These days its really easy to get your business operating like a big corporation. Web business applications as well as cloud computing has opened up the small business to endless possibilities. Imagine, paying a modest monthly subscription fee per user per month to have access to infrastructure, software and services that would have cost tens of thousands of dollars only a few years ago. Such solutions were only available to medium to large sized companies.
Small business now has access to a wide range of online business solutions including content mgmt systems that allow users to update their website at will with minimal technical knowledge. Other solutions such as CRM allow businesses to build client databases of information allowing the ability to send email newsletters and create mail merge documents relatively quickly. Small charities and associations are already taking advantage of open source solutions such as CiviCRM to manage memberships and member information. Its also pretty straight forward to link these databases directly to your website so that users can join online and their information will be added directly to the database and mailing lists. Its not just about ability to sell online, its about reducing manual maintenance of their systems - so that business owners can focus on selling and getting new clients. Back Office is vital to all businesses and shouldnt be ignored but if you drown yourself in it and forget about selling - then you will fail. Dont be scared of IT, its there to serve you and now you have access to hardware infrastructure and software that can be supported by people like us and you dont have to worry about it and focus on the aspects of your business that you enjoy.
Lastly, Open Source also means that customers dont need to pay licencing fees for the software (although you could make a donation), clients just pay for a professional to assist with setup and training etc. Contact us today and we can discuss possible solutions for your organisation - solutions that will grow as your organisation grow.