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Sometimes I think I have an identity crisis. As a small business owner, I have multiple businesses that I run along with my husbands small business too. It can make for a long day and being tied to a computer is not the way I want to spend my day! I need to be more mobile and yet still have access to my files, calendar and emails no matter where we are or where we are going. I cannot live without those 3 things and I found a cool solution with Office 365 from GoDaddy
Working on the cloud is becoming the norm and with our mobile devices becoming more like small computers now, it makes sense to be able to work anywhere. I was able to try out Office365 and test it for my small business and I have to say, it is pretty cool.
This product will allow you to work on business email from your domain, your attached website – through GoDaddy, Word, Excel, Powerpoint and OneNote. You can hold online meetings, conference calls, IM’s, and add your employees/team members to the account too, for file sharing, conferencing and more. All of this you can manage through your dashboard. Plus you can set it all up to run mobile.
The set up is all through GoDaddy and because I have a reseller account on my hosting through another provider, I did have some difficulties setting up the email by adding codes and records to your file. That took me a few days as I was trying to do it in between working and relying on the online support to help me for both my hosting and GoDaddy. If your hosting is with GoDaddy, it is all a breeze to do this. Their support was spot on and quite quick. After this experience, I may be moving my hosting over to them!
Once I got it all figured out and working right, it is a matter of going though the dashboard and setting up your permissions to access the options. It is all rather simple. You can see from the screenshot that they walk you through each step and offer help at any time.
This is all pretty easy to work with and something that I can even teach my mildly computer illiterate hubby to work on with a few lessons. I would love it if he took over more of his own business duties! But honestly, this is fabulous for my business as I work with small businesses, often at their place of business or at local coffee shops. I can access my info needed for a presentation without having to stress that I left my flash drive at home or I find myself offering an impromptu presentation meeting.
The Office365 through GoDaddy is perfect for businesses like mine that are small, with no IT department. Their 24/7 support is great and you get a seamless way to run your business and collaborate with others all from your dashboard. It is a great option that you should check out with this .
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No, but I work for a very small business and we need the updated software for excel and word docuemtns.
I just recently opened a small business and this would be AMAZEBALLS to help us get and stay organized!!!!
We own a small business and this would be great to keep us organized and more manageable!
I am a small business owner and woukd love to see how this would help my business!
I run two small business through GoDaddy hosting. This would allow me to integrate everything and improve my customer service and communications.
I am not a small business owner but I do use office to organize my personal expenses and various incomes.
I’m not, but my husband is. It will help him stay organized.
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I have a small business on Etsy. It hasn’t taken off yet, but I’m looking to see what software can help me with it. Right now I’m using excel and I’m not real happy with it.
this would cover the cost for my onlne business in a huge huge way
I have just started a small business, and think this would help me out.
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My husband is just beginning to start a home based business this would be great for him.
nope but it would help me with school.
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I am not a small business owner but it would help me with blogging and school.
My daughter is just starting up her insurance business and I will be the office manager. The Office 365 would definitely help us stay organized and keep track of our business contacts to name just a few.
I own a small business and this would help me to be more productive.
I am a photographer and this would help me so much
I am a small Christmas Tree Farm owner with a little over 4,000 trees. This would be great for our small business!
I don’t own one myself but I do have to travel a LOT for work and would be able to keep up with my office work while on the road. Plus I do a side project of my own that this could really help get going
I am not a small business owner but I would love to win this one for one of my best friends who has a small business and would love this one for her birthday.
I am starting a business soon and this would help me get it off the ground and offset the start up costs!
I own a small business and travel a lot so this would be an awesome tool for me!