Customer Spotlight on: One –Stop Computer Repair
Posted by Tollfreenumber.ORG at Aug
Joe Dandridge, the tech manager at One-Stop Computer Repair sat down with us to talk about the shop. He explains that the business started a few years ago after an investor lost money on a building project and wanted to get out from under a small space quickly. “He sold the space dirt cheap […]
Category: Companies
TollFreeNumber.ORG’s Customer Spotlight on: Jane Sweeble for Avon
Posted by Tollfreenumber.ORG at Jul
“I never meant for selling Avon to be my ‘job’” says Jane as we ask in our phone interview how she got started with Avon. It turns out that she started off by buying her Mom a lotion as a stocking stuffer for Christmas one year and the woman she bought it from soon […]
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How to Hire the Right Employee
Posted by Tollfreenumber.ORG at Jul
Many small businesses don’t have the marketing clout that large corporations do, so when it comes to hiring an employee, it may be difficult to get the word out. Going through the process of hiring someone new is considered costly because of all the time it can take to process paperwork and train a new […]
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Tollfreenumber.ORG Customer Spotlight: Printfast Technologies
Posted by Tollfreenumber.ORG at Jul
Tammy Connors is the proud owner of Printfast Technologies in Boston, Massachusetts. She inherited the family business when her mother passed in 2004. Before that her mother Margaret had ran the family printing business alone (then known simply as Printfast) since the passing of her husband Jim in 1997. It wasn’t something Tammy had […]
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How to Make Your Business Stand Out
Posted by Tollfreenumber.ORG at Jul
There’s a reason why not everyone is an entrepreneur; it’s difficult, it costs money, takes time and, it takes an IDEA. Not everyone has ideas they can use because they simply aren’t feasible. So, how does someone with an idea for a business go from nothing to something great? They STAND OUT from the crowd. […]
Women-owned Businesses Get a Boost
Posted by Tollfreenumber.ORG at Jul
Hot on the heels of news that Wal-Mart will be carrying merchandise bearing the “Women Owned” label, several retailers have been in talks to do just the same, including the Macy’s department store chain. Skeptics have claimed that the Women Owned label is simply a marketing ploy, developed by the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council […]
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Tollfreenumber.ORG Customer Spotlight: Pima Pizza
Posted by Tollfreenumber.ORG at Jul
When Mark Toscano was a teenager he got his first job making dough and washing dishes at a small family-run pizzeria down the street from his house in Mesa, Arizona. Almost immediately he knew what he wanted to do for the rest of his life. “It may sound crazy,” he says with a chuckle, “but […]
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Get to Know the SBA
Posted by Tollfreenumber.ORG at Jun
The United States Small Business Administration (aka the SBA) was established back in 1953 upon the signing of the Small Business Act, by then president Dwight Eisenhower, to serve as an independent agency of the federal government. Its mission is to provide aid to, advise, assist and defend the interests of small businesses. They also […]
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Avoiding Failure
Posted by Tollfreenumber.ORG at Jun
Even the most successful entrepreneurs have watched a business fail before. Usually it’s because they’ve misread the markets or had to face forces outside of their control but at some point in the past most business-owners have faced the big U: undercapitalization. It is the number one reason that most small businesses fail. And […]
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Using Toll Free Numbers to Manage Multiple Businesses
Posted by Tollfreenumber.ORG at Jun
Here at Tollfreenumber.Org we often receive calls from people that own, and operate, multiple small businesses. One recent caller was a gentleman from South Carolina who co-owns a security company with his brother while also running a successful pool-cleaning business. Another customer of ours from Southern California is both a contractor as well as […]
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Marketing Gone Mad
Posted by Tollfreenumber.ORG at May
We are truly bombarded with advertisements every single day, whether we leave our house or stay home in bed. And it’s only going to get worse. In the past ten years with the advent of more and more technology, our exposure to advertisements has surpassed what firms ever dreamed possible. Billboards, television ads, radio, print […]
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Microsoft Helps Small Business Succeed with Toll Free Service
Posted by Tollfreenumber.ORG at Apr
In a stealthy display of marketing expertise, Microsoft Ventures (a branch of the powerhouse technology company) has launched a toll free hotline called JumpStart to assist entrepreneurs in India with launching new businesses. With this toll free hotline, entrepreneurs may call in to ask any business-related question they want and receive measured advice from a […]
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GO GREEN with TollFreeNumber.ORG
Posted by Tollfreenumber.ORG at Mar
By now, most people have come to understand that going green means saving green. Some of that money comes from simply working more efficiently but other benefits are the result of hard work and investment. It’s like the old saying goes: You’ve gotta spend money to make money. And that’s not only true of business […]
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Social Media: Friend or Foe?
