Product Pictures Made Easy

by Scotch Macaskill

Any small business that deals in physical products should be using a digital camera to take product pictures.

Using a fairly basic, inexpensive camera, it’s easy to quickly photograph a product and email the pictures to a customer.

A good, sharp photo of the product will invariably be more useful to an interested party than a verbal description over the phone. Read the full article, Product Pictures Made Easy

How the Internet Works

The Internet is a world-wide but informal network of computers connected by traditional phone lines, by cable, and also wirelessly via satellites and cell phones.Amazingly, it’s not owned by anyone. The giant telecoms might own the phone lines and mobile networks, but they don’t own or control the Net. Neither do Microsoft nor Google.

So, you’re probably thinking, isn’t that a recipe for anarchy?

Fortunately not. To avoid chaos, a set of protocols or conventions has evolved that define how all these millions of computers communicate with each other, much as there are conventions for using networks such as the phone or road system. Read the full article: How the Internet Works

Internet Benefits for Small Business

If you run a small business, you should be using the Internet to improve your productivity and increase your profits.

This applies whether you sell things, your services, or your knowledge. Institutions and non-profit organisations should also be harnessing this potent business tool.

After all, you use a phone and fax to communicate, you list your business in directories, you have a business card and letterhead, and you use brochures, flyers and print ads to promote your organization and products.

The Internet can help you do all of these - communicating with customers, advertising your business, promoting your products - often more efficiently, and at substantially lower cost.

If you’re new to the Internet or unsure how this can be done, then it’s worth starting with this brief Internet Primer.

Things to Be Aware of When Hiking

Hiking is an outdoor activity, consisting of walking around and exploring nature in areas of unspoiled wilderness, generally on trails. Hiking is often the only way to get to explore some wonderful places and possibly the best way to know nature. But with this comes responsibility towards the environment and taking care of fragile areas. Read the full article: Things to be aware of when hiking