Today, it’s not uncommon to see many people running their small business out of the comfort of their own home. Here are three essential tools required to run your small business successfully.
Web/Email Hosting
How many times have you seen a small business owner’s business card that has a free e-mail service such as Yahoo, Google, or Outlook as their business e-mail? Does this look professional to you? What about proposals coming from these same e-mail services? Seems “spammy” right? These are great reasons why your small business needs to have its own domain. For example, [email protected] looks better than [email protected]. Today, web hosting costs are inexpensive and usually includes unlimited e-mail accounts, unlimited storage, unlimited domain names and more.
Data Backup
Over the eight years Avantech has been in service, we’ve had the unfortunate responsibility of informing some small business owners that their data is completely gone. Don’t let this happen to you! Data backup today is much less expensive and on par with many enterprise data backup technologies. Think about it like this. If your hard drive crashed right now and you lost all of your documents, pictures, etc., would you be able to continue your business successfully? If the answer is no then you MUST have a data backup and disaster recovery plan in place. For small businesses and home office, we offer a service called Digital Safe bundled with our service desk plans.
IT Support
Gone are the days when having your own IT department in-house was a requirement to use technology. These days you can have a complete IT Department on hand 24/7 for less than the price of a cup of coffee per day. So, why do you need IT Support for your small office or home office? Here are some reasons.
- You need someone to manage and maintain your equipment so that you can focus on your core business and revenue-generating activities.
- An IT department can provide you with technology guidance before you make that big purchase or invest in a new service.
- An IT department can be your one-stop shop for everything technology.
- An IT department can protect you from data loss.
We have a service that meets and exceeds the needs of small businesses. In fact, our mission is to provide small businesses with affordable enterprise-level IT support, maintenance and protection previously only afforded to large enterprises.
With these three essential services in place, your small business is sure to be a success!