By admin on
8/25/2010 8:08 AM
Excellent post at Six Pixels of Separation titled Pay Attention To The Future Of The Internet Today written by Mitch Joel. Some highlights:
Is internet access a human right?
We need to be thinking about the issue of Net neutrality right now.
Is Google our "big brother"?
Quote: "The endgame here is one line of connectivity, and the easy bet is on mobile."
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By admin on
7/30/2010 9:04 AM
Here's a Google Analytics tip to help sort your data more effectively:
Use the Data Segmentation feature on your Google Analytics Dashboard. In the upper right side of your Dashboard screen is a pulldown menu next to the term Advanced Segments. It defaults to All Visits. Click the pulldown menu and this appears:
Select the Default Segments that you wish to see and then click Apply. You can slice and dice the data many ways to see who exactly is visiting your website and where they are coming from. For example, most of your visitors may be coming to your site only on weekdays. When you segment, you can see that they are arriving from direct traffic and not search engines. This allows you to target your marketing efforts more effectively to drive traffic to your site.
There is also an option to create your own advanced segment. Click the Create a new advanced segment option and choose from available dimensions and metrics in the next screen.
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By admin on
7/27/2010 11:30 AM
Every so often we highlight a blog that we like and find useful. This week we would like to present Biz Tips Blog by Denise Wakeman. Denise is a social media professional and internet marketing strategist. Here are some of her recent posts:
10 Ways Geolocation is Changing the World
Online Video for Branding and Visibility - Interview with Lou Bortone
Social Media Woman Virtual Magazine<
Read More »
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By admin on
2/26/2010 9:56 AM
Upcoming Business Intelligence Events
Top Ten Emerging Trends in Business Intelligence & Analytics: March 10, 2010, New York, NY. This event by The Data Warehouse Institute
Gartner Business Intelligence Summit, April 12-14, Mandalay Bay Resory & Casino, Las Vegas: At this year's event, you will learn how BI and performance management can provide you with the insights and metrics you need to make better decisions more quickly.
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By admin on
12/4/2009 10:11 AM
Principles
The key to our project success is that we operate by a few basic principles. In particular, three axioms drive our work and make us unique:
1. Show, Don't Tell - We prefer to communicate in actions and deliverables. The most important key to collaborating is to start with something to see, touch or do. Slideshows are nothing compared to a working model or prototype that demonstrates an idea quickly to all stakeholders.
2. Never Guess - We don't start with "the solution", we start with questions. We focus on building the answers without making assumptions.
3. Early and Often - We succeed by presenting our work to stakeholders early and often. This allows us to quickly refine our understanding of client needs; rapid prototyping and incremental steps add up to something big. Also, we understand that part of the intrinsic nature of problem solving is that some problems can only be understood by attempting to solve them. Thus, by delivering early and often, we insure that we fully understand the problem before moving forward.
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By admin on
3/4/2009 6:25 PM
The Language of BI
Over at the Society of Competitive Intelligence Professionals, you can access the Language of Business Intelligence, a pdf document of an excellent glossary of business intelligence and competitive intelligence terms.
Click here for the Language of BI
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By admin on
1/16/2009 2:53 PM
An article over at The New York Times gets us very interested in setting up two monitors at all of our desks. Click here for the full article. Apparently you can increase productivity by up to 44% by adding another monitor. Wonder what happens when you add 17 more monitors to your work area?
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By admin on
12/12/2008 9:32 AM
Wisdom Legacy
We have recently completed the development of the Wisdom Legacy Project database.
Wisdom Legacy hired us to build an intelligent, user-friendly way to allow their users to write about life lessons learned. This new system allows Wisdom Legacy to organize and compile those lessons into a Library of stories to preserve for generations of individuals to learn from the life experiences of others.
Please take a moment and visit their website at www.wisdomlegacy.org
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By admin on
12/5/2008 1:39 PM
Flying
We end up doing a fair amount of flying around the country each year. So it was with a chuckle that we read this story from the Onion:
American Airlines Now Charging Fees To Non-Passengers
FORT WORTH, TX—Cash-strapped American Airlines announced a new series of fees this week that will apply to all customers not currently flying, scheduled to fly, or even thinking about flying aboard the commercial carrier. Click here to read more
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By admin on
11/6/2008 5:41 PM
Our website has slowly been taking shape again as it is rebuilt to its former glory. Today we have the Contact Us page back up and functioning.
So anyone out there who wants the best little consulting company in world to help them out, just fill your information in the Contact Us page and we will get back to you shortly.
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By admin on
11/5/2008 1:39 PM
We gathered for a company meeting last month in Alameda, California. While driving in that lovely town, we happened across a very interesting restaurant sign for Sushi Smoothies.
We did not go in this place but we had a great conversation about the possible smoothie flavors. Could they have a Yellowfin Wasabi Smoothie? Or Squid Seaweed Smoothie?
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By admin on
10/29/2008 8:05 AM
We are constantly working to improve our company and ourselves. This company blog is our latest endeavor to bring our site visitors and clients into the world of VelocIT.
We are a small company but we do big things and have big ideas. We work for both large and small companies and organizations. Our clients have the advantage of our IT and business process expertise. And to top it all off...we are also a fun team to work with.
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