Q: Is it possible to withdraw funds from a PayPal business account to my PERSONAL bank account instead of business bank account?

A: The formal answer is no. However, if you add it as an account and ‘verify’ it you can likely make at least one transfer. If PayPal finds it to be a personal account your PayPal account may be suspended or negative action taken.

For the third time in the past three years Yahoo pink slips have been flying again today. Yahoo confirmed that it has officially laid off 600 people. News first surfaced following news reports that were often based on Twitter messages from employees who had been let go.

I’m sorry but someone at Yahoo is obviously messing up the system if today’s layoffs are any sign. The search market is too large, Yahoo once a PPC giant has greatly eroded what made it a player in the Overture days into a wimpy non-player it’s becoming.

Too many hand sin the Yahoo pie I guess.

Remote PC tech support company recently announced a team up with iYogi to offer support on mobile phones and other communication devices.

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For the first time, U.S. residents are apparently devoting on average as much time to online activities as they are to watching TV, a new Forrester Research study reports.

This doesn’t come as a surprise, it only reinforces what has been an obvious gradual, and then suddenly landslide move to ‘being online’ becoming a major force in our everyday lives.

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When you need to take top-secret data with you on the road, today’s flash drives put military-grade encryption and other secure features in the palm of your hand. Let alone the large data storage that’s available creates a no-excuse way to back up sensitive data and store off site for security.

Check-out what’s available now, the 4th quarter is typically a great time to buy needed peripherals.

For a brief time earlier this week, cyber criminals breached Google’s and Microsoft’s online ad networks and distributed malicious advertisements that attacked some users’ PCs.

Cyber security is and should be of priority concern for any business no matter it’s size. When sourcing vendors for your business be sure to apply due diligence to insure your own bottom line and brand protection.

Blue Bayou is available to provide a variety of security services designed to protect your companies web presence. Contact us today at: 801-228-0524 for a customized security solution.

Q: What secure flash drive do you recommend? Under $100 please.

A: The IronKey Personal S200 secure flash drive uses sophisticated and tested hardware encryption, eliminating the need to run software on your PC and putting your data at potential risk.

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Q: I am looking for a shopping cart that will allow me to do the following: Have an online store that can showcase all my different storefront niches, ship from multiple warehouses (drop ship).

A: Miva. Make sure it’s a U.S. host based service that knows Miva inside and out (like Blue Bayou). Also, never try to run an e-commerce store on a shared server.

A Blue Bayou Miva specialist can be reached by calling: 801-228-0524.

You gotta love Martha Stewart, an immensely independent woman, strong and well versed in the marketing of, well, the marketing of virtually everything that she touches.

How can you emulate Martha in your own marketing strategy? Easy, cross-market everything that you do offline as well as online. Notice how Martha’s show(s) constantly mentions the magazine, and how the magazine always mentions the show, and the products with her name on them?

Martha cross-markets everything, building on top of each media outlet for absolute maximum exposure. Copy this in your own everyday marketing and you too will see a significant up-tick in business.

Reality TV is ingrained into todays pop-culture. From Real Wives of Beverly Hills, to game shows as reality TV it’s everywhere that we look.

Can reality TV teach us anything about marketing our website? Absolutely! Look to reality TV for ideas you can use like demonstrating your product or service in a real world example. People love purchasing anything they perceive to solve a problem in their life.

Reality TV proves that this generation believes everything revolves around them. Make your product do exactly that, make it appear to solve a problem they have in their own daily routine and you have a customer.

Blue Bayou does it’s part each day by providing everything a small to medium sized business needs in it’s web hosting, web marketing and promotion.

What can your company do?