Arizona IT Management

There are so many tools available for driving and measuring traffic to your website. It’s amazing how having a Facebook page brings people to see what’s going on with your company and announcements. Last week, I had 363 people check out my Facebook page, yet only 30 people came to my website.

What does that mean?

Simple, without reading too much into it, people are on Facebook. Customers are on Facebook. They don’t care about your website, unless you can tie your website into Facebook and use Facebook to your advantage. Go where your customers are until you are large enough for them to come to you. But even big name brand companies have Facebook pages. Facebook is what MySpace was 6 years ago. But it’s even more.

I feel the success of Facebook is because it’s uniform. You don’t have to hunt and search for information that you would on a website.  Individual websites have email addresses either under a contact us page, a legal page, a privacy page, or an about us page. On Facebook, if there is an email address, it would be under the Info tab. If there isn’t an email address, there is a Send this person a message button under their picture. The uniformity allows for quick navigation.

Get your Facebook page now. We can code it for you.

Expand your website into Facebook, the largest social network in the world. 400 million users spending an average of 1 hour a day. It’s time to get out there. Here’s some of the pages we have custom developed and their websites we built and manage.

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When you are starting a business, consider us. We not only do I.T. Management, but we are also startup junkies. Find us on Twitter @AZITMGMT.

One of the guides we really enjoy reading is Dharmesh’s Tactical Tips from the Trenches. Here is a summary:

1. Pick a name that works.
2. Put a simple website up. Don’t worry, we can help you with that, as we offer WordPress sites that are completely customizable. You can also go get your own hosting at Bluehost
3. Get some links from other websites to point to it. We’ll even point to it.
4. Set up a Twitter account (we can connect your website into twitter)
5. Add an email subscription form (we can do this for you)
6. Get a nice logo
7. Setup a Facebook business page (we can connect your website into Facebook)
8. Get a clean URL for Facebook. Just like ours http://www.facebook.com/ArizonaITManagement
9. Kick off a blog (that replicates to Twitter, Facebook, etc)
10. Write a blog article.
11. Set up Google Alerts
12. Find competitors for research
13. Update your LinkedIn profile and create a LinkedIn company profile.
14. Get Business Cards Printed
15. Create a StumbleUpon account
16. Subscribe to LinkedIn Answers (I really like this piece of advice Dharmesh writes. Seek to build credibility, not advertise your goods or services)
17. Find bloggers that are writing about your topic and subscribe to them. We use Google Reader. Subscribe to our feed here though.
18. Build some contacts on Facebook, Twitter, and Google Buzz
19. Install some analytics

We look forward to hearing from you.

-Carmelo
President and Owner

During a recent password audit at a company, it was found that a receptionist was using the following password: “MickeyMinniePlutoHueyLouieDeweyDonaldGoofySacramento”

When asked why she had such a long password, she said she was told that it had to be at least 8 characters long and include at least one capital…

Rules of Social Networking

Pay attention to what you post and upload. Social networking is public.

• Consider images, videos, and information you publish
• You shouldn’t publish your address, date of birth, etc.
• Use a nick-name that only your friends know.

Choose your friends with care.

• Do not accept friend requests from people you do not know
• Verify all your contacts

Protect your work and environment and avoid reputation risk

• When joining a social networking site use your personal e-mail address
• Be careful how you portray your company online
• Do not mix your business contacts with your friend contacts

Protect your mobile phone and the information saved on it from any physical intrusion

• Do not let anyone see your profile or personal information without consent
• Do not leave your phone unattended
• Do not save your passwords on your mobile phone
• Use the security features available on your mobile phone

Turn off Location Aware Services

• Twitter, Google Buzz, Foursquare and new Smart-phones will publish your location when you post an announcement. Letting the entire world know you aren’t home. See the website http://pleaserobme.com/
• Instead of using a GPS to mark your home location, have your GPS set home to a familiar landmark near your home, such as a corner store. If a thief breaks into your car, not only do they know you aren’t home, but they will have access to your garage door opener and turn by turn directions to your front door.

When Planning Vacation

• Do not post dates and times you will be away, rather write posts as a journal of events that have happened so it’s a surprise that you were gone for a period of time.

Anti-Phishing Flow Chart

Whether you are starting a business or in the market to revamp your own website and strategy, think of us. One of our specialties is to integrate flows between blogs, social networks, and other Internet services.

Imagine a website that can communicate to most major social networks. Picture hundreds of ways you can interact with your customers and potential customers. As of this month, Facebook alone has 350 million users with 175 million users logging in daily. Twitter has 26 million active users.  55 million professionals use LinkedIn. Last December, 26 million people used Yelp.

The purpose of integrating your website with all these technologies is to make it easier for you to spread the word out. We handle near everything and come to you for your (business) guidance and approval.

Have Arizona IT Management become part of your web development strategy. Contact us today.
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Most systems out in the world are secure. Very secure. Thousands of administrators and technical personnel apply patches and configurations to millions of systems throughout the world on a daily basis. In August 2009, someone hacked into Google, but not through a technical vulnerability within the Google infrastructure.

A hacker found a personal email account. Similar to the Sarah Palin Yahoo! account hack, the hacker researched social networking sites to find the answers to the “secret question” required to reset the account’s password. In going through the emails in the account, the hacker apparently found the password used for Twitter which was linked to Google.

