If you've been the unfortunate victim of a computer virus or hacked email account you might find yourself suddenly black listed from sending email.

But how would you know if you were?

Here are some warning signs that your emails are not getting to their destination...

1. People do not reply to your emails.
2. People tell you that they did not get your emails.
3. You stop getting emails.
4. You start receiving unexplained "Mail delivery failed" or other messages from a "Mailer-Daemon"

The last one on that list is probably the easiest to figure out. The Mailer Daemon is a software program that runs on all email servers. There are always at least 2 email servers between you and the recipient of your email. Each of those email servers has the potential to black list your email address, and if they do,...
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Massive changes to any website completely scare the bajesus out of us! The potential for lost Google PageRank, broken links, voiding user bookmarks will harm your business. How does that harm happen? In the simplest sense your telephones will stop ringing, your internet sales will slow down, and fewer people will walk through your front door.

But sometimes you can't avoid the massive changes, say, every 18 months when you want to redesign your website. Of course a "redesign" could just be an upgrade of the style sheet that controls colors and how your pages are laid out. A redesign doesn't need to include changes to the URLs of your website; it all depends on the content management system you are using.

Massive changes can occur because you are switching to a different web programming company, or hosting company. Somet...
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There's a level of professionalism that comes with having an email address that matches your jewelry store's domain name. Additionally, as the store owner you are able to control how your employees communicate with customers.

When you assign employee email accounts, for example sue@jewelrystore.com, you can control what computer Sue uses the email on, and if she reads the email on her smartphone. Of course you can also change the password and still continue reliable communications with customers long after Sue's left your employ.

As a business, even though you might find it initially difficult, you should force yourself to use an official email address instead of Gmail, Hotmail, Yahoo, or one given by your cable provider. Here are some quick good reasons:

1. It's more professional. Using sue@jewelrystore.com pro...
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