How to run your business for free in the cloud.

PC Tech & Authority Issue 205  Dec 2014

WHY THE CLOUD?
DOCUMENTS, SPREADSHEETS AND PRESENTATIONS

GOOGLE DRIVE best option for free business use.  A combination of Microsoft's OneDrive and Office Online may be alternative to store files in the cloud only. 15G free

WEBSITE DEVELOPMENT - WordPress has the best content-management system if you create your own website

FREE IMAGES AND HOW TO EDIT THEM - Canva is a free tool for creating superb graphics for use in social media campaigns

1. Decide whether just use cloud for document sharing only.
2. Sign up with cloud provider.
3. Organise your documents. If more than 15GB, spread files among trusted staff member. Customer data may not want to store in the cloud.
4.  15G/user. Share folders.

5. Get backed up on your old PC. Set up a routine to bacfk up contents of desktop folder daily
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Train staff. Search for "Google Drive tutorial" on YouTube.
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