Wednesday, September 18, 2013

Are you thinking about a home-based business?

By Scott Shimberg


Managing a business has never been simpler, from a technology perspective. Procedures that earlier required an office environment can virtually be handled from home, on the road, or wherever you choose to be. Especially, if you want to start your own online business. Your decision!

Computing power is simply the laptop or desktop (or even tablet) of your choice, lots of hard drive capacity and memory space - though think that it too will be outdated in a matter of a couple of years. Oh well, the decreasing price of computing is given in today's modern technology environment, so just enjoy the hottest gadget today, it's consistently replaceable.

Storing information, files, documents, contacts, email, photographs, anything can be handled most efficiently in "the cloud", that is stored through the internet on a file server that is retrievable with any internet connection. So, take that file you are working on from your laptop, save it to your "cloud server". Your smart phone is an easy click to retrieve the document. Want to print the file from the smart phone to your wireless printer? - no problem. How about forward the document from the smart phone to a colleague? Or maybe both of you are collaborating on the document, and each one pulls it down to use when they need it.

That presentation needs last minute tweaks before the client presentation? - no problem. Access the file onto your tablet computer and modify the slide with the latest sales numbers. NO large staff to handle the paperwork. NO cumbersome IT department to work through. NO large budget to handle all of these amazing tech toys.

The ability these days for someone to start in a home-based business is more attainable now than in the past. With an economy begging for more jobs, and employees discouraged with a business climate that lends skepticism to one's present job situation, managing the tool belt of technology to forge forward with one's own business endeavor permits the entrepreneur a toolbox to appear like the big guys, but at a fraction of the costs.

Combine areas like video conferencing and online meeting sites to share computers, even the costs of travel can be lessened as real work can be achieved through an internet connection. Don't forget that even the telephone call may be handled by means of a voice over IP coverage, even eliminating the cost of a standard phone bill from the equation.

No time in history has it been a better time to venture out - the uncertainty is in the continuation as an employee than to become your own boss, and be in charge of your own destiny. No time in history has the individual been given technology that allows him to run a business like a major corporation. And no time in history has it been a better time than now to discover one's true potential. Like the ancient proverb says, "There's no time like the present." And as the saying goes, "Carpe diem" - Seize the Day!

Until next time

Scott & Heidi




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