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"Web-Based Services Help Cut Costs Without Cutting Effectiveness"

Guest post from Luc Vezina: "Read any book or blog (including this one) that offers advice about working from home and you'll find one of the first recommendations is the importance of controlling your costs. Whether you're starting up your own home-based business or working out of your home for someone else, the less you spend on up-front on technology, the more money (and sanity) you have left for yourself. 

One cost-effective strategy that can help you in that area is moving away from buying technology that requires software and/or hardware, and instead signing on for Web-based services. These services offer a "pay-as-you-go" model that eliminates the need for huge up-front capital expenditures, high maintenance costs, and ongoing support costs. All while assuring the technology you're using has all the latest features and upgrades. 

Here are three ways Web-based services can help you work better for less:

• No IT costs...
• Free maintenance... 
• Use them for nearly everything... 

While home workers choose to go that route for a variety of reasons, no one does it so they can spend more time trying to keep their computers running. Web-based services give you a way to avoid all the geeky stuff - and save money in the bargain."

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Source: Home Office Warrior, 3 September 2009

Full post as published by Stark County Law Library Blawg on September 30, 2009 (boomark / email).