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Cutting Costs Without Killing Your Business (Part 2)

In part 1, I gave explanation for the following three strategies for cutting costs during periods of tight cashflow:

1. Use One Fixed Expense To Replace a Monthly Cost
2. Deduct for Tangible Assets (Section 179)
3. Creative Employee Compensation

If you somehow missed last week’s Note, let me know, and we’ll get it sent out to you. Here’s the next batch of strategies:

4. Use Group Purchasing
Sometimes you have to lie down with competitors for survival. Group purchasing organizations like the local Chamber or trade organizations negotiate on behalf of their members to get better deals on everything from employee benefit programs to office supplies. Buying in bulk lowers everyone’s rates–and these deals are often-overlooked because of the perceived hassle. But they’re often worth a shot. Check it out.

5. Creative Shipment Options
Do you send out lots of packages? Well, you can often cut costs by switching from the free boxes used by the United States Postal Service to lighter, bubble-protected plastic envelopes. While you may have to pay for the envelopes, the difference in weight can be so significant that it costs less than using the free boxes. If you get a package down from one pound, one ounce to less than one pound, the saving for priority mail can be significant on a per-package basis. Take a look at how you’re mailing out your product.

6. Information Technology Savings
Do you conduct conference calls or webinars? You could pay as low as $47 a month for conference-calling services offered by the likes of Instant Teleseminar, which allows you and 20-500 callers to convene via phone and Skype, and more by webstream. There are more and more alternatives to GoToWebinar and GoToMeeting coming on the market, and many of them are very good.

Or, you can take advantage of Google Hangouts, which provides smaller functionality, but completely free.

7. Try Bartering
Currency can take many forms in an economic downturn, or slow recovery from one. I know of business owners who trade services for warehouse space without ever involving actual money. To find willing participants, check out bartering networks like Itex, the National Association of Trade Exchanges and the International Reciprocal Trade Association. You can specify what you can give and what you’d like in return–or simply throw out what out you’re offering and see what comes back.

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