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Shedding some light on Black Friday   no comments

A few weeks ago, Jeremy wrote an excellent article concerning Black Friday and why it’s important to consider all the cloud has to offer for managing such a busy holiday. Remember that? If not, you can (and should!) give yourself a little refresher course, here. Now, to establish the obvious, Black Friday is a high-traffic “holiday”. The same thing goes for Cyber Monday. However, these days, this might be little more than the result of heavy marketing campaigns and layers upon layers of hype that have accumulated around it over the years. We recently stumbled over some intriguing statistics that The Wall Street Journal dug up. For those of you hardcore deal-seekers who may be tuning in–you should probably consider sitting down for this.

Did you know that Black Friday may not always be your best bet for finding the absolute lowest price or steepest discount? It was hard for us to believe, too! There’s always such a craze leading up to and—of course—on Black Friday; from the lines wrapping around entire city blocks, to the blinking, coffee-slugging early-birds maniacally refreshing retail sites. However, according to the aforementioned study conducted by The Wall Street Journal and Decide, Inc., all of this effort (and, well, misery) might not be monetarily worth it in the end.

Interestingly, it seems that major retailers are pumping up marketing campaigns surrounding their more extreme deals, while inflating the price of other items to avoid a diminution of profits. Therefore, let’s say you want a specific TV, and see that it’s absurdly marked down at a specific store. Go for it! You wait in those lines, hurdle those human beings, and get that TV by any means necessary! However, if you’re shopping in general or looking for something that has a significantly reduced demand post-holidays, you might want to just hang out for a week or so. Or, you know what? Be a go-getter! Create your own shopping holiday and have a “Super Saturday” a few weeks early, or something.

Before you give yourself a head-slap for time spent in the calamity of Black Fridays past, rest assured that Black Friday does offer some outrageous deals and you absolutely will and have saved yourself a good chunk of cash. Our point is, a lot of expert deal-hunters might be looking for bargains on days that aren’t Black Friday, and you’ll see high traffic spikes then, too. So, although you definitely need to consider Jeremy’s advice for Black Friday because of the less-informed masses who will virtually stampede through your virtual doors, you might ALSO want to do some research and apply it here and there at other times throughout the year. That way, you won’t be unprepared for the hordes of shoppers who have really done their homework.

Take a look at this graphic we pulled from Decide, Inc., and mull it over. Happy Autumn (and happy shopping!) from TurnKey Internet.

 

 

 

 

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Written by Emily on October 12th, 2012

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Broadband on a Budget   1 comment

Posted at Feb 14, 2012 @ 1:48pm Our Tough Economy

What is with the price of internet service these days?  Regional ISP’s (Internet Service Providers), such as your cable company, keep jacking their rates and we are just supposed to bend over and take it?  I don’t know about you but I am looking to cut back any way I can these days.  There has to be a better way!

I recently had a friend call me and rant about her recent internet bill; she noticed that her monthly internet rate went up again.  She said “My rates keep going up but my internet isn’t getting any faster.”  She made an absolute valid point and of course me being in the IT field I had to put my two cents in…..Broadband!

What is Broadband? Broadband is high-speed internet access that is always on, compared to dial up (remember the “Welcome,” you would get when you logged into your AOL account back in the early 90’s after waiting 5 minutes to connect) which you have to log in each time you want to connect to the internet and you don’t need a second phone line.  Broadband is practical and always available, running at high speed all the time.  Broadbands higher-speed of transmissions allows more information to be carried through the network and also may be necessary to receive the full range of services the internet has to offer such as web conferencing, VoIP (Internet Phone), music downloads, multi-player games and Netflix.
So why pay more for Broadband internet; they take you to the same internet.  Cable broadband internet can cost $60/month or more, even with those overpriced 2 year commitment bundles.

TurnKey Online now offers High-Speed DSL (Digital Subscriber Line) and Broadband in 38 states, starting at rates as low as $29.95/month with NO contract, NO commitment.  These services also include FREE Voxwire (web conferencing), 5GB of TurnKey Vault personal Backup space and 25GB of TurnKey Mail.  From speeds of 1Mbps to 7Mbps, YOU decide how fast you want to browse the internet.

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Written by admin on February 14th, 2012

Step One: Don’t Lose Business from Down Email Servers   no comments

Posted at Jul 6, 2009 @ 4:48pm Our Tough Economy

Hosting your own email is an expensive pain in the neck—keeping up with new spam filtering technology and anti-virus systems, with nowhere to turn for support. If you are like many business owners, you’ve realized how much time and money you can save by turning over your hosting to an external company. But how do you choose? There are thousands of hosting options out there and it’s hard to know which ones will give you good service and cost-effective reliability. Of course, the unpleasant truth is, many of them won’t.

TurnKey Internet offers complete solutions starting at just $39/month. We offer off-site backups from our state-of-the-art data center with a fully redundant next generation fiber optic network. We also offer raid disk systems for reliability and 24 x 7 x 365 managed support. Never worry about another software or hardware update. Never miss another email. Make the smart hosting choice for your business.

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Written by admin on July 6th, 2009

How to Make Your Business Thrive in a Tough Economy   no comments

Posted at Jul 1, 2009 @ 12:24pm Our Tough Economy

These days it seems like everywhere you look people are losing money. Businesses are scrambling to keep costs low and sales high with customers that are spending less. But don’t despair! There are still services out there that can help you optimize your assets and keep your business running smoothly.

In this blog series we will explore the ways in which TurnKey Internet hosting services can get your business up and running, and keep it that way!

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Written by admin on July 1st, 2009