SmallBusinessNewz

If you're reading this post from a mansion on the edge of Yellowstone National Park, go ahead and click the "back" button; the following info won't apply.  But since just about everybody else can use money-saving tips, here are a few that may not be too common.

Credit for the ideas goes to Janine Popick, and fittingly enough, she starts out on the subject of credit cards.  While we all know about basics like interest rates and annual fees for whatever's in your wallet, Popick suggests, "Call your bank and see if it's possible to lower the percentages you have to pay when someone uses a credit card to buy your product.  A fee reduction of only a percentage point or two can save your business thousands of dollars."

Try to save thousands of pages, too.  If people are printing out emails left and right, you'll be wasting all sorts of paper and toner.  Keep things on the computer, instead, and the electricity bill shouldn't be noticeably larger.

Then, rather than attempting to cut costs while staring at your workspace, try switching your focus to the company break room.  Do you offer bottled water instead of just sticking a purifier on the faucet?  Or maybe you quickly go through nice napkins and plastic cutlery when you could buy cheap paper towels and some permanent, metal forks and knives.

There are some starter concepts, anyway.  We'd be happy to hear any other solutions short of working in the dark and cold.