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Social Media Christmas Marketing
Social Media marketing is a great option for your last minute Christmas campaigns. Compared to many forms of marketing, social media still gives you great reach per $ spent AND the option of...
Google Ads 2021 vs Small Business
If you have been running or considering Google Ads for your small business take note that they are changing. 2021 has seen another significant shift for Google Ads towards automated campaigns run by...
Stuck in lockdown? Review your own website!
If you have extra time during lockdown, it’s a great chance to complete some tasks that you never get around to – a website review is a great example. We all know how important our online presence...
Hosted PBX upgrade in Thornton
We recently met with an Accountant in Thornton to discuss some issues with their phone system. They had recently moved office and were currently diverting phone calls from their old on-premises...
What You Need to Know About Ransomware
2019 saw a rise in ransomware attacks that crippled businesses of all shapes and sizes. With 85% of managed service providers (MSPs) reporting ransomware as the most common malware threat to...
Ready for a Cybersecurity emergency?
When you think about cybersecurity, your mind may not immediately jump to business continuity or disaster recovery (BCDR). It’s understandable. However, you may be surprised to learn how vital...
Client review: Kincumber Vet
How Managed IT Services Benefited Kincumber Veterinary Hospital After Greg and Liia Kelman took over Kincumber Veterinary Hospital they were keen to give their valued clients (both the two legged...
Telecommuting
How to Help Your Staff Work Remotely (& Why It’s Good for Business) With COVID-19 taking hold globally, the prospect of schools and businesses being placed into quarantine is becoming less a...
Cybersecurity for Business Owners
How confident are you in your existing cybersecurity measures? Do you feel fully prepared to withstand malware attacks against your business in the coming year? According to Datto’s latest Global...
Free 2020 Dropbox Business Trial
With the new year just around the corner, it’s time to make resolutions and get organised. If you’ve been looking for a cloud-based solution to organise your content and encourage collaboration,...
Free IT Consult for Vets
Are you a veterinarian? Do you run a vet clinic or animal hospital? We know the veterinary industry is a labour of love for most of you. It involves incredibly long hours, messy work and far less...
Choosing a web developer
Social media is flooded with offers for cheap websites. For those shopping on price alone its difficult to understand how the same website proposal can warrant such drastic price variations. Artistic style The look of a website is very much a matter of personal choice. When considering a developer ask to see a portfolio of […]
Hosting your email in the cloud
Finding the right email solution is a struggle faced by many businesses new and old alike. While there are plenty of free email services available, branded email solutions create the impression of a more established and professional organisation. Free email services are also plagued with spam and come with no service guarantees. Many web hosting […]
Sending and receiving faxes without a fax machine
From time to time we still find ourselves in a position where we need to send a document to somebody that will only accept the document via fax. There are plenty of fax to email solutions for receiving those once in a blue moon faxes but what do we do when we find ourselves in […]
Ransomware
Ransomware is a type of virus that encrypts all the files on your computer and then demands a ransom to remove the encryption. Ransomware doesn’t discriminate everyone from large corporations to personal users. Last month the University of Calgary fell victim to ransomware and was forced to pay ransom of $16,000 to their data. See […]