Archive for the ‘Technology’ Category

What’s Your 140 Character Pitch?

Friday, November 14th, 2008

Much has been made in the blogosphere about using Twitter for business. Twitter, you will recall, is a micro-blogging site that limits your posts to 140 characters. People use it for anything from telling everyone what they ate for lunch to asking for advice to pointing people to ...

Woopra: Your Website’s New Best Friend

Wednesday, September 10th, 2008

After waiting about 20 days our sites finally got approved for Woopra beta.  For those of you that don't know what Woopra is, according to their website: "Woopra is the world's most comprehensive, information rich, easy to use, real-time Web tracking and analysis application. And it's free!" At this point, most small ...

Not Just Another Pretty Face(book)

Wednesday, August 6th, 2008

Mike has been blogging of late about Seth Godin's new book and the associated social network, Triiibes.com. A little bit of browsing and you'll notice that Seth's "tribe" is used Ning to create this social network. That got me thinking...is this the next step in the evolution of ...

Small Business Owners Take Note: Google Knol is Open

Tuesday, July 29th, 2008

Late last year Google announced the Knol Project. Finally, last week they opened it up to the public. It is a user-based article submission site quite similar to Wikipedia. According to the original press release: "A knol on a particular topic is meant to be the first thing someone ...

How Your Office Can Survive a Disaster

Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008

In the past I've discussed the importance of securing your data and keeping sensitive data off of the Internet.  Those are two aspects to keeping your customer and your data secure.  A third way to keep that data secure is to ensure it is backed up regularly.  Here at Pursue, ...

Does Your Business Have a Big Brother?

Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008

As you all should have, I was reading the latest Duct Tape Marketing blog the other day.  It was a small blurb about a podcast interview with the Executive Director of AT&T's Small Business Group.  A great interview discussing some of the products and services AT&T has specifically designed for ...

Advertising to Googlized Readers

Monday, June 30th, 2008

A few days ago I had a little spare time and I sat down and *gasp* read an actual magazine. I wanted to feel smart, so I read The Atlantic, which is kind of like The New Yorker, only with pictures. The articles tend to be in-depth, and ...

The Next Big Thing on Your Website

Wednesday, June 25th, 2008

Did you ever wonder if you could use video to improve your company website and give visitors something a little more interesting to view?  I've wondered that myself.  In fact, I've been doing quite a bit of research on if and how we should use video on our site.  The ...

Introduction to the Browser Operating System

Wednesday, June 18th, 2008

The two powerhouses of web browsing are in the midst of new versions. Firefox 3 is now officially released, and Internet Explorer 8 is in Beta - slated for release later this year. There's also been alot of talk on the Internet lately about the shift toward ...

Secure Your Business

Wednesday, June 11th, 2008

In small business we often miss the boat on data security. It's probably because we're "small", and maybe we think small means nobody will bother trying to gather anything from us. Well, in fact, it is quite the opposite. Small can mean vulnerable. Think about sensitive information that ...