Help for small business owners moving to the cloud

Free Cloud Services for Your Small Business

8/14/2015

Note: Some service providers may limit available features.

Storage:
Google.com/drive: Drive provides you with 15 GB of online storage.
Onedrive.live.com: Microsoft storage with 15 GB of storage is a natural for 365 users.
Box.com The Personal plan offers 10 GB of free storage. Box is a business favorite.

CRM:
Insightly.com: Including project management for up to 2 users. Good integration.
Zoho.com/crm: Free for up to 10 users. Scalable with good reporting features.

Productivity:
Google.com/Docs: Web-based office suite with sharing and real-time collaboration.
Evernote.com: Very popular application. Syncs across platforms and devices.

Data Analytics:
IBM.com/analytics/watson-analytics/: East to use the service. Limit on file size and storage.

Project and Task Management:
Zoho.com/projects: Extensive features with Google Apps and Dropbox integration.
Asana.com: Good for team management on simple projects.
Trello.com: Project management tool that makes collaboration easy.

Accounting:
Waveapps.com: Here you'll find all the core accounting functions that a small business needs.

Other Business Services:
Hootsuite.com: Manage and track up to 3 social media profiles. Very popular
GingerSoftware.com: Contextual grammar and spell checker.
Ifttt.com: ifttt stands for If This, Then That. Build connections on the Web.
Skype.com: Text, video and voice communication over the internet.

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How small businesses benefit from data analytics

8/4/2015

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We see articles about big data almost every day. We live in a data centric world and the amount of data collected is doubling about every two years. But only well funded companies can afford to hire data scientists or business intelligence experts to extract knowledge from data, allowing for better business decisions and an improved customer experience.

Every business has a need for data and the insight that can be extracted. For the small business owner today, the task is bringing data together that had been overlooked in the past. With a growing number of modern, easy-to-use applications, the small business owner can collect and analyze data in developing better solutions to serve today's customers. Unfortunately surveys have shown that a large portion of these owners either lack the expertise, money or time to make use of these tools.

A simple approach is to implement an effective CRM application. The recent trend of vendors incorporating actionable analytics, which helps companies understand customer needs and manage relationships better, is gaining momentum. Today free and low-cost CRM analytics and reporting tools take data from multiple sources (phone, email, social media, etc.) and turn it into insight.

For our recommendation of top rated free and low-cost CRM vendors, visit the application selection page of our website www.cloudnmobility.com

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Free Cloud Services for Your Small Business

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