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Pipedrive vs. Salesmate vs. Nimble – What Should I Use for My Small Business?

September 28, 2017September 25, 2017 by Paul Salmon

Cloud-based customer relationship management (CRM) solutions have been gaining traction at a considerable pace. This can be seen from the fact that in 2008, only 12% of businesses used cloud-based CRM and this figure has now climbed up to 87%. According to a forecast by Gartner, CRM market will reach $37 billion by the end of 2017. CRM adoption has been quite rapid in small businesses. 50% of companies with less than 10 employees now use CRM. Small businesses can choose from a plethora of options available in the market.

Did You Know…eBay Facts and Strange Sales [Infographic]

September 13, 2013 by Paul Salmon

Did you know that there are many weird and wonderful listings on eBay? Of course you did! Who doesn’t waste time looking for weird items on there? As long as you don’t make a purchase all is good!

Here is some technical information for data enthusiasts (nerds) about eBay. Did you know that eBay has 10 petabytes of data stored in their Hadoop and Teradata clusters? For the ordinary folk who doesn’t know what a Hadoop is, it is primarily used by engineers who use data to build products. And, Teradata is primarily used by eBay’s finance team to understand eBay’s business!

Is Online Gaming Changing the Digital Landscape?

August 6, 2013 by Paul Salmon

Times were if you wanted to meet up with friends for a game of cards or to play a game of scrabble, you had to arrange a time and place, travel and such. But now, thanks to online gaming, you can now socialise with your friends without ever having to leave your living room. Some critics believe there are negative repercussions of such a lifestyle, and they may be right, but the truth is for some people this is a great way to meet new friends and have fun.

3 Things We Miss About Google Reader

January 6, 2014August 5, 2013 by Guest Blogger

Google Reader was a popular site that allowed users to follow their favorite blogs and news sites, putting all of the content in one easily navigated place. However, when Google decided to shut down Google Reader, many people were very unhappy because of features they would miss.

Six Reasons to Use the Chrome Web Store and Two Pitfalls

August 9, 2013April 8, 2013 by Guest Blogger

Don’t you love it when you find a shiny new application?

Something that gives you new abilities to bend light and matter. Something that adds to your list of super powers.

Do you scan through top ten lists of applications looking for tips about apps you haven’t tried yet? Are you an App Junkie hanging out for your latest fix of apptastic goodness?

Digital Tools for Starting a Retail Business

August 9, 2013April 4, 2013 by Paul Salmon

Technology opens a wide range of doors for relationships for businesses and entrepreneurs. From establishing Facebook connections with long-distance friends to cloud computing solutions, the digital landscape continues to transform how we live, interact and assuredly do business.

Technological devices, software and applications have also opened up one influential door of opportunity – the accessibility for anyone to start a retail business. Profitable businesses are no longer restricted to a store space or even the home. Entrepreneurs can run a business virtually anywhere as long as they have a laptop or iPad, Internet connection, a desirable product and a smidgen of ambition.

Document Annotation – Finding the Missing Link!

August 9, 2013October 29, 2012 by Guest Blogger

Most of the people don’t consider document annotation as fun and easy to use. To proof-read a document, you need to highlight, underline and strike out text or a certain portion of a document as well as leave your comments on the images. A good Document annotation App comes in handy for this proof-reading process of documents which must be done by many reviewers. Thus, annotation Apps which let you view or share review comments with your colleagues, making collaboration and review of online documents incredible easy in real-time. In short, a best-valued document annotation app improves your communication, speeds up collaboration while sharing your work with others.

Ademero Content Central – Taking Document Management to a New Level

September 2, 2012August 30, 2012 by Paul Salmon

This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of Ademero for SocialSpark. All opinions are 100% mine.

For those that have created a website or blog, they may no a thing or two about a content management system (CMS). Such a system helps to manage the content – pages images, videos, etc. – that comprise a website. In the business world, however, a document management system may be necessary in order to manage all the documents for the business.

Ademero is one company that provides a complete document management system for businesses of all sizes. Their document management software takes the management of documents into the Web-based world by being able to manage documents directly within any Web browser.