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5 Data Protection and Backup Strategies in a Hybrid Environment

The 3-2-1 Rule and Other Data Protection Strategies

As companies expand and start-ups take the plunge, they need to be extra careful in protecting their data.

 

Most data is sensitive and must be strictly guarded. Otherwise, loss of data can be a fatal mistake for a business, so IT has a very important job: data protection. However, regardless of the number of mechanisms you put in place and the number of precautionary steps you take, data protection is only as good as your best data backup strategy.

Thanks to technology, there are many ways in which you can get an effective onsite and off-site backup for all of your data, both on your premises and in the cloud.

The 3-2-1 Rule

One of the best practices followed in data protection and backup strategies is the 3-2-1 rule. With this rule, all businesses are advised to have 3 backups stored on at least 2 different kinds of media with 1 copy being stored off-site.

Have 3 backups stored on at least 2 different kinds of media onsite and 1 copy being stored off-site.

3 Prerequisites to an Effective Data Protection and Backup Strategy

There are three main prerequisites to having an effective data backup strategy.

1. Identify Sensitive Data

Not all data is equally sensitive. Some data is redundant so it’s not really needed. Before you choose a data protection and backup strategy, the first thing to do is to identify the data that is crucial to running your business.

2. Prioritise and Segregate

Once you have identified which data is critical, it’s time to sort it in order of priority. The data which is on top of the ladder has to get full attention. As you go down, the data will become less and less sensitive, but it will still need extra care.

3. Know Your Third-Parties 

There are many other people who have access to your data—maybe not to all of it, but some of it. Check out all of the third parties that have access to your data and review their security setup and backup measures. In the long run, this will make your work of data protection a lot easier.

5 Data Protection and Backup Strategies in a Hybrid Environment

Creating data backups on hard drives and keeping them under lock and key is an age-old method to preserve and protect data. Although it sounds like a good idea, this method is no longer sufficient. What are the options available today and which of those are really effective? To answer this question, let’s study some data protection and backup strategies.

1. On-Premise Versus Cloud

There was a time when organisations had their own servers. Some, very few, still have their own server today. These companies would create data backups on their own servers.

If you have strong firewalls and other precautionary measures in place, creating data backups on your own servers is a good idea. In hindsight, all the data is now in one place, so a person who gains unauthorised access into your server will have everything at his disposal to create mischief.

Storing your data in the cloud is a good option because your data is stored in a virtual world and relatively hard to access. It does not involve your servers and can be accessed from anywhere.

A good data backup and data protection strategy would be to divide the data, with some of it on your servers while keeping the others on the cloud.

2. Cloud-to-Cloud Backup

Instead of keeping all of your beers in one esky, you can distribute them into different ones. You take the data from a production environment and store it in another public cloud environment. Data in one cloud is backed up and stored in another cloud. Effectively speaking, you separate the fault domains for your backup data and production data.

The key to having an effective backup and data protection strategy in a hybrid environment lies in data separation.   

3. Snapshot Backup

A point-in-time backup is known as a snapshot. It is almost like snapping a picture of all of your data at a given point in time. Cloud backups, in reality, are a snapshot. Creating a virtual image of your machines allows hassle-free rollback to the last saved snapshot.

4. Full Backup and Incremental Backup 

Installing Software UpdatesIn this data protection and backup strategy, you need to do a full backup—all of the data is backed up. When you are creating a data backup for the first time for any source, it makes sense to create a complete backup.

However, creating the entire backup again and again as you move ahead in time is a wasteful activity. It also impacts your efficiency as you continue to do redundant work, so once you have created a full backup, what you need to do is have incremental backups. In incremental backups, only the changes since the last complete backup are saved. In the cloud, storage has a value. 

5. Versioning

It is also important to have backup versions available. Say you updated your software to its most current version. When you did that, unknowingly, you made some changes to a file that contained some important data. The problem due to these changes will arise after some time, not immediately. In such a case, if you have backed up the older version, you will be able to recover the file with the original data where no changes have been made.

Data Protection and Backup Strategy That Suits Your Business

Once you’ve identified the backup strategy that suits your business the most, you can go ahead with it. The important thing to consider here is the Restore Point Objective (RPO). This is the amount of data that a business can lose yet withstand its repercussions. In business terms, it would mean losing say 90 minutes of data because your automatic backup happens every 89 mins.