Therefore, when you are asked secret questions while setting up an account, do not use your mother’s maiden name when asked for your mother’s maiden name. Use nicknames for your mother’s maiden name or question if you really need to have that account created.

The safety of our information at work requires us all to have separate passwords from those in our personal lives. If you have separate passwords for your MySpace and your Online Banking, then great! If your logon to Yahoo! email and your work account are different, then congratulations! You are practicing safe computing!

Identity Theft – Protect Yourselves
Here is a list of ways you can stop identity theft from happening to you:

• Destroy private records and statements. Tear up — or, if you prefer, shred — credit card statements, solicitations and other documents that contain private financial information.
• Secure your mail. Empty your mailbox quickly, lock it or get a P.O. box so criminals do not have a chance to snatch credit card pitches. Never mail outgoing bill payments and checks from home. They can be stolen from your mailbox and the payee’s name erased with solvents. Mail them from the post office or another secure location.
• Safeguard your social security number. Never carry your card with you, or any other card that may have your number, like a health insurance card. And do not put your number on your checks. It’s the primary target for identity thieves because it gives them access to your credit report and bank accounts.
• Don’t leave a paper trail. Never leave ATM, credit card or gas station receipts behind.
• Never let your credit card out of your sight. Worried about credit card skimming? Always keep an eye on your card or, when that’s not possible, pay with cash.
• Know who you’re dealing with. Whenever anyone contacts you asking for private identity or financial information, make no response other than to find out who they are, what company they represent and the reason for the call. If you think the request is legitimate, contact the company yourself and confirm what you were told before revealing any of your personal data.
• Take your name off the marketers’ hit lists. In addition to the national Do-Not-Call registry (1-888-382-1222), you can also cut down on junk mail and opt out of credit card solicitations.
• Be more defensive with personal information. Ask salespeople and others if information such as a Social Security or driver license number is absolutely necessary. Ask anyone who does require your Social Security number — for instance, your insurance company — what their privacy policy is and whether you can arrange for the organization not to share your information with anyone else.
• Monitor your credit report. Obtain and thoroughly review your credit report, now available for free at Annualcreditreport.com or by calling (877) 322-8228, at least once a year to look for suspicious activity. If you spot something, alert your card company or the creditor immediately. You may also want to subscribe to a credit protection service, like Experian’s CreditCheck, which alerts you any time a change takes place with your credit report.
• Review your credit card statements carefully. Make sure you recognize the merchants, locations and purchases listed before paying the bill. If you don’t need or use department-store or bank-issued credit cards, consider closing the accounts.

http://www.azitmgmt.com/2010/02/the-magic-of-interconnectivity-for-business/

We have been researching syndication, oauth, wcms, and social networks. We can give you the ability to send a blog post and have it replicate out to many social networks and vice-versa. Increase your customer base by hundreds if not thousands with a single announcement.

Plus, as long as you are a customer with Arizona IT Management, you get free unlimited hosting through us.

Let us know.

10 years ago, it was no longer sufficient to only have custom stationary to run a business. Today, it’s no longer sufficient to only have a website. With free marketing and targeted audiences on MySpace, Facebook, and Twitter alone, your message can be sent to millions.

We have embraced the technology and studied replication technologies. Picture adding a new post to your website. That post, moments later, shows up on your Twitter site, your Facebook page, your MySpace, your Yahoo profile, your Windows Live Space, and your FriendFeed website. Drive that traffic to your site.

We can even set up your Google Adsense so that those posts are replicated as well. Make money with Google Advertising while adding relevant posts.

Contact us for more information!

A few of my customers are not sure of the benefits of using social networking for their business, so… to be helpful, I’ve written this guide on using Twitter.

Twitter is a way of keeping in touch with customers. Companies that tweet have the ability to share quick ideas and a small bit of advertising with an audience that follows them.

To use Twitter, you read and write messages that are equal to or less than 140 characters. All messages put in are public so always be nice and professional.

You can search for your product, service or market and see posts on and get a feel for how things are within that product, service or market. If you want to see who is posting for Microsoft, just search for Microsoft within Twitter, the results will be people talking about Microsoft or new things about Microsoft. You will be able to follow people simply by clicking on their avatar or name and choosing follow.

Since the 140 characters is somewhat limiting, Twitter uses a URL (universal resource locator, or Internet address) shortener. So if put in an entry such as http://www.azitmgmt.com/2010/02/twitter-for-business/ it will come out shortened with a http://bit.ly or http://tinyurl.com address. Have no fear, these are url shorteners that do go to where you are pointing your followers and other readers.

To generate interest in your topics within Twitter, what sometimes works is give a problem statement, and post a URL to where you know the solution is. This gives bloggers a reason to write. They think of a problem statement, write a blog post, then tweet the problem statement, the URL to their blog post. Use the Trending area to see what is common for that day.

Twitter has created this page about the lingo. That way you can understand what Tweeting, Following, @usernames, and #hashtags are all about. You’ll even learn about the RT and DM features.

Twitter for business is a good idea. You can follow us @AZITMGMT. Create your account and DM us when you do!