Volume 4, Number 1 – Fall 2008
  
Featured Articles
Small and Medium-Size Businesses switch to VOIP
Clearing Up Misconceptions
Cory’s Holiday Shopping is Complete

Small and Medium-Size Businesses switch to VOIP

Small and medium-sized businesses (SMB) are increasingly selecting VOIP (Voice over IP) for their telecom needs.

We at Cory Communications consider this trend significant and want to share our observations.

With dramatic improvements in VOIP’s affordability and quality, experts see small and medium-sized enterprises as the next group to embrace VOIP technology. By 2010 the number of SMB’s choosing VOIP is predicted to grow by 400%.

Using VOIP, these small and mid-sized firms gain efficiencies by utilizing a dedicated connection for both their voice and internet traffic.

Here are a few of the many compelling reasons to select VOIP.

  1. Cost Savings: VOIP service typically reduces telecom expenses by 20% - 40% or more, depending on usage. Given today’s economy, businesses upgrading or purchasing new phone systems are looking for any opportunity to keep expenses low. VOIP is a logical choice.
  2. Dramatically Improved Quality of Service: There is virtually no discernable difference between VOIP service and voice clarity through plain old telephone service (POTS) lines. In the past, the choppy quality prevented firms from adopting VOIP for business use. With remarkable improvements, quality of service is virtually a non-issue.
  3. Meeting Needs of SMB’s Work Environment: Increasingly small and medium sized businesses rely on non-traditional work environments; employees often working from their homes and other off-site locations. In many cases, firms have multiple small office locations which they join together through a single system and phone number. VOIP offers great flexibility and supports telecom access at multiple locations, even forwarded to mobile phones, all through the same telephone number.
  4. Value-Added Features: VOIP also comes with a range of standard features that would normally be priced separately. Voicemail, call forwarding, call transfer and conference calling are just a few examples. These are great for SMB’s who want to present the image of being a larger, without paying for each service separately.
  5. Great for Start-ups: Many start-up companies select VOIP service right out of the gate. Then, as they grow these firms benefit from VOIP’s inherent flexibility, which allows companies to scale very quickly without purchasing additional hardware, waiting for lines to be installed, or installing new services.
  6. Excellent for Growth Companies: Smaller companies outgrow the constraints of their land line systems. Others have outdated PBX systems. Again, the inherent flexibility within VOIP allows growing companies to configure their telephone systems to meet to future, often unpredictable needs. When growth companies with traditional PBX’s make reinvestment decisions, many tend to purchase VOIP infrastructure, to achieve savings on their future telecom charges.

Cory Communications would welcome talking to you about VOIP, how this service could help you, and whether it’s right for your firm.

If you have questions about VOIP service, please call us at 1-877-489-8186 or send an email to info@corycommunications.com.

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Clearing Up Misconceptions

Cory Communications just received feedback from our anonymous and random telephone survey of several dozen business clients. Take a look at some of the nice feedback we received about Cory:

  • Prompt, reliable service
  • One place to get all your telecom service
  • The best price, trust
  • No worries
  • Very knowledgeable
  • Access to friendly, helpful people

Wow – those were nice words to hear!

But there were also a few surprises and misconceptions.

  • Whom to call for service? If you have any problems with service from your telecom providers, Cory will help resolve them. Please contact us before calling the telecom provider. It’s our job to deliver prompt and reliable service on all your telecom needs. Cory is available during normal business hours Monday thru Friday. After hours or on the weekends please call the toll free number of your provider.
  • Are there services and providers Cory can’t offer? There is virtually no telecom product or service which Cory cannot offer you. We truly are the one place for all your for voice or data communications needs. Whether it’s local, long distance, DSL, T-1 service, or Conference Calling we can help. Whether you have a preferred telecom provider or want us to recommend a Cory partner, it doesn’t matter. Just call us. Our selections are almost limitless!
  • Can Cory match the savings from the big telephone companies? Our clients tell us about huge savings offered by the brand name telephone companies. If you receive an offer like this, call us. If the offer sounds too good to be true, it probably is. You will likely end up spending more in the long run, and there’s no assurance that you’ll receive “prompt, reliable service” by dialing what some in the industry call the big phone company’s “1-800-Good.Luck.” When you call us, we’ll tell you if the call is a bait and switch tactic. If it’s legitimate, we’ll work with you to realize the saving!

We sincerely thank all of you who participated in the survey. If you did not participate but would like to provide feedback to us, please call at 1-877-489-8186 or send an email to info@corycommunications.com.

If you have any questions about your current telecom service, please give let us know! It’s our job to help to be the one source for all your telecom needs.

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Cory’s Holiday Shopping is Complete

We at Cory Communications had the great opportunity to meet the youth and leaders of Hopeworks ’N Camden (NJ).

Many of you have heard of Hopeworks, but if you haven’t this is an extremely special organization. We were truly inspired.

Hopeworks’ executive director is Father Jeff Putthoff, S.J. The organization empowers Camden youth, aged 14 – 23, to identify and develop their D.R.E.A.M.S.*. Some participants are in school; others have dropped out. All are pointed by Hopeworks to a future full of hope.

Putthoff says that Camden NJ has close to a 70% drop out rate from high school. “In such a situation Hopeworks is making a difference by helping youth get back in school and achieve their dream,” he continues.

The organization’s motto is “learning to learn” and the heart of the program is technology training, specifically Web Design and Graphic Information Services skills.

Cory was so inspired by Hopeworks that this holiday season we will make a donation to this wonderful organization in our clients’ names.

Putthoff responded, “It’s partners like Cory Communications who make hope possible for the youth of Camden.”

If you ever have the opportunity to visit Hopeworks or open your door to internship possibilities for a participant, please consider doing so. Father Putthoff can be reached at 856-365-HOPE. The address is 543 State St. Camden, NJ 08102 and their website is www.hopeworks.org.

*DREAMS: Dynamic, Realizable Efforts to Attain and Maintain Success.

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Acknowledgement
Cory Communications, Inc. is a full-service telecommunications company based in Haddonfield, NJ. Founded in 2001 by Jack Zoblin, an industry veteran with over 19 years telecommunications experience, the firm provides a complete range of voice and data products to business clients in South Jersey and throughout the country.

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