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Heather ClancyArchive: February, 2012
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Heather Clancy
Heather Clancy is an award-winning business journalist with a passion for green technology and corporate sustainability issues. Her articles have appeared in Entrepreneur, Fortune Small Business, The International Herald Tribune and The New York Times. In a past corporate life, Heather was editor of Computer Reseller News, where she was a featured speaker about everything from software as a service to IT security to mobile computing.
Heather started her journalism life as a business writer with United Press International in New York. She holds a B.A. in English literature from McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, and has a thing for Lewis Carroll.
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Why it is a great time for small businesses to consider Macintosh
The forthcoming Windows 8 operating system release from Microsoft should prompt SMBs to reevaluate OS investments, and reconsider the value of Apple’s Macintosh.
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SMB online marketing marriage: Vocus pays $169M for iContact
The merger will combine SMB search marketing, social marketing, email and public-relations services into one platform by late 2012.
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Twitter lures small businesses with advertising platform
The developers is teaming up with American Express to up to $1 million in free advertising to small businesses that help test out its new SMB advertising services.
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7 ways SMBs can make cloud storage and backup safer
Cloud storage and backup services are rewriting the rules for SMB business continuity strategy, but don’t rush in without doing some due diligence.
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Appointment app offers two-way synch with Google calendar
Full Slate is an online appointment book that allows small businesses to manage and book schedules from a central location, while keeping them synchronized across multiple devices.
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Many SMB mobile devices unmanaged, presenting security risk
More than half the Apple iOS mobile devices considered in a newly released study by mobile security vendor Mobilisafe were using outdated firmware.
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Webcast debates SMB online marketing priorities
Wondering how to organize your digital marketing and social media strategy? Join us for a ZDNet Webcast, “Top 10 Online Marketing Tips for Small Business.”
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Chicago restaurant operator builds marketing list with cross-channel promotions
Liberal use of mobile text messaging with social media tie-ins has helped Lodge Management Group build its customer marketing list dramatically.
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Analytics app offers real-time window into e-commerce activity
Lexity Live is a free app that connect with major online shopping carts including Shopify, eBay ProStores and Magento.
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Sign documents digitally in the cloud
Cloud storage service provider SurDoc is giving out a digital pen to help user execute contracts in the cloud without having to print them out and rescan them.
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