Over the last few years, technology has changed rapidly.  As a result, we have old used technology equipment lying around our closets and drawers at our office and home. During our Spring Cleaning and End-of-Year Clean-Out Projects, we get rid of the old stuff –  some we give away to family and friends, others we recycle and some we sell.

We researched and listed below our Top 10 Places to Sell  Used Technology, including:  Laptop, Desktop, Game Consoles, Smartphone, eBook Reader or Tablet.  At the bottom of this list is a link to another article that lists the Top 10 places to just recycle the old stuff.

Amazon Trade-In
The Amazon Trade-In Program allows customers to receive an Amazon.com Gift Card in exchange for over a million eligible items including DVDs, CDs, video games, electronics, and books. The process is easy and convenient with free shipping, an immediate offer, and no required registration or listing.

Apple Recycling
If you like Apple products, send them your old iPhone, iPad, Mac, or PC for reuse or recycling. If it has monetary value, they’ll apply that toward an Apple Gift Card. If not, they can recycle it responsibly for you.

BuyBackWorld
They offer consumers and businesses a “cash for electronics” buying service that offers fair and accurate price quotes, speedy payment times, free shipping, a zero landfill policy, and data erasure for privacy protection.

Craigslist
One of our favorite places to locally sell (and buy) smaller equipment fast. Safety Tip: We always meet buyers in a coffee shop.

eBay InstaSale
No Longer Available

Gazelle
Buys and Sells used Smartphones and Tablets. They have a very big presence in Apple products.

NetWorth
They originally started off with the iPod and iPhone and now they’re taking in old BlackBerrys, digital cameras, GPS units, video games and video game consoles

Radio Shack
Bring your old products into a local store or send the equipment to the company for an appraisal and cash.

uSell
Their price comparison engine finds the best offers for your old electronics.

YouRenew
They buy iPhone, Blackberries, Laptops and more

Equipment Recycling Tip
If you don’t want to bother with selling your old products, you can always just recycle them.
Here’s a list of more places to just Recycle  or Donate Your Old Products (not sell)

Good luck with your Spring Cleaning and End-of-Year Clean-Outs!  Hope this info helps.

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Many Small Businesses are looking to increase sales this year by expanding or upgrading an Inside Sales Program.  In this article we outline the Top Five business-to-business strategies for implementing fast-selling Inside Sales Teams in a company.

There are many factors that determine which strategy is best for your organization.  Although Social Networking and Marketing are very Hot Topics this year,  you still need a fast-moving, high quality sales team to grow a small businesses. The common benefits of adding or expanding inside sales programs include:

• Shifting more experienced (and more expensive) Field Sales Reps to Higher-End Sales Opportunities
• Reducing the Cost of overall Sales Resources
• Establishing Sales Coverage around the US and World
• Responding to Sales Inquiries Faster
• Building a Sales Infrastructure that is flexible and can continue to quickly Grow Sales

Note: For this article we define Inside Sales Reps as staff with “Sales” Skills and Training.  Reps that only focus on Social Marketing, Lead Qualification,  Lead Generation and Demand Generation are NOT addressed in this article.

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As a Small Business Owner, I’m always looking for ways to save money when traveling overseas.  We’re planning a business trip to London England from San Francisco.  I’m only traveling with an iPhone,  iPad and a Bluetooth keyboard / case for this trip.  The laptop stays on my desk in the office.

I set up a basic (but expensive) international data plan with my main AT&T account as a backup wireless resource.  However, I want to use WiFi services as much as possible to save money.  I need WiFi for Voice-Over-IP (VOIP) phone Calls, sending / receiving Text Messages,  Managing Social Networking,  checking eMails and working on Web Applications.

We just completed extensive  research on the lowest cost and best options for WiFi services in London, UK and Ireland.  The bottom line is that it’s a confusing mess of choices…and there are lots of options for using WiFi.  To begin, I always check with my hotel before  leaving on a trip, as well as plan for other WiFi services.

The following is a summary of the other best WiFi options I could find:

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Top 10 Small Business Tech Trends
that will make you money in 2013

 
In 2013, there is a much larger opportunity than in the last few years for non-technology oriented Small Businesses to implement the latest technology. All of them will help you increase your sales and/or reduce your costs.   In addition, technology prices have dropped like a rock and they are so much easier to use (and learn) than ever before.  This article was written for the non-technical owner or manager of a Home or Small Business.

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Microsoft has significantly changed the Windows 8 and Office user interface. Your employees are going to have to re-learn how to use Office Applications after you upgrade your PCs and Laptops.  Here are a few key tips to help evaluate this upgrade for your Small Business.

Small Business “Windows 8″ Planning Tips:

1. Read the Walt Mossberg article (see link below) on Windows 8 before you spend any money
2. Increase (or establish) a budget for employee Office Software training
3. Line-up extra help for your staff, including: phone and one-to-one coaching
4. Make sure your existing software will work with Windows 8
5. Identify and Implement any business process changes
6. Re-write any office manuals
7. Confirm who in IT Support actually knows anything about Windows 8. It’s new to everyone….
8. Check that all your existing PC & Laptop accessories will work
9. Budget lots of extra money to deal with the unknown
10. You may want to wait for the rest of the industry to come up to speed before you invest in this upgrade.

The bottom-line is that your Small Business Staff & Information Technology Resource “Productivity will likely go down” and your “PC Costs will go up” by implementing Windows 8 this year.

Hope these tips help….

Note: It’s important for a Small Business Owner to read the Mossberg review below before you upgrade or buy a new Windows PC.

“Microsoft is giving Windows its most radical overhaul since 1995 and even its most devoted users won’t recognize the venerable computer operating system in this new incarnation, called Windows 8, when it appears Oct. 26.”  Walt Mossberg

Windows 8 Review by Walt Mossberg – AllThingsD

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