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How to Save Money for a Small Business

BY Sean Steed | 02-27-2009 | 12:24 PM
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Is your small business or startup fully utilizing Web 2.0 and social media resources like PlanHQ or PulseApp? Is your online marketing and branding effectively attracting new customers to your business?

Web
2.0
has flattened the barrier to entry in almost every industry, giving
today’s startups and small businesses advantages that were unheard of
as recently as three years ago. The same Web 2.0 resources that large
corporations use for sales, marketing, promotions and business
operations are now available for your small business – and can give you
the competitive edge you need. Just a few of the benefits of these
easy-to-use Web 2.0 sites include:

  • Simplifying the way information is shared among employees

  • Streamlining procurement strategies and sales organization

  • Slashing your marketing costs thanks to social networking platforms

  • Improving your brand image and becoming an opinion leader in your field

Best of all, Web 2.0 lets you do all of the above either FREE or for a shockingly low fee.

Some
sites everyone’s talking about - Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, WordPress.
Some sites are extraordinarily useful but never get any press – PlanHQ,
Xero, PulseApp. Clever, resourceful small business owners are putting all of
the Web 2.0 puzzle pieces together to get their overhead costs lower
than ever. Your startup deserves to know the business secrets of Web
2.0, and there’s a way you can discover them today.