Stretch your IT budget
The recession is putting pressure on everyone’s budgets so here is a 5 minute workout to make sure that you are stretching your IT budget as far as it will go...
- Switch to fixed price IT support
Pay-as-you-go IT support might be flexible and long term means lower bills but it comes with the risk of occasional bigger bills should you suffer a server failure or similar - not great for cash flow. A fixed price agreement will bring you peace of mind and no nasty surprises. You can take out fully managed or low cost remote support outsourced IT contracts from as little as the price of a daily newspaper. - Get your telecoms costs reviewed
Although the telecoms market has been deregulated for years there are still many business who are still paying BT or similar rates for their lines and calls. We have an arsenal of tools to shrink your bills day in and day out and what's more it couldn't be easier. Simply send us a copy of your last set of phone bills and we guarantee to save you money. It's free to get us to look and you're under no obligation. Quite frankly, you'd be mad not too! - Check your web marketing costs
Are you paying over the odds for your web hosting, domain name and email services? A lot of designers bamboozle customers into thinking they have to pay their high fees for their website when 99% of the time you can switch to a cheaper provider. Check that your current provider is keeping their pencil sharp against our price list. - Try financing IT!
With the recession it might sound crazy but money has never been cheaper which makes now the ideal time to save money on that upgrade. And if you thought you wouldn't be able to get financing on your IT project or upgrade then think again because Twisted Fish can help you get financing for hardware, software and the professional services required to install and configure it. - Fill your boots... for free
As the saying goes "there's no such thing as a free lunch" but we beg to differ. There are myriad range of free software packages and web based tools to help you become more effective and productive without any cost to you at all! Clear winners for us include free marketing tools and materials from Microsoft and HP and the suite of online tools from Google to help you measure and tweak your online marketing. You can also use free communications software such as Skype for making calls over your data connections at little or no cost and we can now integrate it with your office phone system. - Switch to lower cost ADSL
It's one of the many things that you buy and forget about but keep paying month in and month out unquestionlingly. But ADSL broadband internet prices have been falling for months as speed rises so you should check your package every now and then to make sure you are getting a good deal. - Meet people online
It doesn't suit all meetings but we think everyone could do a few meetings online using low cost web based meeting software. Modern software even lets you talk over the web instead of phoning. Because you don't need to travel to get there you save the time, money and (in London at least!) the stress of travel. - Every cloud has a silver lining
The new range of 'cloud' services that are hosted on the internet mean that you can now get hosted Exchange email accounts from just £1.34 per user per month. With unbustable uptime gurantees and links into your existing on premises Exchange server if you have one, can you afford not to take advantage of these new services? And it doesn't stop there, with new online versions of your favourite software available to use by the month you can eliminate the up front capital cost of buying licences and just pay for what you use. Cloud services = Cash flow heaven. - Work for us!
No, really. You can earn a bit extra for you or your business by sending an email or making a call. If you like what we do and refer us to a friend or business associate who subsequently takes out a 12 month fully managed service contract we will give you £150 in vouchers. Simple as that.
For more information about any of these savings please contact us on 0845 450 7448.