Ah yes… a paperless world. What does it mean to be paperless? Is being paperless motivated by economics or the environment? I believe that if you can make your life more efficient and differentiate yourself from the competition, while saving the world, being paperless is worth it… right?

My company, GoPaperless Solutions has developed a software solution for the mobile professional (first release is specifically built for real estate agents but can be customized to work for any vertical industry) that allows them to avoid the common annoyances in everyday business life. Do you hate using fax machines and copiers? Do you hate having to go back to the office just to use these devices? Do you want to present contracts to clients and give them ability to sign with a pen ("wet signature") right on your tablet laptop? Do you want to give clients and co-workers the ability to access these documents from the internet? How about integrated fax and emailing?

Tablet computing has changed the game forever. When you can physically "write" on your laptop you have forever eliminated the need for paper. And given the E-Sign (the E-Sign Act created a universal standard for contracts, signatures and records created by electronic means), electronic signatures are legally enforceable. The question becomes are these applications available today? Yes they are! It doesn't matter if you are a real estate professional, lawyer, field tech, or anyone that needs mobility in their business…. paperless applications are available now!

I will be sharing my personal journey through the paper to paperless conversion in my everyday life. Being paperless is something that starts with each one of you! Just the other day I filled out and signed on my tablet employment docs using our E-Sign Dashboard® (one of 2 solutions including The Real Estate Dashboard®), and put them in my vault (within dashboard a place to store documents and give access for others to view online) where HR could access the signed documents and continue to facilitate the hiring process without ever having to fill-out paperwork! This application is useful for any function of business to facilitate reviewing, sharing and signing documents without paper. And being paperless will differentiate you from the competition which will directly correlate to winning more business! I promise if you show up to an appointment with a tablet you will immediately separate yourself from the person that is shows up shuffling paper.

For most, especially in the current economic environment, creating efficiencies is critical to survival. Staying in the field and in front of the client has never been more important. Unnecessary travel or rather the need to be tied to the office greatly reduces productivity! Being mobile allows you to control how you operate and manage your business (go the extra mile and integrate an effective unified voice and messaging platform to bring rich application driven fixed line and mobile phone capabilities). Fixed costs such as paper, gas, shipping, storage, device maintenance starts to move closer to zero. The ROI becomes even stronger when considering how going paperless creates better efficiencies, leading to better client relationships and MORE business opportunities. And the fact that it helps save trees! Case closed!

Did you know that paper costs for an office of 100 is close to 450k/year* (when you consider paper purchases, photocopying, printing, faxing, mailing, courier, and storage)??

I am very excited about this journey and hope to share with you how people are making their lives paperless and why that is helping the overall performance of their business.

If you have any questions don't hesitate to email or check out our website www.gopaperless.com

Enjoy the ride and see ya out there (without paper).