Noting associations between what appear to be two unlike items. I.E., what VoIP + X might =. I join Garrison Keillor with his quote, "Be well. Do good work and keep in touch."
Wednesday, December 08, 2010
Let ITEXPO Participants Remember You for Business and as Fun
In fact, our company's DIDX has added thousands of new wholesale telecom clients and vendors to the DIDXchange because of ITEXPO participation.
So, I thought I'd like to share with my readers what the ITEXPO East All Conference Reception Sponsor will get. First, it is scheduled February 3, 2011 in Miami Beach, Florida.
Attendees will appreciate and remember your company for a long time because of the fun and memorable evening of games, cocktails, karaoke, hors d'oeuvres, and networking!
The sponsor will receive all the leads generated by this reception.
Sponsorship Includes:
1. Pre-show email blast to ITEXPO Database promoting your sponsorship
2. Complete reception attendee list with contact information
3. Special introduction at reception by TMC CEO Rich Tehrani
4. Signage throughout convention center and event
5. Inclusion in the official Show Guide and program materials
6. Inclusion in all pre- and post-show publicity
Contact your ITEXPO sales representative today at 1-203-852-6800.
.. other blogs from our Super Technologies' team at http://blogs.didx.net/ and http://blog.tmcnet.com/monetizing-ip-communications/, our online magazine at http://www.techistan.com/, our iTunes channel, and DIDX podcasts. Find out how to bring new customers to your telephone company with local phone numbers from 70 countries. We are excited to be a part of helping 1000s around the world start a business, have success and connect with others via our Super Technologies' services such as DIDX, Techistan, Virtual Phoneline, CFMS or HVOIP white label business and more.
Monday, April 12, 2010
Thanks, TMC, for Sharing Us and Others at CTIA with the World
BTW, the cell phone you can wear, browse the net, download music, listen to music and more .. I found it, interviewed Isaac Calderon of http://www.vnagroup.us. Watch the video.
... browse some of our team's other blogs at http://blogs.didx.net/ and http://blog.tmcnet.com/monetizing-ip-communications/. Find out how to get your telephone company to offer phone numbers from around the world. You're welcome to comment, contribute, and collaborate any time.
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
What do you think of FCC's National Broadband Plan?
How would you answer the same questions?
TMCnet Editor Stefania Viscusi: “What do you think of the FCC’s national broadband plan?”
Suzanne Bowen: Remember, I'm an ex-English teacher turned small business owner, so I have a different view than most who might have spent their whole career in telecommunications, engineering, and/or business in general.
Isn't this a 376 page preliminary report, like a first draft of a framework, so what we read today will change tomorrow? And what's wrong with that as long as progress is made? For the people, you and me and them. I see a potential for new kinds of jobs to replace the old and obsolete, more opportunities for more education for those who need it, and even better ... more collaborative education, improved public safety networks, narrowed gap between the 'haves' and the 'have nots,' and because of this, the empowerment of entrepreneurs with the tools needed to start businesses that put the unemployed back to work.
TMCnet Editor Stefania Viscusi: “How do you expect this plan to affect your markets?”
Suzanne Bowen: Our market is in every corner of Earth, wherever any one has a softswitch and an empowering and practical entrepreneurial idea for business. The plan would be a step in the right direction for that type of individual or organization who wants to leverage direct inward dialing and call forward management with other services and products. In turn, it pushes the future-thinking (previously traditional) telecoms who are major suppliers of DID on DIDX, to expand their Internet and wireless services, products and devices and to change the paradigm of expected main streams of revenue.
TMCnet Editor Stefania Viscusi:: “Any other thoughts on what this new plan means for the future of communications””
Suzanne Bowen: It's a bit lofty and dreamy for me to say, but here we go: Innovation might get new opportunities to come out of hiding in the minds of the most unobvious locations and types of people.
... browse some of our team's other blogs at http://blogs.didx.net and http://blog.tmcnet.com/monetizing-ip-communications/. Find out how to get your telephone company to offer phone numbers from around the world. You're welcome to comment, contribute, and collaborate any time.
