No matter how hard to try to save money, it isn’t easy. Sure, you can make coffee at home instead of stopping at Starbucks and put cash in your savings account instead of spending it on concert tickets. Still, though, there are lots of everyday expenses that are unavoidable.

Things like groceries, gas, household products, and health and beauty essentials can eat up a large percentage of your budget. And while you can cut back by shopping sales, using coupons, and switching from name-brand to generic products, you can’t stop buying them altogether. You can, however, start earning some of your hard-earned money back when you purchase these items.

Intrigued? Here’s how to leverage cashback apps to save money.

What Is a Cashback App, Anyway?

Let’s start with the basics. Cashback apps are smartphone applications that reward you for buying certain products or shopping from specific retailers. Available for iOS and Android devices, they pay you back either a flat rate or a percentage of your purchase total. The makers of these apps partner with brands and retailers and share their earnings with members in the form of cashback rewards.

Cashback apps are among the best ways to earn money online because they are easy to use and can help you save on the products (and in some instances, services) you are already buying. So how can you best leverage cashback apps to save money? Keep reading!

Start with the Right App(s)

A quick search for “cashback apps” in your device’s app store yields dozens of results. Before you clog up your phone’s memory downloading every single one you can find, it is important to note that some are much better than others. There are plenty of apps out there that promise amazing rewards but, in reality, do nothing other than take up space. If you want to actually earn money for your purchase, you need to use apps that are trusted and legitimate.

Reading through the reviews is always a good idea, but if you want to get started quickly, there are a few must-have apps for anyone who wants to save money. Dosh, Ebates, Drop, and Ibotta are all solid options that you can use to save on groceries, gas, travel, and more. Download them and create accounts to get started. Most of these apps will reward you with a $5 to $10 credit on your account as a thank you for joining. Many have referral offers, too, which allow you to earn even more money whenever a friend or family member signs up.

Check Your Apps Regularly

You’re all signed up… Now what? Spend some time exploring each app and seeing what types of offers are available. Also, familiarize yourself with how payouts work. Some apps will send you cash via PayPal or Venmo. Other send paper checks, deposit funds directly into your bank account, or allow you to purchase gift cards to various retailers and restaurants. Find out how much money you have to earn prior to cashing out and how you will receive your funds once you reach that threshold.

Open each app regularly to check for new deals. Ibotta, which features offers for specific products, updates frequently and provides its users with cash back on new items on a regular basis. If you are using an app that offers cash back based on a percentage of your total purchase price, such as Dosh or Ebates, new retailers are frequently added. These apps also often have bonus offers where users can earn double, triple, or even quadruple the normal cashback amount. Checking in frequently ensures that you won’t miss any great deals.

Open Your Apps Before You Shop

Leveraging cashback apps to maximize your savings takes a bit of planning. Some apps – like Ibotta – require to you activate offers before you purchase your items. Others require you to access retailer websites from inside the app (rather than accessing it using your browser or another app) to qualify for rewards.

Before you go shopping online or at a brick-and-mortar establishment, check your apps for the best deals. Activate offers or make sure your credit or debit card is linked to your account as needed for in-person shopping. If you are shopping online, check the cashback percentages available through multiple apps. You may find that you can earn more money using one app instead of another. Use whichever application is currently offering the biggest reward, and follow its instructions when shopping.

Combine with Other Deals to Maximize Your Savings

One of the great things about cashback apps is that you can use them in conjunctions with other deals to maximize your savings. Some – including Ebates – even provide you with things like current promo codes to help you save. Of course, if you are shopping through an app where you earn a percentage of your purchase price back, using a promo code could reduce the amount you will receive back. Promo codes often offer greater discounts, though, so they are worth using in most instances.

If you are shopping at a brick-and-mortar retailer, you can also use the paper coupons found in the Sunday paper, home mailers, magazines, etc. This can lead to huge savings, especially when you are using Ibotta. With Ibotta, you could, for example, earn $1 back when you purchase a certain brand of laundry detergent. If you have a paper coupon for $1 off the same product, you can take advantage of both discounts to save yourself $2 instead of $1. And, of course, you can stack cashback offers with in-store and online sales, too.

Conclusion

Cashback apps allow you to earn anywhere from 1% to 40% back on the purchases you make every day. While the average offer is at the lower end of that spectrum, the savings add up surprisingly fast. Saving money isn’t always easy, but by installing a few applications on your smartphone, you can reduce your expenses with minimal effort.

