Posts by John M. Haddad
Evernote – My favorite app – Part 1
It’s very rare that I find an application on the market that that gets me so excited that I want to dedicate an entire post to it, but Evernote is just that application for me. Aside from my Gmail account, Evernote is an application that I find myself using several times a day. Evernote’s motto…
Read MoreGrowing your email list
All business owners know that they need to get the word out about their business in order to grow and to stay top-of-mind with customers. One of the best and fastest ways to do that is through email marketing. But I’ve found that many small business owners have questions about how to go about building…
Read MoreSecurity habits you should be doing
It’s a very insecure world out there. Times have never been scarier, with website data breaches turning into regular affairs, personal information stolen from major companies, passwords getting hijacked from email sites and website logins. However, there is good news: There’s a lot that regular PC users can do to protect themselves against the worst of…
Read MoreCostly results from email hacking
I’ve written several blog posts about the importance of strong passwords, and in particular, using both strong passwords along with two-factor security. When I speak to many of my clients, family and friends about this, they say that using a strong password (with alpha, numeric, symbols … 8-10 characters or more long) or using two-factor security…
Read MoreBreak those bad email habits … NOW
Social media may have eclipsed email as the fashionable way to communicate, particularly with the younger generation, however, email remains a critical tool for small businesses and a principal means by which actual work gets done. Although email has been a workplace mainstay for nearly two decades now, people still tend to look at…
Read MoreWhat you need to know about SEO
As small & medium-sized business (SMB) owners, my clients constantly ask me how they can improve their search results when their customers are searching for their business. Over the past few years, Google has repeatedly rocked the world of search engine optimization (SEO). In its efforts to provide people the most relevant, spam-free results, the…
Read MoreLooking for Dangerous Email Attachments
Every day we hear of computers becoming infected with computer viruses because we simply trust every email, especially from our friends, family and co-workers. Our guard easily gets let down and we click an attachment without giving it a second thought. Emails can be dangerous. Reading the contents of an email should be safe if…
Read MoreBetter Ways To Store Your Files Than On The Desktop
Did you know that storing files directly on your desktop can harm your productivity? When visiting many of my clients, I am so surprised by the number of people who download files straight to the desktop. If you can identify with that, then you need to read further. Desktop storage is simple, sure, but it…
Read MoreWindows 7 – Planning for retirement
Microsoft’s announcement that they will end mainstream support of Windows 7 on January 13, 2015 had many businesses and consumers panicking. The thought another Windows operating system being retired (see Breaking up is hard to do: Windows XP – The end of a long OS relationship) again this year, as Windows XP was retired in April,…
Read MoreNo Backup? No Data, No Business
Data loss continues to plague small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs), and the damage isn’t limited to profit loss. A recent survey of over was conducted of 500 IT professionals at organizations with fewer than 100 employees. The results reveal that many small businesses are walking a fine line in terms of data protection. One misstep…
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