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Free Webinar on Hosted SEO with Rich Tehrani
Hosted SEO: The Winning Formula
Are you getting the high organic results you want on major search engines?
Wednesday August 19, 2009, 2:00 pm EDT / 11:00pm PDT
Do your keyword terms come out on top of search engine results pages? Hosted SEO (Search Engine Optimization) can drive your company’s keyword terms up in results pages, even garnering the top spot. In the long run, Hosted SEO can deliver more cost-effective results than paid keyword ads or internal efforts.
Join TMCnet on August 19 to learn how Hosted SEO: The Winning Formula works. Discover the benefits hosted SEO delivers, such as achieving high organic results for your keyword terms, outsourcing your SEO initiatives, and leveraging the expertise of a leading media partner. SEO as a service can make your marketing efforts flourish. It offers a more powerful and flexible content management system than what you may currently be using.
They’ll discuss how using news is a successful driver for SEO. Relevant, frequently updated news allows you to benefit from enhanced credibility and increased brand recognition in your market. If you have questions about offering news, the ROI of hosted SEO, how to get started, etc., this Webinar is the ideal forum to get these and more answers.
What You’ll Learn:
Why use Hosted SEO
How your keywords can quickly achieve high
rankings in SERPs
The benefits of cross-linking
Why news draws traffic to your Web site
The flexibility and power of an outside content
management system
What a 3rd media party can offer
Who Should Attend:
CMOs, VPs, Directors and Managers of Marketing
SEO & SEM strategists
Public Relations, Corporate Communications executives
Brand Managers
... browse some of our team's other blogs at http://blogs.didx.net and http://blog.tmcnet.com/monetizing-ip-communications/. You're welcome to comment, contribute, and collaborate any time.
Thursday, August 13, 2009
Specific Critique for ITEXPO Conferences, Flat Planet Phone and VoicePulse
ITEXPO East 2009 was a breath of fresh air. Despite beginning to feel suffocated by the endless rhetoric of a worsening economic climate and a decrease in buying power, what VoicePulse experienced at ITEXPO was a real world example that businesses are in fact ready to buy. As a Voice over IP service provider, the amount of booth traffic VoicePulse received and the qualified leads generated from ITEXPO only reassured us in our belief that the market is truly ripe for a serious commitment to VoIP. When it comes to IP telephony, what were once only business concepts have now matured into specific business models that are reshaping the communications market. Not suprisingly, VoicePulse was able to witness that first hand at this conference.
Ravi Sakaria, President & CEO, VoicePulse
The qualified leads we received at the show were beyond our expectations. It was the one of the most focused shows we have been at in years!
Greg Hamburg, Director of Sales, Voipswitch
A whopping 61.5% of the attendees fit our customer profile. Resellers, VARs and Service Providers who offer Hosted PBX services
to the SMB market. We went home with piles of solid leads. ITEXPO is the show that brings in real buyers.
Moshe Maeir, Chief Flattening Officer, The Flat Planet Phone Co.
Well what a surprise I got! When I arrived on Tuesday the whole place had a buzz about it. Everyone I met was upbeat and energized. At every exhibition session we took received leads in volume as high as we have ever seen at ITEXPO.
Chris Gravett, Sales and Marketing Director, Aculab plc
It was absolutely awesome and we did fantastically at the show. Get me a good spot for September!!!
Don Palmer, CEO, SIP Print
Our DIDXchange is a media partner for ITEXPO West 2009. I believe that this conference offers a chance to do any of the following...
1. Gather information and conduct research
2. Develop business and find new ideas for new business ideas
3. Connect with IP communications software developers and "monetizers" for a healthy and versatile idea of where you want to go next
4. Socialize with people in your industry to get to know them better
5. Attend the paid conference sessions which are well worth it
6. Get certified in different areas
7. Learn about voip, foip, hd communications, 4g wireless and more and how you can use any of them for your business, home, or entrepreneurial mashup
for any of the following...
1. Consumers and families
2. Developers
3. Monetizers
4. Entrepreneurs
5. Carriers wired and wireless
6. Social and business community portals, media, and marketing groups
7. Students and professors
and more!
