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5 Hacks To Stop Your Business Getting Hacked
Your business getting hacked is every owners worst nightmare. Unfortunately, cyberattacks are on the rise and small businesses are the most popular target. While some hackers will aim to directly extort money from you (for example, via a phishing scam or a ransomware attack), others will aim to infiltrate your system undetected so that they can steal important data and sell it on the dark web. These five tips will help you defend against both types. Change passwords regularly Changing your password regularly makes it much harder for hackers to try and gain entry to sensitive information. It’s possible that hackers may have already found your log-in details and put them up for sale on the dark web – if you change your passwords regularly, you can rest assured that anyone with access to these details will only have access to your old password. Make sure that you’re using different passwords for different log-ins. There are password generators that you can use to create complex passwords. Keep software updated Software that has not been updated is likely to pose a security risk and could be another form of access for hackers. Make sure that you’re regularly updating software whenever an…
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Small Businesses – This Is How You Tell Your Story
The best brands are built on quality stories. Yes, the products and services are industry-leaders too, yet the likes of Apple and Coca-Cola are known as much for their adverts and marketing campaigns as what they sell. You may not see many similarities between you and huge billion-dollar companies, but one thing you share is a story. If you tell it properly, as they do, you’ll transform your fortunes and become more than a local business with potential. The trick is to figure out how to sell it. Continue reading to find out more and to learn the basics of the art of storytelling. Push Your Humble Beginnings Apple may be powerful beyond compare, with only Amazon snapping at its heels, yet consumers, whether rich or poor, can connect with the brand. From a wealthy point of view, the business sells high-end products and services that they want, but how do working-class shoppers buy-in? It’s through the business’s beginnings. The story of Steve Jobs crafting the Apple Mac in his parents’ garage is synonymous with the items they sell, even if they cost upward of $1,000. The same goes for Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook (he did it in a dorm…
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$50 Your Way Giveaway September 2020
September Giveaway is HERE! I can’t tell if 2020 is screaming by or if it’s crawling by. (Okay, that makes absolutely NO sense!) If you are new here the monthly giveaway ways starts with an update on life on a mountain in Sandpoint, Idaho. So not knowing if 2020 is going slow or fast could be just lack of oxygen to my brain! Hopefully, you will become an official Peanut and come back often. Peanuts are a FUN group.Need some encouragement? Wanna whine? Or share a triumph? You have come to the right place! I’ll go first (every month!) I’m going to start with it’s COLD in Idaho. I believe I actually got a whole week of summer and we went straight to fall. SO NOT HAPPY! The cold is aggravating my RA something awful. Gesh old age ain’t for the weak!Ahhhh now the whining starts. (continues?)My hands have steadily gotten worse. A couple doctor visits and a nerve conduction study the diagnosis carpal tunnel. Hopefully surgery gets scheduled ASAP! I’m crying uncle.It’s hard to type (not cool for a blogger!)I can’t knit for more than a few minutes at a time (I can hear the ohhhhhh from knitters and crocheters out…
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How To Save Money On Your Interior Design Projects
Everyone’s life is different, though there are a few things we all should do. One of those things is to save as much money as possible throughout our lives. This is the best way to set yourself up for a strong and stable financial future. If you don’t save money, your finances will continue to leak month after month. It leaves you with less money to pay for emergencies or to go towards important purchases. Enough about that, let’s focus on how you can save money. Today’s post will take you on a short journey around your home to look at ways you can save cash on interior design projects. Renovating and revamping your home doesn’t have to be costly, particularly when you heed this advice: Do it yourself! Consider all the different costs that go into every interior design project. Now, think about which costs are often the most expensive. Yep, you guessed it, the cost of labor. Paying people to help with your projects will usually mean they get done a lot quicker. Unfortunately, it will ramp up the costs to a point where you spend far too much. So, don’t be afraid to get your hands…
