Small Businesss Solutions

Why you shouldn’t use Word to edit your website

janusnetworks — Fri, 17 May 2013 03:52:41 +0000

You’re not a coder – we get it. But sometimes you need to make some quick changes to your website and your developer isn’t around. In this post we’re going to talk about why you should never use Microsoft Word to work on your websites files. At the end we’ll present two alternatives. Word uses […]

Project management software review: Basecamp

janusnetworks — Fri, 03 May 2013 03:48:44 +0000

When your team starts to grow beyond the number of employees you can count on one hand, it becomes harder and yet, at the same time, more important to coordinate deadlines and tasks between everyone so that everything gets done in a proper and timely manner. And, like most things these days, coordination comes easier with […]

Backups

janusnetworks — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 01:20:19 +0000

Think about all the information you rely on for your business. You have emails from your coworkers and clients, sales records, contracts and proposals, client profiles, your website, form templates, and more. You really don’t want to lose all that – or any of it. Backing up all of your digital information is your best […]

Obama’s $100-million brain-mapping initiative

janusnetworks — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 02:33:08 +0000

In the next ten years, the U.S. government will be spending $100 million to map the human brain. Just like we mapped the human genome, and are already seeing a great return on the investment even though the truly exciting technologies (personalized medicine, etc.) are barely here yet, the government hopes the brain-mapping initiative will […]

With a flick of the wrist

janusnetworks — Sun, 17 Mar 2013 02:25:20 +0000

Wouldn’t it be cool if your app worked by magic? Just wave your hand to turn the page in your ebook, go to the next slide of a presentation, or send an email. And if you’ve ever played a video game like World of Warcraft where you had to bind all of your abilities to […]

Mobile Payments

janusnetworks — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 05:01:08 +0000

Smartphone credit card payment processors are easier to set up than credit card merchant accounts and get you your money much faster than checks. For very small businesses, businesses that don’t process enough payments to warrant getting a merchant account, and businesses with tight cash flows, mobile is probably the way you want to go. […]

Bitcoin, the digital currency

janusnetworks — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 00:32:57 +0000

Bitcoin, a completely digital currency, is slowly becoming accepted at more online stores. Just this week, Bitcoin gained its biggest-name user yet: Reddit just started accepting payment in Bitcoins. There are thousands of digital currencies in place online already (think of World of Warcraft gold and Farmville Farm Cash), but Bitcoin is the most popular […]

Hadoop: Making Use of Big Data

janusnetworks — Tue, 01 Jan 2013 07:18:39 +0000

Today we’re going to talk about Big Data, and what to do with it. Basically, Big Data is all the thousands or millions of facts and figures about your business that you’re starting to collect. Clicks on ads, retweets, the fact that the blue socks sell better on Tuesday evenings – all those factoids add […]

Janus Networks on page 101 in Inc Magazine

janusnetworks — Sat, 29 Dec 2012 04:39:36 +0000

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Hiring new employees with online degrees

janusnetworks — Sun, 16 Dec 2012 07:25:50 +0000

Over the past decade or so you’ve been taking your business more and more online. Maybe you’re a software company that had its inception after internet use was commonplace. Or maybe you’re a brick-and-mortar shop that’s slowly moved bits and pieces of the business online, for things like sales tracking, taxes, and customer support. It’s […]