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Crisis Survival Kit: 5 Tips For Communicating With Employees

Posted by Benjamin Tomkins 10:03 AM ET | Nov 13, 2008

People are the most valuable asset of your business. During tough economic times, business owners can't afford to lose this asset or let it wither as rumors fly about layoffs and RIFs. These 5 tips will help you talk to your valuable employees and keep them focused.

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Company Size: 1-49 | Economics | Finance/Banking/Insurance | HR | Tips

Crisis Survival Kit: 10 Ways To Get More From Your Data Center

Posted by Benjamin Tomkins 12:50 PM ET | Nov 12, 2008

With budgets tightening by the day and forecasts for next year looking bleak, business owners and IT managers must do more with less. That includes the data center, but, fortunately, there are opportunities to improve performance without increasing spending.

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Crisis Survival Kit: 6 Ways To Do More With Less IT Spending

Posted by Benjamin Tomkins 09:49 AM ET | Nov 11, 2008

The more productivity that business owners can wring from every dime they spend eases the pressure to cut costs, staff, and projects. Check out these 7 ways to boost your IT output without increasing spending -- and even reducing it.

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Company Size: 1-49 | Economics | Finance/Banking/Insurance | IT | Tips

Crisis Survival Kit: 5 Ways To Increase Revenue From Current Customers

Posted by Benjamin Tomkins 12:19 PM ET | Oct 30, 2008

Hanging on to your customers is crucial in these tough times, but just keeping them isn't enough. Growing revenue from your existing customers will help keep your business afloat by offsetting, in part, the inevitable slackening of orders and departure of other customers.

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Company Size: 1-49 | Economics | Finance/Banking/Insurance | Sales/Marketing | Tips

Crisis Survival Kit: 20 Ways To Trim IT Costs

Posted by Benjamin Tomkins 12:45 PM ET | Oct 27, 2008

Any way that a business owner can conserve cash right now is pure gold. That includes not only expenses on the business side but also on the IT side. The key is to trim IT costs carefully -- with a scalpel not a hatchet -- so the cuts don't hobble your business.

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Company Size: 1-49 | Economics | Finance/Banking/Insurance | IT | Tips

Crisis Survival Kit: 5 Business-As-Usual Survival Tactics

Posted by Benjamin Tomkins 03:37 PM ET | Oct 24, 2008

Amid a recession, it's tempting to cut back, to forgo risks, and play it safe. For some things that makes sense, but business owners risk sending their company into a downward spiral if they don't seize some opportunities to keep the business growing.

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Company Size: 1-49 | Economics | Finance/Banking/Insurance | Tips

Crisis Survival Kit: 6 Ways To Contain IT Costs

Posted by Benjamin Tomkins 10:04 AM ET | Oct 23, 2008

Infrastructure -- roads and bridges -- is what keeps our society moving, literally, and without management and maintenance, it crumbles. The same is true of your company's IT infrastructure -- the hardware, software, networks, and other systems that keep your business moving require care and feeding. And that costs money. Here are 6 ways to keep those costs under control without allowing your infrastructure to deteriorate and take your business with it.

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Crisis Survival Kit: 4 Low-Cost Ways To Build Customer Loyalty

Posted by Benjamin Tomkins 01:15 PM ET | Oct 22, 2008

Customers are the lifeblood of business, but acquiring new customers can be expensive. By contrast, taking steps to hold on to the customers you already have and encourage them to spend more on your products and services can bolster your bottom line.

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Company Size: 1-49 | Economics | Finance/Banking/Insurance | Sales/Marketing | Tips

Crisis Survival Kit: 5 Ways To Prevent Being Bought Out

Posted by Benjamin Tomkins 10:04 AM ET | Oct 17, 2008

Right now, business owners are focused on keeping the doors open and rightly so given the business climate. But in the scramble to keep a business afloat, it's easy to overlook another threat -- acquisition from competitors with deeper pockets.

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Crisis Survival Kit: 5 Ways To Focus On Business Fundamentals

Posted by Benjamin Tomkins 12:26 PM ET | Oct 16, 2008

Even in the best of times, the deck is stacked against small and midsize businesses -- fewer resources, less access to capital, and little or no brand awareness. That's why strong fundamentals are so essential to business owners in smaller organizations.

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Company Size: 1-49 | Entrepreneurs | Finance/Banking/Insurance | Operations | Start-Ups

Crisis Survival Kit: 6 Ways To Keep Your IT Systems Healthy

Posted by Benjamin Tomkins 01:40 PM ET | Oct 9, 2008

With credit tight and the potential (or reality) of a business slowdown looming, business owners can ill afford IT problems that will suck up valuable time, stymie employee productivity, leave customers and prospects hanging, and cost scarce cash to remedy.

