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"The Queen's" Recommendations Here is a list of helpful business tools that we recommend: Legal & Financial Services: Incorporate Online! Reputable, easy & inexpensive online incorporation services (we can help you through this as well):
www.PayPal.com is the fastest growing way to pay bills and collect money online. Personal accounts accepting cash transfers are free. Business and Premier accounts charge a very low % rate to collect money but since so many vendors (including myself) are accepting it, its a very convenient way to pay bills! For payroll we use and recommend www.PayCycle.com. Contact us for our wholesale pricing information. If you work through us, we can get it cheaper than you going direct.
Professionals: Wendy Barlin CPA @ www.WBarlinCPA.com - the greatest CPA! Farmers Insurance - Agent Stephen Pohl - Email me for his info! Mortgage Loans - Please call my girl, Seline Burns! She is the greatest. She is personable, bright and the best! She is my personal mortgage broker... www.FinancialPriorityLending.com Need a logo? Picture restoration? Some magical graphics or spicing up of your website? Contact Maggie @ www.saveyourpix.com
Software: My software of choice for business/corporate use is Intuit's QuickBooks. If you are a sole proprietor or tracking personal finances, I recommend Quicken. The hottest trend in long distance is
internet-based, digital long distance. www.Vonage.com And if you want to look like a big
business without the cost of secretaries and answering services try
CallWave.com!
Business Marketing Tools: For great Email tools, newsletters and
marketing:
ConstantContact.com My favorite tool is www.efax.com! This is a web-based fax service. Your faxes get sent to you via email and can be sent in PDF format. This makes it so easy to fax yourself copies of bank statements, receipts, etc. and keep a copy of them on your computer. I use this service and love it! Only $12.95 per month!
Website Services: Blue Host is who I highly recommend for
web hosting and who we use. Up to 6 domains on one account for as low as $6.95 per month!
Can't beat that!
Blue Host Ever need to access files when you are away from your office
or computer. Some of my clients use those service to share files with me.
They will give you a fre trial, Free FTP space. XDrive 5GB of online storage. Store, backup and share files online.
XDrive.com
Office Supplies: Where we love to shop for office supplies without leaving home! www.Staples.com - Sign up as a Rewards Member and get FREE delivery on every order. We use this to order everything and get free next-day delivery of things as little as a ream of paper. You know what has been the most convenient tool for me so
far? Not going to the post office!!!! I print and ship from home. Save yourself an hour in line when even the least computer-savvy
person can do this. Trust me! :)
Print postage from your PC (and always look for their free promos!).
Stamps.com
Business Travel: Where else do I shop around for the cheapest hotel and airfare when traveling but the following sites (shop each one for the best rates):
This is where we recently traveled to:
Save up to 50% at the Ultra All-Inclusive Sandals Grande Ocho Rios Beach & Villa Resort for travel September 1-31,2006.
Family Finance Center www.UPromise.com - shop through this site and sign up your credit cards to track your chopping and start saving hundreds of FREE $$$ for college! Sign up your grocery club cards also! I personally save almost $800 a year through this program. $800 of free money...why not? www.ePinions.com is a great place to look for real-people reviews of any product or service you can think of! Do your homework before you buy anything. |
