For more than 20 years, Rick Broida has written about all manner of technology, from Amigas to business servers to PalmPilots. His credits include dozens of books, blogs, and magazines. He sleeps with an iPad under his pillow. More by Rick Broida
Does your Web site need an overhaul? Do you need a company logo for your startup? How about a sales brochure or even some product packaging?
Sounds like it's time to hire a professional designer. Just one problem: they're expensive. Worth it, yes, but sometimes your budget is at odds with your needs.
Enter 99designs, which crowdsources your graphic-design job to give you a potentially unbeatable deal.
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OfficeDrop's paperless office service first caught our eye about a year and a half ago thanks to its business-friendly mix of Evernote-like portable scanning and Dropbox-esque cloud storage. We noted a few small flaws with the service at the time, but OfficeDrop has been busting hump since then, smoothing out our storage size complaints and introducing a bevy of user-friendly features that makes the service much more palatable than before.
For more than 20 years, Rick Broida has written about all manner of technology, from Amigas to business servers to PalmPilots. His credits include dozens of books, blogs, and magazines. He sleeps with an iPad under his pillow. More by Rick Broida
Bundles are big these days. Mostly they're of the game or consumer-software variety, but every so often you see one designed for businessfolk.
Like this one: For the next three days, StackSocial has the Ultimate Entrepreneur Bundle for $50. It's a collection of startup-friendly tools and services with a combined value of over $2,000.
Sounds a little too good to be true, right? I couldn't agree more—except that StackSocial has a proven track record when it comes to bundles, and this one is totally legit.
For more than 20 years, Rick Broida has written about all manner of technology, from Amigas to business servers to PalmPilots. His credits include dozens of books, blogs, and magazines. He sleeps with an iPad under his pillow. More by Rick Broida
Effective marketing is insanely important for any business, but it can also be a huge hassle. Even something as simple as blasting out a coupon or daily deal can require considerable time in front of your computer. So what if you're on the go and can't spare that kind of time.
For more than 20 years, Rick Broida has written about all manner of technology, from Amigas to business servers to PalmPilots. His credits include dozens of books, blogs, and magazines. He sleeps with an iPad under his pillow. More by Rick Broida
Actually, you won't be able to buy it until then. Right now, however, you can get a free 60-day trial of Office Professional Plus 2013. That two-month test drive should give you ample time to decide if the latest Office is worth the hundreds of dollars Microsoft will undoubtedly charge for it.
For more than 20 years, Rick Broida has written about all manner of technology, from Amigas to business servers to PalmPilots. His credits include dozens of books, blogs, and magazines. He sleeps with an iPad under his pillow. More by Rick Broida
If your smartphone was truly smart, it would give you a lot more post-call options.
For example, think about the last time you hung up the phone with your boss, a co-worker, or a client. I'll reckon the very next thing you did was schedule a meeting with that person, set a reminder to do something related to the call, or send a follow-up e-mail.
For more than 20 years, Rick Broida has written about all manner of technology, from Amigas to business servers to PalmPilots. His credits include dozens of books, blogs, and magazines. He sleeps with an iPad under his pillow. More by Rick Broida
Not all social networks work well as professional networks. (I'm looking at you, Facebook.) But there's no question that businesses—especially small ones and startups—could benefit greatly from a social network with a professional bent.
That's the idea behind Skype in the workspace, which launched to the public late last week following a six-month beta test. It's designed to help small businesses connect quickly to potential partners, suppliers, consultants, and customers arond the world.
