The life of an entrepreneur may not always be easy, but plenty of us small business owners wouldn't trade what we do for a living to return to dull lives spent under staid fluorescent lighting and a maze of grey corporate cubicles for almost anything in the world.

However, sometimes the price of living out your passion comes with the cost of a cash crunch during a downtime when sales from your company are sluggish. Or, perhaps your small business income is plodding along just fine, but you're in need of extra cash in order to grow your business at a faster pace.

The business world is steadily touching new heights of competitiveness everyday. With technology adding new dimensions to the way businesses connect with their audience, advertise and virtually function online, eCommerce is the thing to swear by.

In a scenario where having a online presence is a necessary evil, the first step that most new businesses take is to have a website designed and registered. But not every business is blessed to own/purchase a domain name; which by the way is like your virtual online identity. Can you compromise on this front? Certainly not!

Domain name leasing is a trend that's fast gaining ground with eCommerce financing options evolving at a rapid pace.

If you're a small business owner struggling hard to boost your website's traffic then you need to read on.

For any business it's very important to connect with its target audience. And this is where social media comes into the picture.

Social media is a low-cost option for marketing one's brand and with n-number of social media networks like Facebook, Twitter, etc. available, it becomes more easy for any brand to connect with its target audience.

But the question here is, how do you measure your social media success?

The answer pretty obvious is your website's traffic.

The Apple’s iPhone happens to be one of the most productive tools for small business owners today, and in fact, smart phones have become a necessity (not an accessory) to the lives of many people.

But there’s one little set-back: most mobile business apps today make big promises and don’t deliver. They promise Heaven and Earth and at the end, don’t fulfill their promise. They have "fluffy" and clunky interfaces, bad and non-responsive customer support, non-intuitive, and they make small tasks seem to be complex.

In this article, I’ll be giving you 5 free, tested, and powerful mobile apps that’re sure proven to make your work easier as a business owner.

Brewster

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