Bringing Your Business Up to Date with Online Resources and Tools
Posted on | September 23, 2008 |
The realm of online business is picking up; with antiquated equipment, most businesses can’t hope to market themselves competitively or survive without jumping feet-first into ecommerce.
Bringing your business online doesn’t mean that you need to sell your products and services over the Internet, although that step can really boost business. Utilizing online resources and tools will save your business money in the long run, starting with replacing your expensive office equipment with more efficient and cost-effective online resources. One such tool is an online faxing service.
There are several companies that offer fax services through email; eFax being one of the largest. Sending and receiving faxes through email eliminates the need for a fax machine, replacement toner, paper and dedicated fax/phone lines. There is also the consideration of space; small businesses will enjoy throwing out their bulky fax machine and using that table or space for something more important.
Using your existing email account, you can register for an online fax service. If you are able to send and receive attachments through email, you can send and receive faxes. So, how does email-to-fax/fax-to-email work? When you register for an online fax service, the service will give you an outbound address, which will be used for sending faxes. In the subject line, type in the fax number where you wish to send your fax and include your attachment. That is all the work you need to do. What happens on the fax end is that the attachment is converted to a fax and sent to the fax number on the other side. The reverse happens to receive a fax to your email: an incoming fax is converted to an attachment, usually as a .tif or .pdf file.
Even this one simple upgrade to your business will show improvements quickly. You can register for several accounts for your business, making online fax services ideal for both the small and large business.
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