 

Coding bootcamps are offering students a new way to enter careers in tech and web development without spending the time and money on a standard four-year college degree. They can be an exceptional way to pick up the skills most-wanted to by employers today in six months. Nevertheless, they still represent a major decision for prospective students. The time commitment and effort is considerable, and of course there are fees involved in attending almost any bootcamp.

If you’re considering registering for a coding bootcamp, you should ask yourself if you’re ready to….

Work Really Hard

There’s a reason coding bootcamps use the word “bootcamp” to describe what they’re all about. They are challenging, they pack a lot of information into a condensed period of time, and they expect students to dedicate a lot of time and energy to getting their work done. After all, no matter what bootcamp model you choose—online, offline, or hybrid—there’s a lot of work to be done. Either you’ll be attending an immersive offline program that required you to attend classes five days a week for six months, or you’ll choose and online or hybrid model because you’re fitting your learning around work, family or other must-do responsibilities. It can be a lot to juggle and you will be heads down for many months, but the payoff is worth it.

Solve Challenging Problems

One of the aspects of web and mobile development that’s so empowering is that if you can think it, you can build it. Of course, that’s what makes it so challenging too. Tackling something that no one has ever done before, or at the very least that very few people have done before, means there’s no proven path forward. You will no doubt come across major roadblocks and hurdles, and you’ll have to frequently troubleshoot to get things to work. Coding is hard and being a good developer requires patience and adaptiveness to make what’s in your head come to life.

Work As A Team

While the typical vision people have of a developer is a lone person working in a dark room, this couldn’t be further from the truth. People are often surprised to learn that coding actually involves working together as a team. Of course, each developer is focused on writing a specific set of code, but so are his or her colleagues. At the end of the day, that code has to come together to build a finished product. And during the coding and combining process, bugs and other issues emerge. Troubleshooting these issues means leaning on colleagues, peers and online forums, leveraging the know-how of a community of coders to overcome hurdles and create great code.

Build Things (Almost) From Scratch

Do you love tinkering with things and getting them to work? Do you love the idea of piecing together raw materials to bring something to life? If so, that’s at the heart of many coding projects where you’ll put together the foundations and the finishing touches on a project. Though one thing that’s great about working amongst a community of coders is that many share their code openly. That means that you’re rarely stuck building things completely from scratch. Instead, you can pick and choose from blocks of code that help get you started, and then use your coding knowledge to customize it for your project’s needs.

Did you answer “yes” to all of these? If so, then a coding bootcamp, and a career in web and mobile development, could be a great fit for you. If you’re still on the fence, you can always try a web development fundamentals bootcamp. It’s a great way to dip your toes in the coding waters and experience firsthand if this is something that you can see yourself doing for years to come.

I work with a large number of small to medium sized enterprises within my job role and much of what we do focuses around how we can help them to reach their goals and take their business to the next level. Something which never ceases to amaze me when we are working with business owners is how little most of them understand about their online reputation and how this can impact their company. In fact I often find myself pointing owners to reputation management consultant reviews to see how they have changed the fortunes of many, but often this falls on deaf ears. And so if you aren’t sure, or aren’t aware of what your online reputation means for you, let me break it down into two scenarios, the first is if your reputation is poor, the second are the consequences of a great reputation.

Negativity

A negative online reputation can come about in a number of ways, it could be that customers have written negative reviews about your business, it could also be that ex-employees have written negative reviews about working for you, you can also have a negative reputation because of damaging content, poor social media management or even guilt by association. Regardless of how you have gained a poor reputation online the consequences are very much the same, damage caused to any ideas you have had about growing a brand, customers deciding against using your company and negativity growing exponentially, all of which lead to a huge reduction in sales and lower chances of your business succeeding.

Positive

A neutral or positive reputation is what you should be looking for, this will include great content on your website which people are freely sharing, a social media profile which is being engaged with and shared, people waxing lyrical about your business on review sites and even the odd piece of content such as a write up about your business. In this positive world you can count on creating a real buzz about your business which will get people talking, bring them in to the business and ultimately, that’s right, more sales and a richer brand for your company which in turn will lead to even more sales. This is where you should be aiming for and with a reputation like this you will find much greater success in business.

