Web 2.0 apps hurt small business

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA: Small business owners know that wasted time equals wasted money. Daniel Barnett wants to change all that with WORKetc, a web CRM software suite that combines several highly-useful business applications in a single web 2.0, SaaS suite.

Struggling to find tools that enhance collaboration, streamline workflow and boost efficiency, business owners have been - up to now - working with single-purpose web applications. They feel they have no other solution but to combine multiple tools like Salesforce, Basecamp, Zoho and others just run their business.

They often end up waste more time than they save, bogging themselves down by spreading information over several systems. "Having your employees juggle three, four, maybe seven different applications wastes time and money," said Barnett, WORKetc's founder. "Now more than ever, small business needs to do more with less - combining your software tools into a single solution is the first step to getting ahead."

Identifying that successful business invests in processes and systems, Barnett set out to build a web-based, total management platform to help small business owners drive profits and manage growth.

From the single secure web site, small business can record billable time, create invoices, help customers with support issues, generate quotes, automate project management, track sales leads, share documents, schedule meetings, create online forms, write a blog, generate real-time reports and more.

The combination of web CRM, project management and billing makes WORKetc a powerful tool for blasting away inefficiency and helping small business succeed. "It can manage your team projects, show you where you're wasting time, automate billing and help you remember to follow up on sales and leads," said Barnett. "There's really very little WORKetc can't do."

Though WORKetc is quite possibly the best efficiency improvement tool a small business could have, it still plays nicely with other applications. The system works directly with options like Authorize.net, Quicken, PayPal and Google Checkout. "We wanted an application that would make the process of running a business simpler. We weren't going to be able to do that if our system didn't interact with some of the most commonly used services out there," Barnett explains.

Small business owners that want to try the life-changing WORKetc can take it for a test drive easily, since it comes with a week-long free trial. That week is often all it takes to see visible results. Customers also rave about WORKetc's flexible month-to-month payments and low cost benefits.