Small Business Resources

Lately it seems the Internet has been whirring quite a bit faster than it was even, say, a couple of years ago. There are so many new sites and services to keep track of that it’s easy to get overwhelmed. This is especially true if you’re a small business owner because hey, you’ve got a business to run!

We’ve started this Resources section with the hope that we can help you keep on top of what’s happening in tech world as it relates to small business. There’s a lot of great, useful stuff out there but sometimes it's too time-consuming or hard to find.

Blue Paper Library

We’ll also be adding “Blue Papers” to the Resources section, which are printable reports with an in-depth look at a topic of interest to small business owners. Kind of like white papers but, you know, blue. Have a look, print ’em out, and feel free to share. We really want these to be useful, so please tell us what you think at info@batchblue.com.

Social Media for Small Business

Even though you may not be familiar with the term “social media”, chances are you’ve heard about it or maybe even are using it to communicate in your personal life. But is social media successfully making the crossover from personal pastime to business tool? This blue paper outlines the different types of tools in the social media toolkit and proposes ways they can be used to promote your brand, communicate with your customers and help grow your business.

Keeping a Virtual Office on Task

Running a virtual office can provide a highly flexible, inexpensive and productive environment for a small business. But managing remote staff and resources can be difficult. This blue paper outlines the challenges that a virtual office faces from purchasing and maintaining equipment to communicating and motivating secluded staff. And it provides insight on how we at BatchBlue Software are using new technologies and methodologies to stay on task.