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As a small business owner with limited resources, improving productivity is likely at or near the top of your priority list. But if you type “how to improve productivity for a small business” into a search engine, the number of results you’ll receive will probably be similar to the number of stars in the universe.

New articles and videos filled with tips and tricks for improving operations are constantly popping up on the Internet and while many offer quality suggestions, the sheer volume can be a bit overwhelming. Implementing a dozen different strategies at once is probably not the best idea, so we suggest you start with one—adopting a small business phone system.

Topics: Voice Communication, Communication, Voxox, VoIP, Cloud Phone

This weekend, the best golfers in the world will play in arguably the most prestigious tournament of the year. The Masters is played each April at Augusta National Golf Club in Georgia, perhaps the most famous golf course in the world and certainly one of the most challenging. As it happens, the characteristics it takes for a player to capture the green jacket awarded to the winner each year are some of the same essentials employed by successful small business owners: 

Topics: Voice Communication, Communication, Voxox, VoIP, Cloud Phone

Imagine you are a New York-based tax attorney with a sterling reputation in all five boroughs. Recently, some of your longtime clients have retired to Florida and have been referring friends to you. Because of the years of good work you’ve done for your customers you are being presented with a tremendous opportunity to expand your client base. Some of these new prospects, however, may be a little thrown off having to call long distance to reach you. 

Topics: Voice Communication, Communication, Voxox, VoIP, Cloud Phone

When you call your cable provider with a billing question or a major retail corporation for information about a product, what do you expect to hear? Well, first you will probably receive an automated greeting thanking you for calling the company’s contact center.

Topics: Voice Communication, Communication, Voxox, VoIP, Cost Savings, Cloud Phone

For years, the great Willie Nelson has delighted crowds with his ode to a nomadic existence, “On the Road Again.” While Nelson’s tune refers to life as a traveling musician, the song could just as easily be referring to the millions of entrepreneurs who do much of their work on the road.

If you count yourself among these road warriors, a cloud-based phone system like Cloud Phone can make a perfect traveling companion. If you manage a single-person or microbusiness, a cloud-based phone service can help you create the impression that you are a major corporation by providing many of the features offered by major providers. For instance, with Cloud Phone you can:

Topics: Voice Communication, Communication, Voxox, VoIP, Cost Savings, Cloud Phone

Now that your small business has built a substantial local customer base, the next step in your master business plan is likely to begin offering your product to customers in different parts of the country. To showcase your offering to prospects in other areas, however, is likely to require significant travel for you and your employees.

Topics: Voice Communication, Communication, Voxox, VoIP, Cost Savings, Cloud Phone

Does your office resemble the 405 in California during rush hour, a jumble of phone extensions and on-premises hardware that causes bottlenecks and traffic jams in your cubicles? Are your cubicles like a bad scene out of a 1980s movie, replete with legacy technology and a mishmash of parts? Then it might be time to rethink your phone system.

Topics: Voice Communication, Communication, Voxox, VoIP, Cost Savings, Cloud Phone

Small and microbusiness owners typically work on a fairly tight budget. For these entrepreneurs, cutting cost without sacrificing functionality is always challenging.

Topics: Voice Communication, Communication, Voxox, VoIP, Cost Savings, Cloud Phone

Whether you are a freelance writer, graphic designer or interior decorator, your creativity and imagination is what keeps your services in demand with customers. The quality of your work speaks for itself and you take great pride in making a client’s vision come to fruition.

Topics: Voice Communication, Communication, Voxox, VoIP, Cloud Phone

Launching a startup company is a bit like planning a wedding: no matter how much you get done, it seems another task always looms. Starting a business takes meticulous planning and extraordinary determination—so we thought we’d help out a bit. Here are a few items to make absolutely certain that are checked off your list as you get ready to launch:

Topics: Small Business Tips, Voice Communication, Communication, Voxox, VoIP, Cloud Phone