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3 Tips To Help Small Businesses Get More Customers In A Post-Google Search World

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By Trevor Sumner, Chief Technology Officer of LocalVox. Almost half of local business listings have basic errors in Name, Address and Phone number – what’s called NAP in the search engine world. Sources: 1 AT&T Small Business Technology Poll; 2 Local Consumer Review Survey; 3 Center for Media Research.

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Should You Build Out Features Or Create A New Product?

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by Adam Root, founder and CTO of Hiplogiq. When I began developing the customer search engine SocialCentiv using Twitter, I envisioned the project as an add-on to our already popular SocialCompass. He’s the founder and CTO of Hiplogiq , makers of marketing technologies SocialCompass and SocialCentiv. A DUI lawyer?

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Why You Should Be Doing Product Discovery

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Prior to founding Dovetail, Nick was co-founder and CTO of 1-Night, a VC-backed ticketing and payments company, and led the engineering team that grew the platform to handle millions of transactions. As an example, Dovetail leads consumer product development at Afterpay and has helped them grow to a $10B international payments leader.

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When Does Investing in VR Training Make Sense For My Business?

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by John Blackmon, CTO of eLearning Brothers. John Blackmon brings decades of engineering and management expertise in the eLearning industry to his role as CTO of eLearning Brothers, a global provider of templates, custom design, authoring and learning management tools, and training for professionals everywhere.

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Cyber Security At The Start

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For efficient and secure expansion, understand what types of resources and technology are needed: colocation, cloud providers, internal resources? Bring awareness to employees with social engineering, training, and positive reinforcement tactics. Bring on a security-conscious CTO at the beginning.

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Are You Putting Your Rock Star Customers To Work?

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Your most powerful growth engine is your existing customer. For example, Hitachi Data Systems (HDS) develops excellent technology in the data storage and knowledge management space, led by visionary Chief Technology Officer Hu Yoshida, and has won passionate customers in the process. That’s right.

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How IoT-Enabled Tracking Systems Improve Business Operations

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by Ekim Saribardak, CTO of Rewire Security. Fleet tracking software provides managers with comprehensive reports on trip time, length and distance; fuel usage and driving behaviour; and engine diagnostic data. Businesses that don’t evolve to adapt to new operational challenges will be left behind in today’s fast-paced world.