There’s a definite yin-yang to the digital world. Our lives have vastly improved over the past few decades as technology has become increasingly sophisticated, aiding us in both our work and personal lives. We can work online, bank online, visit doctors online, and look up answers to literally any …
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The State of Worldwide Fraud: What to Expect in the Coming Years
As fraud continues to be a major problem around the world, businesses and organizations are under increasing pressure to combat it. In the coming years, we can expect to see technological advancements in tools that provide functional services associated with dark web monitoring, to help identify …
The Most Annoying Things Businesses Can Do on the Telephone
The telephone really is an amazing invention, especially when you think that we can speak to people all the way across the other side of the world, and hear them as clear as a bell (Alexander Graham Bell in fact!). It can help connect us to family members, or even call for help - and over the …
Is Google Hurting Your One-Person Business?
Last week, I found myself looking for a carpet business. Being relatively new to my local area, I turned to Google to help me out. I opened Google Maps, typed in “carpet store,” and was instantly excited because I had a number of options to choose from. Yet, that excitement quickly faded the moment …
How to Protect Your Small Business from B2B Scams
When it comes to scams, there’s certainly no shortage of the number of things that some individuals will do to defraud others. Between credit card fraud, identity theft, lottery scams, and every other action that dishonest people take at the expense of innocent victims, you must always be aware of …
How to Identify B2B Scams
By now, most of us are more than aware of some of the more common personal scams. For instance, there is the person who sends an email from Nigeria claiming to need funds in order to send you your lottery winnings, even though you didn’t enter one. Or the long lost family member who you didn’t know …
