A Telecommuting Business
Why Remote Email is Driving the Telecommuting Business
Remote email is the best thing to happen to telecommuting since the beginning of
the Internet. Telecommuting is simply another name for working from home. It can
apply to employees of large corporations or the small home based business owner.
Basically, if your workplace is a computer in your home, then you telecommute and
can benefit from remote email.
The Many Advantages of Remote Email
Remote email allows you to access up to date business email, files, addresses and
calendars from anywhere, at any time. There is no worry about when files are updated
or if you have all the latest information downloaded onto your computer. That’s
because remote email is housed online, and the information is always the same and
current, no matter where you access it. Thanks to this technology, telecommuting
is now easier, more accurate and more efficient.
Evolutions such as the mobile alert on cell phones provide work at home professionals
with an up to the minute notification of incoming work, questions, orders or other
email communications. It is now as effective, quick and easy to deal with someone
from home, as it is to deal with someone who works in the same building. (And you
won’t get stuck chatting over the water cooler.) You can look at
the same files or calendar as another telecommuter and discuss whatever you need
to, knowing that both of you are on the same page. Cell phones and devices such
as PDA Palm and Blackberry tools ensure that professionals who work from home can
be contacted easily and whenever needed. So you can keep the same business hours
as regular employees, if that’s the goal.
Work from Home, Keep in Touch
Remote email enables you to hire a work from home assistant while still having access
to their files, calendars and emails. You can hire a virtual assistant who telecommutes
from any part of the country, or even the world, and can set your appointments and
do a multitude of the things your business needs done everyday. He or she can have
access to your calendar and share contact information from your address book to
make for easy communications and efficiency.
Such evolutions in remote email have enhanced the viability of telecommuting. It
provides much more effective communications and more timely exchange of information.
Software as a Service (SaaS) is a very cost-effective way to provide remote email
for your small business. You no longer need to pay for a server and IT technicians
if you want to offer the latest in remote email technology to your telecommuters.
Not only does telecommuting reduce employee costs but now it is possible to provide
these workers with the best of technology without breaking the bank. Telecommuters
can now save you money and do even your time-sensitive work. Look for an option
that will let you pay per employee so that your costs are predictable and scalable.
Remote email is helping to drive the popularity of telecommuting and helping to
make it a much more acceptable option for many large companies and small home based
business owners.
Rodney Alison has served as Systems Architect on many international projects
for over a decade before turning his expertise in engineering, physics and technology
into the development of Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, the Quincerto Group. To
find out more about the mobile technologies that Rodney and his team offer
small business owners across Australia and New Zealand go to
www.teamanywhere.com.au.