5 Cost Saving Tips Every Business Owner Should Know:

1.   Telephony Phone System:

·   VoIP – basically a phone service that uses the Internet

·   Reassess your phone plan to ensure you get the best price or plan for the volume of calls; SIP trunking maybe a very attractive option

·   Select a phone system that combines several services or applications (voice mail, call forwarding, auto-attendant, faxing, conference management, etc.)

2.   Electronic Communications:

·   Configure your computer to send and receive faxes

·   Send as much communication electronically (email, faxes, social media sites or Web forums); such as invoicing, marketing messages, etc.; to save on paper, envelopes, postage and time

·   Pay bills through the Internet to save time and postage

3.   Web Conferencing: Use online presentations/meetings to reduce travel time

4.   Disaster-Recovery Planning: Don’t scrimp; invest in protections, detection and recovery

5.   Miscellaneous:

·   Laptops consume 90% less energy than desktop computers

·   Share/network printers for multi-users; encourage double-sided print; and standard for minimal consumables

·   Regular maintenance to optimize hardware life cycles

Comments

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Whether your business is traditional or Internet-based, every entrepreneur should understand that a business exists to earn profits. To earn profits, a business can do either or both of these two things: increase revenue, or cut down costs.

[Broomfield IT Services]

It's interesting how most of these tips have to do with improving technology. New technology can be great for a business especially as it gets larger. The one problem is that most people don't know how to put all that technology together in a way that works and actually benefits the business. Some good IT help can really push the technology a business uses to its max potential.