During these tough economic times, you may find yourself in need of reducing your operating costs.
It can be quite difficult to do so, without sacrificing your services. However, it can be done and here are a few simple tips that may assist you.
Cell phone
If your current plan is unlimited minutes, look back over your bills and see if your actual minutes usage needs an unlimited plan. If not, you can reduce your plan temporarily and stay within your actual usuage minutes usually for significant savings.
MagicJack
If you do not have an unlimited plan and/or are considering an unlimited plan, MagicJack is a small device that connects your computer to a phone and allows you to make calls over the internet for a small yearly fee. This also helps to save your roll over minutes if you have them. By the way, you can also try this for free before buying :)
Mailouts
- If you do mail outs of flyers etc., look into using bulk rate services from the post office. There is a minimum number of pieces required for bulk rate postage as well as a few other restrictions, but the savings is worth it.
- You have to pay to use bulk rate and obtain a bulk rate code. If you can not afford the fee, perhaps getting some other agents in your office to split the fee will help. Then you can all use the bulk rate code.
- Try using postcards instead letters/flyers when possible. Postcards cost less to mail then a letter!
- If you can do more emails then mail outs, this may also help reduce your costs.
Printing
- If you use an ink jet printer, try switching to a laserjet printer. toner is much less expensive then ink cartridges whan calculating costs per print.
- If you print in color, calculate your cost to print each unit and compare that to printing a single item then taking that item to a local business center (Staples, OfficeMax etc.) and having copies made. Often times, you can take your markup document (word, publisher etc.) on a disk and they can print directly from your document.
Gas
Try to organize your trips effectively. Planning multiple stops when you're out and about rather then going to one store/stop at a time should save you plenty of time and gas.
Thoughts, comments or suggestions?
Do you have ways of cutting your budget without cutting your business services you'd like to share?
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