I find it kind of ironic how we consider ourselves living in the digital age yet the amount of paper (and garbage) we generate is at all time highs. Even the most technologically advanced companies tend to have mountains of paper documents lying around and have to devote tremendous resources for proper storing and filing of these documents. I once encountered a lawyer who actually did most of his work correspondence via email but still would print out a copy of every single email he ever sent or received.

But while most offices are either drowning in documents or hiring external document storage services, others are migrating to a truly digital business model by using recordnations.com’s Document Scanning Service. Record Nations makes it easy to clear up your document mess while giving you unprecedented control and reach to the documents you need. Unlike traditional filing systems which require intensive labor and are prone to mistakes, the digital versions of your files can be easily located and keyword searched giving you access to the right document when you need it. Using a Document Scanning Service also makes sharing your documents with others at a remote location easy since anyone with access to your document database can easily load any document regardless of his physical location.

I can’t tell you how many times I’ve had the famous call from my friends. It usually starts out with some sort of scream in the form of “my computer hates me” and involves a whole story of how they were working on their term paper, work report or some other highly important document and just as they were finishing it – their computer crashed or they accidentally deleted it. In many cases I was able to help but I could never get over the fact that none of them thought of backing up their data. After all, how difficult is it? Especially when such important documents are involved…

But while most of us can get away with being lazy (or stupid) sometimes, for businesses this is not a privilege they can afford. In many cases the loss of data for a business can directly result in loss of money, clients or worse. But constantly worrying about backing up your data can slow you down too and can cause mistakes if not handled properly. That’s why I always recommend businesses sign up with an online storage and backup service.

Services like Ibackup.com not only make backing up easy and secure by saving the backed up data on an off location secured server, they also use a familiar explorer type interface minimizing the learning and implementation curve. Using an online storage system also helps share information with others at other locations and accessing the data is easy with the backup server appearing as a virtual drive on your local computer.

When I hear the term criminal lawyer, I right away have connotations of some cruel Law & Order case and could never associate myself as being in a situation where I would ever need one. I also don’t wish any of my readers to ever have to hire a criminal lawyer. But sometimes we just fall into situations that require the proper representation. I just read about Kestenbaum, Eisner & Gorin (keglawyers.com) that they take the a strategy of an Aggressive Defense before charges are filed, so that the criminal allegations never reach the courtroom. Sounds good to me.

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Setting up a successful web presence requires a variety of skills and in many cases people looking to dive into the online world and cash in on some of the opportunities it offers find themselves lacking in one or more fields of expertise. While large businesses can afford to hire a complete staff with each member responsible for a certain aspect of the site (such as web design, content, advertising, search engine optimization etc.), smaller organizations and single individuals have to find other ways of getting around the obstacles and usually must manage all aspects of the site themselves.

But this doesn’t necessarily mean that you have to learn every single programming language and master every art of website management, you simply have to use the right services and assist in the right companies. One such company is World Market Systems which dedicate themselves to help individuals get their site up in a professional manner in as little time as possible. They do this through a range of proprietary systems they have developed which allow users to build a site and have it up and running in less than 24 hours. WorldMarketSystems amazing service has already been the stepping stone for over 50,000 websites to get off the ground and achieve the success their operators aspire.

Who said great design services have to cost a ton? Check out Dev3 – Web Design Services, they offer extremely low prices on almost all aspects of website development. But don’t confuse low prices with sub par service. On the contrary, the company has an impressive portfolio of previous projects including a few for Fortune 500 clients.

Another terrific aspect about using Dev3 is that they don’t just perform design services, rather provide an overall solution including database design, web applications and even SEO service. That is not to say that you would necessarily outsource all these aspects of your site but it helps when your design company understands in these issues so you can be sure your design has SEO considerations in mind.

If content is king then user generated content is the heir to the throne. Some of the webs most traffics sites today are news aggregate sites, depending on user submission. These sites are very successful since they allow users to read content from around the web enjoying the best of the web at one place. After all, each of us has his own interests and in most cases a news site or blog can be too general for us containing some interesting items but a lot of fluff to go with it.

But most news aggregate sites have their flaws with problems such as misleading links and the lack of true user rating so you still have to go through a lot of junk along with the interesting content. But a relatively new site called Thoof.com have created what is possibly the ultimate personalized news by adding some great features unavailable at other sites. For one thing, any user has the option of editing or suggesting corrections to the description of a news item to correct any misleading information that may have been submitted by others. The collective power of the community makes a real difference and you rarely find an irrelevant article.

Also, the site facilitates what they call the Thoof Rank method determining a score for each site based on its popularity among readers for its category. A score above 50% means the site is above average in terms of user interest and the higher the score the better.

Submitting your content to the site is a great way to generate more traffic to your site and is a good way to build more incoming links. Plus you get to put the Thoof Rank badge on your site to let everyone know just how good you are.