Everyone’s always looking for interesting, innovative ways to boost sales and streamline operations. Sometimes the answer is right in front of their faces, yet they don’t always notice it right away. Here are a few common sense ways to connect with customers to make more sales. Send Handwritten Thank You Notes Don’t depend on automated e-mail services to...
Read MorePC is picking up the pace when it comes to releases. Starting near the end of October, Microsoft’s new operating system is going to flood the market with over fifty new products, including laptops, tablets, all-in-ones, netbooks and more. Only fifteen or so of these new products have had official announcements, and a good number of them are...
Read More“Everyone hates meetings.†How many times have you heard that said? Meetings have a connotation of being evil, horrible things that everyone is forced to attend. But that doesn’t have to be the way. You can have monthly meetings – even weekly meetings – that people legitimately enjoy and don’t mind showing up at. Here are a couple...
Read MoreIf you need to have an emergency Skype meeting with your team, you can stop by a Starbucks, hang out on a bus, or find a corner café. You can even tether your laptop to your smartphone to get instant Internet access in an emergency. Up until recently, however, if you happened to be flying, the meeting would...
Read MoreThose of us who type a lot know how uncomfortable a traditional keyboard can get. Many of us are always on the search for a new keyboard to suit our wrists better so we can type for long periods without discomfort. Microsoft has recently come out with a new keyboard called the Sculpt Comfort Keyboard that aims to...
Read MoreVerizon has taken a large leap in the right direction when they announced that they will be selling only unlocked iPhone 5’s. A Verizon representative indicated that the company plans to sell iPhone 5’s right out of the box without any locks on them, contrary to what they’ve done in the past. Though nothing has been confirmed as...
Read MoreIf you don’t remember all of the passwords you use for your accounts, or you don’t feel comfortable typing them into every computer that you visit, the makers of Firefox have a new solution called Persona. Persona just went into first Beta and is part of Mozilla’s BrowserID project. It’s designed to essentially do the same thing as...
Read MoreA brand new estimate on charging costs for the iPhone 5 has been released as of Friday, claiming that the new iPhone takes a mere 41 cents a year to keep it charged. The iPhone 4S came in at about $1.50, making the iPhone 5 over 60% more efficient at holding a charge. The new study conducted assumed...
Read MoreIntel and its hardware partners Asus, Dell, and HP are finally coming into the tablet market – two years after the iPad launched. Starting this month, all three companies are making announcements about their tablets, and many of them are already teasing at their versions of the Windows 8 tablets and convertible devices that analysts are calling “the...
Read MoreWe’ve all heard them, and some of us have probably even said them: cheesy cold call lines. Having a script to follow isn’t necessarily a bad thing, but that doesn’t mean it should include tired, old phrases that have been done ten times before. Here are a few of the worst offenders and how you may be able...
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