Northern California Small Business Group
Accounting Software
QuickBooks.Com
Create invoices and track all your sales & expenses in less
time. It's faster and eaiser than ever to create invoices and stay
on top of sales & expenses. Key buisness task are grouped
logically so you kow what to do next. Run tax related reports and
drill down to see the detail behind the numbers.
Backup and Recovery
You should regularly back up files to an external hard drive or NAS
(networ-attached storage) device in your office - but what if the
whole plae goes up in smoke? Your safe with with an online backup
service like Mozy, which automatically archives whatever you'd like
across the internet, safe and sound.
Blogging Tool
If you still don't have a business blog - one of the best
up-to-date companies for your blog. WordPress installs in a matter
of seconds (they even offer a free hosted option on WordPress.com),
and is very simple to use. So start blogging about your company,
news, and product or services! If you're not blogging, your about 5
years behind the times.
Collaboration
Vyew allows you to meet and share content in real-time or anytime.
Upload images, files, documents and videos inot a room. Users can
access and contribure at anytime.
ECommerce
;You'll
be suprised at some of the sophisticated things taking place at
Kadzoom Tecnologies, Inc. with their simple e-commerce service.
Kadzoom provides everything from templates to credit-card
processing as well as sales tax collection by state. If you sell
less than 2,500 unites, this is definitely one of the easiest and
quickest ways to get online. Even better: This company does not use
any third-party software so you have an army of developers standing
by if you are in need of any tech support. This company developes
all it's own programs putting it in their CMS for any client is
free to use, avoiding any additional program fees.
Software
Would you like to avoid the big dollors for Office? OpenOffice.Org is mostly compatible with Mircrosoft Office, and operations are similar enough that any Microsoft user should have no trouble using this program. It offers word processor, spreadsheets, and presentation tools. Also a simple database and drawing tools
Social Networking
Linkedin
When it comes to finding great contacts, employees, contractors, service providors, and maybe even a business partner, Linkedin has proven to be a gret tool for many buisnesses.
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2012