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Making The Most Out of Others

Making the most of those who can help you help others is something that many small businesses, churches and other organizations easily exhaust. There are always alternatives to meeting these issues but, they are not free. Having someone volunteer their time to help is a great way to save money but, it is not necessarily the best approach. It has been said many times, nothing in life is free. Volunteers are great. They get things done and they help relieve a great deal of stress. But, is that enough? Many small businesses must depend on internal help because they cannot afford, or so they believe, a professional service to meet the demands of a particular area. Well, this is simply not true. Many of the professional web designers are very affordable and offer a manageable solution to any internet need. CTS Communications feels it is important to enter into a business covenant with our clients. What do we mean by this? We specialize in helping local small, medium and large organizations meet their internet, media and networking needs by partnering with them. Budgets are of the utmost importance right now. The economy is stagnant making it necessary to be frugal when looking for help. So, this is where we make it easy! CTS Communications staff and management understand financial crunches. We know how important it is to maintain a working budget without breaking the bank. This is due to how we manage ourselves. We tailor fit our services to make it affordable for your organization to meet the pressures of day to day business with the utmost professionalism. Why do we do this? Because we are a small to medium sized business just like you! We know what it takes to make things happen and are willing to help you be the very best you can be! It is simple mathematics that make this happen. You are helping build our business as we help you build yours!

Snap.do: Is Really A Pain

CTS Communications goal is to make sure our customers our safe and enjoy searching the web. There are so many issues out there making surfing the net like playing Russian Roulette! There is great deal of issues with browsers and I know I am not the only one! In the past few months I have been dealing with snap.do forcing its browser to change my settings in my browsers. No matter what browser you are using it will default to Snap.do and put itself in the registry without permission. Are you having this issue? Are you ready to get rid of it? I hope so, because I know I was. It is very important to the security of your devices and to maintain the integrity of use. So, how do you get rid of this menacing garbage? Well, I am going to suggest that you prepare for a little bit of work and search your computer. Once you find this you will smack your forehead and do a jig! Look into your programs and see if there is anything new installed. Do you see it? It right there above your Quicktime. This program, called Quick Search, is the installer that installs and re-installed the browser not matter how many times you delete it from the registry. I was ready to pull my hair out of my head and call the Internet Police to find out how this happened. Snap.do will now be detected by virus protections and if you are searching for a way to get rid of the program it will not register as malware or adware. If you are a website trying to figure out how to get rid of it and they are suggesting an anti-virus DO NOT use them! If it is not Symantec, Mcafee or Windows Essentials stay away from them. Free is okay but, only from a known good source. Another good anti-virus is AVG. The only problem is they will eventually make you buy a subscription. I have been using Windows Essentials for over five years and have not had any issues. It is perfect for Windows OS because it is designed to recognize contaminations that are foreign. It is update with the latest known virus definitions and will not overtake your system. Many of us computer nerds do not like it when programs backend through a download or is attached to an update etc. We like our systems to run the way we want them to and when someone does something like this it really tweaks our gigabytes! With that said, I want everyone who reads this blog to pay very close attention to what I am recommending. Here We GO! When doing updates make sure there are no toolbars or other entities included. Oracle and Adobe are famous for this and if you are not watching you will install one of these toolbars and it will wreak havoc on your computer. Toolbars are great but they really slow everything down making the browsers take forever to load. Another big issue is the some of the toolbars are tracking. This takes a lot of your information and sends to the originator allowing them to see where you are going, searching, reading, buying and so on. Your personal information is okay but why risk it? If you need to search for something, use a search engine not a toolbar. Some of the best browsers out there are FireFox, Bing and Google. They are designed just for that purpose making it easy to load and use their browsers. IE10 is good but sometimes it will create issues or not properly view certain sites. Whatever the case may be, use one that I suggest here.

Making An Effective Website

There are many ways to create a website. There are many different hosting services, "FREE" websites and website tools available to the moderately tech savvy individual who wants to manage their own sites. These sites, though helpful, are not always the most effective way to handle building, designing or managing a website in a professional environment.  There are many things to consider when using a "FREE" site builder. Some of the points of interests are as follows: Are you okay with having outside advertising on your site?   Are you okay in having their logos, links and other material all over your site while trying to promote your site?   How much time are you really willing to spend learning all of the tools, plugins and terminology to create the SEO that will help increase your visibility?   I tend to liken this to getting my oil changed. Though I can do it myself, I would rather pay the small fee and let the professionals deal with everything else. A professional will instinctively look for other issues or inconsistencies with my vehicle that I myself would overlook. This becomes a major issue especially if there is something wrong with the engine, brakes or mechanical composition of the vehicle. As with mechanics so are websites and technology. There are some who naturally understand technology and there are those who do not. There is nothing wrong with surrendering to those who have dedicated their lives to serving the community at large with their skills in technology. We are naturally designed to look beyond the obvious to see the needs of the customer while making the most value in the investment.  Having a professional looking website helps to build the credibility of your business. Many of those looking for your services do not want to the unwanted ads popping up the minute the enter your site or have to wait for the page to download because of all of the excess graphics added by the "FREE" sites. Customers will click away and look for something less intrusive and easier to navigate giving those businesses the opportunities to serve them rather than you. So, can you really gain anything through a "FREE" website? Sure, but it will cost you customer retention in the end. Building an effective website that looks professional, clean and lets the customer know what you are offering will allow you a much better chance of retaining and gaining new customers. Check us out on our site and see some of the projects we have done thus far.  www.ctscommunications.org