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Crew Chief Phil | Employee Spotlight – Phil Dumm
It’s Spring in Indiana and that means the Indy 500. Whether you’re a race fan or not you have to acknowledge the intensity and organization that teams put out in the hopes of winning the Borg-Warner Trophy. Everybody loves the drivers. They push 200+ MPH for three or...
Who Owns My Tech?
I’ve lived in the country for over 20 years now. It’s quite common for my commute on county roads to be delayed by a few minutes because I get behind a tractor hauling equipment that takes up the entire road. Rather than getting frustrated about being late to check my...
GreenLight For Growth: How GreenLight Collectibles Uses Technology To Simplify and Grow
Like many of our clients, GreenLight Collectibles has humbly built a thriving business that you’ve probably bought from but maybe didn’t realize it. GreenLight Collectibles is one the largest manufacturers of diecast replicas in the world. For many, it’s a...
Back For Round 2 | Employee Spotlight – Andrew Roy
“I watched Joe answer phones all day and said ‘thank God I’m not doing that.’” Three years later, that’s exactly what he’s doing and doing it well. Andrew was the first addition to the C2IT team in our company’s “second phase”. If you’ve followed the C2IT story you...
Now Hiring – Help Desk Technician
C2IT Consulting, Inc. (“C2IT”) is a central-Indiana based technology firm with over 20 years experience in helping organizations achieve more with tech. C2IT designs, builds, and supports data-driven mobile apps, websites, and technology solutions. We increase...
Westfield Outdoors – Growing An Outdoor Legacy
Growing An Outdoor Legacy The great outdoors. Tents, camp chairs, a cooler full of snacks and drinks. If that's your idea of a perfect weekend there's a 99% chance you own at least one Westfield Outdoors product and probably don't know it. Like many of our clients,...
What Is Phishing?
What Is Phishing? "Phishing is a cybercrime in which a target or targets are contacted by email, telephone, or text message by someone posing as a legitimate institution to lure individuals into providing sensitive data such as personally identifiable information,...
What is Co-Managed IT?
If your small business is the size of mine in that sweet spot of 5-20 employees, you’re likely a wearer-of-many-hats business leader. Today’s focus is on invoicing, tomorrow’s will be on administrative tasks, and you have to help the team out with an install next...
Growing By Design | Employee Spotlight – Megan Hesler Crawford
Megan is accustomed to taking risks in her career. Before joining C2IT Consulting she was working at a startup that was nearing the end of its road. While the startup journey is exciting the uncertainty brings on a lot of stress. Not wanting to slow down her learning...
“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....