We always believe that make good use of technology to improve business efficiency. We tried and tested many and even paid the price for some good and not so useful applications.
In this page, we want to share with small business owners the applications / services which we find it useful for us and we believe it is useful for your entrepreneurship too. Hopefully it helps saving your time and money from doing the research so that you can FOCUS in the business.
Web Hosting
Website is an online shop front for a business. Customer who needs your service will do a search online and they can get more information about your company, products & services from your website and contact you or they can even purchase directly from your website. Hence, it is utmost important to ensure that your company website is 24/7 accessible online (no down time) so that you will not miss out any opportunities.
We used to look for the lowest price package possible for web hosting (to keep start up cost low), but we learn our lesson. Now, the first thing we look at is how strong and powerful their SUPPORT/CUSTOMER SERVICE team. At time, there maybe some hiccup to our website. As a business owner, we are not the IT expert, instead of spending our time searching for solutions, the web hosting company must be responsive and helpful in troubleshooting and rectifying the hosting issue and make sure it is up again as soon as possible.
We strongly recommend Vodien Web Hosting. We really appreciate their support team very much. They usually reply to our queries within an hour, even during midnight (other company may take 24 hours to reply). Their support staff are really helpful and professional. They are not the cheapest provider, but their fee is reasonable. Check out their website to find out more and try it yourself.
Virtual Staff - Copywriter, Web Designer etc
Fiverr is a market place to engage professional for all type of services such as copywriter, web designer, graphic designer, editor etc. Basically you can find all type of services here. The starting price is USD$5.
If you need help to write a sales letter, website content, blog post etc, you can find really good writers here. Or you need someone to design your logo, name card, banner etc, you can find creative designer here.
We have been using this platform for a number of years, some professionals are really good, deliver high quality work but some are just "normal".
Do check out the review for the service and make your own judgement call.