Archive for August, 2011

Setting Up a Group Phone Call: Using a Conference Service Vs Stringing Calls Together

Conducting group phone calls rather than face-to-face meetings can be very useful for most types of businesses, especially those that do a lot of international business. But there are numerous ways to conduct group phone calls, so it is important to choose the right way to conduct calls for you and your business specifically. Conference services alone offer you a number of options such as video conferencing and audio conferencing, but there is also the option to string calls together as well.

What it really all boils down to is what type of business you are running, what you are using the group phone calls for, and what you are trying to get out of the phone call. Just as not all businesses are alike, neither are the forms of communication used in different businesses. There are a number of points you should consider when deciding which form of communication is best for your group phone calls.

How Do You Go From Centrex To PBX For A Hospital Application?

You have a hosptital with 1000+ Centrex Lines, looking at moving to your own PBX. It’s the same old story, new management, fired the telecom manager, handed the phone system to IT, no additional bodies, and now you are suppose to replace it. So what do you do?

Whoever you get the machine from make sure they have the knowledge and experience to do the entire job for you, not just install the PBX and then walk out the door leaving you to cut over.

What you will need to provide is a complete floorplan showing where every phone is located, what the number is on each phone, where every wiring closet is located, the jack numbers will be nice to know (otherwise each one will have to be identified manually by the installation team), the circuit IDs for every line coming into the hospital and where it terminates, there could be more but that is the minimum for a good cut. Be prepared to spend time discussing floor space, power requirements, and telephone features with the vendor.

Make Mobile Text Marketing A Success

Did you know that there is so much you can do to make your mobile text marketing a success? Some small business owners might have doubt about adopting it to promote their business because this particular marketing campaign will not only increase their sales but will promote brand awareness as well. If your business is still small and you do not have a very big budget for marketing, you do not need to worry because mobile text marketing does not cost much. In fact, it is the only marketing campaign that will allow you to promote big time but will not make you spend as much.

Despite the problems that the shaky world economy has brought into the business industry, there is still something that business owners can do to improve their sales and get the figures up and mobile text marketing is just the way to do it. Here are some of the things that you can do to improve the use of the mobile phone as a means of marketing your products or services.

The LG Optimus P970 Can Now Be Purchased in White

These days, there are a number of smartphones that come in a lighter-toned version. There are some who prefer getting smartphones in its original color black. However, there are some who prefer phones in a lighter color. If this is what you are looking for, we are happy to announce that the LG Optimus P970 is now available in white.

If you look around, there are number of handsets that come in this color tone. There are a number of Blackberry handsets that come in this lighter tone. These are the 9780 Bold and the 9800 Torch. Other Android handsets also come in these variants. The Taiwanese phone manufacturer has the HTC Wildfire. Samsung’s current flagship the Samsung Galaxy S2 is also available in this color. Of course, who would ever forget the Apple iPhone 4? It took the Cupertino firm more or less a year to release this lighter-toned version of its flagship smartphone. Regardless, once it was launched in the market, it still managed to muster a significant amount of sales.

How International Audio Conferencing Works

Audio conferencing enables individuals from different locations to connect and speak with each other using the services of a secure telephone line. The process allows people who otherwise may not be able to physically meet each other to communicate and have meetings. This is a preferred mode of communication as it is more economical for businesses than to have their personnel travel across cities or countries to attend meetings. International voice conferencing allows people in different countries to communicate with each other at a pre-determined date and time.

This is more commonly known as teleconferencing or voice conferencing, any number of people can be connected at the same time. This form of communication is widely in use in commerce, education and business. It also saves time as traveling from one country to another can take time, and delays can always make such trips much longer. Traveling also causes disruption at work as the time it takes for an employee to travel means time away from the office.