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www.COMMWORLD-KC.com (816) 763–1100 Volume 2, Issue 5

In This Issue...

80% of Phone Bills are Wrong

Is your phone bill wrong?

A recent report by the Gartner Group, a leading research organization, found that 80% of business phone bills have errors that are never found or reported.

Part of the problem is that phone bills are usually confusing and full of acronyms which make it nearly impossible for company owners, managers and bookkeepers to determine if there are errors. It takes training and experience to decipher most business phone bills. Read Full Article »


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Putting an End to Phone Tag

By Linda Bennett
As seen in KC Small Business Magazine

Having trouble making the connection?

What happens when your best customer calls with an urgent request and you're not in the office to take the call? Or maybe the ideal prospect finally returns a call to the sales rep who has been chasing him for months? If you're not sitting at your desk waiting for that call, what is the best case scenario?

As much as we love and need them, customers and prospects can be impatient. They want what they want, when they want it and if you can't deliver, they could take their business elsewhere. Read Full Article »


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Questionable Quotes...

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"I have traveled the length and breadth of this country and talked with the best people, and I can assure you that data processing is a fad that won't last out the year."
–The editor in charge of business books for Prentice Hall, 1957
"But what ... is it good for?"
–Engineer at the Advanced Computing Systems Division of IBM, 1968, commenting on the microchip
"The concept is interesting and well-formed, but in order to earn better than a 'C,' the idea must be feasible."
–A Yale University management professor in response to Fred Smith's paper proposing reliable overnight delivery service. Fred Smith went on to found Federal Express.

Source: newsgroup alt.humor

Fun Phone Facts: The 1st Portable Cellular Phone

Once upon a time...

Almost everyone has a cell phone today and many of us don't know how we could get by without one. But back in 1973, a man talking on the first portable cellular phone created a quite a scene on a New York street.

On April 3, 1973, Martin Cooper, then general manager of Motorola's Communications Systems Division, placed the first public telephone call on a portable cellular phone. This demonstrated his vision for personal wireless communications, distinct from cellular car phones. Read Full Article »