Here at Little Guy Creations, we advocate that your business have a blog. We have recommended, advocated, suggested and basically pleaded with you. Well, we have if you have been one of our clients. If you’re not one of our clients, you will have seen subtle suggestions in our past articles. We save the best for our clients.
Perhaps you will believe it if you hear it from someone else. Maybe you will see the point if we show you common fallacies people have about blogging.
There is a shift coming. People are using their desktops and laptops less and less.
Most people can do everything they need to from their phones and tablets. (Namely, email and web browsing.)
This article misleadingly discusses a company that banned email – specifically, internal email.
But email will soon be merged with texting and instant messaging. It may or may not look like the email and messaging we use today, but things are changing. If nothing else, you can easily block those who send you messages you don’t want.
In the last few months, Google has updated Panda, changed their major properties to a unified look, grabbed 44% of global online advertising, opened a music service, put Android on a stick, activated 500,000 phones a day, made improvements to Google+ and plans to short-circuit websites and industries.
Whew….
Of course, to put this all in perspective, what did people search for the most on Google in 2011? Sigh.
Ever wonder how profitable Google is? There aren’t figures out for 2011 yet, but here is some infotainment from 2010, with some predictions for 2011 that we can check on when the number become available.
Here are 12 more predictions for this year. Will they turn out right?
Don’t be mistaken. The point is not really whether or not they will turn out right. What’s important is to be aware of your options and make the best use of them for you and your business.
You may recall a time when Ma Bell was the only game in town. Alternately, you might remember when KMart was bigger than WalMart. And even now, Sears is closing stores and the USPS is closing Post Offices.
But you may be shocked to learn that Microsoft isn’t as healthy as it could be. It could also crumble. And not just for purely business reasons.
Now is a good time to think about having some backup plans for any necessary computer systems you have. You don’t have to switch just yet – just be aware of what some of your options are.
There are free word processors and spreadsheet programs that can replace Microsoft Office.
If you are adventurous, you’ll research Linux and find out that there are free and robust operating systems available. Or maybe you’ll see how Google plans to replace your computer with a stick.
At least go into the Apple store and tinker with the computers there – you’ll see they aren’t so different from Windows computers.
Even if Microsoft doesn’t collapse, at the very least, you will know you have other options besides paying $150 for the next Windows upgrade or the $499 Office Professional.