Business travel can be grueling whether you’re heading out on the highway or flying half-way around the world to see clients. Here are some tips for staying connected on the days you’re out and about. Let Them Know When You’re Traveling While you’re getting ready to travel, changing your voicemail greeting may not be at [...]

Since 2002, when the first smartphone BlackBerry was released, users have been well-known for being fiercely loyal to these handheld devices. Hence, the development of the affectionately given, colloquial term – the “Crackberry”. Eight years since its introduction, BlackBerry is still a favorite for millions worldwide, and since the launch of its app marketplace, it [...]

That busy time between Thanksgiving and January 1st can be extremely hectic for business owners who are scrambling to spread the word about holiday promotions while also attending celebrations. Too often, little details get forgotten somewhere between purchasing customer gifts and decking the halls with boughs of holly. Keeping it business as usual during the [...]

Receiving comments from happy customers makes our day. We get lots of great feedback from business owners who consider RingCentral to be a key component of their success. So, we wanted to take this opportunity to thank all of our customers and share just a few of their amazing messages that we’ve received recently. Do [...]

                Choosing the right phone system is vital to the success of a small business. When you consider that for most business owners the phone continues to be a primary means of communicating with prospects, existing customers, and suppliers, simply using a home-based landline or personal cell phone [...]

Why it pays to have test voice-mail Back in 2005, I was working for a start-up that had a traditional punch-key PBX system. It wasn’t the fault of the start-up, it was just the phone system that the commercial office space they occupied came with. The manual for the phone system that the previous tenant [...]

Most offices have voicemail, but not all of them have given their voicemail a makeover. That may sound strange, but think about it from the customer point of view. If this is the first time a potential client has contacted you and it goes straight to voicemail, you have a very small window to make [...]

Important people have… people. The president doesn’t have a cell phone; he has people nearby him who do. The cliché executives in movies always have an administrator desked outside their door waiting to sniff out your legitimacy and guard their time and impress their constituants. Jennifer Lopez cavorts around town with twenty assistants. HBO has [...]