Bookmarking Softwares
What are some good bookmarking softwares to us for your online marketing campaign? This question has been asked many times. One software that tops the list is bookmarking daemon.
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Archive for month: June, 2009
Bitdefender VS Malwarebytes
In a recent lab test, we decided to see what software is better at finding Malware. On a machine running Bitdefender we decided to install and run Malwarebytes to see if it would pick up anything. And it did. Bitdefender has been sitting on:
Trojan.Downloader
Trojan.FakeAlert
Disable.SecurityCenter
Malwarebytes picked up this malware and removed them. What is so amazing is that, this sofware is FREE compared to the Internet Security Suite of Bitdefender that we purchased. These days, it’s coming to our attention that these free software are really not that bad. Even AVG Free edition is now very competitve compared to Bitdefender.
It is sad to say that Bitdefender’s standards have drastically dropped since the last six months. There WERE ranked high in our book as a highly recommend antivirus software, but now we take it back.
Read our next article and we will tell you why.
How can your business survive in this tough economy? Part 1
Many people want to know the answer to this question. They want to know how can they survive in this tough economy. The answer is not quiet this simple. However there are different things a business can do to cut back and try to stay afloat in this current economy. And it does not all have to do with laying off people. It’s more like being creative with your employees and your finances.
Part 1:Â Office Rent.
Many business try to expand too fast and take on a big overhead with high office expenses and rent. Sometimes having a big glamorous office can run you out of business. To be frank, if a customer cannot respect you for who you are as a business, then they can go somewhere else. In our experience, those customers who are stuck on this type of stuff are normally the ones who gives the most trouble. Also they are normally the ones who don’t even want to pay for your services.
Reality is, more expenses means that you have to raise your price or end up taking from Peter to pay Paul. Sometimes this also forces us to lay off good workers just to try and “keep up with the Jones.”
Not all customers are like this. In business you will have a few categories of clients. The in and out, the stick with you till your doors close, and your average pain in the but clients who are there to make your business atmosphere miserable. Try to keep away from the last set of people. Why? It’s simple. They are too demanding and time consuming. And business really breaks down to time. Time = Money. And if you are stuck spending your valuable time on clients who will not appreciate it, they degrade you, they devalue your service, then simply ask them in a nice way to go. You will make a lot more money focusing on your other type of clients rather than wasting time with the bad bunch.
Virtual Assistant
Virtual Assistant service is a broad service that covers a lot of areas. Basically what a virtual assistant does is, it’s just like hiring a secretary to come to your office and work everyday but instead they stay at a remote office and work for you at a cheaper rate. What you get in return is low overhead.
This is something that is good and bad. Good meaning that you do keep your overhead low, BUT bad meaning that if you do outsource, who are you really hiring to deal with your business?
When you hire a virtual assistant try to hire someone withing american borders so that if anything does go wrong you have some type of leverage. These days there are many companies outsource to the asian market thinking that they are actually saving money, but in reality they are actually loosing money in many different way.
They loose money with time difference, communication, higher start up cost due to the first two issue listed, plus many more other ways. They also loose when they take money out of the country to send to another country. This creates an imbalance in the financial system. No matter what country you are in, this will create a BIG financial mess.
For more information on this view our article written about Virtual Accountants.
Virtual Accountants
VIRTUAL ACCOUNTANTS
Virtual Accountants are hard to find these days. There are a lot of companies outsourcing their virtual accounting service to india. The question is how safe is this? We don’t recommend it due to a difference with the international law. India is in another jurisdiction vs. the U.S.
Next there is a matter of security as far as your personal and company information that is put over into the hands of someone you really don’t know. So as far as privacy, you can kiss that good bye.
Next there is an issue as communication. How do you communicate with this individual? The fact is they do have your banking information along with other personal information. Can you pick up the phone and call them and they pick up. Keep in mind the time difference.
The final issue is economics. Is it really worth outsourcing to india for virtual accountants? The average person in india who does this type of job ask for about $8 – $9 per hour. In the U.S. you can find a person in this economy and pay them $10 – $12 per hour. Yes you may be paying a little more for the U.S. person or company, but you have much more advantages with communication, time difference and the law on your side.
So to summarize, when you plan to hire someone or a company as a virtual accountant, hire someone you can trust and who is not out of the law jurisdiction.