Social Media Isn’t for Business. Yeah, Right. (3/3)

June 22nd, 2010 by Michael Giuffrida

This three part series is written by ForeSite Insight guest blogger, Thomas Clifford…
Thomas Clifford is a Fast Company “Expert Blogger,” speaker, three-time co-author for the “Age of Conversation” book series and an award-winning multimedia producer. Tom is passionate about speaking, writing and helping organizations use digital media to communicate with a personal touch.
In 2010 and [...]

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Social Media Isn’t for Business. Yeah, Right. (2/3)

June 15th, 2010 by Michael Giuffrida

This three part series is written by ForeSite Insight guest blogger, Thomas Clifford…
Thomas Clifford is a Fast Company “Expert Blogger,” speaker, three-time co-author for the “Age of Conversation” book series and an award-winning multimedia producer. Tom is passionate about speaking, writing and helping organizations use digital media to communicate with [...]

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Social Media Isn’t for Business. Yeah, Right. (1/3)

June 8th, 2010 by Michael Giuffrida

This three part series is written by ForeSite Insight guest blogger, Thomas Clifford…
Thomas Clifford is a Fast Company “Expert Blogger,” speaker, three-time co-author for the “Age of Conversation” book series and an award-winning multimedia producer. Tom is passionate about speaking, writing and helping organizations use digital media to communicate with a personal touch.

In 2010 [...]

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Tips on unplugging while on vacation

June 1st, 2010 by Michael Giuffrida

Picture it; sitting pool side with a cool fruity drink.  Your family is with you, the sun is out, and the temperature is 75 degrees.  It’s a beautiful picture, isn’t it?  But let’s look a little closer, as you look around the pool, half of the people are staring at their Blackberrys checking email and clicking [...]

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Third Party Compliance – Another way new regulations go beyond MA

May 25th, 2010 by Tracy Fox

If you work with  businesses in Massachusetts, there is another aspect of the new identity theft regulations that you need to be aware of.  As part of the regulations, Massachusetts organizations must also confirm that their service providers are taking appropriate security measures when handling personal information by requiring them to complete a “201 CMR [...]

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Are you LinkedIn, or LinkedOut? (3/3)

May 5th, 2010 by Michael Giuffrida

The bottom-line with LinkedIn is that people would much rather work with people who their friends and colleagues know and trust. To truly realize a return on the investment of time required by LinkedIn you need to increase your number of viable connections and thus increase your chances of getting [...]

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Kenya Young Entrepreneur Program Shadow

April 20th, 2010 by Michael Giuffrida

I’m having an interesting experience this week.  A gentleman named Wilson who runs a computer network support and software development firm in Kenya is shadowing folks from ForeSite to see what is similar and what is different between the two markets.  He is looking to expand his business beyond his hometown so we have been [...]

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How do I work with a technology partner?

April 13th, 2010 by Michael Giuffrida

Let me start by saying that we strive to go beyond being “vendors” for our clients by combining our expertise and experience in technology with their expertise and experience in their industry and their organization.  That combined approach allows us to be a “technology partner”.  Be careful of the “technology vendor” who is more focused [...]

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5 tips for email safety

April 6th, 2010 by Tracy Fox

ForeSite’s network consultants are often asked about email safety by our computer support clients in Connecticut and Massachusetts. Our team put together 5 tips for email safety…

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Are you LinkedIn, or LinkedOut? (2/3)

March 16th, 2010 by Michael Giuffrida

Most of you tech savvy business people out there have had a LinkedIn account for years, but have you been truly using it to increase your business opportunities? If you want to reap the benefits of a LinkedIn account, you need to commit to actively using it on a consistent basis. At the [...]

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