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January
2012
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Laptop Give-Away |
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When Disaster Strikes |
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Online Services Save Money |
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Don't Become Obsolete |
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Power of Saying Thank You |
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Client Spotlight |
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Client
Spotlight
Alpine Insurace –
Alpine Insurance in Edwards has been a
longtime client of ours. Recently, we were
able to help them save money and gain
efficiencies with their new Hosted
Phone system. AMT Voice is an VoIP-only,
cloud-hosted phone system. It is a location
independent, fully-configurable, and
dependable Digium phone system. Call us
today to learn more more about our phone system
offerings. Also, please call Alpine
Insurance for all of your insurance needs at
970-926-1717, or drop by their offices at
the Riverwalk in Edwards.
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Business Continuity Tip
Be Ready in the New Year
It's a new
year. It's a time for new beginnings and new
opportunities. Everyone is optimistic and
motivated to achieve new goals. But what
would happen if a winter storm knocked out
power to your building? What would you do if
your staff were struck with an illness? How
would you react if your office was
burglarized and your equipment stolen?
Taken some time at the beginning of this new
year to answer questions like these. Create
a disaster recovery plan so that
interruptions and disasters don't slow you
down — and so that you always stay safe and
prepared.
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Quote of the Month
"Develop success from failures.
Discouragement and failure are two of the
surest stepping stones to success."
-- Dale Carnegie
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Laptop Give-Away |
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 Happy
New Year!
I hope you all had a wonderful holiday season! In
our December newsletter we announced that we had two
re-furbished laptops to donate. Thank you for your
responses! We chose to donate one of the laptops to
Bob and Joan Wiloughby who in turn gave it to the
family they adopted as part of the Salvation Army’s
Adopt a Family program. This family has two young
children that will be able to use the laptop for
their studies. The Salvation Army has been helping
families in the Valley Valley since 1984. I am very
proud that our team was able to help the Wiloughby’s
give a local family a Happy Holiday!
Michelle Cawood
Customer Service Manager
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When Disaster Strikes - The
Big Bad Wolf
by Chris Geiser,
cgeiser@pcstechnology.com |
It may be
superstition, but many of us still believe that catastrophes
come in 3s. In the case of a catastrophic loss of business
facility (i.e. hurricane, earthquake, waterlogging of fire
hoses), many businesses get to experience all three of these
catastrophes within the span of a few short days (or even
hours).
Firstly, one must endure the physical and emotional trauma
of experiencing the actual disaster. Secondly, one must pick
through the pieces and assess how bad things really are.
Thirdly, and the most delicate, will be communicating with
employees and customers, having to tell them what’s
happened, how bad it is, and what uncertainties the future
holds.
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 It is almost
unthinkable to run any business successfully without e-mail.
Or, for that matter, without conference calls or instant
messaging services that allow employees to share information
more efficiently.
The good news is
that small-business owners can now opt for many of the same
communications and collaboration tools much bigger companies
have at their disposal-without having to shell out the
on-premise technology investment once necessary for these
applications. How? By subscribing to online versions of
these apps; that is, by joining the ranks of companies which
have opted for software as a service.
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Don't Become Obsolete
By Brian Renter,
Universal
Information Systems, Inc.
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 Recently I
ran into an old friend. At the end of our conversation, I
asked him for his email address so we could keep in touch.
Apologetically, he admitted that that he didn’t use email.
He said his kids were begging him to start using email so
they could keep in touch, but he really didn’t see the need.
Really? Wow!
Are you one of
those people who can’t or won’t use email? Probably not,
since you’re reading this. What about using a cell phone?
And I don’t mean for just making phone calls. Do you text?
Do you have any apps loaded on it? Know what an app is?
Do you use
Facebook? How about LinkedIn? Ever use a Kindle, Nook or
iPad?
I constantly
hear from people who complain that they don’t hear from
their grandkids, sons, daughters, nieces and nephews. They
whine about never talking to their family and not knowing
what is going on in their lives. I want to say to them -
Wake Up! If you want to stay in touch with those around you,
use the methods of communication they are using. See how
quickly your grandchild responds to you after you send them
a text. You will know more about your family than you really
want to, once you hook up with them on Facebook.
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The
Power Of
Saying Thank You
By Joanna L. Krotz
Reprinted with
permission from
Microsoft Small
Business Center
 The
wheels of business revolve with such spin and speed these days that
we roll right over the courtesies. Who has time for quaint customs?
More
to the point, who can afford to let competitors rush onto the new
and the next while we slow down for pleasantries? You're in for a
surprise.
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