Run Your Business On $100 a Month
by Shevvy Malibu
If you’re a new entrepreneur, the cost of running your new business can be seem daunting. With this $100-a-month budget, you’ll need to work from your home office, local Starbucks or library. However using these cost effective tools, you can effectively run your business on a very small budget.
Phone service: Free!!!
A lot of people set up a separate phone service for your business, but a business phone and personal phone seems expensive and unnecessary. You’re already paying for your personal phone service, so just add on a Google Voice number that forwards to your mobile phone. You can check voicemail online, receive text messages, plus a separate voicemail box and best of all it’s totally free.
Website: $10-16/per month
The number-one turn-off for me as a consumer is a poorly designed, ill-maintained website. If you want something clean and easy to update, you really can’t go wrong with Wix for a simple landing or informational page. Try Squarespace, for $16 a month, you get unlimited pages, galleries, storage, and even a fully integrated e-commerce feature that sells up to 20 products. It’s easy to use, so you can edit and build your site without having any real tech savvy.
You will also have to pay for your domain, which should run you about $10 for the first year. Chump change.
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