Have you ever searched your name on the Internet to see where you rank, or used the images tab instead of web to see what photos appear in the search? These searches may have yielded your Facebook and Twitter profile pictures, a different picture for LinkedIn and another one from a network you forgotten you’d registered for. You have all these different images because every time you sign up for a new website or sign up to comment online you’re asked to upload a picture to that … [Read more...]
Protect your mobile device

I can’t count the amount of times I’ve picked up a friends iPhone and swiped the “Unlock” button only to realize their phone has no passcode. “It takes too much time,” “I got annoyed with entering it, so I took it off,” “I don’t have anything on my phone that matters,” are the usual responses as to why there’s no passcode on the phone. Really, five seconds and entering four digits is too much hassle? What a lot of people don’t acknowledge is that so much personal … [Read more...]
How to spot an empty promise

We all receive one of those e-mails from time to time: the offer from a foreigner to put a large sum of money into your bank account, or a reminder about a parcel you forgot to pick up that’s worth millions—all you need to do is send your name, phone number, address, etc. The equivalent message that often sparks a business owner’s interest is the offer to increase your page ranking. As the subject name implies the “1st Page on Google Ranking” e-mail promises to get your website to … [Read more...]
Scheduling allows you more time to be social

Checking your Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn feeds, sending tweets, uploading Instagram photos, adding a post to your website; it’s an exhaustive list of activities you need to perform to keep up-to-date with your social media accounts. Adding social media to your small business activities can create a lot more work, but it doesn’t have to be that way. Including regular content in your social media feed keeps the site active, and search engines love activity. A simple way to make sure … [Read more...]

