No matter the business you are in; are your products and/or services priced right?  I referenced an article not too long ago on pricing and here’s a new one. 

 

I know in this blog we’ve talked about cloud computing or cloud services – how it can help your business.  Check out this article by InformationWeek SMB that focuses on how one company is leveraging cloud computing to run its business better.

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Happy Friday!  Next week is National Small Business Week.  I feel everyday here at Verizon, we work to help small and medium-sized businesses be productive, have the right tools and put experts at your fingertips.  So in our eyes, every week we’re celebrating small businesses! 

 

I hope you know that if you ever have a question about our services or if you have questions for our webinar guests or our featured authors, you can always reach out to us by posting a comment at the end of any of our blogs or send an email to vzsmallbiz@verizon.net. 

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Cybercrime… does it affect your business or you, personally?  These series of  

Q & A from Wade Baker, director of risk intelligence at Verizon and principal author of the 2011 Data Breach Investigations Report , offers some interesting insights.  To see key findings, get access to the full DBIR report, listen to an audio podcast on this topic or to see additional graphs click this link.

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The following is a guest blog from Anita Campbell, founder and CEO of Small Business Trends, an online resource for small businesses. 

 

As mentioned in an earlier post here at the Verizon Small Biz Blog, I am seeing more and more small businesses and entrepreneurs jumping on the “cloud bandwagon.”  They are moving to online software, instead of software installed on local servers or desktop computers, because of certain advantages.  Those advantages include: speed of implementation; ability to scale the business despite lacking internal tech expertise; lower costs; relief from tech headaches enabling you to concentrate on strategy and core competencies; and, arguably, fewer security issues you have to worry about.

 

Join me this Wednesday March 23 at 2pm Eastern for live webinar: How to Choose the RIGHT Online Software.  Get your questions ready!

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The following is a guest blog from Anita Campbell, founder and CEO of Small Business Trends, an online resource for small businesses.  

 

Some of the smartest small business owners and managers I know are jumping on the “cloud bandwagon.”  What I mean is, they are improving their business operations by using online software services. 

 

Online software services are exactly what they sound like.  They are software programs that you use online, by connecting to the Internet and logging in to the software using your Web browser. 

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Happy Friday!  It’s February already… some folks like me just celebrated Lunar New Year and many others will tune in this Sunday to watch the Super Bowl.  Before we break for the weekend check out these interesting reads below.

 

If you haven’t heard, President Obama unveils ‘Startup America’ he said it’s “a national campaign to help win the future by knocking down barriers in the path of men and women in every corner of this country hoping to take a chance, follow a dream and start a business.”

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As I’m working from home today, I thought a post on telecommuting would be appropriate.  Did you know that more and more Americans are working from home?  Research from World at Work shows that number of Americans who worked from home or remotely at least one day per month for their employer was 17.2 million in 2008. As the trend continues to grow in popularity below are some suggestions that should help you – business owners – keep both you and your teleworkers happy and productive.

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