In this Issue...
With all this cost cutting, down sizing and falling back...it's time to "Spring Forward" to better times!
We "Spring Forward" again on Sunday, March 8th at 2:00AM. As you're changing the time on your watch, clock, TV, radio, DVD player, VCR, car radio, microwave and coffee pot...don't forget the office telecommunications equipment. New systems change automatically, but older equipment may need to be adjusted.
To place a service request, contact us at 816–763–1100 or at the Service Center on our website. If you have a voice mail system equipped with a monitor and keyboard, you may want to make the change yourself.
COMMWORLD will pro–actively make sure time changes are correct for clients enrolled in Partner Protection or Current Technology Assurance Plans. You don't even need to call us. The service is included and we'll happily take care of it for you.
Batteries protect the life of your equipment
Don't forget to change the batteries in any uninterrupted power supply (UPS) or battery backup system which protects and supports your phone system, voice mail or data equipment. Power fluctuations can reduce the life of electronic equipment. We recommend changing the batteries every 3 years. Call us if you're due for new batteries to protect your technology equipment.
P.S. Remember to protect the life of your family and change the batteries in the smoke detectors at home, too.
Is your business hurting, suffering or just stuck? Do you need a life–line in this recession–plagued economy?
View this short video of John Assaraf – featured in The Secret; author of New York Times best seller The Answer; guest of "Larry King Live", Donny Deutsch's "The Big Idea" and "The Ellen Degeneres Show"; founder of OneCoach. Then be COMMWORLD's guest on a complementary OneCoach Momentum call .
OneCoach has fast access to the answers you need to grow the business you want. It's not the time for whining or worrying. It's the time to take action – and that means you should sign up for this conference call while lines are still available!
Here's what people are saying about these calls:
"Amazing call tonight! Thank you for keeping this concise, informative and entertaining! You are truly a master! Please continue to keep us educated and on the right path to success!"
"Just wanted to thank you for an awesome call. I've been listening the last few weeks and have received an enormous amount of information. I appreciate your genuine desire to help business owners."
"OneCoach calls have been awesome. I have been on every call and have been able to polish my skills as well as learn how to apply these tools to my business directly everyday!"
No Money Down / 0% Financing – a Real Economic Stimulus...
Get the technology to grow your business with this great financing opportunity. This offer is effective immediately through March 31st.
- Zero money down
- 0% financing
- 36 month Fair Market Value (.0278)
- Minimum $5,000 – Maximum $75,000
- Subject to credit approval
- No Government or National Accounts
The right telecom technology means much more than answering calls, making calls and taking messages. It should increase revenues and profits while improving efficiency and reducing costs. It can help your business do more with fewer people, enhance customer service, help sales reps sell more, create a competitive advantage and help managers manage. Isn't that what you need now more than ever? Call 816–763–1100 to learn how technology can help you through these tough economic times.
Up to $5000 Tax Credit (not a deduction)
A February, 2009 survey of small business owners conducted by the National Federation of Independent Businesses (NFIB), found that taxes are the second largest problem small business owners face. We thought you would want to know about a tax credit which could pay for up to $5000 on a new Toshiba telecom system.
Small businesses with prior year gross receipts less than $1 million OR with no more than 30 full time employees are allowed a 50% tax credit for qualified expenditures over $250 up to $10,000 maximum.
We are not tax experts or consultants and do not intend to give tax advise. But if you would like to know more about this tax credit opportunity, please call us at 816–763–1100. Then be sure to consult with your CPA or tax advisor.
Source: ToshibaFYI.com
Congratulations to all the winners of the eighth Annual 25 Under 25® Awards sponsored by KC Small Business magazine!
Don't miss this great event for small businesses in Kansas City. The Dinner & Gala are Saturday, March 7, 2009 beginning at 6:00 p.m. at the Downtown Marriott Imperial Ballroom. If you've never attended – think Academy Awards, KC Style.
Special congratulations go to our friends and clients at Skyline Displays Heartland. This honor is well–deserved.
All of us at COMMWORLD of Kansas City are proud to be a 25 Under 25® honoree from 2005.
Questionable Quotes
"Computers in the future may weigh no more than 1.5 tons."
-Popular Mechanics, forecasting the relentless march of science, 1949.
"I'm just glad it'll be Clark Gable who's falling on his face and not Gary Cooper."
-Spoken by Gary Cooper on his decision not to take the leading role in "Gone With
The Wind."
"This 'telephone' has too many shortcomings to be seriously considered as a
means of communication. The device is inherently of no value to us."
-Western Union internal memo, 1876.
Fun Phone Facts
The Invention and Development of the Dial Telephone: The Contribution of Three Lindsborg Inventors
by Emory Lindquist
In the 1860's an area in the central part of Kansas called the Smoky Valley was settled primarily by Swedish immigrants. The quaint town of Lindsborg still reflects that history today. Lindsborg also has an important connection to the development of the telephone.
The efforts of early Lindsborg citizens, John and Charles Erickson and Frank Lundquist led to the invention and development of the dial telephone. After years of work, the patent for the dial telephone was finally granted on January 11, 1898. This early dial mechanism didn't have holes like later models. Instead the circular dial had finger 'holds'. As a number was dialed, it wound a spring. When the user released the finger hold, the dial returned to its original position as the required number of circuit interruptions took place. These circuit interruptions controlled the movement of the equipment back at the central office.
The early dial telephone was called "The Machine Girl". At first it was met with ridicule, but was later adopted as the standard method of placing calls in the U.S. and around the world. Many years later, in May, 1951 dial telephone service was finally installed in Lindsborg, Kansas.
Source – The Invention and Development of the Dial Telphone: The Contribution of Three Lindsborg Inventors by Emory Lindquist
