Microsoft CRM and IBM Lotus Notes Domino seem to be taking completely different paths and if company is Microsoft oriented – we see MS CRM, MS Exchange, MS SQL Server, SharePoint, etc. In the case of Lotus Domino – it is opposite – Lotus is corporate Information Media and could technically play CRM role with [...]
Microsoft Great Plains – Microsoft Business Solutions accounting and ERP system, originally targeted to mid-size – now, with advancements and increasing reliability of its database – Microsoft SQL Server, Great Plains is attractive solution for large corporation. Big companies usually have purchasing and order processing automation via so-called Electronic Document Interchange or EDI. EDI was [...]
When does long term SEO show ranking results? It takes time for optimization to produce targeted traffic to your website. Organic SEO requires time to take effect, just as it takes time for your web pages to start showing up in the search engine results. Clients regularly ask me about the timing of a search [...]
Ok, so over the past month or so I’ve been collecting various search engine optimization questions from all of you. Today, I’m going to answer what was the most frequently asked question over the past month. You guessed it… What is the Google Sandbox Theory and how do I escape it? When you finish reading [...]
We’ve all been there. You’re in the middle of printing out an important document and your printer suddenly stops. It’s the dreaded "out of ink" message. So you pull your backup ink cartridges out of your desk drawer and replace them. Wishful thinking, right? Most of us just don’t plan ahead — no matter how [...]
Hardly a day goes by that I don’t get an email from someone saying: “Michael, I just don’t know what to do. We are not getting sales, nobody is signing up, we are not making any money. What is going wrong?” They start thinking about search engines, more marketing and expensive advertising. When what they [...]
Wireless Networking, Part 1: Capabilities and Hardware These days it isn’t uncommon for a home to have multiple personal computers, and as such, it just makes sense for them to be able to share files, as well as to share one Internet connection. Wired networking is an option, but it is one that may require [...]
To all web designers out there, this article is for you! I guess you already heard about Studio MX (I think so!) ? the ideal bundle for professional web designers, bringing together Dreamweaver MX for page design, Flash MX for animation and interactivity, and Fireworks MX for editing and optimizing graphics. With all these components, [...]
Research would indicate that consumers don’t know what they’re thinking. According to an article written by Jack Shimell (2002) for Quirk’s Marketing Research Review, Consumers make their decisions and react to advertising based more on unconscious emotional processes than on conscious rational processes. There appears to be an interplay between the conscious and the unconscious [...]
The most important thing you can do for your business and your website is develop relevant keywords that are not too competitive yet generate targeted traffic to your website. It’s called keyword optimization. Why is it important? Because Keywords and keyword phrases do a couple of things for you: – With the right keywords, you [...]
