Cutting your software costs
I want to help you save money and I am never going to ask you for anything in return.
Every year I save thousands of pounds by not spending any money on software. It was the NetSuite pricing that pushed me over the edge one afternoon and drove me to look for a better deal for systems to run my business. I am now confident that I can reliably do most of things I need to do in my business on using software that costs zero dollars. No business teacher will ever tell you this. I know for a fact that most folk that work in small businesses dont know or practice the steps I share with you here.
You need to do three things to make this strategy work for you.
- Each working day spend 10 mins searching for a specific tool.
- Get yourself a copy a free copy of Evernote to record what you find.
- Set aside ten minutes every day to experiment with what you find.
I would do this exercise for about one month to get a list together and implement all of the software you nedd. This are some of my favorites just to get you started and help you discover what is possible.
Below in the right hand column you will find the software that you probably have purchased or recognize and on the left you will find the software that will not cost you a thing.
Here we go:
Just type the name of the free product to the search engines
One system to manage customers and accounting
salesorder.com pricing: free NetSuite pricing – really expensive
Sorry I couldnt resist this one…
Creating and writing Documents
Google Docs pricing: $0 Microsoft Office pricing – at least $100
Or
OpenOffice (www.openoffice.org)
Sharing ideas online
Bubbl.us pricing: $0 Mindjet pricing – at least $200
Making videos
Jing pricing: $0 Camtasia Studio pricing – at least $300
Teleseminars
DimDim pricing: $0 AdobeConnect pricing – at least $200/month
My thanks to the NetSuite pricing incident for the inspiration to write this up and help you out.
More soon…