Social Media Tactics: Part 1

Community Guest Blog post by By Katie Sewell and Mary Hester

By now you know that social media is a revolution.  A big change is coming in the way businesses market and communicate their message.   To understand social media you have to spend time studying the concept, method and strategy.  Don’t worry if it seems complicated and time consuming at first.  We have a few proven strategies that we personally use to give your social media campaign a boost. We’ll start with Twitter and Facebook.

Crowds are Your New Crystal Ball

Community Guest Blog post by By Hal Schlenger

Can you relate to this situation:  If you ask a person (a prospective customer, a current customer or a spouse) what they want, is it what they really want?   Face it.  We’re a kind, gentle people at heart; we tell people what they like to hear and we avoid conflict.

How to Protect Your Computer Against Malware

Community Guest Blog post by By Mary S. Hester

Each year the damages from computer malware cost US businesses billions of dollars. These costs are not only in lost productivity, but permanent loss of critical business data. Arguably, most if not all infections are preventable with the proper understanding, training and protection. Don't be the next victim, take the steps now to ensure protection and recovery if the worst should happen.

Four Winning Talent Strategies for the New IT

Community Guest Blog post by By Jon Prete

It happened again. One of your top candidates for a job you’re desperately trying to fill just called to inform you that he has decided to accept another offer.  You knew three offers were already on the table, but your clunky hiring process prevented you from making an offer sooner. Now, this highly qualified, highly skilled IT professional is going to work for a competitor.

How will Prepackaged Mobile Enterprise Applications and Cloud Hosting Impact Your Business?

Community Guest Blog post by By Ben Lee

The move to cloud-based mobile middleware for the enterprise is rapidly gaining momentum. Mobile cloud applications move computing power and data storage away from mobile phones and into the cloud, bringing apps and mobile computing not just to Smartphone users but to a wide spectrum of mobile subscribers. Add this trend to pre-packaged mobile enterprise applications such as inventory management or human capital management and you will begin to see the future of the modern mobile enterprise.

 

Social Media Has Shifted the Power: More people now experience The Joy of Discovery

Community Guest Blog post by By Hal Schlenger

And they’ve lost even more control

The music industry impacts all of us; everyone at the TAG E2.0 February meeting identified themselves as someone who listens to music regularly.  An industry whose content and distribution were controlled by companies like A&M, Capitol, Epic, and Apple (check your Beatles history) continues to transition to independently produced content and online distribution channels.