Addressing the Issue

The good news is that even if you have a negative reputation online it can still be fixed but the key is to take action sooner rather than later because these things can spiral out of control. Contact a reputation management company and they will be able to help you identify what kind of online reputation you have, and then put a plan in place to ensure that it ends up as positive as it can possibly be, which will bring far more success to your company and your bottom line.

 

If you are looking at taking your business to the next level then email marketing may be the way forward. i invested in this marketing strategy for my restaurant here in Coconut Creek, Florida and the results have been nothing short of amazing. If you are like I was and thinking that email marketing was dead then think again because it is still very much alive and kicking. With mobile email interaction at an all time high, this is a marketing strategy which can still deliver top results for your business. After reading the eTargetMedia reviews online they were the company who I chose to deliver this marketing work for me and they have helped me to find renewed success for the company, so much so that the second restaurant will be opening very soon. If you are ready to invest, here is what email marketing can do for your business.

Targeted Sales

When you begin an email marketing campaign like this you will be doing so using a targeted approach which gives you the chance of speaking directly with people who are likely to be interested in your product or service. In the past it would be a case of sending out 10,000 emails and hoping that within that group there were people who fell into your targeted demographic. Thanks to the information and the software which we have at our fingertips today, you can send just 1,000 emails to the right people and get a far better response than if you sent 10,000 to just anyone. The realist of this is that you are getting more traction and ultimately more sales for the business.

Communication

It is not just your new customers that targeted email marketing will be able to reach, it is also an excellent tool for speaking with your existing customers. We can send emails now which are personalized and tailored for the customers who have visited you before and we can use this as a great way of spreading the word about any updates, changes and promotions which you may have. This is a marketing strategy which not only reaches out for the new, but also encourages the old to come back again.

Brand Growth

Something which I hadn’t anticipated when I first invested was the impact that this form of marketing would have on my brand. Even when people don’t click through on the email they still see who it came from and what the business is all about, the first stage in brand awareness. I have many people who come into the restaurant and tell me that a friend or family member told me about them off the back of an email that they received. Brand growth is only ever good news for business and it can result in higher profits and far more popularity around your company.

If you want to invest in a marketing strategy which works, look out for targeted email marketing.

 

What do ISO, Conex, Sea Can, intermodal and c-Can all have in common? They all describe the rigid, corrugated steel containers used for shipping goods around the world.

Although the concept has been around for a long time, cargo containers really only started to come into play for transportation when, in 1952, the USA army developed the modular Container Express (CONEX) box system. The addition of rings in each corner of the container for easier lifting by crane, and the introduction of ISO standards after 1968 allowed for a consistent and smooth transition from loading to unloading, throughout the world, and was a major contributor towards the increase of global trade (and decreasing costs of transportation).

Modern Conex Containers

Although shipping containers do come in a range of sizes, one of the two most common size is the 20’ general purpose container. These are designed to ship dry goods, but because of their smaller size they have a higher payload than the 40’ containers. Generally, the 20’ Conex container has doors fitted at one end and is made of Corten; often they have a plywood floor that can be treated. Interestingly in comparison to the smooth sided vans and trucks used on the road, the corrugated sides of a shipping container can cause up to 10% fuel economy loss. However, their water tight and air tight properties make them idea for transporting goods over water.

Weathering Steel

COR-TEN is a generic trademark for the mix of steel alloys used to create corrugated weathering steel; this metal does not need to be painted to weatherproof it (learn more here).

Safety Approval Plate

In order to be used to transport cargo internationally all shipping containers need to have a “CSC Safety-approval Plate”. This came into international regulation in 1972. A CSC will generally have the age, registration number, dimensions and maximum stacking capability of the unit, as well as other essential information.

ISO 6346 Code

Whether you are purchasing a new or used Conex container that has moved through international waters, you will find each container has a unique serial number, called a BIC-Code (or the ISO 6346 Code). This provides information about the owner or operator and can provide tracking information that keeps record of maintenance, change of owner, when it was first used etc.

Buying a Shipping Container

In order to buy a shipping container, there are several options for you to purchase, each with pros and cons:

• Look on Craig’s list (or similar)

Pros: Probably cheap.

Cons: No Guarantee. You will need to arrange transportation yourself.

