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4 Areas for Business Technology Resolutions in 2021 Happy New Tech Year! Before we talk about any business technology resolution, let's start with a collective sigh of relief. It’s 2021 and like the beginning of most years, there is still a lot to clean up from the previous year. But...

Why Upgrade Now? Everything is cyclical. Life, fashion, health, nature, seasons and business. You may have heard in a religious text or a 60s pop song that “to everything there is a season.” We’re currently taking an ironic turn (turn, turn) as while nature is entering it’s spring, the economy...

Thinking About Telework? For years now, employers and employees have been touting the benefits of telecommuting. In fact in the past decade telecommuting has gone up over 90 percent! Telework has been an upward trend in the last decade for many reasons - happier employees, saving money for companies, lowering...

Surveillance Myths   We all face anxiety from time to time…or all the time. Anxiety comes from the unknown and unknowable. As a business person, you may have anxiety over profits, employee retention, marketing or something particular to your own business. One place many business owners or managers face stress...

It's Alright to Be Old School! Digital Phone Systems are like Vinyl   There’s a certain kind of client. You know the type. Perhaps you are one. Someone who listens to old time rock n’roll or classic country on vinyl. Someone who prefers Pacman to Call of Duty. The type...

What were the technology trends of the last decade? Happy New Year! Here we are at the end of not just another year, but a whole other decade! The good news? We can all finally agree on a shorthand term for our current decade. No more saying  teens, twenty tens,...

Why Can’t I Just Use My Cell Phone?     Although the first mobile phone available to the public was released by Motorola in 1973, they first gained notice in the United Stated in the 1980s and didn’t really take off in popularity until the 1990s. Since then, predictors have...

Silence Isn't Always Golden Background Music I used to be in radio. I wasn’t a DJ though. I helped produce a show that gave parents help in raising their children. Though I would pick out the bumper music (the music that plays in or out at the end of a...

Don't Lose Money Trying to Save it on Your Tech Budget 1 Life Lesson from 2 Dentists A dentist I know once had a patient who superglued his crown onto his tooth. He wanted to save to some money. How do you think that worked out? A decade or so...

I heard an old, old story.   Once upon a time… Everyone loves a little story here and there. We make sense of life through stories. We share them when we want to get a point across or lighten the mood. We read them to pass the time. With RCI...

Cupcakes are Coming... If you’ve been following RCI’s social media accounts lately, you’d be forgiven for wondering if we were going into the baking business. You’d have found pictures and phrases like the one above. Perhaps disappointingly we have not gone into selling sweets full time. But we do have...

Have you counted the cost? Should I phone a friend or walk away with the money? Your telephone system is an integral part of your business, but so are your finances. A business shouldn’t have to choose between the two. Unfortunately, many have been put in such a situation for...

Yes We Have No Toshiba   What Do I Do with My Toshiba Telephone System? What happens when a manufacturer goes out of business? Not long ago, Toshiba was the best manufacturer of telephones. It was known even by other manufacturers as being the standard in rock solid equipment. In...

Can you hear me now? Effective communication is undoubtedly an important part of everyday life, especially in a business setting. Some would refer to the ability to communicate as an art in itself. One must do so in a way that gets all information across, leaves no uncertainty, and makes...

Honey I Shrunk the Inventory   Some Sobering Statistics Let’s begin with answering a question. What is shrinkage? Hold your snickers, Seinfeld fans. In this case, we are talking about inventory loss. Shrinkage has many causes from poor record keeping, loss and damage to the focus of this particular blog...

Relationships Matter More Than Equipment   You may be surprised to be told while reading a technology blog that technology is actually of secondary importance when making technology decisions. Certainly you want technology that is dependable, modern and useful. Ideally you'll have technology that is cutting edge and maybe even...

Your Service is Your Product How do you know if your employees are doing a good job with customers? We spent the last two blog posts talking about ways a phone system can add or subtract from a customer experience. But the most important factor in whether your customers are...

Pluses and Minuses: Part 2 When a customer calls in to speak to someone at your company, it’s a lot easier to give them a bad experience than a good one. Over the course of a phone call, there are many opportunities to ruin a customer experience or keep it...

Making Sure Your Phone System Enhances Your Client Experience When you run a business, or any part of a business, you know that your customers are your most important asset. You also know that every choice you make is either a plus or minus for your customers. Every decision makes...