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Company Size: 1-49 | Finance/Banking/Insurance | IT | Storage | Tips

Financial Crisis Means Cash And Carry For Business Owners

Posted by Benjamin Tomkins 10:05 AM ET | Oct 3, 2008

When investment bankers and Wall Street hedge fund managers moan about liquidity, it's tough for business owners to sympathize -- they're concerned about making payroll, overdue notices from suppliers, and keeping the lights on. In other words, cash flow. It doesn't matter if your company has a cadre of accountants or one person in the back room with a paper ledger, cash rules now more than ever.

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Company Size: 1-49 | Finance/Banking/Insurance

Crisis Survival Kit: 10 Ways To Recession-Proof Your Web Site

Posted by Fredric Paul 01:40 PM ET | Oct 2, 2008

The financial meltdown isn't aimed at Web sites, but the folks at Webguild point out that the Internet isn't exactly recession-proof. So they offer 10 tips on how to reduce the impact.

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Company Size: 1-49 | Finance/Banking/Insurance | Internet/Web | Social Networking | Tips

Crisis Survival Kit: 10 Ways To Get Paid Faster

Posted by Benjamin Tomkins 01:24 PM ET | Oct 2, 2008

With credit evaporating, cash is king. For business owners, the pressure to keep the cash flowing makes getting paid for outstanding invoices even more crucial than before. Don't get left holding an unpaid invoice.

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Crisis Survival Kit: 5 Ways The Meltdown Will Change Digital Marketing

Posted by Benjamin Tomkins 09:08 PM ET | Oct 1, 2008

Facing an economic downturn, the -- understandable -- impulse for many business owners is to pour any available resources into marketing to bring in more business. But it's crucial that business owners think through how the downturn will affect digital marketing before committing dollars to specific programs, vehicles, or campaigns.

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Crisis Survival Kit: 5 Predictions For Online Business

Posted by Fredric Paul 06:29 PM ET | Oct 1, 2008

The financial crisis will have effects far beyond Wall Street, and even beyond Main Street. It's already resonating through cyberspace. Here are some thoughts on how it will impact online business, and how to deal with it.

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Company Size: 1-49 | Finance/Banking/Insurance | Internet/Web | Tips

Financial Crisis: Venture Capital Drying Up

Posted by Benjamin Tomkins 09:50 AM ET | Oct 1, 2008

In the third quarter of 2008 there was one venture-backed IPO. One. In the entire quarter! That the increasingly tight credit market was making it harder to maintain operations was already keeping many business owners awake at night, but now it appears that a key source of funding for startup companies has morphed into a mirage -- or has it?

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Crisis Survival Kit: 10 Cash Flow Tips You Need Now

Posted by Fredric Paul 05:49 PM ET | Sep 30, 2008

For fighting back against the credit crunch, SMBs have some of the best options out there, according to consultant and financial software developer Rusty Luhring.

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Crooks Making Less From Bank Data Look To Steal From Other Businesses (Including Yours)

Posted by Keith Ferrell 11:30 AM ET | Jul 15, 2008

Things are tough all over, as a new report on the drop in the value of stolen bank data shows. But as stolen bank info drops in price, you can bet that the crooks are going to be looking elsewhere to make up the difference. And small and midsize business data is definitely one of the elsewheres.

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Mob Making Cyber Moves: Organized Crime Versus Disorganized Defenses

Posted by Keith Ferrell 12:58 PM ET | May 27, 2008

The news that organized crime is now a bigger cyber-havoc player than independent hackers isn't surprising: as Willie Sutton said of banks in the last century, the Net is now "where the money is."

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CompTIA Survey: What Causes Most Breaches Is The Same Thing The Road To Hell Is Paved With

Posted by Keith Ferrell 10:43 AM ET | May 22, 2008

Findings from a new survey indicate that most security breaches aren't the result of malicious intent. Problem is, more than a few are the result of good intentions.

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New Scam: Hackers Use Phony Certificate To Seal Victims' ID-Fates

Posted by Keith Ferrell 04:51 PM ET | Apr 28, 2008

A new approach to password/account info-theft appeals to users' desire for enhanced protection, rather than directly asking for info. The scam asks users to install an important digital security certificate -- which is, of course, anything but secure.

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Tool Emerges to Automate Companies' Battle Against Identity Theft

Posted by Paul Korzeniowski 11:26 AM ET | Mar 25, 2008

The problems associated with identity theft have become so great that the federal government is forcing corporations to put checks in place to prevent it. Now, help has arrived for businesses that have to comply with these new regulations.

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Company Size: 1,100-1,500 | Company Size: 1-49 | Company Size: 250-999 | Company Size: 50-249 | Finance/Banking/Insurance

Credit Card Security: 'Tis The Season To Be Compliant

Posted by Keith Ferrell 12:00 PM ET | Dec 6, 2007

When it comes to customers' credit card information, how much should small and midsize businesses be worrying about compliance this holiday season? The same as every other season -- a lot.

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Good News: Attacks Are Down; Bad News: Attacks Are Worse

Posted by Keith Ferrell 01:24 PM ET | Sep 24, 2007

Fewer but fiercer attacks -- that's the word from a new study of business IT security trends over the past year. Today's breaches are reportedly twice as severe as those of just a couple of years ago.

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