8 Dangers Of Using Phone Cards To Call Overseas

Saturday, June 19th, 2010

To be competitive in the merchandise place phone union card suppliers on up with all sorts of ways to convert their phone cards look cheaper. Na‹ve customers roughly corrupt their phone cards based alone on the per minute set someone back of the phone call.
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Used Phones for the Small Business

Sunday, March 7th, 2010

I recently updated the phone system for my business. We're a small company with just a handful of employees in an office about the size of a two car garage. We do a lot of business over the phone and although we could handle the call volume with our old system, I still felt (and [...]

Upgrading Your Business Phone System

Saturday, March 6th, 2010

Upgrading a business phone system is, whenever possible, a much more cost effective alternative to replacing a business phone system. Replacing a business phone system can be an expensive and time consuming endeavor, to say the least. The biggest obstacle most businesses face when upgrading is that many business phone systems are expandable to a [...]

Trunk Study for Business Phone System Helped My Business

Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010

By: Todd Lokken
I am the owner and manager of a trucking repair company located in the mid-west. My business provides tractor-trailer repair services both in-house and on the road for owner/operators who are in transit. I say "in transit" because a large portion of our business comes from trucks which have broken down on the [...]

Tips on Purchasing Business Phone Systems

Monday, February 22nd, 2010

After recently updating our office phone system, I have a few pieces of advice to share about purchasing an office phone system. We thought we did enough research to make this a simple purchase and installation, but found out later that we really had little idea of what we were getting into. This, in itself, [...]

The Voice of Reason

Monday, February 15th, 2010

In my position as an investment portflio manager, I often have to make phone calls to other departments in the financial organization I work for. Several months ago, I placed a phone call to our accounting department, which is located on an entirely different floor in our building. Instead of the usual voice I am [...]

The Phone From Hell

Monday, February 8th, 2010

Last April, our office secretary retired after thirty-seven years on the job. I had been around as department manager for the last fifteen of them, and I knew we were going to have an impossible time replacing her. She was unbelievable, to say the least. My impression of her was that God himself would have [...]

The Importance of Holding

Thursday, February 4th, 2010

I now understand the importance of holding. No, I'm not talking about two lovers caressing each other tightly in front of a fireplace (although that is also certainly important, fireplace or not). I'm talking about being put on hold when doing business over the phone. I recently took my automobile in to be serviced at [...]

Taking Business Phone for Granted

Sunday, January 24th, 2010

Located in Manhattan, my company occupies a small space in the basement of a upper east side brownstone. Because the space is so limited, we store our servers and phone equipment in the boiler room. I know what you're thinking, and you're absolutely right. It's not a good idea to put your most expensive equipment [...]

Special Considerations for Small Business Phone Systems

Thursday, January 14th, 2010

Small businesses have special needs, especially in comparison to larger, more established companies. The term "small business" often really refers to "new business", in that many small businesses that have been around for a while are as large as they are likely to ever become simply because of the type of business they are. Some [...]