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Buying Software

By Mark Shead 4 Comments

Quick Tip: Don’t avoid buying software when it will save you time.  I found a $150 piece of software that automates a task I was paying $1,000 per month to have someone else do.

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  1. Neal says

    May 16, 2008 at 12:45 pm

    “I found a $150 piece of software that automates a TASK I was paying $1,000 per month to have someone else do.”

    What TASK was that?

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  2. Mark Shead says

    May 16, 2008 at 12:55 pm

    I was having a remote assistant email people for interviews one at a time. I bought a piece of software that lets me merge to email which basically replaces that part of her job.

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  3. anonimo says

    May 17, 2008 at 3:29 pm

    Fine, so one person loses his job and you are proud of that

    As i’ve said, fine

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  4. Mark Shead says

    May 18, 2008 at 4:55 pm

    @Anonimo – Well you could hire someone to wash your car using Q-tips or you could use the car wash and do it yourself once every two weeks in a few minutes.

    For me this shift led to taking a position I had outsourced to India and replacing it with an employee in the US.

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