See you there.
... browse some of our team's other blogs at http://blogs.didx.net and http://blog.tmcnet.com/monetizing-ip-communications/. You're welcome to comment, contribute, and collaborate any time.
Tuesday, August 04, 2009
ITEXPO West 09 Helps Exhibitors Color Coordinate
Another great best practice of ITEXPO! You can sign up to exhibit, sponsor and participate in many ways, but I would say hurry because it's filling up fast and will be bigger and more meaningful for business and technical development, more than ever.
(DIDXchange is a media partner for ITEXPO West and also an exhibitor at booth 125 where you watch live demonstrations of DIDX signups, interop testing, and ... DIDx now supporting T.38!)
We ordered blue carpet and table skirts for our booth this year. For once, we'll match! :-D
... browse some of our team's other blogs at http://blogs.didx.net and http://blog.tmcnet.com/monetizing-ip-communications/. You're welcome to comment, contribute, and collaborate any time.
Friday, July 17, 2009
Friends become Business Partners and Vice Versa
VoipSwitch and we met again at CommunicAsia 2009 in Singapore in February and had the most amazing time referring clients back and forth, helping entrepreneurs make their mash-up ideas a reality, and bringing on new global carriers to sell DID from new countries on DIDX!
Check out their video that explains how to leverage the wholesale DID marketplace on Youtube with DIDX's new API, and the great article that TMCnet editor Tim Gray edited on the DID/DDI channel.
So, what else are DIDX and VoipSwitch doing? Co-sponsoring a Lucky Strike Bowling Party during ITEXPO West 2009 in Los Angeles! ITEXPO West is a great conference for consumers, early adopters, carriers, voip companies, ip communications companies, ip pbx vendors, wireless operators and more. It's Sept 1-3. You can sign up for free expo passes, but even better get a conference pass which includes great educational sessions, breakfast, lunch, receptions and more close proximity to others who are serious business development and procurement. Sign up at http://www.itexpo.com.
... browse some of our team's other blogs at http://blogs.didx.net and http://blog.tmcnet.com/monetizing-ip-communications/. You're welcome to comment, contribute, and collaborate any time.
Wednesday, July 08, 2009
After Hours Networking During ITEXPO West | 4G Wireless Evolution
Please send the details in this format and keep in mind that ITEXPO West | 4G Wireless Evolution is scheduled for Sept 1-3, 2009 in Los Angeles, CA:
Date, Time, who is sponsoring, name of event, website address if applicable, location of event, and if it is OPEN or RSVP or INVITATION ONLY.
Date and Time, to be announced soon... DIDx & Voipswitch Bowling Party at Lucky Strike Bowling Alley in Los Angeles, get your invitation at booth 125 of DIDXchange.
Monday, August 31:
7:00 pm - 9:30 pm, Paul Dunay talk, sponsored by Avaya, at Westin Bonaventure, 404 W. Figueroa, must register at this link to get in: http://www.tmcnet.com/voip/conference/west-2009/attendees/w09-avaya-workshop.htm. You also need to be an http://www.itexpo.com attendee. Get a free signed copy of Facebook Marketing for Dummies and after the presentation, enjoy handcrafted on the rooftop patio of the Bonaventure Brewing Company.
Tuesday, September 1:
6:00 pm – 7:00 pm, sponsor to be announced, in the Exhibit Hall, OPEN to those with passes that enable visit to Exhibit Hall
Wednesday, September 2:
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm, sponsored by Aculab in the Exhibit Hall, OPEN to those with passes that enable visit to Exhibit Hall
... browse some of our team's other blogs at http://blogs.didx.net and http://blog.tmcnet.com/monetizing-ip-communications/. You're welcome to comment, contribute, and collaborate any time.
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Vippie! VoiceServe at CommunicAsia 2009
Enjoy learning about the plethora of VoiceServe offerings: Complete billing + softswitch solution, Symbian Nokia Mobile Softphone with Tunnel, retail services with self-care web portal, class 5 robust softswitch, multi-tenant, multi-user IP PBX module for ITSPs, and flash web softphone! They garnered the coveted Innovation Award 2009 by TMC.
