Monthly Archives: December 2009
…and your favorite smartphone is?
Thursday, December 17th, 2009 at 10:44 PM EST
Today RIM (Blackberry) reported very strong quarterly results. Palm on the other hand reported losses. Financlial analysts know what they look for but in the big picture Blackberry sold over 10 million phones to Palms 700,000 phones. Still no match here. The market for smartphones is so competitive out there with Motorola and HTC coming [...]
Get What You Want from Your Business Phone System and Home Phone Service
Thursday, December 17th, 2009 at 1:10 PM EST
The requirements of your business phone system are going to vary depending on the size of your business and the industry it serves. If you don’t need many features, you don’t want to spend unnecessary money, but if you need a more complex system, you want to make sure you are getting what you need [...]
After Hour Greetings, Call Handling Rules and so much more…
Wednesday, December 16th, 2009 at 8:11 PM EST
Just yesterday I was talking to Erwin, the video guy. (That’s what I call him for fun.) He’s a Phone.com customer who runs a small video recording company. He records weddings, Bar and Bat Mitzvahs, sweet sixteen parties, corporate events, concerts and bands, in fact, just about anything anybody wants recorded for posterity. He uses [...]
What an Effective Business Phone System Should Do for You ?
Wednesday, December 16th, 2009 at 11:59 AM EST
So what exactly does your small business phone system need to do to keep your customers satisfied? The features are quite simple, but you would be surprised how many phone companies do not provide them. Your small business phone system should have the ability to: • Route incoming phone calls to different lines based on [...]
Call Voice Tagging, Phone Menus and more…
Tuesday, December 15th, 2009 at 9:07 PM EST
I just got off the phone with Janet X. Janet uses Phone.com’s Call Voice Tagging feature for her business. Her small party-planning business has just one other ful-time employee and she employs a bookkeeper part-time. She doesn’t like customers or suppliers to reach voicemail during standard business hours. So, when her assistant is away from [...]
More Holiday Promotions from Phone.com
Tuesday, December 15th, 2009 at 4:14 PM EST
Up to the end of 2009 Phone.com offers any Virtual Office plan for 2 months FREE. For Home Phone Plus first month is FREE and for any IP Business Phone or Home Phone VoIP ADAPTER Shipping is FREE. So take advantage of these promotions and join the growing number of satisfied and happy Phone.com customers. [...]
Government and HD Voice
Tuesday, December 15th, 2009 at 1:06 PM EST
As I mentioned the other day, a group of us spent the day in Washington D.C. at the HD Summit and attending the FCC Chairman’s dinner over at the Washington Hilton. Our goal was to educate the press, government, technical and telecom associations about how High Definition (HD) voice delivers twice the sound of regular [...]
Global Numbers, 3-way Calling, Conferencing and so much more…
Monday, December 14th, 2009 at 2:44 PM EST
Millard and Millicent H (not their real names J) run a successful international wine distribution business. Millard is often out on the road in France, Germany, Chile and New-Zealand buying wine. He uses Phone.com’s Global Numbers and the calling card feature to make business calls using Phone.com’s reasonable international calling rates. Millicent uses Phone.com’s Three [...]
10 Features You Don’t Know You Love About Virtual Phone Systems
Monday, December 14th, 2009 at 10:58 AM EST
Every one has something about Phone.com that they love. For some its our price, for others its our customer service. Here are the 10 features were hearing that work for you. 1) Great value for money – “Once I went to their website and checked out the features, options, and pricing, I knew that I [...]
Global Phone Numbers for the Global Economy
Wednesday, December 9th, 2009 at 11:06 PM EST
We hear about the global economy and how the world is flat that it’s astonishing to me how communications continues to be so parochial. We have customers all over the world, employees spread around the country, so why should our phone number be confined to a particular region or state? Today, we changed all of [...]