Would you like to attract more visitors to your website and build your email marketing list faster? If you answered yes, then Search Engine Optimization (SEO) should be a big part of your 2014 marketing plans - especially if you have a limited budget.

SEO allows you to target and attract more of your best customers to your website. And it's something you can do on your own.  Read more 

The increasingly common practice of workers using their own personal devices - and apps - on the job has been a tough sell for field service companies. But service technicians are clearly doing it, as evidenced by a recent LinkedIn discussion, "What Smartphone Applications Do You Consider Must-Haves?" Techs and experts alike weighed in, revealing a fondness for a host of consumer-focused apps. Here are their top picks:  Read more 

Most of us work long hours: 40, 50 or even 60 hours each week. But chances are, given distractions like online entertainment, office snacking habits and ill-designed time management, we're only churning out high-quality work a portion of each day.

Here are five practical steps to incorporate into any morning routine to optimize your time at the office and maintain productivity all day long: 

If you haven't already, I urge you to create a budget for 2014 that will allow you to articulate your goals and expectations from your team for 2014. It's not enough to say you need to do better or lower costs or find new customers. It needs to be detailed enough that everyone, including yourself, understands how your targets for the new year translate into the work you need to do today, next week and next quarter.  Read more 

What? You've opened up that thing called "Outlook Express," and you're writing an email?

Surely you know that this form of marketing and communications is as pass? as floppy disks and cell phones the size of Shaquille O'Neal's shoe. Read more