The other thing to consider is the Restore Time Objective (RTO). This is the time it takes for the RPO to get restored. Based on this information, you can even choose how often you want the backup procedures to run automatically.

The Final Word

In the end, backups are essential for all businesses. In the hour of need, they will become your saving grace. However, creating backups is a costly affair. You need to fully analyse your needs prior to deciding what needs to be saved. The most effective backup strategy is that where data is prioritised and all information is not saved in a single location. Separate the locations and backup just what you need!

Editor’s Note: This article was originally published on 25th January 2019. It has been revamped and updated for accuracy and comprehensiveness.

Need help with your data backup? Contact us for custom IT solutions for your small business starting at $1. 

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What is VoIP and How Does it Work with Renier Schrenk

Have you ever used your phone to make a call over the Internet instead of a regular phone line? If, you’ve used a VoIP system. VoIP stands for Voice over Internet Protocol, which means that instead of sending your voice over a traditional phone line, it travels through the Internet.  

Renier Schrenk from VoIPstudio joined Josh for a deep dive into VoIP Systems to explain how they might help your business.  (more…)

How to Make Sure You Have the Data You Need Every Time

How to Make Sure You Have the Data You Need Every Time

We’re in unreal, crazy times at the moment, and it has to be said that a lot of people are regretting their move to the cloud.

cloud migration strategy meme lol A lot of people are loving it as well because they’re going, “Huh, you know what? Sweet, I’m in the cloud. This is great! I can access everything from home. It is good.”

Internet Speeds Are Slowing Down

The problem with cloud migration, especially when the lockdown started and everybody started working from home, is the loads increased by about 300%, not just 10% or 20% or 30%. That means we’ve seen lots of core business go up and down, which is something that wouldn’t happen if business owners spent the money on business-grade Internet connections and kept their infrastructure local.

Get Localised Copies of Your Data

Having said that, if you have made the decision to move to the cloud, it’d be a very sensible idea to make sure that you’ve got localised copies that you can set to schedule to download at night.

Whether that’s through Dropbox, OneDrive or anything like that, make sure you go out, buy bigger drives, and have everything copied locally. That way, it’s going to be much, much quicker when you go and open up that document.

Backups, Backups, and More Backups

If you want to make sure things are staying nice, quick, and efficient, these are things that you need to be keeping in mind and doing.

Keep a localised copy of the data. This has become even more important since we started seeing Internet outages and blackouts across Australia and also on an international scale.

Computer Backups, Work From HomeKeep your data local and make sure you have backups. If you don’t know where your remote workforce is backing their data up to, find out. See what you can do to see where the files are going.

The Final Word

If something goes terribly wrong and your IT company blows up and disappears, where do you go to get your data backup? Where do you get all of your information?

Have a Business Continuity Plan and Disaster Recovery Plan in place so that you won’t ever lose data and if you do, you can easily retrieve it and avoid days or weeks of downtime.

If you’ve enjoyed this, make sure to jump across to iTunes, give us some love, and some feedback, and let us know what your thoughts are. Stay good and stay healthy. 

Editor’s Note: This episode was originally published on 5th May 2020. It has been revamped and updated for accuracy and comprehensiveness.

Need help with your data backup? Contact us for custom IT solutions for your small business.

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How to Define Your Marketing Message With Lisa McLeod

How to Define Your Marketing Message With Lisa McLeod

Are you being caught in a trap of spending heaps of marketing and getting no traction? We’ve got Lisa McLeod here from Selling With Noble Purpose, and she’s going to talk about how to make sure that you have a clear cut message.

3 Things That Hinder Your Business

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So Lisa, what are some of the main blunders when people start marketing and trying to sell a new business? What are the things you think they need to focus on? 

Lisa: There are three main things that get in peoples’ way.

The first thing is what they think it means to sell. This is over-describing what they do.

Secondly is their expertise. Most people start a business because there are some customers out there who are not getting their needs met. What gets in their way when they are trying to sell is that they are too deep in their expertise.

Lastly, they don’t have clarity and purpose. They think their purpose is to sell, but the purpose is to make a difference to your customers. This should be the centre of your marketing message and not your product. How do you make a difference to customers? What is your impact? 

How to Have a Clear Voice and Define Your Marketing Message

I’ve definitely fallen into the trap of doing that previously. I’m an engineer who thinks very much in detail. I was in a spot where I knew I had a great product, but I thought, what if I have the cure for cancer but not the voice and the clear message to tell everyone about it. Do you have an example of seeing businesses that highlight what they do instead of why they do it?

