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Why Your Business Should Be Accepting PayPal
All of the recent security breaches have some retailers running from online payment solutions like PayPal, a huge, multi-billion dollar platform that serves as a third party between a merchant and a buyer. However, this should not be the case: in fact, PayPal can protect you from problems that security breaches on your own networks […]
Why You Should Care About Website Backup
You’ve done it; you’ve created a website and it’s live. You poured a lot of effort into the website, and you’re incredibly proud of all of the things you’ve done. Your content is perfect. Your pictures are perfect. Your call-to-actions took a long time, but they’re perfect. Everything is perfect until something isn’t. Then you’re […]
Using the Technology of Today to Save on Your Energy Bills
Let’s face it: running a small business office can be incredibly expensive, especially when you have to keep the lights on. This is even truer if you have to run servers, computers, and other electronics day in and day out to keep your small business afloat. In addition, if you’re like most small businesses, a […]
Using the Cloud to Add Value to Your SMB
It’s here: a revolutionary tool that makes businesses easier, cheaper, and faster. Your productivity will go up. Your workers can get work done from anywhere, including a plane with their phone. You don’t have to have ten terabyte hard drives or much of a hard drive at all; a magical, fantastic tool has come to […]
Using Multiple Browser Tabs to Maximize Productivity
It isn’t 2003 anymore, when just about all you had was Internet Explorer and more than one window open meant risking the blue screen of death. Fortunately, times have changed, and with those changes come more productivity tools. You may not have thought of the browser tab as a tool of productivity, but we guarantee […]
Thinking Before You Click: Don’t Fall Victim to Email Scams
Email scams, or “phishing,” are some of the most popular ways that scammers try to steal information from individuals and small businesses alike. Unfortunately for us, these scams are not always obvious and are sometimes not detected by a spam catcher. This means we have to be hyper vigilant about what we actually click on […]
How to Optimize the Effectiveness of Online Meetings
As the number of businesses that allow workers to work from home or hire them remotely in the first place has grown, the number of ways to have effective meetings has begun to grow as well. Many companies are completely replacing their physical meetings with digital ones as they are more efficient, quicker, and people […]
How Tesla Energy Will Change How Your Business Uses Power
Elon Musk, founder of Tesla, is at it again with something more than just cars. In fact, he’s been busy cooking up something that may revolutionize the way businesses and homes use power, and it’s called the Powerball (and, for businesses, it’s called the Powerpack). The Powerball and Powerpack are, in essence, batteries. Borrowing a […]
Does Your SMB Need a Social Media Manager?
As the social media channels you need to manage grow, so does your need for the time to manage them. Sometimes you can’t quite find the time yourself, and you need to pass the hat on to somebody else. Occasionally, this means hiring a social media manager – someone who not only responds to inquiries, […]
Automating Your Office: 3 Easy Ways to Start Doing It Today
Have you taken advantage of automation yet? Automation is part of modern workspaces today and will be the benchmark for profitable businesses in the near future. Not only does automation drive sustainable business, it minimizes risk and is often called a process that is ‘win-win’ and ‘doesn’t have a downside’. Organizations everywhere have been more […]
A Visionary Approach to Your Security
The purpose of an IT partner isn’t just to fix something when it is broken, it is to keep your people working and your data secure. Astral moves beyond traditional managed services by addressing all the key areas of cybersecurity in today’s complex landscape.
