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Why VoIP is the Smartest Investment for Your Communication Infrastructure

By Lauren Bancroft / November 7, 2025

It doesn’t matter how big or small your business is or which industry you fall into; communication is always going to be a major pain point that influences your technology investments. Thankfully, there’s a simple solution called Voice over Internet Protocol, or VoIP, that is a strategic and sound upgrade from your traditional telephone solution, […]

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2 Ways to Enter Data Into Multiple Excel Cells

By Lauren Bancroft / November 5, 2025

Microsoft Excel is a powerful tool that businesses leverage every day to store, track, and report on data, but it can be tedious to work in the document without knowing all of its little tricks. Today, we want to share with you one that could save you valuable clicks and time spent copying and pasting

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How to Snap and Unsnap Windows

By Lauren Bancroft / November 5, 2025

How effectively can you multitask in the office? Are you known to have multiple windows and tabs open at any given time? With so many windows, applications, and tabs cluttering your brain, it helps to have tricks to keep them all in line. Using Smart windows (or Snap windows), you can place two or more

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Tip of the Week: 2 Ways to Restart Your Android Device

By Lauren Bancroft / November 3, 2025

When was the last time you actually powered down your Android smartphone and gave it a much-needed restart? Chances are you go way too long in between restarts, but what if the reason you haven’t done so recently is because you can’t? Whether it’s wear and tear on your power button or some other issue,

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Escaping the Sunk Cost Technology Trap

By Lauren Bancroft / November 1, 2025

Your business technology is not just a tool; it’s the very foundation upon which modern enterprises are built. From optimizing operations to enhancing customer experiences, strategic technology implementation is paramount for growth and competitive advantage. We invest heavily in it, pour resources into its adoption, and celebrate its initial successes. What happens when that investment

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AI Can Make You More Money (Here’s How)

By Lauren Bancroft / October 31, 2025

How do you approach decision-making for your business? While it might be tempting to forego critical thought and rely on your gut instinct for major decisions, we urge you to instead follow the data and observe what it’s trying to tell you. If data analysis sounds like pulling teeth, however, you’ll be relieved to know

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With AI, The Beauty is Behind the Scenes

By Lauren Bancroft / October 29, 2025

Your business has a specific goal in mind, whether that’s providing customers with a product or providing them with a service. On the back end of that goal is a lot of administrative work, the stuff that happens behind the scenes to facilitate that goal. Artificial intelligence is a tool that can help your business

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Small Businesses Are Locked Into AI

By Lauren Bancroft / October 27, 2025

Artificial intelligence, or AI, can be found in pretty much every facet of business these days, and CIOs are more tempted than ever to use innovative AI tools. There are plenty of reasons: they can increase efficiency and do the mundane things that need to be done, but are more expensive. AI is more than

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Tip of the Week: 5 Tips to Get the Most Out of Your Mouse Wheel

By Lauren Bancroft / October 24, 2025

That little scrolly wheel on your mouse packs a lot of functionality that you might not have realized. Today, we want to break down some of the neat tricks you can pull off through the use of the mouse wheel. You might be surprised by how much the mouse wheel helps you navigate pages, view

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How to Fire Yourself from Admin Work… with AI’s Help!

By Lauren Bancroft / October 22, 2025

Whatever type of business you operate, you likely do so with the intention of assisting your clients, customers, or patrons with a specific goal. It isn’t as though you started a business because you wanted to do all the administrative work… right? Fortunately, modern technology offers a way out, especially now that artificial intelligence is

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