Archive for the ‘Business’ Category
March 15th, 2011
I’m taking a new strategy with simple telecom, I am already advertising at a solid rate – however I want to grow quicker. This got me thinking, how can I grow my business for free?
Connect with your customers! For me this means frequenting a forum for small business owners. I post on there in my spare time, and I don’t mean spam, just be helpful. If people want feedback – give it, spend the time helping. Put links in your signature and do up your profile page. You can expect results from this after 3-6 months of contributions.
Talk to your existing customers. For me I take the honesty path. A conversation like: “hey Steve, I’m looking to expand my business, do you have 2 minutes right now? Would you know any other businesses that you deal with who would be interested in the services I offer? Would you mind putting a quick list together for me to contact? Would you mins mentioning me to these people, I would really appreciate it, (maybe offer a discount if you want)”.
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March 9th, 2011
I have launched a new arm of Simple Telecom – Simple Phone System
This website is dedicated to traditional PABX phone systems with stacks of features, hosted phone systems that run over VoIP and traditional fixed line PSTN services for business.
If anyone is having trouble with their system, or your looking to expand give us a bell, I’d be happy to discuss the finer points with you.
June 16th, 2010
Business is always an exciting realm. I was reflecting on the last 6 months in business and its been very interesting. I ended up making some decisions I thought were best at the time with a strong belief things would work out, and low and behold finally they have.
Its such a relief to take a stand for what you believe in and whats best for you and it actually works out in your favour. I just have to remember this time down the track and draw on the experience because I know life will not always be like this.
On Another note..
The plans for moving overseas are going very well. I’m bashing my way through the last stages of this project that I want completed before I leave, and I should even have some time to polish it and give some other tasks some much needed time.
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April 26th, 2010
I’ve launched a quick teaser for the new voice recognition platform I’m currently building. We are still in development, but I thought I’d get something up and running now to get in cue for some seo!
I did some other sites for some friends of mine, who I would of course recommend. They might still be finishing the content.. but anyway: sunshine coast electrician and sunshine coast home renovation.
April 11th, 2010
On Friday I called up one of my business partners and had a good old whinge to him. You see, my problem was with the telecommunications industry. As with most business which has the whole passive large volume business model, it attracts people who aren’t in it for the long term. The ideal business model means growning a business to a certain size, then offloading to one of the largers players for a big price tag.
To be honest, I was one of those people when I first entered the market. I had the dream of growing massive and then selling. I would accept any client applications for credit at very cheap rates despite warning bells ringing. A few months later, those same clients would be 3 months outsanding on their invoices, but because I was desperate to gain customers and income I would take the risk.
I learned quickly from those early lessons and have since built my business around long term relationships with clients. There are a lot of clients out there who value simplicity, ease of owning the service and honest rates – which has given me a solid foundation.
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