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A lesson from the West Wing
Stephen Barnes | April 11, 2018In the Take this Sabbath Day episode of hit US TV show The West Wing, President Bartlett is asked by his senior staff to consider commuting the death sentence of
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You are a security threat!
Stephen Barnes | March 23, 2018Are you a security threat to your business?
At first you might not think so – after all it’s your business that you have started, nurtured, grown and developed
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I’ve been hacked! Now what?
Stephen Barnes | March 22, 2018In the last few articles in this series on cybercrime I’ve explained that unfortunately cybercrime is something that every business has, or is going to be a victim of,
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Social engineering in cyber-crime
Stephen Barnes | March 21, 2018Whether you realised it or not, hacking by social engineering is something we’ve all probably done. It might have been ‘tail-gating’ into a lift because we forgot an access
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Hacking and identity theft
Stephen Barnes | March 20, 2018Everyone’s heard of hacking and a hacker but what exactly do they mean? There are lots of types of hacking such as: Growth hacking – the process of rapid experimentation across
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Gotcha – cybercrime will affect you
Stephen Barnes | March 19, 2018I’m no cyber guru but this I do know - cybercrime is something every business owner and board need to be aware of and prepare for. Robert Mueller – former FBI
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Social media – how to manage your content and time
Stephen Barnes | March 10, 2018Over the last few weeks I have run a series on social media covering why it should be an important part of your marketing
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Social media for business – Twitter
Stephen Barnes | March 5, 2018In my recent articles on social media I have discussed why social media is important for business and analysed the use of Facebook and
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Social media for business – LinkedIn
Stephen Barnes | February 20, 2018In my last article I discussed how Facebook could be used by businesses for social media marketing, and in particular for business to customer (B2C) businesses.
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Social media for business – Facebook
Stephen Barnes | February 15, 2018In my previous article I outlined why firms should use social media and the two platforms I recommend for business to customer (B2C) social media marketing
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Making the most of social media
Stephen Barnes | February 6, 2018In my last series I discussed the pros and cons of Outsourcing v Offshoring. In this series I’ll explore some of the
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The risks and returns of offshoring
Stephen Barnes | January 27, 2018Over my last two articles ‘Outsourcing v Offshoring. Let’s clear up the confusion’ and ‘The pros and cons of Outsourcing’ I discussed
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The pros and cons of outsourcing
Stephen Barnes | January 21, 2018In my previous article ‘Outsourcing v Offshoring. Let’s clear up the confusion’ I discussed the differences between Outsourcing and Offshoring. Often the mere mention of Outsourcing
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Outsourcing v offshoring: Let’s clear up the confusion
Stephen Barnes | January 13, 2018When a business begins to grow the dilemma about when, who and how to employ resources comes to the forefront. Do you bite the bullet and directly employ someone
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5 ways to grow your business faster
Stephen Barnes | October 31, 2017Busy running your business but it doesn’t seem to be growing? Does it feel like every day you’re just spinning wheels and not getting any forward momentum? This is a