How much is your business worth? While some people might know this number off the top of their heads, others may not really know. However, if you really think about it, a business can be worth so much more than a dollar amount on a piece of paper. Yet, many businesses continue to make what I call “The Million Dollar Mistake.” Read further to discover what that Million Dollar Mistake is, and how you can avoid it.
Let’s look at your business this way:
- How much effort have you put into your business to get it where it is today?
- What value does your product or service provide for the community?
- How valuable is your business to your customers?
- Your product or service can’t easily be measured in dollars compared to the value you give your customers, can it?
Other things increase the value of your company as well. How many employees do you have? Is it just you, or do you have a staff? If your business had to close its doors tomorrow, how many lives would be affected? Not just your customers and employees, but all their families, too. It really sounds drastic, doesn’t it? And frankly, it could even sound unthinkable.
Yet, a million dollar mistake would have the potential to make even the worst case scenario a reality. The million dollar mistake is probably the biggest mistake we see businesses making today. That mistake is a lack of planning for disaster recovery of your company’s critical data.
Although disaster recovery comes in many forms, we’ve been seeing a surge in data being lost due to companies not backing up their data, or planning on how to move forward should disaster strike their business. Frankly, that’s alarming.
The biggest, and yet most avoidable thing we see going on today is when a computer, or an entire office full of computers, fails and the data cannot be recovered. The data cannot be recovered because the data wasn’t backed up to begin with. That will essentially put any company out of business.
What’s more tragic is that it’s completely avoidable. Yet, if a backup solution is approached in the wrong way, it can get real expensive, real fast. To avoid sky-high expenses when it comes to backing up your business data, some planning ahead of time can save literally thousands of dollars.
In one instance, a client of ours will save over $60,000 dollars in one year alone, just from planning ahead and leveraging our cost-saving recommendations. What’s the best way to plan ahead? There’s two ways for you to do this effectively:
- You can do this in-house by analyzing your computers, your data, how you utilize the data, and the best way to store that data for post-disaster retrieval. We have many tips, tools, and ready-made services to help you do this. It can be, however, time consuming, and runs the risk of being put off until a later time. Because of the risk, we recommend…
- Saving yourself time, headache, and the potential of missing something important by having CTTS do it for you. We take on a thorough examination of your computers and entire network, document and analyze our findings to put together a comprehensive plan to help you survive any disaster. From an individual computer that stops working, to an entire business that must relocate due to unforeseen catastrophe, we can deliver a solution that meets your needs as well as your budget.
If you can save your business from potential disaster by insuring your critical data is backed up and ready to be restored at a moment’s notice, would it be worthwhile to take a few minutes to look into it?
If we can help save your company money by making solid recommendations that help you avoid expensive mistakes, would it be a call you were glad you made? Contact us right now, and we will show you how CTTS can make sure your business is prepared, while saving you thousands of dollars all at the same time.
