Is Your Slow Loading Website Costing You Money?

July 19th, 2012 by Jessica Glynn

When you visit a website and it doesn’t load right away you probably assume that it is broken and leave.  We are used to high speed internet connections which have caused us to lose patience when it comes to waiting for websites.  If you won’t wait, then you should know your site’s visitors won’t wait [...]

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Why Has My Website Dropped in Google Search Rankings?

May 29th, 2012 by Jessica Glynn

Google’s latest algorithm changes, known as “Google Penguin”, discourages paid links and low quality website links in an effort to reduce spam results.  The idea is that the old algorithm gave certain websites a higher search ranking than they deserved, because those sites were stuffed with keywords which manipulated the search engine.  The new Penguin [...]

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ForeSite Launches New Employment Web Portal for RJS Associates

May 15th, 2012 by Jessica Glynn

RJS Associates has a new web based employment portal, designed and developed by ForeSite Technologies, Inc.
East Hartford, CT
RJS Associates of Hartford, CT, a leading personnel consulting firm, has launched a new web based employment portal which was designed and developed by ForeSite Technologies, an East Hartford based Web Development and IT Services firm. The purpose [...]

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Are These 3 (Common) IT Issues Draining Your Bottom Line?

October 25th, 2011 by Tracy Fox

ForeSite sees many small businesses (and even medium-sized businesses) not taking the time to plan their IT growth. Using “Band-Aids” for common IT issues (without realizing the ramifications to the network) is common practice. And it’s negatively affecting the bottom line.

We’ve identified three common IT issues you can look at to see if you can improve your bottom line.

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4 (Positive) Reasons to Welcome Negative Feedback

August 1st, 2011 by Thomas Clifford

Let’s face it.
No one wants negative feedback.
We cross our fingers, hoping everyone loves everything we say and do.
But the fact remains:  negative feedback happens.
Let’s pretend we ignore negative feedback
What might happen?

Complacency creeps in
Customer engagement weakens
Innovation fizzles out
Credibility is challenged

Clearly, not healthy signs for any business.
The fact that someone took time to (legitimately) comment on our [...]

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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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Are you LinkedIn, or LinkedOut? (1/3)

January 14th, 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?

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Google Alerts Tell You What The World Is Writing About Your Business…And Your Competition

October 6th, 2009 by Michael Giuffrida

Have you ever Googled yourself or the company you work for?  Come on, you know you have!  It’s human nature to wonder what others are writing about you and the company you work for.  Before accepting your new position, didn’t you Google your new company to see if you could find any negative information?  Googling [...]

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Is Social Media Marketing right for you?

September 15th, 2009 by Tracy Fox

Everybody’s talking about social media marketing, but how do you know if it’s right for your business?  And what if you are a nonprofit agency or a school – does social media have value outside the business world?
First let’s define social media by its most well known forms, including blogs and social networking (Twitter, FaceBook [...]

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How do you call your website to action?

August 27th, 2009 by Michael Giuffrida

Having a website was a good first step (in 1997).  By the mid 2000’s your web site actually had to have interesting information on it and look more attractive than your competitors’.  You may even rank well in the search engines for keywords you have chosen as important ones for your business.  If you’re at [...]

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