In doing some work for a new website recently, I was asked about a way to award points for interacting with the site. My client had looked at the MyCred WordPress Plugin and, I have to say, it’s pretty damn good.
Ransom Ware: Protect Yourself
Ransom ware is dreadful stuff. Ransom wear is a virus (basically) that encrypts the contents of your computer. The hackers then request money to unlock it. When I say ‘the contents of your computer’, it is highly possible that it will operate across your computers harddrive, any attached drives (USBs, portable drives etc) and networked […]
Unsolicited Commercial Email And Your Business Obligations
With Canada introducing their new anti spam law (CASL), I thought it would be worthwhile reviewing what a business needs to be aware of when using Email Marketing. Spam Spam, whilst it is a lunch meat, tends to be used as a catch all phrase that means unwanted or junk email or messages that are unwanted (think […]
Images: Can I Use This Image
Images are an integral and very important part of any website. Images help set the look and feel of the site; as well as being a great way to deliver information to your readers. One of the questions I’m often asked is “can I use this image?” The answer is quite simple – you can […]
Chrome sends your passwords to Google?
On twitter the other day, I saw the status “WTF? #Chrome now *by default* sends all of your passwords to #Google so now I have to change all my pwds. FFS Google”. Being concerned about privacy and a Chrome user, I checked it out and the complaint was that Chrome shares passwords with Google by […]
Apple Accounts Held To Ransom – Securing your accounts
“Device hacked by Oleg Pliss. For unlock device, you need send voucher code by 100 usd/eur (Moneypack/Ukash/PaySafeCard) to [ email address withheld ] for unlock.” Many apple device users woke up to find their accounts held to ransom. I can only imagine how I would have felt if that was the case for me! The question […]
LinkedIn: Breaking The Code with Melonie Dodaro
LinkedIn is certainly a very powerful social network, or perhaps I should say professional network, when used correctly. Today, I have the great pleasure of being the host on DAY 3 of the Virtual Blog Tour for Melonie Dodaro, author of the brand new book, The LinkedIn Code: Unlock the Largest Online Business Social Network […]
Getting The Best Support Possible: Help Your Provider Help You
I was initially going to call this article, “How Best To Work With Your Techie”, but after speaking with a number of small business owners, I’ve decided that calling it “Getting the best support possible” was more appropriate. As a service provider, we are often challenged in providing top notch support because we simply can’t […]
SEO and Video: Does it work?
SEO and Video – how many times have you heard that using Video is great for your Search Engine Optimisation? For a while that was all I heard! I was asked an interesting question by one of my clients today and I thought I would share my answer – it was a good question. [quote]We […]
