MONEY SAVING TIPS FOR SMALL BUSINESSES - Tip 8: Send Faxes Electronically

Eliminate the need for a physical fax machine – and a dedicated phone line to boot – by using companies like eFax®, and MyFax. Electronic faxes are made possible through software which you download. Most of these companies will offer you a free trial version, just to get a feel for it.

Once installed, you can send and receive your faxes directly from your computer, over your Internet connection. Received faxes show up as email in your in-box. You send a fax just by printing your document to the eFax “printer.”

Various versions of the software and pricing plans are available, so you have to find an option that suits your needs and then figure out if it saves you money.

eFax Plus costs around $17 per month, and includes 130 pages incoming and 30 outgoing faxes. There is no extra charge for faxes sent to your local eFax number.

It will save you the cost of a fax machine, dedicated phone line, paper, and toner. Just as important, you can get your faxes no matter where you are, if you have a laptop with you.. That alone makes this service very worthwhile.

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