The Realities of Starting a Home-Based Business
When most people think of working from home, they immediately think “freedom”. And with that thought follows the thoughts of “freedom to do what I want, when I want”, “freedom to set my own schedule”, “freedom to sleep in or go have fun when I decide to”… the list goes on.
Triggerwords That Create Click Confidence
A few years back, we conducted one of the most painful usability studies in the history of our research. We learned some really important things, but I’m not sure the users in that study will ever forgive us.
Is Your Marketing Full of Holes?
You wouldn’t try to collect water in a bucket that leaked or catch fish with a torn net, but that is what many service professionals and small businesses do. They work hard to attract clients and customers but too often their marketing is full of holes.
Sales lead success checklist
You’ve spent a great deal of time, effort and money putting together your sales lead generation programs. How you handle those sales leads once you get them makes the difference between happy salespeople and new customers or unhappy salespeople and lost sales.
Understanding the FTP PORT Command
You may already know that when FTP (File Transfer Protocol) commands cross the wire, they use port 21 by default. You may also know that port 20 is assigned to FTP data. Unfortunately, most FTP data sessions do not actually use port 20.
Nine Things You Can Do Today to Make Money With The Open Source Philosophy Tommorow
1. Start a content driven site.
Slashdot, Ars Technica, and PlanetSourceCode are all great examples of sites that do not explicitly sell products or services, but make money anyway.
Would A Telemarketer….Please Call Me!
How many of you like to get calls from telemarketers?
Raise your hand right now if you do.
Who Needs Change Management?
You’ve spent thousands of dollars on that cool technology; clustering, redundant controllers, redundant disks, redundant power supplies, redundant NIC cards, multiple network drops, fancy tape backup devices and the latest and greatest tape technology. You’re all set. There’s no way your going to have downtime.
Get Paid in Multiple Ways for Your Expertise
Whether or not you have formal credentials, if you have years of experience in your line of work, you may be able to cash in on these four innovative ways of delivering your expertise. For each option below, Ive provided two links for learning more.
Five Habits for Successful Regular Expressions
Regular expressions are hard to write, hard to read, and hard to maintain. Plus, they are often wrong, matching unexpected text and missing valid text. The problem stems from the power and expressiveness of regular expressions. Each metacharacter packs power and nuance, making code impossible to decipher without resorting to mental gymnastics.