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| Managing Expectations: How to Keep IT Project Clients Informed and Happy |
February 13, 2010 |
| One of the most critical responsibilities of an IT project manager is keeping a project on track. Clients don’t like surprises, especially the kind th ... |
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| Managing Marketing Clients’ Expectations: It’s About Trust |
February 09, 2010 |
| Working as a marketing consultant is as much about finessing the client relationship as it is about developing effective marketing campaigns. Your bus ... |
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| Ongoing Quality Testing Cuts IT Project Management Risks |
January 16, 2010 |
| Because risk management and IT project management go hand-in-hand, experienced IT project managers never start a project without a risk-management str ... |
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| Media Liability Insurance |
December 14, 2009 |
| As technologies advance, so grow new liabilities. Nowhere is this more evident than in the area of creating, storing, sharing and transmitting electro ... |
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| Employment Contract Can Be a Valuable Part of Your Hiring Process |
November 18, 2009 |
| For many small businesses, success goes hand-in-hand with the need for more employees. While growth is something to celebrate, adding people to your t ... |
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| Do I Need Managed Web Hosting or Shared Web Hosting? |
February 08, 2009 |
| Deciding whether to select a managed Web host or a shared Web host depends on the level of security required by your company and how much traffic your ... |
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| Discuss When You Need a Software Development and Maintenance Agreement? |
January 25, 2009 |
| As a software and application developer, creating, customizing, maintaining and supporting software programs is the core of your business, and likely ... |
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| How To Find an IT Consulting Company |
January 20, 2009 |
| Whether you need a major Web site overhaul, customized software or networking solutions, finding the right IT consulting company to handle your needs ... |
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| Improperly Utilized Statements of Work in IT Contracts |
January 11, 2009 |
| As an independent IT consultant you’ve just landed another client. You’ve taken the time to get the proper insurance and had the client review and sig ... |
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| What Makes an Independent Contractor an Independent Contractor and Not an Employee? |
December 30, 2008 |
| How do you differentiate between an employee and an independent contractor? It’s a seemingly obvious answer, but in some cases the separation can beco ... |
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| Reviewing Contracts Thoroughly - Advice from Service Professionals |
December 23, 2008 |
| Being self-employed can be one of the most lucrative and satisfying careers available, but it requires due diligence on the part of the independent pr ... |
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| ASP Agreement Components & Inclusions |
December 05, 2008 |
| For Application Service Providers – anyone who provides clients access to licensed software and application services – implementing a system of checks ... |
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| Becoming an Independent Contractor? |
December 15, 2008 |
| Working as an independent contractor or consultant can be a very rewarding, lucrative and satisfying career. Beyond knowing the dynamics of your field ... |
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| Before Hiring Tech Support, Check the Fine Print on the Computer Service Contract |
December 09, 2008 |
| Today, the hub of the small business and home-based entrepreneur is the computer system and network. For many users and business owners computers are ... |
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| What Happens When Someone is in Breach of a Legal Contract? |
October 19, 2007 |
| Parties enter into a legal contract to have terms laid out as to the proper fulfillment of the contract. In other words, when people make a business d ... |
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| Should Buyer or Seller Beware - Or Both - in Upholding Contracts? |
October 19, 2007 |
| When buyers and sellers enter into business agreements, does one have a greater responsibility to uphold their end of the bargain than the other? Does ... |
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| Yes, You Can Even Get Contracts on the Web |
October 19, 2007 |
| Does it really matter where legal contracts come from? If you write a contract on the back of a napkin, does it make it any less binding than one prod ... |
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| The Contract Agreement in Today's Globalized IT Environment |
October 19, 2007 |
| Perhaps in no sector of business is globalization having a greater impact than in information technology, or IT. The extent to which this sector cross ... |
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| What Makes For a Quality Business Agreement - or a Contract? |
October 19, 2007 |
| The contract is the foundation of doing business. Does that sound too formal to you? Is a handshake agreement good enough for many? Well, even though ... |
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| Business Insurance Over the Internet: What Are The Risks? |
October 29, 2007 |
| It’s a truism that times have changed, and likewise, insurance has changed, too. The era of purchasing your business insurance from Uncle Harold who ... |
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| When Minimum Coverage Is Not Enough for Your Business |
October 29, 2007 |
| The name of the game in insurance is risk management. As a small information technology business owner or manager, you transfer the risk of loss to a ... |
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| What's the Best Business Insurance Coverage? |
October 29, 2007 |
| Running a small business is a gamble where, as a small business owner or manager, you try to undertake the least amount of risk you can with an eye to ... |
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| How to of Become a Commercial Insurance Broker |
October 29, 2007 |
| First, we need to make a distinction between an insurance “broker” and an insurance “agent.” In the insurance business, an agent is in partnership wit ... |
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| How to Purchase Business Insurance for the Specific Needs of an IT Company |
October 29, 2007 |
| Today’s high tech businesses have insurance needs that were impossible to foresee a generation ago, when Internet insurance was unheard of and even in ... |
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| Reporting a Commercial Insurance Claim: Will Your Agent Be There? |
October 29, 2007 |
| When you buy a general commercial liability insurance policy, you hope you'll never need to use it. But chances are high that you’ll eventually discov ... |
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| How Verified Liability Insurance Attracts Contractors |
October 29, 2007 |
| If you are a small information technology (IT) business and finding it hard to get contractors to work with your company, maybe you are overlooking th ... |
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| Protect Your Home Based IT Business with Internet Insurance |
October 29, 2007 |
| Recently, home based businesses have been on the rise. The ease of starting up a company in the convenience of the home is an inviting temptation. N ... |
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| Good Business Owners Should Know Their Contracts, Including IT Contracts |
October 19, 2007 |
| The contract agreement is essentially the foundation for doing business. Whether it be a verbal negotiation, a handshake deal, or formally written con ... |
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| Employment Contracts Protect the Rights and Interests of Your Business |
October 19, 2007 |
| When we think of employing people, various different images come to mind. We think of resumes, job interviews, or even handshake agreements meant to f ... |
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| The Importance of Licensing and Contracts in the Software Industry |
October 19, 2007 |
| For the software professional, the industry can often be a quagmire of software license agreements, copyright issues, and a whole range of legal compl ... |
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| The IT Technician's Need for Legal Contracts and Agreements |
October 19, 2007 |
| Contracts can often be seen as burdensome entities that service and goods providers can do without. As long as a mutual agreement is arrived at in goo ... |
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| The Need for Contracts in the Web Development Industry |
October 19, 2007 |
| Think about the many different things that go into the development of Web related services — even something as basic as the creation of a Web site for ... |
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| Good Contracts Should Save Time and Costs |
October 19, 2007 |
| Some business owners might forego the necessity of a contract when making a business deal because they think it might take too much time or simply hin ... |
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| The Devil's in the Details - Make Sure Your IT Contracts Are Thorough |
October 19, 2007 |
| Contracts are meant to ensure that parties in a business deal — whatever it is — know what their obligations are and agree to carry them out to the fu ... |
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