Monthly Archives: November 2008
Holiday promotion from Phone.com
Tuesday, November 25th, 2008 at 10:07 AM EST
Phone.com “officially” kicked off the holiday season! We are now offering 2 months of free service for our Virtual Office service. More details on the Phone.com home page.
Web Based Business Phone Systems
Saturday, November 22nd, 2008 at 8:47 PM EST
Amazines.com published an article called: “Web Based Business Phone Systems: What Do They Provide Besides Call Forwarding and Voicemail?” Very nice write up about the value of virtual PBX services to small business. The article focuses on Phone.com and our Virtual Office phone system. One clarification about the articles title: Yes, a Virtual PBX is, in [...]
Small Business Events
Thursday, November 20th, 2008 at 4:41 PM EST
By: Ari On Monday we wrote about the New York Times Small Business Summit. Yesterday I attended the NY Expo for Small Business at the Javits Convention Center. There have always been many shows for small business owners and entrepreneurs to choose from, but, perhaps these days there is more interest than in “regular” years. [...]
Virtual Office – Virtual Phone and Virtual Address
Wednesday, November 19th, 2008 at 11:36 PM EST
At Phone.com we understand the benefit of appearing professional and having a business quality phone services even for the smallest home based business. We see the growth of our own Virtual Office service and the need so many small businesses have for a business phone number, a toll free number, extension transfers between partners and [...]
The FCBA Annual Dinner
Wednesday, November 19th, 2008 at 12:57 AM EST
By: Ari Today I was in Washington DC for meetings and for the annual FCBA Dinner honoring outgoing FCC Chairman Kevin Martin. The Washington DC Hilton was packed (though some tell me it used to be an even bigger event) and the DC Hitlon ballroom is the largest in the capital! Chairman Martin, in the [...]
Reflections from the New York Times – Small Business Summit
Tuesday, November 18th, 2008 at 12:29 AM EST
By: Ari Today I attended the Small Business Summit hosted by the New York Times and American Express. IMHO, the event was a great success. A packed house, great speakers and panel discussions as well as many networking opportunities for any entrepreneur. The lunch keynote guest was Gary Hirshberg, Founder / CEO of Stonyfield Farm [...]
THE OFFICE OF THE CTO
Thursday, November 13th, 2008 at 11:42 PM EST
By: Ari President Elect Barack Obama promised to appoint the country’s first CTO (Chief Technology Officer) at a Cabinet level position. As pointed out by Andrew Lipman, this is probably 21st century equivalent of the Secretary of Agriculture or Labor etc. Some of the tasks of the new CTO would include overseeing all communications technology [...]
Software as a Service – a Phone.com opinion
Wednesday, November 12th, 2008 at 7:53 PM EST
Check out this blog link to read Ari Rabbans guest opinion feature on IPConvergencetc.com, Edited by Jon Arnold. We wrote about SaaS and telephony in the past as well and expect this trend to grow much more in the years to come. For your viewing pleasure, the review is also posted below: or all the [...]
Free publicity for your small business
Tuesday, November 11th, 2008 at 11:03 AM EST
By: Ari Last night I participated in a great event for small business owners in NYC. Ramon ray hosted this event at the “Samsung Experience”, Samsung’s great showcase store at the Time Warner Building in Manhattan. The event was moderated by Robert Levin, the Publisher of the New York Report and addressed some fundamental questions [...]
One Phone Number – what does it really mean?
Monday, November 10th, 2008 at 5:25 PM EST
For so many small businesses who use their cell phone or home phone number as their business phone number, put it on their business cards, website or other marketing collateral there is that constant blur between work and home. Yes, so many of us probably got used to this and just assume what else can [...]