Best Ways to Save Money on your Wireless Bill

Posted on September 27, 2011 by Justin Posted in Business | Leave a comment

Left unchecked your mobility bill for your business can easily get out of hand. Long distance, data, roaming and overages can easily eat into your bottom line. This can be amplified if you provide phones to your employees. But with a little know-how and these practical tips you can be a mobility bill managing wizard in no time!

Apps

Usage Trackers

There are a pile of apps that are out there that can track usage on the phone and even alert you when you are getting close to your caps that you set based on your plan. These apps are a great start in the war against your bill.

Here are some cools apps for usage tracking:

3G Watchdog for Android Phones (FREE)
Mobile Minuets Tracker for Blackberry (FREE)

Another great tool is your carriers online billing and account management portal. It can give you a breakdown on your usage to date for all of your phones!

Skype

Most OS’s support Skype on your phone. This is a low cost tool for making international calls right from your phone. Just load the app and sign in, once in you may have to buy Skype credit dependant on where your calling. This is a much cheaper option for calling international than most carrier rates.

Google Voice

Also a great option for calling, and it integrates tightly with Android. You can also have one number to give out and it will ring multiple phones!

Keep a relationship with your Sales Rep

As a rep in the past we tend to have a good grasp on the newest plans and offers. We can always point you in the right direction and make recommendations based on your usage. It is in our best interest that you are happy to gain your future business.

We also know all about the newest apps and technologies that can help you business be more efficient. Mobile hotspot, skype, most of which can save you money or make your business more efficient and provide a greater ROI from your mobile technology.

Just know your rep is there to help, and if they are not find a new sales rep or account manager. The competition for your business is fierce, don’t feel stuck.

Pay the Bill!

Last but not least, pay your bill on time. Most wireless companies charge around 24% a year interest on past due balances. When you have a large bill this can be a substantial expenditure for no return. That money can be spent more effectively in your business!

Conclusion

These are some basic topics but they can really enhance what you are paying for, and most small business can really use that capital. It just takes a little knowledge to know what to look for. If in doubt drop me a line and I can help you out with any questions!

My Son the Business Teacher!

Posted on September 18, 2011 by Justin Posted in Business | Leave a comment

This is a archived post from YGG, but I figured it still holds true so I thought I would post it again!

My son is currently eight months old, he is growing very quickly and he is very healthy little man. But I was sitting here tonight and I thought “Boy, I sure have learned a lot from him!” So, I decided to write down the four business qualities and lessons that he has reinforced in me over the past few months. They are very important lessons and his impression of these qualities are priceless to me.

Sharing them with you is very important to me. And yes that is a picture of my son up top, his name is Caden Andrew Nowak! I hope you enjoy; creating this article meant a lot to me!

1. Forget the bad things!
Have you ever noticed when babies hurt themselves, or get disciplined they are sad for a very short while? But not 2 minutes later they are happy and playing again. They have an uncanny knack for forgetting the bad thing that just happened and moving on to good things.

Us grownups seem to take failure very hard, dwelling on it for days and sometimes longer. Why don’t we just take it as a lesson learned, use the experience as a positive and move on or try and do it better next time?

2. Determination
My son is very determined when he wants something, he will spend hours sometime devising a plan to get where he wants (usually where he shouldn’t!) with a single focus. It rarely matters how long it takes or what’s in his way he will keep going.

Why do we quit when the going gets tough, or stop trying when it gets hard? Hardly anything is worth working for if it isn’t hard to achieve! So when the going gets tough, just think of what a baby would do, and get going!

3. Creativity
There is no imposed limits to babies, they haven’t had societies limits imposed on them yet. They believe and think anything is possible. They live day in and day out creating things and imagining the impossible. Look at home many things people have said were impossible, flight for example.

Maybe a little more creativity could help you in your professional life, I know it could help me in mine. Take those limits off your brain and set it loose for awhile, I think you will be amazed at what you come up with!

4. Loyalty
Babies are loyal to their parents while they are young, they completely believe in their parents as their sole provider and teacher. They look at their parents as hero’s and wouldn’t give them up for anything. They stick by their parents.

Being loyal to your customers, business associates, partners and family is a quality that seems to be disappearing today. Yet I believe it is one of the best traits you can have. I would not work with anyone that wasn’t loyal.