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“Pet” Project with a Powerful Purpose
In 2013 Terri Willard retired after a fruitful career with Eli Lilly. Seeking a little extra company, Terri and her husband adopted Sadie, a mischievous miniature Goldendoodle who quickly became a part of the family. Sadie loves to go for walks, chew on things, ride...
Five Benefits You Should Expect From A Full-Service Website Company
Let’s explore five key benefits of working with a full-service website company. There's no shortage of website provider offerings. You’ve got everything from full-scale marketing agencies to freelancers working a side hustle. So let's first define Full Service Website...
IT and Accounting, Boring Is Beautiful
When It Comes To IT and Accounting, Boring Is Beautiful What is more compelling than an article about IT and accounting? Watching grass grow or paint dry? Probably. Following headlines about an epic technology failure or a financial scandal is definitely more...
Google Workspace or Office 365 – Is There a “Right” Choice?
Microsoft and Google have been going head-to-head in recent years in the email, calendar, and office suite product space. There’s a good chance your business uses one of these suites for your own communication and collaboration tools. Microsoft Outlook, Word, and...
Different Path but the Same Journey | Employee Spotlight – Chet Cromer
Chet Cromer never set out to own his business. Despite building one of the area’s largest technology consulting businesses in terms of employees and clients served, he still doesn’t consider himself much of an entrepreneur. That can be a little confusing, so let me...
Tech Trends in 2021 – An Alternative Perspective
Welcome to 2021, my friends! By the time this newsletter goes out, January will nearly be in our rearview mirrors and we’ll all be heading strong into the first quarter of the year. 2020 is behind us, and many of us offered it a “good riddance” as we watched the ball...
From the Desk of Chet Cromer – Cohesive Teamwork
Over the past 5 months, I’ve shared our vision and 4 core values of Attentive Discovery, Loyal Partnerships, Economic Value, and today, Cohesive Teamwork. It’s fitting that teamwork comes in at the end of another year as it’s a time many of us try to take a moment to...
Technology Trends In 2020. Four Things To Know
Technology Trends In 2020 2020 will undoubtedly be the most memorable year for many of us. Pandemic, social movements, Presidential Election, and it capped off with one of the largest technology acquisitions in history when Salesforce paid $27.7 billion for Slack....
Employee Spotlight – Ryan Sullivan
“Every business says work/life balance is important. But when the owner's kid is at the office during your interview you get to feel it.” This past February C2IT hired our Business Development Specialist Ryan Sullivan. He lives in Plainfield with his wife and girls....
New Partnership with Morgan County Sheriff and 911
There’s a scrap of paper in my notebook and a corner of my whiteboard where I list some “prominent local businesses” we’d love to work with down the road. We don’t know how these relationships will come to be, or even if they ever will, but that list is out there, and...
Pricing Tech – Not For the Faint of Heart
My small-scale tech business has been in business for 18 years now, and one of the most difficult challenges we still face is properly pricing the services we offer. Many of our clients are small in nature themselves, and I haven’t met any that have a bottomless...
Employee Spotlight – Erin Cromer
One of the key members of the operation here at C2IT, having worked with us since 2003, Erin Cromer does quite a bit of behind the scenes work. Erin has had a wild journey; Graduating from University and moving to Indiana, getting married to our own Chet Cromer,...
Does My Seasonal Business Need A Website?
3 Reasons Your Seasonal Business Needs A Website When your business is only open a few months a year, or even just a few weeks, a professional website may seem like overkill. In some industries you may not need a website. In others it might be critical. Here are three...
Growing A Great Website With Jay’s Tree Farm
A Christmas Tree is the focal point of the Christmas holiday for many of us. And the process is important. Most people have had some experience with both real and artificial trees. You know there's some benefits to artificial trees. But when it all comes down to it,...
Let’s Talk About Plugins for WordPress
We all know that websites are the billboard for a company, oftentimes that’s the first interaction with you that your customers will have. But why not make it more than just a billboard? WordPress and its incredible amount of plugins allow a business to do just that....
How To Add Scheduling To Your Website
Websites drive your business in many ways, reaching customers that you may never reach. But navigating and managing it can be a difficult process. With the right web design team, however, you can accomplish far more with your website than you ever thought. Scheduling...
Reliable Joe: In It For The Long Haul
Before there was C2IT, there was Custom Computer Software. Not only did Chet, our CEO work there, but so did Joe Newlin, our Director of Operations. The two of them worked there up until the business was sold to Chet, who asked Joe to come along with him and step into...
SEO – How To Improve It?
SEO or Search Engine Optimization is a hot word right now; it’s everywhere and it seems to be growing more important every day. This can make it slightly vexing if you don’t know much about it. Search Engine Optimization simplified is how high up on the list your...
Small Business Internships Can Work
Oftentimes opportunity shows up when you’re not looking for it and you must decide to capture it or not. 2020 has presented many unusual opportunities for us; one of those was hiring a marketing intern. Like many things, it wasn’t on the 2020 road map for our team....
Is “Good Enough” Good Enough?
I wrote a blog post entitled “Good Enough Is Good Enough” a couple years ago and received more positive feedback on this article than I had any others. As I look back on some experiences from this past week, I wanted to circle right back to it in this column. My team...
C2IT launches WordPress plugin for Scorpion Window Film
We're pleased to announce we're launching a plugin for Scorpion Window Film! This plugin will allow visitors to sites that resell Scorpions Paint Protection Film product to incorporate the product into their own WordPress / WooCommerce sites! The plugin requires...
Why all the Subscriptions in Tech?
Amazon Prime. Netflix. Quickbooks Online. Subscriptions, subscriptions, subscriptions. It seems like almost every software package out there now has a subscription plan associated with it. Some of them make perfect sense - they provide us fresh new content or service...
A Year in Review: Carr’s Workiversary
Closing out my first year of professional software development I have been able to look back at all the stressful days, rewarding experiences, and knowledge gained that has built a solid foundation for me to continue in my career. All the worries that were there...
Capitol City Iron Works Client Spotlight
This month for our client spotlight we wanted to focus on a client with whom we have a terrific relationship; one that we believe highlights the humanity in our business as well as shows what a great client we have. Capitol City Iron Works is a commercial railing...