• Call shipping yards

Pros: Potentially a great range

Cons: You will need to negation with a transport firm who is able to take cargo from the yard. Not necessarily cheaper.

• Use a reputable seller

Pros: Containers should come with a warranty, transport should be included in price

Cons: You may need to shop around in order to find a good deal.

Choosing a Company to Buy Your Container With

A quick search on Google will bring up a variety of different companies claiming to specialize in the sale of shipping containers, so when choosing who to buy from, a few things to consider:

• Do they physically have the inventory they say they do?
• Do they include applicable taxes in the price?
• Do they have a clear rating system to show the quality of the container?
• Are they able to deliver to you?
• Do they guarantee their containers?
• Do they have someone you can speak to or are they email only?
• Do they talk about safety standards or mention CSC plates?

Do you want a 20’ or 40’ Container?

You may look at the price difference between the two most popular sizes and decide that you could step up to the next size as a way of future proofing your storage needs. However, you probably considered the 20’ in the first place for good reason beyond just price, those reasons likely still form the basis of your need for a shipping container. Looking at the specifications can should you why a 20’ container might suit your needs better:

	Common 20’ Container	Common 40’ Container
Width	8-ft (2.44m)	8-ft (2.44m)
Height	8 ft 6 in (2.59 m)	8 ft 6 in (2.59 m)
Length	20-ft (6.1 m)	40-ft (12.19 m)
Max Gross Weight	66,139 lb (30,400 kg)	66,139 lb (30,400 kg)
Tare Weight	4,850 lb (2,200 kg)	8,380 lb (3,800 kg)
Payload (or Net Weight)	61,289 lb (28,200 kg)	57,759 lb (26,200 kg)

*measurements are generalized and may not apply to the container you are reviewing Click here for more detailed specifications.

What you will need to consider before getting your 20ft Conex box is what you will be storing in it, how much that will weigh, and where your container will live.

• Is a 20ft container more suitable for the space you are looking at?
• Is the ground strong enough to support the weight of a fully loaded box (this is the max gross weight)?

A 20ft container has less cubic capacity but is able to hold greater weight than a 40ft container. What this means is that if you are using your container to store all your off-season sports gear this might not be a consideration, but if you are wanting to store all your building supplies in preparation for a big landscaping job you might need to think more on the weight that this will amount to.

Buying a metal shipping container isn’t really all that difficult. But you do need to be clear about what your needs are and what you will need to do to meet those needs. Everything is essential when looking for new shipping containers for sale.

Once you have those guidelines sorted then you simply need to work with a company that makes purchasing your container a simple matter of choosing your Conex box, paying for it, and waiting for it to be delivered. While you’re waiting, start clearing the area where you will be putting your shipping container – including any areas that will provide access to the delivery truck.

To read more on topics like this, check out the business tech category.

If you’re interested in learning about the impact of data, in the near future on the healthcare sector, simply continue reading.

The impact of data in the healthcare industry:

1. Data can be used to help find cures for serious illnesses such as cancer

Computer systems that have been designed to automatically analyse large volumes of data, which is referred to as big data, in order to find patterns in data samples, that may help scientists make breakthroughs in discovering cures for serious diseases such as cancer.

As an example a computer system may be able to analyse trends and patterns of patients around the world who have been diagnosed with cancer. Such system may be able to find genetic links between millions of individuals who have been diagnosed with cancer. That may help scientists find a cure or more effective treatment for these patients.

2. AI systems can use data to help medical professionals complete highly repetitive tasks

In the future AI reasoning systems will be able to make simple decisions for medical professionals and to perform highly repetitive paperwork for doctors and nurses, which will free up medical professionals’ time to give a higher quality of service to their patients.

As an example an AI reasoning system may be able to help a doctor choose the best possible treatment for a particular illness. As an AI reasoning system will be able to scan a patient’s medical records and test results to come up with the most effective treatment plan possible.

3. Data can be shared across the world in order to help patients get the best possible care

Information which patients are happy to share, can be shared with other medical practitioners around the world, in order to help doctors better treat patients. As more data doctors have on individuals and illnesses and the effects of various medication on patients, the easier it will be for doctors to give their patients an exemplary level of care.

As an example the same information can be shared between cancer researchers, oncologists and surgeons, to benefit individuals who have been diagnosed with cancer.