We are the luckiest company to have industry friends like VoiceServe team. We first met them in person at ITEXPO. (Hello back to you, from Rehan and the rest of the Super Technologies, Inc. team.) We are a media partner for CommunicAsia and ITEXPO via our media tools and channels, and it is a blast!
... browse some of our team's other blogs at http://blogs.didx.net and http://blog.tmcnet.com/monetizing-ip-communications/. You're welcome to comment, contribute, and collaborate any time.
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Get involved with Internet Telephony online and offline!
Its product-focused editorial creates a platform to put readers in the frame of mind to think about evaluating and purchasing products. It's a big favorite worldwide among early adopters, entrepreneurs, incumbents, wireless operators and more in the IP communications-related industry.
INTERNET TELEPHONY boasts more than 225,000 readers each month* and offers strong online impact with its accompanying website, TMCnet, which attracts nearly three million unique visitors each month, according to Webtrends. We at DIDX have always been impressed with the interaction promoted, the quality of the advertisements and articles and decided last yeart to sponsor an advertisement on a monthly basis.
I'm copying the following from an email I received this morning that gives you a glimpse of the June 2009 issue:
The IP-Enabled Contact Center
IP-enabling the contact center continues the revolution that started when computer intelligence was first applied to call centers in the computer telephony era of the 1980s and 1990s. The IP-enabled contact center brings many new features and capabilities including Unified Communications, and essentially converts your entire organization into an extended call center. Benefits include reduced costs, enhanced visibility, supervision, and all-around management. The flexibility of IP communications allows for multiple configurations of contact centers, such as the typical hybrid VoIP/circuit-switched center, single-site/multi-site VoIP, home based agents, and off-shore outsourcing based on VoIP connections.
Designing the Mobile Enterprise
Unless you're starting a totally new operation, supporting your increasingly mobile workforce typically requires you to work with your existing equipment and services. Fortunately, there are now many ways to project advanced IP PBX and business functions out to road warriors and other roaming employees.
Billing
Many carriers and service providers don't quite realize that they're in the business of accurately billing customers. Their lapses in this area made possible a whole industry, Telecom Expense Management. But many companies now exist with advanced products and services that not only can help service providers, but take the concept of billing to a whole new level.
Location-Based Services
Location-Based Services (LBSs) are becoming increasingly popular, perhaps the most familiar being those involving navigation, e.g. Google Maps for your Phone or Nokia Maps. And there are such things as geo-tagging photos and mobile social networking. The original LBS was E911 service, mandated by the FCC. Nearly all present-day LBS applications are based on GPS or other workarounds, not on operator provided location services.
Open Source Selection Criteria
Open source telephony has revolutionized the world of small- and medium-sized business communications. Digium's Asterisk platform was the first cost-effective way to provide big-enterprise telephony functionality to smaller organizations. While the basic versions of such software is free, business users will want to deal with companies that provide support and additional features for a reasonable fee.
Note that TMCnet is a media partner for *Cluecon 2009 and Digium Asterisk World, conferences that focus with emphasis on open source developers but also entrepreneurs and more. See www.cluecon.com and http://www.tmcnet.com/voip/conference/east-09/digium-asterisk-world.htm. Both are extremely effective experiences.
Related URLs:
Get a subscription now: http://www.tmcnet.com/voip/
Begin your own successful advertisement: http://images.tmcnet.com/mkt/media-kit/IT_Rate_Card_2008.pdf
Submit an original article and apply for publication: http://images.tmcnet.com/mkt/media-kit/IT-Editorial-Calendar-2009.pdf
Contact a professional sales representative at TMCnet: http://www.tmcnet.com/tmcnet/contacts.aspx#IT
* DIDX is a media partner for Cluecon 2009. Special note to DIDX.net members: check your DIDX email soon for how important you are to Cluecon 2009.
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
VoIP Companies Know How to Score Strikes
DIDX held its IEXPO East 2009 party at Lucky Strike ... see Globalpops (now voip innovations), Mark Hewitt, Mohamed El-Mohri, Comptel team, Rich Tehrani from TMC, the Kimanis, Mauricio Puche, and more. We'll back next year.
