{"id":82,"date":"2019-04-16T15:15:59","date_gmt":"2019-04-16T15:15:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.saccitytech.com\/?p=82"},"modified":"2019-04-16T15:21:19","modified_gmt":"2019-04-16T15:21:19","slug":"media-bytes-issue-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.saccitytech.com\/?p=82","title":{"rendered":"Media Bytes – Issue 4"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Sac City Tech Media Bytes<\/strong>
\nApril 15, 2019<\/strong><\/p>\n

Exclusive Hints, Tips, Special Offers and More!
\nSent out no more than once per week<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Valuable FREE & Low Cost Resources for Small Businesses<\/strong><\/p>\n

If you are a small business owner,\u00a0entrepreneur, organization, etc., you are likely on a tight operating budget. Especially if you are just starting out, every dollar needs to count and bring the most benefit. This issue of Media Bytes, is intended to provide some links to valuable resources to help you save money, time and energy. So let’s get right into it!<\/p>\n

There’s a lot of talk about SEO (Search Engine Optimization). Questions about what to do, if you should spend a lot of money on it and more. Check out this link straight from the horses mouth, Google:<\/p>\n

https:\/\/support.google.com\/webmasters\/answer\/40349?hl=en<\/a><\/p>\n

Free Office Software that is compatible with Microsoft Office Products. These products fall into the Open Source category and are totally free with no gimmicks. Very powerful and useful. You can use them for personal and business use.<\/p>\n

LibreOffice
\nhttps:\/\/www.libreoffice.org<\/a><\/p>\n

OpenOffice
\nhttps:\/\/www.openoffice.org<\/a><\/p>\n

Free Image Editor with features like Photoshop<\/p>\n

GIMP
\nhttps:\/\/www.gimp.org<\/a><\/p>\n

Accept Credit Cards. This very important in this day and age. Small businesses are not always in a position to get and pay for the monthly fees of a Merchant Account. With these two options below, you can pay a small fee per transaction with no upfront costs or reoccurring fees.<\/p>\n

PayPal
\nwww.paypal.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Square
\nhttps:\/\/squareup.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Free Antivirus Software
\nhttps:\/\/www.avast.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Free On-Line Checkbook
\nhttp:\/\/clearcheckbook.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Free On-Line Voice\/Video Conference Calls
\nhttp:\/\/zoom.com<\/a><\/p>\n

These are just a few, there are far too many to list. Don’t be afraid to do Google search for free or low cost options for whatever your interest is. Many times, the free versions of various services will do just fine. The open source software is always free!<\/p>\n

Enjoy!<\/p>\n

If you have questions about the “Media Bytes” content, please feel free to send an email on our Contact Page<\/a>and we’ll see what we can do.<\/p>\n

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