November 4, 2018

The Best of Boyle (County) Basket

We would like to shout out a big “THANK YOU!” to those local businesses who donated to the “Best of Boyle Basket” to be a drawing giveaway at the recent Health Fair presented by Whitaker Bank. The Brown Center for aging presented and the event included a symposium on Alzheimers […]
July 28, 2018

BCTC Tour Was Impressive!

Our local Bluegrass Community & Technical College (BCTC), here in Danville is a wonderful asset to the community. Steve and I took a tour this week and we wanted to share a bit of information about this resource. The school is planning a huge expansion to serve more students and […]
October 16, 2017

Is your WI-FI Secure?

Is your wi-fi network secure? The short answer is NO! Recent announcements of ongoing research by Mathy Vanhoef and Frank Piessens, partially funded by the Research Fund KU Leuven and by the imec High Impact Initiative Distributed Trust project show that all wi-fi networks are vulnerable to at least one […]
October 9, 2017

Screen Capture: Creating a Video of What’s On Your Computer Screen

Sometimes, when you are trying to explain what you see on your computer screen, things get a little frustrating. It’s ok, we have a great little tool for those of you who have a Windows 10 machine, that will make your life easier. Gaming DVR Tool In Windows 10 Win […]
April 19, 2017

Creative Ways to Save Money in Your Small Business

Sometimes the best way to grow your small business is to save money on the things that don’t matter to invest them in those things that do. I recently offered our readers some suggestions on How to Save Money on Web Hosting fees. Today, let’s look at some other ways […]
April 5, 2017

How to Save Money on Website Hosting

We recently did an audit of many of those accounts we take for granted — the ones we put on auto-pilot. One of the accounts we reviewed was our website hosting provider. Once you find an excellent website host, you don’t want to change things. Finding that provider is never […]
March 22, 2017

Preventing Burnout for Entrepreneurs

Burnout for entrepreneurs is not the exception to the rule… it IS the rule. When you are an entrepreneur it’s easy to end up being “always at work” and always on call. How you overcome burnout will make the difference in whether you are a successful entrepreneur or a statistic. Define […]
March 15, 2017

AV Concerns? We Still Recommend Kaspersky

A year ago, we posted an article recommending Kaspersky Internet Security as our favorite anti-virus solution for most home computer and small business users. Recently we have seen multiple television commercials for a product called PC Matic. It claims to be 100% American made and claims to be the only […]
January 2, 2017

Net Neutrality

Net Neutrality Questions You might be wondering, what is net neutrality? And, why do we care? Great questions! According to Wikipedia net neutrality is defined as “the principle that all Internet traffic should be treated equally.[9] Internet traffic includes all of the different messages, files and data sent over the […]
December 2, 2016

Design Trends for 2017

Web Design Trends for 2017 The designers here at Cool Jazz Web Design Studio are always on the lookout for the latest in website design and where those trends will be taking us. Looking forward allows us to build a site for you or your business that will not look […]
November 27, 2016

Content-First Design at Cool Jazz

Here at Cool Jazz Web Design we follow the philosophy of content-first design. What Is Content-First Design? Content-first design is design that is content driven. In other words, you have to know what the content is, BEFORE you start the design process. Many web design companies will throw up a template, […]
October 2, 2016

10 Marketing Tips for Bloggers

1. Select a clean theme Buying a theme doesn’t guarantee quality. Some premium or paid themes have “dirty” code that don’t do you any SEO favors. On the other hand, some “free” themes do a great job. Do your due diligence before selecting. Beware of poorly functioning/performing themes or those […]