We'll be in Barcelona next week at the GSMA World Mobile Congress.
... browse some of our team's other blogs at http://blogs.didx.net and http://blog.tmcnet.com/monetizing-ip-communications/. You're welcome to comment, contribute, and collaborate any time.
Friday, February 06, 2009
VoicePulse Makes you Famous at ITEXPO East 2009
... browse some of our team's other blogs at http://blogs.didx.net and http://blog.tmcnet.com/monetizing-ip-communications/. You're welcome to comment, contribute, and collaborate any time.
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
ITEXPO East 2009 Numbers More Than 20% over 2008
Even with the current "economic slowdown," ITEXPO East / Digium | Asterisk World / 4G Wireless Evolution, its registration numbers is up 20% over 2008. Sign up to meet up with the movers and shakers from all over the world in beautiful Miami Beach, Florida set for Feb. 2-4, 2009 at www.itexpo.com. Registration available now!
We're excited to offer our DIDXchange and its media channel as a supporting organization sponsor. See you there.
... browse some of our team's other blogs at http://blogs.didx.net and http://blog.tmcnet.com/monetizing-ip-communications/. You're welcome to comment, contribute, and collaborate any time.
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Thought-Provoking Questions I Revised a Bit for you from TMC
Are you generally optimistic, Pessimistic or realistic?
How many frequent flyer miles have you amassed?
How surprised are you at the global financial situation?
How is your company changing the way it does business as a result?
How have customers reacted to the slowing global markets?
Do you see this time as an opportunity or a rough spot to get through quickly?
What will companies need to do to survive this downturn?
How do your company's products help customers in a slow market?
What do you feel is the strongest segment of the communications space? Technology?
Which would you rather be president of and why? Google, Yahoo, Microsoft, Cisco, the United States.
What does President Bush need to accomplish before he leaves office?
What does an Obama administration need to do to help communications and technology become more pervasive?
Will this slowdown present an opportunity to reinvest in your company/market? If so, where will you invest?
Which country will present the largest opportunity for your company in 2009/10?
What device(s) do you use and wish you used?
If Nokia, RIM, Google and Apple devices are stranded together on an island, who survives and why?
If you are exhibiting, sponsoring, presenting, and/or networking at ITEXPO which takes place Feb 2-4 2009 in Miami, describe what you hope to accomplish?
What sorts of companies/people should come to your exhibit if you have one?
Why should customers choose your company’s solutions – and how do they justify the expense to management?
I am a purchasing decision-maker, why do I need to speak with you before I buy?
What is your favorite part of your job?
What do you look forward to in the future and why?
... browse some of our team's other blogs at http://blogs.didx.net and http://blog.tmcnet.com/monetizing-ip-communications/. You're welcome to comment, contribute, and collaborate any time.
Thursday, December 11, 2008
New Delhi Could Be Your Next Stop - Innovative Speakers
Outline of the Conference programme on different tracks are as follows:
Telecom Tracks:
• Next Generation Network
• Telecom Services & Applications
• Enterprise Applications & Solutions
• WiMAX Evolution
Mobility Tracks
• Technology Strategies for 3G and Beyond
• Deveopling Mobile Communication in Rural Areas
• Wireless Broadband
• Mobile Convergence
Broadcast, Cable, Satellite, Entertainment Tracks
• Creating the Business of Infotainment
• DTH/IPTV/Mobile TV
• Digital Media & Mobile Entertainment
• Creation, Management, Delivery of content for the entertainment industry
Information Technology Tracks
• Information Technology in the SMB environment
• E – CRM / ERP / SCM
• Data Storage Management
• Managing IT Infrastructure
Information Security Tracks
• Information Theft- Security issues, Strategy & Challenges
• Database Management for the Enterprise
• Theft Management
• 360 Degree Data Security
This list is not exhaustive and if you believe you have a contribution of value to the Indian market, please don’t hesitate to offer your proposal. See the contact information at the end of the Submissions Deadline page.