Posted by Tollfreenumber.ORG at Mar
If you’re starting a business or have an existing business you’ve probably been advised to get yourself on social media. If you’re a young entrepreneur you’re already akin to these types of websites but the older generation of business men and women may a little baffled to think that it’s worth their time. Even large […]
Category: Companies, Search Engine Optimization
International Toll Free Number Information
Posted by Tollfreenumber.ORG at Feb
Many companies want to do business worldwide without restriction. Why limit your marketplace to just one area when the internet puts worldly connections at our finger tips? While you are not likely to get exposure everywhere (think places without internet or heavy internet restriction) you can get quite a bit of exposure pretty easily. Below […]
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What Are You Doing With Your Money?
Posted by Tollfreenumber.ORG at Jan
Are you one of those people that constantly checks their bank account to see if you have enough money for gas, groceries, clothes, etc? You may not, in that case, be surprised to hear that MOST Americans live paycheck to paycheck. You are not alone and sometimes it can seem like it’s a never ending […]
What is Bitcoin?
Posted by Tollfreenumber.ORG at Jan
You may have heard of Bitcoin in the past few months for several different reasons. Bitcoin was a popular form of currency for an untraditional type of website called Silk Road – a site that offered a marketplace of less than legal items but, somehow, worked for years. Though the site was shut down and […]
Small Business Solutions For People Under 30
Posted by Tollfreenumber.ORG at Jan
If you’re in a younger generation and thinking about starting your own business, you’re likely thinking of starting an online business. The web has a lot to offer with relatively low start up costs, and in many cases, no start up costs at all if you use a site like Amazon or eBay to sell […]
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What Type of Phone System Should I Have?
Posted by Tollfreenumber.ORG at Dec
There are SO many choices out there regarding what type of phone system a particular business should have. Do you want extensions? A call queue? Virtual receptionist? Answering service? We’ve done some in depth reporting and figured out what a majority of potential customers like to hear when they call a company. Here are the […]
Category: Companies, Information
1-888-WOW-1DAY! Painting
Posted by Tollfreenumber.ORG at May
Name: 1-888-WOW-1DAY! Painting Year established: 2010 Type of business: 1-888-WOW1DAY! Painting promises to paint a customer’s home or business in a single day. It offers both exterior and interior painting. The company also offers a “Painter for a Day” program, in which a customer can hire one or two painters for a set block of […]
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Kars4Kids
Posted by Tollfreenumber.ORG at May
Name: Kars4Kids Year established: 2000 Type of business: Kars4Kids is a nationwide charitable organization in which donated cars are used to raise money to benefit underprivileged Jewish children. The organization, which is headquartered in Lakewood, N.J., raises funds for the nonprofit group Joy for Our Youth. Kars4Kids provides free towing of the vehicle, and also […]
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1-800-GOT-JUNK?
Posted by Tollfreenumber.ORG at May
Name: 1-800-GOT-JUNK? Year established: 1989 Type of business: 1-800-GOT-JUNK? offers full-service garbage removal for homes and businesses. The type of waste the company deals with includes old furniture, construction debris, yard waste, old electronics, appliances and more. Service includes loading and removing the garbage, as well as cleaning up the area where the garbage was […]
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1-800-MATTRESS
Posted by Tollfreenumber.ORG at May
Name: 1-800-MATTRESS Year established: 1976 Type of business: Founded by Ecuador native Napoleon Barragan in Queens, N.Y., 1-800-MATTRESS offers products including mattresses, bedding and furniture through its toll-free number and through its website, www.1800mattress.com. The company is headquartered in Hicksville, Long Island, and has seven distribution facilities across the United States offering delivery seven days […]
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