Lisa: That’s right! It’s what they do versus why they do it.

Let’s say with the cure for cancer, the fact whether it’s injectable or it’s a pill, all we care about is the cure for cancer. We need to think this way as sellers. We had an IT company we were working with, and it’s an American company, and you can outsource all your IT to them.

So when I started working on it, we said, what impact do you have on customers? One guy in the room stood up and said, we help small businesses be more successful. That’s what happens when you have that clarity of purpose. 

Every time you interact with a customer, that’s what you’re trying to help them: be more successful. And if you’re a business owner, one of your challenges is getting your people to have the right behaviours with customers.

What Is Your Impact?

Absolutely. We changed our marketing messages around after addressing the question of what we are actually doing. We’ve redefined the message of what we do in business and what we do for people’s lives to challenge their operations by creating kindhearted personal relationships driven by cutting-edge advancement. We changed our marketing message and said we guarantee your uptime, and if you go down, we pay you. The message is very clear—we guarantee that your business will run perfectly with technology—and we’re happy enough to put our money where our mouth is.

Lisa: The exercise you have done is really important. Finding your “why” can be easy if you have a small business with a handful of employees, but if you go to a mid-sized business, you need to be explicit.

Why? Because you want a competitive differentiation

Even if what you are selling is not unique, you’ve got to show that you do your business differently.

Second, you need an emotional engagement with your people. You have to drive emotional engagement with your team to motivate them to try new innovation. As a leader, you have to articulate the impact you have on customers and make that the north star of the business.

How to Have a Competitive Differentiation to Define Your Marketing Message

As your business becomes bigger, the message shouldn’t get watered out. What is the differentiator between copycat-like businesses, such as McDonald’s and Hungry Jacks? 

Lisa: You’ve got two key ways to differentiate yourself.

1. Product

2. The experience of doing business with you

Competitive DifferentiationI was running the session for a group of leaders and we were talking about this. McDonald’s and Hungry Jacks can’t be differentiated from each other. What interests me during the session is, I asked who stands out among these organisations? There is an east coast of America company called Chick-Fil-A and a west coast company called In-N-Out Burger. I thought people were going to come to blows arguing about which one is better. The reality is, is the food better at either one of these fast-food chains?

The place of true differentiation is the experience that you were creating for your customers. 

But Don’t Change Your Business Only in Response to Your Competitors

If you’ve got a business and you’re trying to try and work out how to make sure that you are targeting your audience appropriately and being separate from your competitors, what’s the best way to do that?

Lisa: If your response to competitors is the basis of what you’re doing for your business, you are not going to create a differentiated experience. If you want to create true differentiation and be clear with your message, you need to find your purpose in the way you do it. You have to answer these three questions:  

  • How do we make a difference to our customers?
  • How do we do it differently in the competition?
  • What do we love about what we’re doing?

When you answer these questions, this creates the story of your business, and that’s the story you go out to the market with.

Talk to Your Customers and Get Honest Feedback

I always say the best way to find out how you make a difference to your customers is to ask them, would that be fair? 

Lisa: Totally. If people are buying your products or renewing their contracts with you, this means that you are doing something as simple as creating a great experience or maybe helping them to be more successful because as an IT company, you are doing all their back up IT. Company owners can sleep at night knowing that you take care of the technical side of their business. It’s not just about the product but the impact you are making on your customers. 

How to Do It Differently From the Competition

We’ve had a customer who had to leave, and so I asked them, what could we have done differently? So if you’re selling something that’s not very much a commodity and not like a burger, like IT Support Services, how do you make sure that you understand your competitors? How do you make sure that you know them well enough to know that you’re doing the right thing and you’re doing it differently from the competition?  

Lisa: Instead of asking your customers, “Why did you buy from us?” ask, “How did working with us impact you?” They can say you were cheaper, you were the first one here, or you had more widgets, but what matters is to know the impact you have on them. This is how you will differentiate your business from the competition. 

How to Find Out Your “Why” to Define Your Marketing Message

One of the products we sell was by far the cheapest in the industry. It is selling us as the hook to get you in the door. It is not a high-profit product. It is up to think about possibly what if their current provider isn’t doing what they meant to be doing and starting to dive in to see how we are different from their current provider.

Target Businesses You Are Excited About 

Companies with a purpose bigger than money outperform their competition by over 350%.”

