In today’s business environment, “instant” and “at the push of a button” seems to resonate across the ecosystem when it comes to communication.  Fortunately, through Push-to-Talk (PTT) technology, businesses can make an instant connection with someone on their call list, and speak about the issue at hand without waiting for a phone to ring.

No matter what line of business you are in, construction, transportation, medical, manufacturing, professional services, etc, a mobile phone with Push-to-Talk offers many features and top line benefits including:

A few posts back, I talked about our GoPayment solution in conjunction with Intuit and how it made it easy for the entrepreneur or small business owner to accept credit card payments anytime and anywhere.  Today, I’d like to share a success story.  Verizon Wireless customer, YiShaun Yang, owner of AdoraPet, conveys a good business case below.

In her own words YiShaun wrote:

While I was working as a corporate attorney in a Manhattan law firm, I made the decision to take a leap of faith and start my own business.  I believe children are full of potential and possibility, and it was important to me to create a business that nurtures children’s dreams and development.

Don’t you think it’s time to get a jumpstart on resolutions for 2012?  As an SMB you are now in a position to amp up your 3G and 4G business tools.  Affordably.  From Verizon Wireless.

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Beginning November 28, Verizon Wireless is offering special promotions to SMBs and Corporate Liable End Users (CLEU) – with 5-9999 lines – as the holiday shopping season gets under way. ...

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If you are an entrepreneur or work for an SMB, in all likelihood you think of your smartphone along the lines of the once prominent American Express Card theme:  You DON’T leave home – or your office – without it.

There are so many articles about how smartphones are usefulness for businesses.  In a sense it’s like a miniature computer, but with telephone capabilities and it is small enough to easily carry around wherever you go.

With a smartphone you can answer a call and check your email or browse the web for news or search for a vendor.  You can take a photo or a short video and easily upload it to your company’s Facebook page or Twitter.

Beginning October 13, Verizon Wireless’ business customers now have access to significant discounts on business products and services they use regularly ...

Verizon Wireless was recently honored as a Small Business Influencer 2011.  As a nominee in the “Corporations” category, the company was selected as a “Champion” through a combination of an online poll and a judging panel.

Verizon Wireless and Intuit teamed up to give small businesses a viable, affordable method of accepting credit cards.

In an increasingly mobile and cashless society, small businesses more than ever need an easy way to accept credit cards on the go so they never have to say no to a sale. 

Whether you are a one-person operation, or a business with 50 employees, one of the big challenges for many small businesses is payment.  Many organizations are not equipped to take or process credit cards– until now.

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Tablets are rapidly gaining the mindshare of both business and customer.  Look at them as value tools for an SMB to gain an advantage for productivity, processing and internal/external interaction.

Starting this month Verizon’s small business team will launch the Verizon Authors Series featuring a book a month that we hope will provide additional insights to help you run your business better.  We’re excited to launch this series that will bring you even more resources.

Books are another great tool to learn more about a topic, get ideas, insights or even give you an idea that just may be the breakthrough you need.

The author of each book we will feature every month will provide a guest post on our blog, the Verizon Small Biz Blogwww.verizon.com/smallbusinessblog), offering you information on how they got started with their business, what their book is about and some key tips that you may be able to incorporate into your business.

My online friends, where does the time go?  I’ve been trying to post this blog since this morning, but one thing led to another…  Check out below these interesting articles I spotted this week.  Let me know what you think of these weekly roundups and feel free to share a link to an article you found helpful for your business.  Until the next time, happy reading!