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A calling card business is now one of the most common business models in the VOIP industry and is a lucrative venture and a great source of generating revenue.

Establishing your own system for your prepaid calling card business to run so you will have more time to spend on marketing your product is the first step.

Choosing your billing software is one of the first steps.  MOR Billing (VOIP Billing and Routing Software) is powerful, effective and yet simple and easy to use.  It is an all in one solution with pre-paid, post-paid and flat fee accounting which gives you complete control over your calling cards (including issuing pin numbers, usage fees, expiration dates, etc.).  You will need a server to run this on and the highest one recommended is the Quad Xeon.

Phone and internet services are the backbone of your calling card network.  Please be sure to ask the internet provider what contingency plans they have in case something happens to the network.

Choosing your long distance providers is vitally important.  It is wise to select multiple carriers.  A-Z long distance to send your calls anywhere in the world while also having a regional long distance provider focusing only on a specific region.  You should also find a DID provider (Direct Inward Dialing).  To help with the search on providers, a good place to look is www.voip-info.org.

Now that you have the backbone of your system under you, you can concentrate on marketing your product.  Consider the different fees you can charge to increase your revenue.  Activation fees, connection fees, maintenance fees and billing increments can all help you stay ahead of your competitors.

You can always choose two methods of marketing.  Print your calling cards and distribute through retail stores or virtual marketing (e-commerce).  Create your own website to sell your calling cards online.  There are many ways to market online, affiliate marketing, banner ads, Google Adwords and other CPC (cost per click advertising), social networking, press releases, email marketing, and SEO just to name a few.

It used to cost companies a fortune to fly executives to meetings all over the U.S. and abroad, put them up in hotels and bring them back home to reimburse them for their expenses.

This is no longer the case.  We now have video conferencing.  Most executive companies are set up for what turned out to be a whirlwind trend.  As of now, when a meeting, whether it’s a sales meeting between all offices, an executive board meeting, etc. all any office has to do is go to the conference room and sit down, sit back and relax.  The meeting takes place there through their computers.

This idea even applies to non-profit groups such as religious groups, addiction support groups and civic meetings held online.

Today you can share real time applications, files and graphics while eliminating the use of a video camera or webcam.  Video conferencing is definitely a show and tell method of business meetings online.  It is a collaborative event.

Online meetings use a method of VOIP (Voice over IP) application that allows them to call anywhere using their computers with a clear connection.

There is also the availability of renting a conference room in an executive suites office where they are set up for video conferencing.  This is ideal if you have only one or two people on a site.

Video conferencing has definitely brought us into the 21st century in style and is saving small and large companies large sums of money on travel expenses.

Large international companies, high powered executive firms, or any type of company with extreme highly critical information that may be of use to blackmail or sell the information in the wrong hands really must look into a way to safeguard and backup their precious data.

Data storage firms are one of the best ways to go.  They offer the necessary comprehensive security and far-reaching services to give you the highest level of security.

There are four items which may help in deciding which firm is right for your company.

-    Look for one with a good reputation and history.  Research and see if the company has done a lot of work for a variety of businesses and that they implement the best practices.

-    Make sure they have an international network of off-site storage vaults with high security but with a network that is secure and accessible should the need arise.

-    Always be sure that a data storage company has the ability of quick recovery.  The data storage firm must be able to get your data back quickly and accurately the moment you need it.

-    A good data storage firm should also be expected to perform routine preventative data security measures.

Computers and our files on them are rapidly replacing our paper files which are now used as backups to our computer files. So if disaster does strike and you have chosen the right data storage company you will only have lost the backup paper files and your hard drive will be safe and restored quickly and efficiently.