Employees

On December 7, 2010

Wishing You’d Had The Perfect Response…

… you can often go back later and change what you said.

Do you know what I refer to? Some exchange in the workplace, it all happens very quickly, and later you find yourself wishing you’d said something…


On December 7, 2010

Small Biz Resource Tip: YakAboutIt.com

Yakaboutit.com

Looking for a way to get the word out about your new product or invention? If you’re an independent inventor and/or small business owner (big guys not allowed), submit your product to YakAboutIt.com.

The creators of this site wanted…


On December 7, 2010

Where IT Managed Services Often Go Wrong

Managing an IT environment can be expensive and challenging. As a result, some companies prefer to rely on service providers to assist with specific projects. Others prefer to utilize managed services for operational work and to establish


On December 7, 2010

The New ROI in Live Chat: Return on Invitations

Companies spend a lot of money to drive traffic to their websites. Reactive live chat implementations, while highly beneficial, are similar to search engine optimization -- "the more impressions, the better." However, placing a live chat button


On December 7, 2010

The Open Cloud: There’s a Right Way

There is a great deal of commotion about the cloud, and rightfully so, but the noise can be overwhelming. The market is crowded with different products and platforms from the smallest of startups to industry behemoths, a


On December 7, 2010

Salesforce.com Sends the Database Skyward

Salesforce.com on Tuesday unveiled Database.com, which it called the first enterprise database for the cloud. This is "the exact same database technology" as Salesforce.com's existing database but is "being packaged and provided as a standalone product so


On December 7, 2010

7 Essay Writing Tips To Ace Your Next Exam

Despite students’ wildest hope of avoiding the dreaded essay exam—one that requires either short or long essay answers rather than multiple choice answers—most find themselves taking such an exam, particularly for subjects like history, philosophy, literature, sociology, political science and…