Learn to Tell Your Stories, to Help Your Influence Grow

Digital evangelist and and author Vala Afshar, a former key executive for Salesforce, recently noted: “Read to improve your writing. Write to improve your thinking. Speak to improve your storytelling.” His remark is profound, and should resonate highly with the readers of Smart Hustle. Think about the many headlines competing …

What is a zero-day attack?

In an increasingly hyper-connected, ever-evolving digital age, cyber security has never been more important — and if you’re a small- to medium-sized business owner, this applies to you, too. That said, one of the most prevalent and threatening of all cyber violations is something called a zero-day attack. To put …

A quick rundown on transient data in WordPress: What is it and how to manage it? 

In WordPress, transients are a particular way of caching data for a certain period of time. Instead of storing data in the object cache, transient data in WordPress is stored only temporarily, with the hopes that it will be updated occasionally. Transients are generated with a set maximum lifetime, after …