Posted by Jim Van on December 16, 2011 under entrepreneur, small business | 
It’s that time of year. As the holidays approach, retailers offer deals that make every shopping day feel like Black Friday. Deals, deals everywhere have made us, as consumers, more price sensitive.as ever. The cost of my first Sony Walkman was $199 somewhere around 1984. For my latest iPhone, which hold an entire library of nearly 2,000 songs, over 200 books, dozens of helpful online apps, radio, news, and so much more. The cost in 2011? $199. The same holds true for most tech gadgets, but the biggest impact has been on small business owners…
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Posted by Jim Van on November 25, 2011 under Blog, entrepreneur, Internet, Online, SEO, small business, Social Networking, Web |
As more and more of the world goes online, it makes sense to enhance your business’ online
presence, and social media is a great way to do so. If you’re like most businesses these days, you already have a website, and therefore, largely depend on getting ‘found’ by search engines and links to your site from other websites, blogs, and social networking sites. Read more of this article »
Posted by Jim Van on November 18, 2011 under disaster recovery, Online, SEO, small business, Web |
Ok, the cat’s out of the bag: we’re re-designing logicomm-inc.com (also available as logicomm.biz, which we’ll be using in our radio ads and podcasts). A little over a year ago, we decided to revert to our original website design, which, while it looks somewhat attractive, hasn’t been getting the results we’d hoped to achieve. The answer? RESEARCH Read more of this article »
Posted by Jim Van on November 11, 2011 under entrepreneur, Internet, mobility, Online, small business, Social Networking, Web |
I first became involved with The Web Project back in ’91, when there weren’t browsers, per se, except for an application called Lynx, which would highlight words based on search entries and exsited only in a monochrome text-based world. The search engines in those days went by names such as Archie, Gopher, WAIS, and were rather cumbersome. Contrast that to today, when we have robust engines such as Google and Bing, and now personal assistants like the iPhone app Siri, with others soon to follow. Read more of this article »
Posted by Jim Van on November 4, 2011 under entrepreneur, small business |
There’s no arguing the fact that small businesses that have an online presence fare better than those that do not. A 2010 Pew study of 300 businesses found that those who have an online presence receive at least ten times more customers than businesses that do not. So, just what goes into developing an online presence? Read more of this article »
Posted by Jim Van on October 28, 2011 under entrepreneur, eOffice, mobility, portability, small business |
I’m the first to admit that there are many days, weeks even, where I live online. One result has been a dependence on search engines, first AltaVista, the engine developed by my employer, DEC, and 
currently Google. Traditionally, I’ve used Google to look up movie times, restaurant listings, shopping and a plethora of other information. Not so much anymore Read more of this article »
Posted by Jim Van on October 21, 2011 under entrepreneur, eOffice, mobility, portability, small business |
Can the iPad Really Replace A Laptop?
Since the iPad’s introduction, many of us have fantasizes on replacing our heavy, bulky laptop computers with a light, sleek alternative. So, does the iPad measure up? 
First off, let it be said that tablets, of which the iPad is a member of this device group, make better consumers of content than producers. Does that necessarily mean that it can’t replace your laptop? It depends. Read more of this article »
Posted by Jim Van on October 14, 2011 under entrepreneur, eOffice, mobility, portability, small business |
Last post, I explained why I selected the iPad for use here at Logicomm for our day-to-day functions. It’s a terrific device, and while tablets don’t quite replace the full-featured laptops and 
workstations that still power our back office, as a device for use in client interactions, particularly in the field, it can’t be beat…at least not yet. Read more of this article »
Posted by Jim Van on October 7, 2011 under entrepreneur, eOffice, mobility, portability, small business |
Since the original iPad was released in spring of 2010, many of us have discussed its potential as a business tool. Originally released as a ‘rich man’s toy’, most people considered it more of a large-screen iPhone at the beginning. But, as with most things on this platform, applications have made a difference.
The platform is the key
One of the beauties of owning an iOS (apples’ mobile device operating system) powered device is the availability of apps of every type, and the imagination of users. About a year after the iPhone was first released, for example, there were over 70,000 apps, tiny programs that enable a user to perform tasks ranging from chats, reading news, to communicating and exchanging data with computers, in its App Store. Currently, or at least at last count, there were over a quarter-million Apps, with several thousand added every day. Read more of this article »
Posted by Jim Van on September 23, 2011 under business continuity, data security, disaster recovery, security, small business |
The Remote (Online) backup industry is exploding. As with any ‘explosion’, there’s almost always a bubble (remember the dot com bubble? We’d prefer not to…it’s embarrasing). In any bubble, there are plenty of ‘experts’ selling their services, some of whom are experts, and some of whom will move on to the next big thing as soon as this bubble deflates.
Unfortunately, many businesses lack the knowledge about remote backup to ask the right questions of prospective suppliers. With hundreds of companies offering remote backup, it’s challenging to choose the right provider with whom one can entrust the company’s critical business data. Here are some minimal criteria that all providers should meet. If a prospective vendor doesn’t meet all of them, you might consider moving on and looking at another: Read more of this article »
It’s that time of year. As the holidays approach, retailers offer deals that make every shopping day feel like Black Friday. Deals, deals everywhere have made us, as consumers, more price sensitive.as ever. The cost of my first Sony Walkman was $199 somewhere around 1984. For my latest iPhone, which hold an entire library of nearly 2,000 songs, over 200 books, dozens of helpful online apps, radio, news, and so much more. The cost in 2011? $199. The same holds true for most tech gadgets, but the biggest impact has been on small business owners…
