Create New Business or Reduce Expenses? Why not both...

With economic changes rapidly happening and a slowdown forecast coming, how can your business maximize use of your precious computer technology budget?

Here are five things you can implement now at relatively low costs to reduce expenses or help increase sales and thus bottom line profitability:

1. Email Marketing
   
   It is proven historically correct or accurate that people who bought from you are most likely to buy again. You probably already have email addresses for your best customers and they would probably enjoy hearing about new products and services that you offer. Ace Internet can help you set up a way to communicate with up to 500 people a month for only $15. It is a web based tool and takes less than 15 minutes to set up and send your first emails. Give it a try today!
   
   
2. SharePoint or Web WorkPlaces
   
   If you are running a Microsoft Small Business Server or use Comcast Business Services then you already have everything you need to start groups of people (either inside or outside of your company) to collaborate, work on large Word documents, Excel spreadsheets, PowerPoint presentations or other files. Right now, almost all email systems have limitations on files sizes. SharePoint puts you in control of some of these limitations and gets salespeople collaborating with customers. Call ACE Internet for an online demo.
   
   
3. "SaaS" or Software as a Service
   
   Ever day there are probably dozens or hundreds of new web based applications being developed in cyberspace. Microsoft is leveraging its LIVE platform for chat, presence, document sharing and more. Google has similar offerings and there are many others (Salesforce.com, etc.) If you have a specific sales tool you are using or a process that helps you sell...contact Ace Internet and see what other options exist that are web based and easy to use.
   
   
4. Smart Phone Technology
   
   The iPhone, the Blackberry, Microsoft Windows Mobile devices...the price on all of this technology has come way down and the power and functionality keeps going up. We are not at the point where you can ditch your laptop and some of your traveling workers need access when they can not use a laptop. Thus comes in smart phone technology. Using phones that are just a little bit smarter, key people can access calendars, contacts and emails that will SYNC with their desktop. If you already have a Microsoft Small Business Server, you ned to buy no other software. Just have Ace Internet adjust your firewall and activate services and you can start selling and communicating more with your customers.
   
   
5. Remote Workers
   
   In the past, having access to your files or your office desktop when you are at home or on the road was a luxury. Today it is almost a requirement but not just for the boss. Bringing on a part time worker or allowing tele-commuting is now far easier to manage. It is very fast to get someone online and selling or servicing your customers while he or she is off site. Ace Internet has several low cost and easy to deploy options...several of which require NO additional hardware or software purchases. Best of all, these solutions have NO recurring fees. Once set up, you just start working and managing projects and customers. Call Ace Internet to see how easy it is to try.