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Small Business Technology Report - Email Newsletter  (display images, if they're not displaying, this email will look better! :)   Upcoming Events   7th Annual Small Business Summit - NYC - March 2012 (use code "sbtr100" for $100 off)     I'll be covering SXSW Interactive from March 9 - 13 (Austin, TX)   ZOHO User Conference - Zoholics User Conference  March 26 (San Francisco, CA)   InfusionCon 2012 - Is going to rock. Join me, Gary Vaynerhchuck, founders of Infusionsoft and many others there. 1 - 4 April 2012 (Pheonix, AZ)     Buy Ramon's Book Technology Resources for Growing Businesses, my latest book, is now out and selling onAmazon.com. It's only $20.  Why buy it? Quick, easy, fun read in how you (or a friend) can use technology as a tool to grow your business. It'll be one of the best $20 you've spent. Buy it here.           Greetings! If you're looking for funding for your startup, you really want to attend My Venture Pad's webinar on March 7th at 3pm EST. I also wrote about it here Last week I was in Harlem, sharing about 23 (or so) rules of business success. We had about 100 people and I was really glad to be able to HELP others. Thanks to Project Enterprise and Constant Contact for putting it together. My friend Rod Kirby interviewed me about starting Smallbiztechnology.com and some other things. Curious what I said? Check it out here. Many of use Carbonite, but upstart Crashplan says Carbonite is slowing down your backups. Is it true? If you are yearning to find contests and awards to often get FREE stuff, check out Laura's regular columns and if you want to know that latest events check her other column out here. This Tuesday - SMALL BIZ SUMMIT: The 7th Annual Small Business Summit is taking off like crazy with almost 300 tickets sold! Wow. You can view the Summit live, from your computer for only $9 ($20 off) with this link or please come in person and save $100 at this link. Please stop by and say hi. TECH HELP PROJECT  - Many of you have emailed me asking me for my advice on this or that tech or business issue. I'm thinking of creating a little "club" or community where those small biz who might want some personal help from me can get it on a regular basis and much more. What do you think? Could you email me and let me know? Scroll down to see the latest news and insight in the world of tech for small & growing businesses!   That was pretty much my week. What about your week?         Ramon Ray, Editor & Technology Evangelist Smallbiztechnology.com ramon@smallbiztechnology.com Follow me on Twitter @ramonray  Like me on faceboook.com/smallbiztechnology Connect on Google Plus Please visit Klout and click  on the topics you think I'm most influential about.    CrashPlan or Carbonite - Are Bandwidth Restrictions Throttling Your Backup? 03-02-2012 14:00:56 PM With cloud services now available, gone are the days of those local data backups to CDs or tape - or are they? If your business has a modest amounts of data to safeguard, then cloud services provide a convenient solution for moving a copy of your data over the web to a secure storage environment. [...]...» Why Anti-Virus Software is No Longer Enough to Protect Your Small Business 03-02-2012 12:00:27 PM From the time businesses began relying on computers for day-to-day business, we've been told good, up-to-date anti-virus software will protect us against viruses and hack attempts. However, as anti-virus software has grown more powerful, hackers have become more creative to get around it. A recent study by Trustwave cited 300 incidents in which servers had [...]...» Still Haven't Created Your Own Business Apps? Here's 5 Reasons Why You Should 03-02-2012 08:00:40 AM No matter what your business offers, you can always find a new way to reach out to your customers and establish a closer relationship with them. Whether you own a small retail chain or own a company that makes erasers, there's always a way to tighten your grip on your customers, and building an app [...]...» Tech Thursday (3/1): Motorola Mobilty, eVoice Android App, New eFax App Feature, Constant Contact Event Planner Survey, WeCommerce from Verizon 03-01-2012 14:00:03 PM Motorola Mobility Now Making it Easier than Ever for Business Users to Switch to Android eVoice® Launches New VoIP Mobile App for Android®  eFax® iPhone App Now Offers Optimized Digitized Signature Constant Contact Survey Reveals Social Media is a Critical Marketing Tool for Event Planners Verizon Small Business Group  - WeCommerce   Motorola Mobility Now Making it [...]...» Struggling to Find Great Business Apps? Verizon Has a Helpful Database 03-01-2012 10:00:41 AM As a small and medium sized business, you often have enough to do to keep customers satisfied and money coming in. Having to hunt through the online haystack of business apps for the one that is just right for your organization is an unwelcome chore. Yet good apps cannot be ignored as they have the [...]...» How To Create Ads That Will Infect Your Audience and Go Viral 03-01-2012 08:00:27 AM Ads are, to some people, about as attractive as the Black Plague. Not many would purposefully sit in front of their TV or computer and watch commercials just to do it, unless it's some big event like the Super Bowl. Still fewer will sit through ads on their computers or tolerate it longer than they [...]...» Real Time Analytics Lets Web Stores See Traffic Like Bricks and Mortar Locations 02-29-2012 12:00:33 PM If you own a retail store, you have a daily visual gauge of your success. From the time you first open the doors, you can keep an eye on the influx of foot traffic, instantly determining whether your marketing efforts are paying off. Web-based storefronts don't have that luxury. Success can only be based on [...]...» IBM: From Business Machines to Creating Fully Integrated Social Businesses 02-29-2012 08:00:31 AM IBM, one of the world's largest computer companies and systems integrators, has recently announced that they will be offering new social enterprise programs, services and partnerships to help organizations become fully integrated social businesses. According to Forrester Research, the market opportunity for social enterprise apps is expected to grow at a rate of 61% through [...]...» Microsoft Windows 8 Is Coming. Are You Ready? 6 Things Biz Owners and IT Pros Need To Know 02-28-2012 14:00:56 PM Windows 8, the next version of Microsoft Windows operating system is suspected to be released later this year - when I don't think we know quite yet. Based on the Windows experts I've been reading, there are several major updates to Windows 8 that could make it a very compelling upgrade for businesses and individuals. [...]...»

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