Wednesday, August 20, 2008

10 Free Or Low Cost Ways To Run Your Business From Your Mobile Phone

Believe it or not there are many web services that give you the power to run your business from your cell phone.

You can use these low cost or free services to:

1. Get personalized business advice and ideas.
The Big Bright Bulb.com offers microconsulting targeted, personalized advice and ideas, for businesses of 1 to 5 people, with questions about doing business online.

2. Check and compare product prices.
About to buy a new office printer at an electronics store and want to make sure you're really getting a bargain? Access the product search on your cell phone to search for lower online prices.
3. Find and connect with local businesses.

Dial 1-800-GOOG-411 (1-800-466-4411) from any phone State the location and business. Connect to the business for free Google's new 411 service is free, fast and easy to use.

4. Copy documents, whiteboards and handwritten notes.
Turn documents, notes and whiteboards into digital copies (PDFs) with your camera phone.

5. Get directions, avoid traffic, and find the nearest 'whatever'.
Never get lost again with Google Maps for mobile a downloadable application that puts local information, directions and maps in your pocket.

6. Monitor your expenses and spending trends.
Automatically and securely aggregates your bank and credit card accounts to easy see what's costing you the most.

7. Print email attachments, data or web pages.
Free mobile printing service for your cell phone, send what you want to print to the virtual print server which converts your data to a PDF.

8. Save time and save your messages.
Read your Voicemail, see your voicemail in text when you can't take the call or listen to the message.

9. Edit your blog.
You can post photos and text from your camera phone straight to the web blog. You can even create one automatically when you send a photo or message from your mobile device.

10. Turn your camera phone into a scanner, copier, and fax.
You can keep digital copies of important documents, save interesting articles from magazines, share documents with remote employees, fax a contract while on the road and/or email signed expense reports.

With the use of these mobile web services there's no reason to tell a customer they have to wait or tell a partner you haven't received a fax someone sent you or missed a voice mail because you weren't in the office.

With today's technology being able to run your business away from the office just as if you were in the office is easy. This means you can access your office email, faxes, files and more--wherever you are, no laptop needed.

By: Tonya R. Taylor
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