4. Medical data can be used to help doctors diagnose illnesses quickly

Most serious illnesses can be cured quite easily if they are caught straight away. So it’s important for doctors to be able to analyse medical data, in order to help their patients avoid developing potentially fatal illnesses and diseases.

As an example, once medical data around cancer has been studied for a lengthy period of time, scientists should have a clearer idea of actions that individuals can take to avoid cancer.

Just think, at a certain point in history, individuals had no idea that spending hours sunbathing a day could lead to the development of melanoma, which is a common form of skin cancer.

5. Big data can be used to detect if individuals have a high risk of contracting a certain illness

As an example, if a software system finds that an individual has a high genetic risk of contracting a deadly disease, it may be able to alert their doctor.

Hopefully after learning a bit about data in the healthcare industry, you’re now aware of how many lives can be saved as a direct result of the collation and analyzation of data in the near future.

C and C++ are very significant programming languages because all the programs / systems that are used are the part of the code base that is written in C / C ++.C ++ plays an important role in almost every application that is used now days. Any Programming language does not require any talent or ability, such as gymnastics or painting or singing. Only need to be strong or polished or have a perfect tone. C ++ is used to write applications in which the performance and proper use of resources are essential.

Required skills for Coding:

There are various skills required by the developer. Top skills for coders are as following:

1) Self- independence: To have to succeed in coding, the coder must be a master to solve technical problems.Toovercome these obstacles, there are several things a developer can do. There is never too late to recognize the focus and efforts. The person who wants to be developer must assume responsibility, the information which is going to consume and the way in which this information is being used. Why the code is needed? What are the problems are coming in the way to solve a particular problem. To know the answers to these questions will help the developer to focus on where to focus the efforts and what language is required ​​to learn, etc.That has a lot to do with what you’re trying to accomplish, but there are three platforms that stand out for their multi-faceted applications, reliable utility and convenience to beginners. These three areJavaScript, Ruby and Python.

2) Learn the language: To write code, it must to learn at one programming or scripting language. Experts developer suggest trying to master a language instead of trying to learn very little from a few, like learn one language  French, Italian or Spanish instead of all three at once. So, with what language do you start? That has a lot to do with what you’re trying to achieve.

3) Logic developer: to be the best as a logic developer ,the developer must be good in the logic, There are lots of tools like Dcoder that offer the challenges / problems that will develop the reasoning. Another way to develop the logical skills is with the help of conditional thinking, which means, if so, then that. For example:- In programming, if else style of thinking is used to test the variables against the given values ​​and remaining actions according to the conditions that are met. It can be understand like this:

if (a condition evaluates to True):

then do these things just for ‘True’

plus:

otherwise, do these things just for ‘False’.

Simple mechanisms not perform this. It is these conditional statements that allow the program to acquire an analytical life of its own and not only follow a set of instructions until its end. It is essential to use conditional thoughts for individual benefit, but don’t live in these conditions. These are a tool to help to expand the skills of what the developer is creating, but they should not bind the developer ability to solve problems. Be open to be wrong one. Observe any problem like this as it is, and decide, how to approach it, by doing this from a progression of what, how and why.

4) Be attentive to the details: By Improving the attention to detail has a lot to do with knowing what to look for and what to do further When to perform a work, research, new skills or languages then make a list of what to achieve and how . Another way to improve the prescience is to always make a schedule. It may not be so sharp.

5) Conceptual thinking: Abstract thinking is made without the object of present thought, or even physical thought. It is a coding base. Because written code, and what it produces, can never be measured physically, to be successful coders,he must have the ability to think abstractly, in broader and comparative ways than they may be used to. Abstract thinking is the ability to think about a particular subject, object or project at the same time. Abstract thinking can be improved through discussions. It implies being willing to see things from aother way, or draw analytical conclusions from what might seem simple.

6) Patience holder: Coding is very difficult. Whatever is read from code or read elsewhere should be interpreted differently. At all stages, but at the beginning, developer feels extreme frustration. Ability of the developer resist that frustration and move forward, without discourage him. Look at the frustration as a tool to develop the patience. When the developer or a coder is doing the coding, then he must go through via this experience. One of the finest ways to develop patience is through reading or, in fact, any sustained activity that requires attention. The better ability to overcome the frustration of coding.

