The SMB Minute Aaron and Tim discuss technology and computing important to Small and Medium Businesses.

We recently took the kids to Disney for my birthday. Doing so kept the arguments about who’s birthday we should go on to a minimum, but I digress. Upon arriving we discovered Disney gives patrons a button to wear proclaiming to the world it’s your birthday. I put the button on and promptly forgot about it. A short while later, a Disney cast member wished me happy birthday. Then random strangers did the same. It felt nice so I started wishing others with the button a happy birthday.

Now, to pull it all together for you;

• a simple idea (wishing people a happy birthday if they have a special pin on will make them feel welcome and enjoy their stay)
• a little training (if you see someone with the pin, wish them happy birthday)
• some reinforcement (employees see management doing it)

Now you have a park full of employees wishing guests happy birthday. It catches on and the guests start wishing each other happy birthday. People are happy, enjoying their stay. Therefore they are likely to spend more money while at the park. More money, more profit … well, you see where we’re headed.

Sometimes a small idea can have big results.

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In this episode Aaron Myers and Tim Krabec invited Anthony Gartner of Securabit in for a discussion on updating your computer.  The audio is a bit on the bad side, I will apologize in advance.

This episode continues the series on The SMB Minute Episode4 — 5 Simple Things to help secure your computer.

– Tim Krabec

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Part 2 of our interview with Michael Santarcangelo. This was recorded after we finish the “official” podcast, but the information was good enough we released it as part 2. Sorry about the audio in places, Aaron was having connection issues and Tim had a cold. Please send your feedback to smbminute@gmail.com

Episode 5

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Here are the 5 simple things anyone can do to help make their computer more secure and less vulnerable to data loss. These are the 5 basic things that can save you time, money and keep you from getting frustrated. As we delve into these topic with greater detail it will become clear to you why you need to do each and every one of these on both your home and office computers. It will also become clear why some preventative measures and spending some money upfront can save you a great deal in the future.

1.  Update operating System and Applications

2.  Firewall

3. Anti-virus and other protection

4. Regular backups

5. Non-administrative user with good password

Tim Krabec & Aaron Myers

Episode 4

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In this Episode Aaron and Tim interview Michael Santarcangelo The Security Catalyst Securitycatalyst.com, author http://www.intothebreach.com/.  We have a few copies of the book to give away.  I will be announcing how to win one of my copies shortly.

Interview MP3
– Tim Krabec

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After our first 2 episodes, we have take taken some of the feedback we received and are making some changes to the show.   The show is going to be a bit more structured and provide more information and we aim to provide more detailed information about what we discuss in the show.

Up coming show are scheduled to include an action plan to help kickstart your IT stragety, Backups, Choosing a computer, and Computer Use policies.

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http://media.libsyn.com/media/tkrabec/SMB_Minute_Episode_2.mp3

Aaron & Tim Discuss
http://www.Opendns.com
and
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain_Name_System

Please Bear with us as we’re new to podcasting.  We are aiming at one episode per week.  If you have any questions, comments, or topics you’d like to see discussed, please email us at SMBMinute@gmail.com

Thanks
Aaron & Tim

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http://media.libsyn.com/media/tkrabec/SMB_Minute_Episode_1.mp3

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