Check out the conference schedule and contact and we'll see there. Our DIDX is a media partner via our TMCNET channel DID/DDI.
The event is produced by:
Exhibitions India Pvt. Ltd.
(An ISO 9001:2000 Certified Company)
... browse some of our team's other blogs at http://blogs.didx.net and http://blog.tmcnet.com/monetizing-ip-communications/. You're welcome to comment, contribute, and collaborate any time.
Friday, November 07, 2008
Let them eat cake?? No, get the TRUTH
Don't be afraid to let your clients rate your company's services. A client's best gift to you is when he or she points out your company's weaknesses and areas that need improvement without malice and in a rational manner.
Invite your clients to rate your services and in turn, rate your suppliers at http://www.vendorrate.com/r/GKHCHDQT.
I discovered the energetic and positive VendorRate team at some VON and ITEXPO shows that our DIDX media channel sponsors. Happy rating!
... browse some of our team's other blogs at http://blogs.didx.net and http://blog.tmcnet.com/monetizing-ip-communications/. You're welcome to comment, contribute, and collaborate any time.
Sunday, October 05, 2008
Nihari, Telecom Billboards, and Empowerment of Internet
Pakistan is a trend-setter in telecommunications. Its Wateen provides countrywide WIMAX, the first in the world to do this. PTCL offers countrywide IPTV, another world first. The price of a call to the USA from a Pakistan cell phone is around 1 cent per minute and SMS is commonly used, included in your package. Ufone, Chinamobile (I used Zong while there, great deal), Mobilink, and other cell phone services offer more services at lower rates than any cell phone services in the United States.
While in Pakistan, I visited with each of these companies at their offices as well as Telenor, Telecard, Hazara Telecom and more.
My stop in Pakistan was one of many stops around the world in August 2008 where my goals were to visit current and potential clients, suppliers, and the world's telecommunications think tank. Next time, I'm bringing my colleagues Steve Cayona, Anna Hollis, Sergey Okhapkin, and Lisa-anne Routley and any of the others who are ready for a global trip.
The presentation is at http://www.viddler.com/explore/suzannebowen/videos/1/. Other videos of other speakers are listed on my TMCNET blog, Youtube, and Google.
(One last item, as mentioned by me at Viddler, I apologize for my comment about Chinese and Vietnamese accent on English. If I could take it back, I would.)
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
FIFTEEN Educational Tracks at ITEXPO West 2008
This year's ITEXPO West 2008 features fifteen distinct educational tracks, including nine that offer a professional certification from TMC University upon completion: Microsoft OCS, trixbox training, SIP Trunking, Reseller Solutions, Voice Peering, FMC/Mobility, Open Source, IP Network Security, Unified Communications, SIP, Software as a Service, SIP in the Contact Center, and Next-Gen Call Center Management. Apply for a TMC University scholarship to take courses at ITEXPO West 2008.
See for yourself. I encourage you to download your personal copy of the
complete event brochure here:
http://images.tmcnet.com/expo/west-08/art/itw08-brochure.pdf
As a decision-maker in the communications space whether in your home, university, organization or business, there is no better investment in your company's infrastructure and your career than attending ITEXPO.
Sign up at http://www.itexpo.com and then add yourself to the Facebook pre-networking group at ITEXPO West 2008 on Facebook.
Saturday, July 19, 2008
FierceVoIP's NXTcomm08 Party: Salsa Lessons!
FierceVoIP hosted the Martinis by Moonlight at the Moon at the Palms, an exclusive penthouse nightclub during NXTCOMM08. Lisa-anne Routley of DIDX takes salsa lessons from Max Glucksmann, DIDX member and integrator. FierceVoIP is a great source of insider information and updated news on IP Communications. Another awesome site for IP Communications and everything related to it is TMCNET.com.
Check out my new blog there, and contact me with new news, interview ideas and more. Let me show the world the nextgen, lucrative, user-friendly, and cutting edge services, products, ideas and events that they will go WOW about.
That's a peek at James Swinger, a telecommunications consultant and friend at the end of the video.