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Lisa: I once asked the customer, “Why did you pick us”? They said we picked you because we could tell that you were really excited about our business. And so I started saying that we only go for businesses we’re really excited about.

You have to be specific on what you sell and make sure you have a lens on it. 

Selling With a Purpose

It’s the frame of mind. When you are excited, that rubs off on other people. Once you have a purpose in business, what’s then the connection to profit?

Profit is the test of your validityLisa: Companies with a purpose bigger than money outperform their competition by over 350%. People that sell with purpose, whose purpose is to improve life for customers, outsell people who are focused on targets and quotas. And this is important if you’re in any kind of a sales function or if you’re a leader in the business, the reason why is flip it.

Who would you rather have calling on you? Someone whose purpose is to help you or someone who’s just trying to close you?

It shows up in every aspect of the business because you’ve got to have really clear systems and processes just to be a successful business. 

But you will not be a differentiated business, which is the most profitable business, unless you have clarity about how you and your team make a difference to customers if you’re just sort of running your business in that transactional way.

Profit is the test of your validity. The purpose of a business is to improve life for customers. Profit tells you whether you’re doing it or not.

Create a Tribe of True Believers

So you’re focusing on the right information. A good example is Apple. What they’re selling is the experience of selling the support. They’re selling a beautifully crafted product. Their message is clear.  

Lisa: That’s right. Steve Jobs was very famous. He had a conversation with John Sculley, and he was trying to persuade John Sculley, who was the CEO of Pepsi, to come work for him. With great excitement and honour, I got to interview John Sculley a couple of weeks ago for a piece I did for Forbes. And he said, I remember Steve Jobs saying you want to sell sugar water for the rest of your life or you want to change the world? 

Apple is a good example. And you might be listening to this, and you might sell ice cream or concrete, but there is innovation in every space. And the reason Apple has innovated, the reason the customer experience is amazing, the reason the products are always on the cutting edge, the reason they look beautiful, the reason that out-of-the-box experience is great is that they’re not selling technology…they’re selling making a difference to you. They’re selling you on having a beautiful experience. And that’s where everyone’s eyes are pointed to.

And where that comes from is the language of the leader. If you point your team towards revenue targets, you’ll only be mediocre. If you point your team toward something bigger and then use those commonplace metrics as a way to measure your progress, you’ll create what I call the tribe of true believers. 

Check Out Selling With Noble Purpose

I’m going to ask you a question. It’s probably going to be an easy one to answer, but we ask most of our guests, what’s your favourite book?

Lisa: My latest book is Selling With Noble Purpose. I will tell you a book that has influenced me greatly, which is Viktor Frankl’s Man’s Search For Meaning. And there’s a connection between that and the work that I do. Some people don’t think a man searches for meaning is about finding something to tether yourself to during challenging times. And he was a victim of the Nazi concentration camps. The thing that I realised in reading that book years ago was people need to tether themselves to something bigger than themselves and that that was the key to surviving a challenging time.

While my circumstances are not as dramatic, there’s a story in Selling With Noble Purpose about when my husband and I lost a business and I had to dig deep and find a way to come back from bankruptcy.

Selling With Noble Purpose is a lot of how I did it. I’m not comparing myself to Viktor Frankl. I’m saying I was inspired by him and I thought about him a lot. I thought about what I didn’t know 10 years ago when I was having to come back from the recession, but I realised in hindsight that tethering yourself to helping your customers versus tethering yourself to your revenue number, that will give you the tenacity to prevail. 

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That’s good advice. I know that I found that a long time ago that I love helping people with technology. But what I really love doing is making a difference in their lives. And the book that changed my life is The Go-Giver by Bob Burg. He’s changed my mindset about business and how people hold your information.  

Lisa: There is now reviewed data that says that everything that you’ve just described about helping others and putting them first results in you. Winning your market, having a more profitable business and enjoying your life a lot more.

Living for something bigger than yourself. Hopefully, that means you’re leaving a legacy behind or you have set a good example. If anyone is looking to better their business and make sure that you are selling with a noble purpose, you can jump across Selling With Noble Purpose and jump onto the assessment. Otherwise, stay good and stay healthy out there. 

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What You Need to Know About Backup

What You Need to Know About Backup

Do You Have Backup?

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Well, that’s pretty cool. Can you tell what type?