7)  Use the Scientific method: The challenges of coding are endless, discouraging and impossible to start. That’s where the use of the scientific method is used to break down obstacles and projects them self can be extremely useful. In programming, a good part of the developer time will be devoted to developing solutions to  the problems that still not being solved (at least not in the exact way they are found). Developer not have anyinformation on how to solve these problems, developer will have to use trial and error. Seeing coding as experimentation will be extremely useful.

The coding skills plays an important role in the developers life, because to develop the perfect code the developer must have to think in advance for a specific problem, think differently about the code, analytical think and etc. when a developer think to develop the code then he has to face various c++ coding challenges, and to solve these developer have to think extraordinary.

 

Do you like to change your phone? Or do you want to transfer data from iPhone to Android? It is usually a tedious process, especially when you need to move all your data to the new phone, although it does not have to be if you use software specially designed for that task, such as dr.fone – Switch, which transfers all your data between mobile phones in a single click. How to transfer contacts from Android to iPhone? It’s not a difficult task anymore with dr.fone!

This software will help you make a boring and time-consuming task fast and comfortable. The transfer of all the information from your old mobile phone to the new one, be it an Android phone, iPhone or Symbian, will be a simple process that can be done in a few steps.

In fact, you will only need two things, your old and new phones and the USB cable to connect them to the computer and start to carry out the data transfer process between your old phone and the new one quickly. Phone to phone transfer will be as easy as clicking.

Meet dr.fone – Switch in detail

The compatibility offered by dr.fone – Switch is very wide since it supports more than 6,000 phones and tablets of all brands (iPhone, Samsung, Huawei, ZTE, LG, HTC, etc.). The platforms supported by dr.fone – Switch are Android, iOS and even Symbian. This tool also supports recently launched phones, such as the Samsung Galaxy S9. Although Galaxy phones include the Samsung Smart Switch utility, it has some limitations that cause you not to be able to use it in certain scenarios.

For example, imagine you have a Samsung Galaxy S6, you bought the iPhone 8 Plus and want to copy all your data from the Samsung phone to Apple. With Samsung Smart Switch you could not do it because this tool only allows transferring information between Samsung Galaxy phones.

There is a change of platform, from Android to iOS, so using dr.fone – Switch is the best alternative to Samsung Smart Switch. No matter which platform you come from and where you go, if you run iPhone to Android transfer or vice versa, this software allows you to move data from one phone to another, regardless of the phone you have and the new one you have bought.

Connect the phones and move your data

The operation of dr.fone – Switch could not be easier thanks to its intuitive interface. Once the application is downloaded, you will find yourself in a panel with different interesting and useful tools, among which is “switch or copy”. It is the “switch or copy” option that will help you to transfer all the data from the old phone, whatever the brand, to the new one. The user would just have to follow these steps:

– Connect both phones to the computer using the USB cable. dr.fone – Switch should recognize them immediately. You may need to activate some settings on your phone beforehand, although there is no problem as the software detects the phone model and shows the steps to make the connection effective. In this case, you must enable “USB debugging” and accept the permissions on the screen of both phones.

– Select the source phone (the old one) and the destination phone that you are going to have from now on and to which you want to pass the data. Both should appear with their names in the upper part of the window and the word “connected”, indicating that they are ready. If you see that the origin and destination phone do not coincide, do not worry because you only have to click on the “flip” option at the top so that the phones can change their position.

– Now choose the content you want to copy by checking the corresponding boxes. Note how the number of each of these options appears in the interface itself, that is, the number of contacts, SMS and others appears to change from one smartphone to another, a very useful visualization that allows us to quickly know the amount of information.

– When you decide what you want to transfer from one phone to another, click on the “start” option to start the process and wait a few minutes. When the entire data transfer process is ready, you will only have to disconnect the phones and you will have ready to use the new phone, with all the old data. It’s that easy to move information between any phone with dr.fone – Switch.

A powerful tool with wide compatibility

dr.fone – Switch is one of the most suitable tools to move data between phones of any platform, from iOS to iOS, from Android to iOS and vice versa, etc. It becomes even the ideal alternative to Samsung Smart Switch software because it is much more complete.

 

In our increasingly modern and high-tech world, cybersecurity is becoming an ever more prevalent issue and if you want your business to succeed, you’ll need to start actively investing in the highest quality protection. However, this is not just about building defences and then hoping they hold off against attacks. You should be regularly testing your defence systems to ensure that they offer the suitable level of protection for your needs.

