iPhones and iPads may have been the most popular gifts this holiday season. That now infamous phrase “There’s an app for that!” is fast becoming a cliché because it’s so true. Trying to find useful apps among the chaff can be hard for a new user so I’ve put together a short list of apps that might be useful for business people on the go. Apps with no price specified are free. Evernote The notepad app that comes with IOS…

A lot of companies are still using old versions of Internet Explorer despite the security risks and lack of support for modern web applications. There are two methods of supporting both old and new. First, from Google is Chrome Frame which … equips older versions of Internet Explorer with the speedy rendering and JavaScript engines at the heart of Chrome. The second is the third-party IE Tab, which lets you use Chrome for most of your work and open a tab that…

While the early adopters flock to Google+ and our kids and moms become power-users on Facebook, LinkedIn is where business gets done. Execs from all Fortune 500 companies are there, and 59 percent of those active on social networking sites say LinkedIn is their platform of choice over Facebook or Twitter, up from 41 percent who called LinkedIn their most important social account a year earlier, according to a June report by Performics and ROI Research. Ann Handley, A Guide…

How to Succeed Marketing to Generation “G” Copyblogger There’s a brand new generation for online marketers to adapt to. This time, however, the generation is not defined by date of birth. This generation is defined by repulsion at the corporate and political greed that has plummeted much of the world into economic doldrums. In other words, Generation “G” is all about generosity and sickened by greed. I don’t intend to make this a link blog but this particular article is…

It’s a common rule of thumb that using images as part of your blog posts helps draw attention to them and illustrate what you’re saying. Finding and creating these pictures can be difficult if you aren’t a photographer but there are plenty of places on the Internet where people are sharing their own photos for free or low prices. You have to watch the Terms of Use though, particularly if you are selling the article. http://istockphoto.com http://www.sxc.hu/ http://www.stockxpert.com/ http://www.bigstockphoto.com/ http://www.imagecatalog.com/…

The Internet is a decent place to do research these days. The idea that “everything is online” is still not true but it becomes more so every day. The problem for everyone is that much of this information costs a lot of money to access for large institutions much less small organizations. Help is often available in the form of the public library. Tennessee has a project called the Tennessee Electronic Library, which provides access to a number of databases…

It is a fact of the human condition that we are judged on our appearance. We rely on our eyes a great deal in life so the first impression when meeting a new person can be critical in how we view them. In casual situations, this doesn’t matter much but in business it can make or break the deal. Before the potential client or employer has even seen your portfolio or heard your pitch, he or she already thinks of…

Recently I was running errands and noticed a sign for a new local restaurant along the way. Always looking for something to ward off the chain food blahs, I stopped on my way home. It was nice inside, obviously a new family-run place, busy with what looked like a mix of people dropping in like myself and regulars. A very family-like atmosphere. After my meal I had the opportunity to talk with the owner when she wasn’t overwhelmed with work…