Maybe you’ve got cloud backup, incremental backup, bare-metal restore backup or some other hybrid backup. Maybe it’s on your workstations, maybe it’s on your server, maybe it’s on everything, it’s onsite, it’s offsite, it’s doing everything and you’ve got some other sort of RAID setup but you’re not quite sure what it does, but it has mirrors. Yeah.

Any of that stuff may mean nothing to you, but a lot of people think they’ve got backup maybe as part of their Business Continuity Plan and Disaster Recovery Plan, but they don’t. They just think they’ve got backup, and there’s nothing there. They have their emails in the cloud, and they think, ‘Well, the cloud’s secure. Someone else is backing that up. Not my responsibility anymore.’ The truth is, kind of is, eh?

If you’ve got Xero accounts and something goes wrong with Xero, it’s your responsibility to keep your records for seven years, not theirs.

So you need to make sure you’ve got a backup of your files.

Why You Should Back Up Your Data

You might be like, ‘Nah, they’re never going to go down. What are you talking about? It’s Xero, mate.’ Yeah, they do. People do. Companies go down. You can’t help it. It’s a thing. It’s a way of life.

You need to have a backup. You don’t know if things are going to disappear off the Earth. I’m sure if something like that happened, the ATO would help you out a bit, but it’s still something important that you need to make sure you’ve got a backup of everything.

Data Loss Is a Nightmare 

There are different types of backup. You can have your computer or your workstation backed up. That could be something as simple as dragging and dropping your files from your documents folder onto a USB stick if you’re old school. But that’s means you’ve got backup of only a few of your files. If your whole computer was destroyed, you’d still lose all your licences, you’d lose the ability to log in because it’d be gone. You’d lose any stuff on your desktop, and any other stuff since the last time you copied your stuff on the USB stick.

Schedule Data Backup

That could be a huge problem for your business and that could mean downtime. If you need to copy things across and know that’s time wasted doing that, and it’s a task you’re not going to remember doing, you need to automate it or have some sort of system in place to monitor it. There are lots of fantastic IT companies out there that will allow you to do that sort of stuff, and they’ll monitor it for you. They’ll make sure that you’ve got hourly backups, daily backups, quarterly backups, whatever’s required.

Make your business downtime-proof with our Guaranteed Uptime Plans—you get paid when you go down!

Restore Data Easily

What’s more important when you’re backing up is it’s not just a couple of files. There are all these settings and configurations and everything else that you know goes into when you get a computer and you go, ‘Uh, that took them hours.’ It’s going to take them hours again. So you need to make sure that if you’ve got a full backup, your IT company should be able to click on the backup for whatever you want to restore, click ‘Restore’ and go back to what it was an hour ago or a day ago, or whenever the problem wasn’t there. That’s what you want.

Have All Versions Backed Up 

The other thing that backup protects you against is if you’re just copying your files across, you only have that version that you’ve copied across. Backup gives you the backup of every version that you’ve got, from then all the way through to when the backups were first archived. So you could potentially have someone that has an Excel document, and they’re there tapping away at the Excel document, doing their thing, and they have a fault in it. That could have happened a month ago. You can now go back to that backup and go, “Ah, yeah, that’s the version here.” That’s what you want.

The Final Word

So there are different types of backup. Some’s file backup, some’s hardware backup, some’s backup that goes to the cloud. Some are backups that go through the cloud or through your internet connection to your home address or to another business, or an offsite location. But there are lots of different types of backup. Make sure that you are backed up, with your hardware if it’s important, with your software if that’s important, and overall with everything if you don’t want to have any downtime. If you have any questions about it, feel free to contact us and I will personally answer them for you. Stay good.

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Understanding Branding and Marketing With Susan Meier

Branding is a marketing practice by which a company creates a name or a design that is identifiable to consumers. This helps your business to be differentiated from your competitors. Your branding should leave a memorable impression on customers and it should clarify the services you offer. As an entrepreneur, your branding should also represent you and how you wish to be perceived. This is absolutely critical to your business because of its overall impact and how it can drive new business and increase brand awareness. Always remember that your company’s advertising, customer service, reputation and logo should be continuously developing to attract more consumers. In this episode, Susan Meier shares her expertise when it comes to branding and marketing strategies. 

