Top 3 purchases you didn't know you needed

Some business purchases are obvious: to get your day-to-day work done, you need to buy new phones, a copier, or a printer. But the need for other purchases is less clear. Sometimes, they're necessary to prevent problems; in other cases, you may think you can do without, but you'd save time and money by making a small investment.

Here are three examples of purchases that you may not have considered that could be valuable investments for your business.

Event planning services
Whether you're planning an employee gathering, a customer summit, or an annual meeting, corporate events have a way of taking on a life of their own. What starts out as a simple project can expand to involve dozens of employees and countless hours of planning, phone calls, and organization.

Event planning services can drastically simplify this process for you. They know the ins and outs of all the venues, hotels, caterers, and other event essentials in your area, so they can help you quickly sort out the details of your event. You'll find that you're able to concentrate on planning the substance of the event, rather than the logistics.

Even better, event planners may be able to help pay for themselves. First, there's the staff time saved by outsourcing the organizational tasks. Second, event planners are often more effective at getting reduced rates on venues and other expenses. Third, your event planner may be able to bring in sponsors who can help offset your expenses.

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Backup generators
Don't get caught in the dark: investing in a backup electric generator can prevent problems before they happen. There are several reasons:

• Security: backup electrical power can make sure security systems — including electronic locks and video surveillance systems — keep running during blackouts.
• Safety: battery-operated emergency lights are required by law in some buildings — but a backup generator lets you choose which essential lights are always available during an emergency.
• Revenue: most blackouts are local. With the right backup generator in place, you can continue to do business over the phone and online with customers who are unaffected.

Some businesses have even more at stake — restaurants, for example, can easily lose thousands of dollars in spoiled food if power is out for more than a short time. But most businesses can benefit from the insurance of having backup power readily available.

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Internet marketing services
Internet marketing isn't exactly a familiar service to companies who are relatively new to the online space. But getting your web site live is only the first step to online success: attracting visitors can be a bigger challenge. Working with an Internet marketing service can help make your web site an important contributor to your bottom line.

Internet marketing services can help you with both search engine optimization (SEO), which is getting your site to appear 'naturally' in searches related to your business, and search engine marketing (SEM), which is buying ads that appear next to results in many search engines. Both of these tactics can help new customers find your site — and potentially bring in more business.

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