Remembering the Conference Calls of Yore

Current conference call technology, like the kind you get with My Halloo, makes communication easy between workers, vendors and special guests.  But do you remember what is used to be like?

The First Conference Call

Panama-Pacific International Exposition

Panama-Pacific International Exposition

“These days, making a call across the U.S. is so easy that people often don’t even know they’re talking coast to coast. But 100 years ago Sunday, it took a hackathon, a new technology and an international exposition to make it happen.” * Continue reading

Omaha, NE: The Land of Business and Opportunity

With a diverse economy and passion for preservation, Omaha, Nebraska welcomes all business and opportunity.

Flatiron Hotel

Flatiron Hotel

As of March 1st of this year, Omaha celebrated its 150th birthday and ultimate union with the United States as the the 37th star on America’s flag. This town was given the name “Gateway to the West” back in the 19th century when the city was a national transportation hub, but now Omaha works as a center for major industries such as banking, insurance and telecommunication. Continue reading

Equipping Your Sales Team

Sales people organiationIn many organizations, sales is the most important part of business. It may come as a surprise that most salespeople claim that their company makes it difficult to meet quotas. Sales people who spend half their time performing administration duties have nothing to look forward to but lower sales numbers which affects your bottom line.

Continue reading

Marketing Tips Using Your Cloud Phone System

Sophisticated phone systems allow you to positively improve your marketing in so many ways. Today’s cloud based phone systems like Halloo bring together the capabilities of multiple different technologies, with one platform, you have a contact management system, answering service, a social phone system and more. Knowing how to use those different capabilities can majorly impact your marketing. Continue reading

Halloo Hint: Combat Spam

What is Spam?

In telecommunications, spam can come from more than just an email service. It can also be phone calls received from robocallers. Often companies that use such systems have purchased a list of phone numbers of potential customers or use a random number dialer, and are calling them at will, with no prior authorization to make that contact. Essentially, it is the same as the unsolicited emails that we term spam, only worse, because they usually call at the worst possible time. Continue reading