Mobile devices: laptops, netbooks, tablets, and smartphones, to name a few, have become not only ubiquitous but essential tools in our personal and professional lives. Companies of all sizes are now faced with the reality that employees would like their business and personal lives to blend, often preferring to use their personal mobile devices to conduct business.
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Using technology to power your business
Key Guides
- Scary computer termsA guide to some common computer terms for technophobes
- What is a LAN?How a local area network can link up multiple computers to a server
- PC SecurityHow to ensure your PC is safe from outside threats
- Pick the right PCWhat aspects of a PC’s spec should you keep an eye out for?
- Mac vs. PCWhich type of computer will suit you and your business?
- Choosing a printerFind out the price of the ink as well as the printer cost
- Buying softwareTake into account your operating system and licence considerations
- Customer dataHow to collect, store, and profit from it
- Small business websiteWhy do I need one, and what benefits can it provide?
- Run a business from a beachWhy this is now possible thanks to web technology
- Business domain namesHow to choose the best domain name for your business
- Business domain name typesWhat the multitude of domain name suffices actually mean
- What is WiFi?How wireless internet has revolutionised the way we work
- Content ManagementFind the right CMS to run your small business website
- Using a garden officeMight you benefit from installing a ready-made structure in your bank garden>
- BloggingWhat is a blog? and how to set one up for your enterprise
With more and more small companies reaping the benefits of going online it is essential to appreciate the importance of having a well designed website, otherwise any efforts you make to drive potential clients to your web address will be in vain.
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Knowing when to update your IT systems can be a difficult business decision. For many SME bosses, changing an IT system is as attractive as root canal work.
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Any small business site owner who has done as little as ‘dabble’ with web marketing will have come across ‘link building’ at some stage. But how does building links benefit your business, and how should you go about getting links in the first place?
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If you are thinking of setting up a website for your business, you will need to find the right company to provide web hosting.
Based on our own experiences at Bytestart, here are some tips to ensure you choose the right provider from day one.
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Getting broadband into your business shouldn’t just mark the start of faster internet access. It should also trigger a revolution in the way you do business.
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If you are thinking of setting up a website for your business, one of your first tasks will be to choose a suitable domain name to suit your venture. With dozens of domain name types available these days, which ones should you make sure you secure for your business?
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The first few years of starting up are a series of fast and comprehensive lessons. Get them right and you won’t just have built your own income, but you’ll have learnt things that will help in other aspects of your life.
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Small businesses have come a long way since the floppy disks, which were at one time the only way to share files within a company.
As we become more reliant on computers, e-mail, and the Internet to do our jobs, local area networks (LAN’s) have become an essential resource for growing businesses – whether they’re based in a home office or a City skyscraper.
Here are a few points to help you get the basics on wiring up your small business.
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A website is an essential tool for virtually every business starting up in the UK today.
Whereas just a few years ago it was a handy way of marketing your business if you had lots of time or money, websites have quickly grown to become a dominant force in attracting new business and retaining existing customers.
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Keeping the computers and data in your business safe is a vital job that you need to be on top of at all times.
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With the continuing growth the Internet, more and more small businesses are going online. If you remain unconvinced, here are some compelling reasons why every small business should have a website
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There can be few businesses left that don’t need a reliable PC on a day-to-day basis – especially as more and more business involves email and the internet in some way.
PCs change so quickly it can be a scary process researching and buying a new one. Here is a handy non-technical guide to the main issues to consider, before you part with your cash.
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When most people start their business, there are several things they happily give up for a while: a guaranteed salary, sleep – and holidays.
It’s one of the hallmarks of a start-up. In the first year, the founders can find it really tough to take time off.
So if your start-up’s stopping the summer sun, how about building your business from the beach instead?
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Wireless is becoming an increasingly popular way for businesses to share information and work away form the office. According to a survey of 625 SMEs, more than a quarter of staff already does some work from home* – and this figure seems to be growing faster than ever.
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Wi-Fi is the name given to wireless technology (or “wireless fidelity”). For our purposes, the term is most commonly used to provide Internet access without the need for wires. Rather than plugging your PC or laptop into your broadband modem, you can access the Internet remotely as long as you are in range of a Wi-Fi access point – either at home or when you’re out and about.
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More and more people are making purchases online but not all businesses are making the most of their ecommerce sites. And if you’re not making the most out of your site, you’re not making as much money as you could be.
Here are four tips for creating a more effective ecommerce site so customers buy from you and keep coming back…
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Many people are predicting that 2011 will be the year that cloud computing goes mainstream. A key technology trend of the past few years, analyst firm Gartner has now predicted that cloud computing will be one of the top ten strategic technologies in 2011.
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Do you have data stored in the cloud?
For many organisations, the answer is an emphatic “yes”. Adoption of cloud services is growing across a wide range of applications – desktop backup, email and collaboration, document management, customer relationship management, and so on. Such services are especially attractive to small and medium-sized organisations: they let you purchase just the amount of service that you need without making a large, upfront commitment to application licences, servers, etc. And you don’t need a skilled IT team to run and support those systems.
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