The Threat

Your business may hold sensitive data about your clients, so from personal details to financial records, there is a whole plethora of information we willingly hand over to companies to store online. Hackers could attempt to steal that data from your company or someone else which could result in bankruptcy, identity theft and more depending on the nature of the data stolen, making it imperative for to provide a system where you know that the client’s data will be kept safe from attacks.

The Solution

In addition to procuring the best cybersecurity specialists you can to build your defences, you should also have those fortifications tested as regularly as possible. One such test you can do is a Penetration Test where security specialists will deliberately attack and test your security systems to see if there are deficiencies or vulnerabilities to exploit.

Not only will this show up the flaws in your current structure but it will also tell you how they are occurring. Is it due to an actual problem with your cybersecurity, or is it due to something as simple as an employee with a weak password? The specialist will be able to analyse the test and give you a recommendation as to how you should proceed in locking down your system.

The Benefit

A penetration test has many benefits. The most obvious one is that it tells you where the weaknesses in your current cybersecurity lie. It is much better for you and your company to find out where such flaws are now; compared to if you were to discover them due to a legitimate breach.

Since you are discovering them through a controlled test, a penetration test could be considered to be cost-effective for your company as you are proactively fighting against attacks. A severe breach could see you paying for data lost and compensation to your clients as well as additional infrastructure to fix your mistakes.

In proactively checking for these weaknesses, you are also proving to other potential clients that you take matters like cybersecurity very seriously. Searching for the perfect way to give yourself a step above your competitors? A dedication to cybersecurity might very well be the way you need to go.

Start Your Enquiries Today

Whether you are getting ready to check if a new security system works well or you just want to test your existing systems, there is no better time to dedicate yourself to your cybersecurity. Reach out to some professional experts and enquire about penetration tests and other forms of proactive risk assessment. As not only will it give your clients peace of mind, but it will also prove that you are doing everything in your power to protect their data.

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Crowdfunding marketing agency, Ideazon, knows a thing or two about crowdfunding campaigns. There are crowdfunding campaigns for thousands of products and services running currently. Some have barely anything in common with others. However, there are certain components of a campaign that are essential for long term success. Below are Ideazon’s list of five essential components that every crowdfunding campaign needs.

Realistic Goals

Whenever a new crowdfunding campaign starts, everyone feels as though they have a million-dollar idea. Perhaps that will actually happen, but people do need to be somewhat realistic with their goals in general. Start by setting goals that are attainable at first, and then go from there.

Goals are especially important when it comes to the monetary side of things. You need to set a monetary goal for your campaign that is achievable. Too high of a goal could risk your campaign not being funded at all, too low of a campaign could risk you not being able to deliver on your promises.

A Product or Service that Serves a Purpose

If a product is going to be purchased, it needs to be wanted by individuals. That means a product or service must serve some type of purpose for it to somewhat stand out. Until that idea is fully planned, the campaign shouldn’t be launched.

Adequate Marketing

Marketing is something that is essential for any crowdfunding campaign these days. It is simply impossible to be fully discovered unless marketing is involved. With so many other campaigns out there clouding up the major websites, an idea or invention needs to be in front of the right people somehow.

That is where a company like Ideazon comes in. They can help with marketing to not only the masses, but those most likely to contribute money towards a campaign.

Creativity

When trying to come up with something new, creativity is always going to be essential. It is not always necessary to try to reinvent the wheel, but creativity makes a big difference.

Remember, to get backing, people need to be creative and think outside of the box. This can go for marketing, but especially for the product or service itself. Something that has never been done before is always going to do better than a rehash of pretty much the same thing.

Solid Reputation

Since there is so much money to be made in crowdfunding, it has certainly made some people a little bit skeptical when putting money towards a project. One way to combat that is to have a very good reputation in general.

People are always going to prefer those who have a little bit of a history as someone who delivers on promises. If the person is a new inventor or creator, partnering with a trusting marketing company is another way to build a reputation. Nobody wants to be throwing money away on what could potentially be a scam.

Connect with Ideazon

Marketing is as essential as ever when it comes to building a very well-thought-out crowdfunding campaign. Those who are interested in finding out what Ideazon brings to the table can visit the website at https://ideazon.com/crowdfunding. There you can set up a consultation with a team member to discuss your idea.

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