Welcome!

10+ practical and inexpensive ways to…

Cut costs

Increase productivity

Avoid disaster

…in your business

1. Don't buy a computer

2. If you do buy a computer, don't plug it in

3. If you do plug it in, sell it and return to step 1

The 3 Laws of Secure Computing..

Cut CostsNot your business

◦ Health Care

◦ Auto Maintenance

◦ Home Maintenance

◦ Computer Service

1. Preventative Maintenance = Cost Savings

◦ Lets you address problems:

While they are small…

At their least costly to repair…

At your convenience, not while you’re trying to do business.

1. Preventative Maintenance = Cost Savings…

Use a website system that you can maintain yourself

◦ Keeps your information timely

◦ Less costly than contracting minor changes to a designer

◦ Choose one that can grow with you

◦ There are many free choices of systems

2. Manage Your Own Website

Toner, Ink Cartridges

Office Equipment

Computers

Laptops: Refurbished with Warranty, NOT off craigslist

3. Buy Second-Hand

Small businesses can save 30-40% with a VOIP phone or answering service

◦ Clearwire (Phone + Internet)

◦ Time Warner (Phone + Internet)

◦ Vonage (Phone)

◦ Skype (Phone)

◦ Magic Jack (Phone)

4. Know your VOIP options

Limit to 5% to 15% of total revenue

Organizations

◦ ITEX

◦ NATE

◦ IRTA - Int’l Reciprocal Trade Assoc.

www.ncbarter.com

5. Barter with other Businesses

Increase Productivity

Include an offer and clear call to action, with a coupon so you can track to discover what works best.

Google Analytics

Custom Landing Pages

Coupons

Measure, Measure, Measure!!!

6. Track your marketing efforts

Fax online - free or low cost, straight to your email

◦ Faxzero.com – free send

◦ Faxaway – receive unlimited for $1 / month

Email – Don’t use your ISP’s domain! Use the website name you’ve already paid for!

7. Know Your Options Online

1 account, but multiple addresses!

Gmail wins with features, usability, anti-spam, is free, works with your domain, and multiple email addresses

◦ Syncs with outlook calendar

◦ Syncs with blackberry / smart-phones

Branded Google docs for only $50 / year / user

8. Work from 1 calendar and 1 email account

Google it!

◦ FreeNetLaw.com

◦ JaxWorks.com

◦ Entrepreneur.com

9. Free Business Forms

◦ Invoicing:

Freshbooks, BlinkSale, Harvest

◦ Finance:

Mint, Quicken Online, Wesabe

◦ Project Management:

Basecamp

10. Invoicing, Tracking, Finances

Google Docs

Open Office

DimDim (web and phone meetings)

AVG, Anti-virus

SpyBot S&D, Anti-Spyware

Ccleaner, Defraggler

11. Free Software / Services

LinkedIn.com

Facebook.com

Inside919.com

12. Connect!

Safeguard Your Business

Remote backup service, 5$ / month

Store only customer information that is needed

Secure it against loss or theft!

◦ True Crypt is Free!

Have a contingency plan…

13. Protect Your Information

Outsource / Cut everything but your value!

Don’t compromise your UVP

Coupon, mention: “Leads67”

15% off computer care packages

Free computer tune-up, virus protection, spyware protection, with 1 year plan

Leads Group Deal