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If you own a business, you own files
That’s right. If you own a business, online or offline, you have data, and usually lots of it. Most of this data is very sensitive and important. If you were to loose even a quarter of this data, you could be in trouble.
What kind of trouble, you may ask?
Paper trail trouble. Client information trouble. Loss of product trouble.
You – yes you, with the information product – I’m talking to you especially
When something happens to your computer, it’s not just the machine that’s effected. It’s your entire system. Your files, your music, your pictures. Receipts, contracts, ebooks and emails. Suddenly they’re all in jeopardy.
How to reduce your information stress levels by half
I’ve seen it before, people. I’ve seen it many times before. You’re going along, dealing with your normal bumps in the road, taking your data for granted. You’re moving through your life just assuming that your information will be there tomorrow. Then boom. Dead computer. Epic sad-face all around.
To keep your precious stuff from going bye-bye birdie in the event of a massive computer crisis shutdown, there’s one very simple thing you can do. Backup.
Backups are easy, important and have the potential to be very cheap
I’ll be straight with you. If you’ve got a business the best advice I can give you for covering your arse is to back up everything ever. Keep a copy of it somewhere and somewhere safe. Make sure you do. Do it NOW if you know how. Seriously, go and do it. It’s important. GO!
You could keep a physical copy of everything, but for a lot of people that’s inconvenient and possibly expensive {if you have tones of data}, and maybe even impractical {if your backing up blog posts}
Hard copy’s of some stuff are necessary, but for a lot of things – most things - keeping a digital copy makes much more sense.
But no digital platform is completely safe, is it?
No platform can guarantee that you’ll never loose a single speck of info. Not even if you print it all out and keep it in Fort Knox. That doesn’t mean you shouldn’t at least try silly beans. That’s right. I just called you silly beans.
Not to mention backing up your files can free up lots of space on your computer
By moving some of your files to archive, you can free space up on your computer. The more space you free up on your computer, the faster it’s able to run. This is a big bonus for people who have bloated systems from data overloading every corner.
Alright, I get it, I’m so ready to backup every delicious byte of digital non-existent cake ever! How do I do it?
Now that you know why, next post we’ll talk about how. Stay tuned.
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