Five Ways to Stretch Your IT Budget

December 7, 2008

Small and medium-size businesses are forever trying to balance increasing IT budget demands with constricting IT budget funds. The global financial crisis has exacerbated that balancing act. What can SMBs do to maximize IT investment?

 Regardless of whether your business is planning to delay or reduce IT budgets, adopting cost-saving strategies is always a good investment. Here are five tips that will help you get the most out of your IT. 

1. Be Aware of New Trends

2. Have a Focused Budget

3. Determine Critical IT Issues

4. Negotiate with IT Vendors 

5. Standardize Your Equipment

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How to Ruin a Perfectly Good Online Ad Campaign

December 7, 2008

Online advertising shines like a beacon to marketers seeing ad-viewer numbers plummeting in other venues. However, there are some unique practical requirements for mounting Internet campaigns, and failing to understand them can doom an otherwise promising effort.

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