GoFaxer Blog

It was crazy trying to get ready on time. You were in a rush. You had to get packed. You had to get to the airport on time. Getting through security was stressful—they made you take off half of your clothes and ditch a bottle of hair gel. But you made it.

Now you’re on your cruise ship. You’re unpacked. You made it through the muster drill—you looked great with your orange life jacket.

Then you realize. You forgot to send that fax before you left. It was supposed to go to a business associate in Tigard, Oregon. But now you’re on the cruise ship. What should you do?

You have your laptop. So you get hooked up into the ship’s wireless network. You log onto your remote desktop. You find the necessary file. You then access your email fax program through GoFaxer, attached the file, and the fax is away. You log off and head to the buffet. Crisis averted. Now you can enjoy your vacation.

Thousands of travelers every year find themselves in a strange place, remembering something they forgot to do back at the office. Thankfully, the technology exists to bring your office to you, wherever and whenever you need it.

I like mobility. I like knowing that I can contact my fiancé at any time on her cell phone. I like knowing that I can bring my laptop whenever I travel, having a portable movie theater on the plane. I like the fact that I can send emails to friends at any time and in any place with an Internet connection, which nowadays is virtually everywhere.

For the small business owner, the possibilities of this mobility are very exciting. Do you really need to rent an office? Maybe eventually you will. But not right away. It’s feasible to have an entire staff working from home, working in the field, working online, and working at greater efficiency than ever before.

Your sales person in Scranton can fax you in California, without even having a fax machine. Services that offer fax to email represent this growing movement of business services online. You don’t even need software for many of these services. Just an Internet browser.

So if you’re willing to think outside of mainstream conventions, if you’re willing to invest a small amount of money in technologies that will take you a long way, now is the right time for you to become a mobile small business owner.

I love my laptop. Yesterday I had to go to the doctor’s office during the work day. I have a lot of work to do every day. I didn’t really have time to sit in the waiting room while they prepared for me. So I got a little work done with my lap top.

I love bookstores. I find them to be very relaxing and full of fun things to read and look at. I also like to sit in the local coffee shop at Barnes and Noble and work. It’s relaxing and creatively stimulating to work in a different environment than my office.

Sometimes, I find myself with more work than can be done in a day. This might mean getting a little extra work done at night.

As these examples show, it’s no wonder that I’m the type of worker that would love email fax. I don’t like being confined to my office and I like working in different locations. It’s comforting to me to know that as long as I’ve got an Internet connection, my laptop can become a portable office. I really don’t need anything besides it.

I can log on. I can check my email anywhere. I can even get and send faxes from this small and amazing device.