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Cash Flow Basics With Sarah Stein

Sarah Stein The best way to make money through your business is to let your money work for you. This means that you are in control of your finances and continuously improve your business’ financial stability and security. When you gain financial independence or build wealth through proper investment, you will finally have the freedom that everyone is aiming for. The first step is, you must consult someone who is an expert in financial management and discuss how to create a budget. You may need to adjust the budget monthly or quarterly depending on the ongoings and outgoings of your finances to account for large expenses and your spending habits. In this episode, we have Sarah Stein back again from Miss Efficiency talking about cash flow basics and why cash flow is important in your business.

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Outsourcing 101 with Zsofia Banyai

intro image When a company experiences growth at a stage where it can no longer manage its internal processes, to keep up the pace, it can choose to hire another workforce to deploy its operations without interrupting the business flow. Outsourcing can free up personnel, facilities and time resources and allow companies to devote their resources to what they do well to improve their efficiency and competitiveness. While outsourcing has several advantages, it also presents other disadvantages. Outsourcing is mostly virtually that includes negotiating and signing contracts that require the involvement of legal counsel as well as daily communication with the outsourced work. To know more about this, we have Zsofia from My Processes to introduce us to the world of business outsourcing. 

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Business Continuity Plan and Disaster Recovery Plan

Business Continuity Plan and Disaster Recovery Plan

Do you have a business continuity and disaster recovery plan? Do you know what type of plan you may need for your business?

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How to Get Stuff Done in Your Business With Les Watson

Les Watson, Get More Time Have you ever thought of having more hours in a day? Everyone has experienced waking up in the morning and hoping to have an extra hour of uninterrupted, peaceful work time. But the reality is, we can’t control time. What we can control is our productivity. We must become cautious about how we spend our time and how we can get things done efficiently. Creating a daily list of your tasks is one of the best resolutions. Your tasks don’t need to take the majority of your time to complete. The experts say that it’s best to get those dreaded assignments out of the way first so that you can free to complete everything else on your list. This will make you feel better and more productive. In this episode, Les Watson from Get More Time shares his expertise in time management.

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Benefits of Business Automation

Types of Business Automation That Can Help Grow Your Small Business

Everything You Have to Know About Business Automation

Businesses nowadays have gone digital and embraced technology as part of their workflow operations. One of the biggest myths small business owners have about business automation is it’s intended solely for large companies. The truth is business automation solutions are essential for any organisation and industry because it helps to streamline processes and leverage the company’s quality of work and productivity, regardless of its size.

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Managing Your Team With Todd Pavlou

Todd Pavlou, Business Built Freedom Podcast The role of a manager is not easy. You will be responsible for your work alone and for leading and motivating your team to accomplish the organization’s goals. So how to go about being a great manager who displays authority and leadership? Others may say that maintaining good communication among your members is the most effective way to build a strong team because employees always want to be kept in the loop about any ongoing projects and activities and as a leader, it’s important that you communicate with them well and have them informed all the time. Note that you must encourage creativity and ensure that everyone is clear about what is expected of them. In this episode, Todd Pavlou shares tips about how to manage your team effectively.  

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What Is Automation?

Due to the current advancements in technology, many of you may have begun pondering what is automation? Automation is a buzzword at the moment. You need to automate as much in your business as you can because if you don’t, your competitors will. 

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Break the Virtual Barrier to Reach Your Target Audience

How to Reach Your Target Audience With Mike Maynard

Mike Maynard from NapierB2B shares how you can find the right audience.  

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How to Create Lead Magnets With Lenny Richardson

How to Create Lead Magnets With Lenny Richardson

Having lead magnets is one of the best ways to increase customers and potential business buyers. It’s a game-changer. 

How to Create Lead Magnets With Lenny Richardson

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Finishing Your Tasks With Tony Guarnaccia

Tony_Guarnaccia_intro_image.png Have you ever wished that there are more hours in a day for you to get things done? Unfortunately, we can’t stop the clock from ticking but we can have control over our productivity. To be more productive, you must plan your entire day ahead and make sure that you stick to the schedule. Waking up earlier, creating a daily to-do list and meditating will help you to make the most out it. The good news is, a company will experience an increase in profitability when its workers become more efficient and if it can produce goods and services. In this episode, we have Tony Guarnaccia, founder of ResultsClub.org will tell us about the system he’s got called the Results Loop and how it can help profitable businesses to grow.

