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Below you can find blog posts that cover a multitude of topics. Each week we strive to bring you recent company news, plugin updates, client site launches, WordPress tutorials and much more. Thanks for visiting.
AB Tech Small Business Center’s Annual Jumpstart
The A-B Tech Small Business Center will be having its annual Jumpstart event, sponsored by Asheville Savings Bank, at the Haynes Conference Center at the College’s Enka site on Thursday, April 25. For those of you who may not be aware, Jumpstart is a business-to business trade show that is geared towards entrepreneurs and small business people who are looking to connect with those who may have a product of service that can assist them in taking their business to the next level.
Does the Internet Need a Backup System?
Danny Hillis delivers a great TED talk about the need for a backup plan if the internet was taken down. It's true that as our day-to-day lives become more entangled with internet connected devices, we are equally as vulnerable to attacks. Hillis does a great job to...
Boomer Sassmann to speak at Tourism Summit on February 26th in Avery County
Avery County surpassed all other counties in Western North Carolina when it came to tourism spending increases in 2011, with a boost of 9.55 percent over the previous year. Avery County Tourism Summit will bring local business owners together with experts in tourism...
Are you heatmap tracking your website visitors?
Boomer here! In this video, I use a local tourism agency website to explain how to use and interpret CrazyEgg heatmap reports. We monitored the site for 60 days and saw an 18% increase in traffic to a specific page by moving a single button....
“Bridging the Digital Divide” from Boomer at AB-Tech Enka Candler Campus
Boomer Sassmann will teach a continuing education class at Asheville-Buncombe Technical School on February 6th. This three hour class, “Bridging the Digital Divide”, is targeted towards local business owners looking to streamline how they do business on the web.
Boomer to speak at the Grove Park Inn to The Southern Association of Orthodontists
Friday, September 28th, Boomer Sassman will speak at the 2012 annual Southern Association of Orthodontists meeting at the Grove Park Inn, in Asheville NC. Sassmann has been invited to be a keynote speaker for this event, and will be joined by Molly Millroy, of Molly...
Joomla Accordion Slider Tutorial
In this 5 Minute video you'll learn how to update an Accordion slider plugin on a Joomla 1.7 website. The Plugin has already been installed and this simply show the process of adding the shortcode to an article or module and then filling that accordion with content....
Boomer Sassmann To Speak at the Avery County Chamber Quarterly Breakfast
The Avery County Chamber will host its Quarterly Breakfast, Tuesday, August 28, during the Home and Business Expo being held at the Chapman Center (on the road to the Williams YMCA, Linville the entrance is on the left). We believe this is a great way to network with...
Boomer to Teach Class @ AB-Tech’s Small Business Center : “An Entrepreneur’s Guide to Bridging The Digital Divide”
Attention business entrepreneurs! Owner of Big Boom Design, Boomer Sassman, will be teaching a FREE class this coming Wednesday, (August 22) in the AB-Tech small business incubator facility on the Enka-Candler campus. Don’t miss this opportunity to learn about some of...
264,000 Internet users will get bumped off-line on Monday. Are you one of them?
It's estimated that over 1/4 of a million internet users are currently infected with a virus called The "DNS Changer". This number is down from over half a million users at the height of this infection. The virus redirects infected users to websites setup by the...
New Help Desk Feature
Need help with your site? Did your hosting overlap? Want to add a new plugin? The quickest and most efficient way to communicate with us on these issues is through the new “Help Desk” feature. When you visit the Big Boom Design website, located on the left of your...
Export University 101 at AB Tech Community College Enka-Candler Campus
Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College Enka Site, Haynes Conference Center, Room 127 1465 Sand Hill Road Candler NC 28715 June 7, 2012 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. REGISTRATION fee is $65. Fee includes lunch, an electronic copy of ”The Basic Guide to Exporting”, and...
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Asheville AB Tech Small Business Jump Start Day on April 26th at the Enka-Candler Campus
Source Content: http://www1.abtech.edu/jump-start This event is for vendors who have a product or service that can assist current and potential small businesses and space is limited based on the product/service being offered. Potential vendors should contact Jill...
Getting to know your Google Analytics
Today was a very digitally productive day here at the office. I was scanning through the monthly Google Analytic reports that I send out to my clients and I realized that I still didn't have a solid video that explains the Google Analytic reports. I've created...