You're Wasting Time: 4 Business Functions to Stop Doing Yourself
by Kirk Studebaker // President on Mar 14, 2018 10:48:16 AM
You don't have to do it all yourself. We live in a world with knowledge – and experts – about every topic under the sun literally at our fingertips. We also live in a world full of service businesses. Don't want to mow your lawn? Schedule lawn service. Don't want to fix that leaky fau …
Is Your Copier Poking Holes in Your Network Security?
by Kirk Studebaker // President on Jan 24, 2018 3:55:00 PM
The fastest growing meter in the copier world is the scan meter. Scan to file, Scan to USB, Scan to Email, Scan to a software – scanning is at an all-time high. This is great for the customer. It makes it simple to Send information around the world Put documents in places where they c …
How to Leave Your IT Staff Alone When the Printer Breaks
by Kirk Studebaker // President on Jan 16, 2018 10:27:44 AM
In many small businesses, departmental roles and responsibilities are blurry – human resources fades to marketing, marketing to sales, and IT to “anything remotely technical” that has any kind of connection to a computer or plugs into a wall. Pretty broad, right? If you have in-house …
45+ Tips for Getting the Most From Business Documents: Our Best Blogs of 2017
by Kirk Studebaker // President on Dec 28, 2017 11:00:00 AM
Another year has flown by. As we get ready for a great 2018, it’s a good time to look back at 2017. Here are the eight most-read blogs from 2017. Whether you missed them the first time around or want to reread them, I hope the 45 plus tips and ideas in the eight posts will give you id …
Stop Losing Documents - What You Need to Know About Data Backup
by Dan Stoy, Solutions Specialist // Managed Network Services on Dec 12, 2017 11:30:00 AM
Have you ever lost a document you were working on? We all have at some point. The ramifications can range from annoying (on a personal level because you have to recreate the document) to devastating (on an office-wide level if you lose your business-critical documents). Backing up com …
How to Get the Best IT Help Desk Support
by Brian Petry, Service Manager // Network Technologies on Oct 19, 2017 2:32:00 PM
There are few things worse than reaching out to your IT help desk and then not getting the help you need and want. Expectations are important though – you won't always get immediate action on low-priority IT issues. Here at Coordinated, we do everything we can to ensure that our IT he …
SMBs Must Understand These 9 Notorious Cybersecurity Risks
by Kirk Studebaker // President on Sep 26, 2017 12:23:06 PM
Information security breaches and hacks aren't only problems for large, well-known businesses. Cybercriminals are targeting businesses of all sizes – especially SMBs. Why SMBs? Most SMBs have poor security strategies and are vulnerable to phishing and other attacks that expose them to …
Want to Attract Great Employees? IT That Works Helps
by Kirk Studebaker // President on Sep 25, 2017 3:22:00 PM
How hard can it be to find someone with skills, or at least the willingness to learn? If you're a manufacturing company, you know that finding qualified employees isn't easy. In the past, someone looking for a job was grateful to get an interview. Now, the tables have turned. Job seek …
I Want Fast Copier Service. Can You Deliver?
by Andrew Sterneman, Sales Associate // Copier and Print Services on Aug 31, 2017 12:01:37 PM
I work in the St. Cloud location for Coordinated. As I make calls on potential customers, I'm often asked some variation of this: “Our current service is fast, within just a few hours. We don’t want someone coming up from the cities because when we make a service call, we need it fixe …