It takes one bold and daring move to decide to put up a business. Leaving the comforts and stability of an established company to be self-employed takes a lot of guts to do.
And that’s exactly what Justin Bennett has, guts.
Justin Bennett spent a decade in the banking industry. He had worked his up, started out in a contact center and eventually rose to the ranks of vice president. He had a lucrative career but he wasn’t happy.
So after saving up and paying all his debts, he left the banking industry to put up his own consultancy business.
His main focus was to provide financial advice to others.
At the start, he was providing financial advice to individuals that wanted to get out of debt. As a financial coach, he created a plan to get his clients out of debt. As his consultancy business grew, so did his list of clients.
He was not just providing financial coaching services to individuals but to small businesses as well. But as his business grew, he was doing something very wrong.
Something Amiss At The Start
Justin was just too busy starting and growing his business. There was something that he was missing at the start; he was not backing up his files regularly. But that wasn’t all. The worse part was that he was using a thumb drive to back everything up.
There was something that he was missing at the start; he was not backing up his files regularly.
It was bad enough that he wasn’t backing up regularly, it was even worse that he was using a thumb drive. He, himself, wasn’t comfortable with what he was doing. At the back of his mind, he knew something could go wrong. He was right.
Introduction To Cloud Backup
Luckily for Justin, he learned about cloud backup before something could go very wrong. A friend of his had introduced him to Carbonite. He was immediately taken in when he found out how easy and affordable Carbonite was.
If there’s one thing Justin likes about Carbonite, it’s the convenience of the software. All he has to do is to keep an eye on the green dots to make sure that all his files are backed up. That’s pretty easy as compared to how he used to do it.
There really is nothing much for him to do in terms of file backup. This gives him enough time to focus on his business.
There really is nothing much for him to do in terms of file backup. This gives him enough time to focus on his business.
But he did get a scare when his computer crashed. With about 2,000 business contacts stored in his laptop, he would have had to start all over again. Losing every single contact would have had a negative impact on his business.
Recreating another database of clients and other business files would have taken a lot of his time. He was just very lucky to have Carbonite. As a matter of fact, he didn’t even have a hard time retrieving and transferring his files from his old laptop. Carbonite did all that for him.
It’s More Than Just Cloud Backup
While Justin gives the automatic backup and the customer support of Carbonite the thumbs up, he finds that it’s more than just cloud backup.
As his business grows, Carbonite functions more than just a backup system. For an affordable price, Justin is able to have a reliable IT infrastructure in his office. There’s no need for him to hire an IT specialist to create and maintain a data server in his office.
Carbonite takes care of that. Basically, he can just focus on his business.
Justin is spared from worrying about network systems. Carbonite takes care of that. Basically, he can just focus on his business.
Carbonite is suited to work well in all kinds of businesses. Justin’s financial coaching services is just one of the very many businesses that can benefit from Carbonite.
Carbonite has three business plans. These are Carbonite Safe Core, Carbonite Safe Power, and Carbonite Safe Ultimate.
A start-up company can make use of the Carbonite Safe Core plan. This particular business plan backs up all the workstations and all the files can be accessed from an online dashboard. Should any of the workstations become inaccessible, all the files can still be easily retrieved.
As an added layer of protection, the Ultimate Plan of Carbonite offers hybrid backup. What this means is that all the files are not just backed up to the cloud. They are also backed up to a device provided by Carbonite.
This gives the business owner more options to retrieve files in case something goes wrong with the computer. Either the files can be retrieved online or from the device provided by Carbonite, the bottom line is that there is no data loss.
Now, that’s enough to give any business owner total peace of mind.
Carbonite can really help a lot of business owners. Like Justin, they can just focus on their business.
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The only issue I’ve had with Carbonite is getting an error notice that some of my files were not backed up. This is a rare occurrence but when it does happen, I just click on the backup tab and everything is good again. Fortunately, I’ve never had any serious issues with it.
We signed up for Carbonite five years ago and ever since then, it’s one software service that we renew every year. It’s a backup and at the same time, it makes up for a network that we can’t afford to set up. As a small biz owner, I find it both affordable and reliable.
Data loss is a nightmare, not just for business owners but everybody else. Unfortunately, not everybody takes backing up seriously. They would have to experience data loss first to understand the importance of it. Justin is pretty lucky to have learned about Carbonite before anything goes wrong. I have been a Carbonite user for years and I can’t help but smile when I learn of someone who prioritizes backup.