VoIP (or voice over internet protocol) has become an increasingly popular alternative to traditional long-distance phone calls. The reason? Cost. A VoIP provider can reduce your phone bills by as much as 80%, more than justifying the initial costs of buying the equipment and monthly or annual fees.

Choosing to go VoIP is easy; which VoIP provider you sign up with is trickier. With the number of companies and the diversity of packages to choose from, it’s hard to tell if you’re really getting your money’s worth. Here are some things to consider as you narrow down your choices: (more…)

You find yourself in the need to add content to your website. You know that search engines like useful sites, sites that change periodically and add more value for visitors. So how can you add content to your site without having to write it yourself? Well, one answer to this question is provided by hiring someone to do the writing for you. You find a writer and pay him/her to generate content for your website. This is an alternative you should always consider, because it is good to have some unique content in your site, content that visitors will not find somewhere else. If you cannot generate some unique content yourself, then you should find someone to do it for you. There are ghost writers, people who write articles for you, and don’t include their name as the article authors but your name. (more…)

We have all heard the popular adage that necessity is the mother of invention. As thinking beings, we humans, invent what we require in different circumstances. First we invented mobile phones, and then we incorporated the best of mobile tones to make the ringing of our mobiles customizable as well as more interesting. (more…)

A quick search on Google for advice on creating a site map initially threw up many links to software you could buy or download for free to create a site map. (more…)

You here a number of claims that blogging is the new media, and on certain days you can sort of believe it. But on other days, it’s not as obvious. It’s relatively clear that some sort of journalistic standards would need to be embraced for blogging to develop into a wider distributed and more respected medium. Many journalists are bloggers, which is somewhat ironic, because their industry is the one that’s most challenged by a new media. Journalists have long spent time and effort building up their credibility and establising professional organizations. Currently, blogging has very low quality standards, and that causes a credibility gap with the readership at large. (more…)

There are many consumer products that we are allowed to try out before purchasing. We test drive cars, we try on clothing and footwear, and we can even taste small samples of food at the grocery store. So why not do the same for conference calling solutions? (more…)