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Kennard
02:22 28 Nov 24
I am very Satisfied with the services provided by Dorks; the teams are highly responsive and supportive.
Eleanor Swanepoel
08:38 19 Nov 24
The Dorks got me into my system after it was locked out and the device destined for landfill. Having worked with the Dorks team for 4 years, I have always found them responsive, helpful and diligent. Thoroughly recommend!
Trent Marshall
03:33 15 Nov 24
Josh and the entire Dorks team could not be any more professional, helpful, friendly and knowledgeable if they tried. Time and time again they were patient and went above and beyond to resolve numerous complicated IT issues for myself and my team, at all hours of the day and night. I recommend them to all size and scale of businesses, as no problem is too large for the Dorks! Thanks again Josh and I wish you and the team every success in work and in life.
Meg Dennis
21:27 08 Nov 24
There are very few organisations that have a service culture of going above and beyond. Josh Lewis, Dorks founder did that this week with myself and several peers, helping us through a difficult IT situation. Dorks Managed IT Services are relationship grounded, solution oriented and outcomes based. They are outstanding in their sector.
Meenakshi Vivek
06:46 08 Nov 24
I had the pleasure of speaking with Joshua from Dorks on an IT issue outside of their scope, and I couldn't be more impressed. He went above and beyond to not only resolve my problem quickly on late Friday afternoon but also was very friendly and supportive. His dedication to ensuring everything was working perfectly, truly stood out. Highly recommend Joshua Lewis @Dorks for anyone needing reliable and expert IT assistance!Thank you so much Josh!
Mark Mathews
02:16 15 Aug 24
I've been a client of Dorks Delivered for many years and for good reason! They are so easy to deal with, value for money, host and manage my website, provide office software at discounted rates, easily fix website issues etc. A seamless and easy IT company to deal and communicate with that I highly recommend for all your IT needs.
john aguiflor
03:59 05 Dec 23
Definitely a dream work place!
The Irrigation Shop
02:52 28 Nov 23
These Dorks are fantastic. Always ready to solve any problem we have. Cyber-security, hardware, even tips on marketing. Josh is always approachable and friendly, and the team are top-notch!
Rob Swanson
21:25 27 Nov 23
Dorks has helped get our company IT needs on track and streamlined. They are easily contactable when problems occur and are quick to get you back up and running!
Rimas Veselis
16:55 27 Nov 23
Always extremely helpful!
Mark Ong
02:00 27 Nov 23
The best organisation I've work with so far. All staff are hands-on and they will understand your business in order to support you the best way possible. They are the partners you need for any kind of tech solutions. I love that they are open to two-way feedback and will let you know if something is realistic or not and what is the best solution to move forward given the circumstances. It is no surprise that they come highly recommended for me.
Ben Rayner
01:28 27 Nov 23
Very happy to recommend Dorks Delivered with Teck support etc, we worked together for over 10 years and have all issues resolved promptly.Thanks Team Dorks
Tim Nelson
01:04 20 Nov 23
A refreshing company to manage my IT requirements. Over and above service, and always coming to me with new ideas and concepts
Louise Bedford
03:10 28 Aug 23
Joshua Lewis is a super star. Generous of spirit, skilled as an interviewer, and gifted with the ability to see exactly what people need - I'm sure you'll enjoy dealing with Dorks Delivered.
Dave Abbot
09:08 09 Aug 23
Absolute guns in the industry. Trustworthy reliable and brutally honest.
Bryan Nillos
00:21 03 Aug 23
Great place and great people to work with. The best MSP, value for money!
Kubrador
04:28 02 Aug 23
I strongly endorse Dorks Delivered for their outstanding Managed IT Services! With a proactive and reliable team, they provide round-the-clock support and top-notch cybersecurity, making them an invaluable partner for achieving business success.
Mark Pope
05:26 06 Jul 23
Definitely talk to Josh Lewis and the Dorks about your managed IT needs. Apart from being smart and having a great team, I have found him to be genuinely concerned about his clients, coming up with the best advice that suits their needs.
Cameron Quin
03:52 05 Jul 23
Honestly, our business wouldn't survive without them. Josh and his team just know everything and I have peace of mind when it comes to the uptime. Of my business. And they give awesome little freebies!!
Adrian Peterson
23:49 25 Apr 23
We recently transferred our I.T. needs to Dorks Delivered and they have been fantastic. The response times, ease of accessibility to them and their understanding of our needs have been brilliant. It's been a complete 180 degree shift from our previous vendor Mercury I.T. We are so pleased with the change and would happily recommend Dorks Delivered to other businesses.

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