At 12 am Pacific time today (02/10/05), Yahoo released the Yahoo Toolbar designed for the Firefox browser and the reaction as been quite positive.
Does Your Site Extend its Welcome?
On the web, targeted traffic is essential to an online business’ survival. Al Ries, in his book “Focus: The Future of your Company Depends on it,” wrote that our rapidly changing, technology-driven marketplace will mandate a sharper marketing aim — particularly in the new millennium as increased competition will give more choice to the electronic consumer.
Selling Like a Leader: Welcome to New World Selling TM
Last week, I was chatting by phone with a friend of mine who happens to be the CEO of a major player in the high-tech industry. We were talking about how, when, and why he decides to get involved in the sales process. An hour or so into our talk, almost as a lark, I decided to ask him for his take on the current state of the economy and how the events of September 11 had affected his own business. His answer was concise and it came quickly: “I believe it’s a new world,” he said, “and it’s a new world economy which is going to take new world marketing. That’s our working assumption for growing and succeeding from this point forward.”
Welcome the Complaining Customer
Nobody likes to deal with an unhappy, disgruntled, complaining customer. However, statistics suggest that when a customer complains, we ought to be happy about it!
Your Site: Hackers Welcome Here?
In our last issue, we discussed some of the basics for securing a machine on a network. The tactics that were mentioned are great for a first line of defense and will prevent a majority of attacks. In this issue, we will look a little closer at some of the most common TCP/IP ports that are used, the services that are generally run on these ports and what this means to you.