Image via Pexels When most people think of a small business, they imagine a restaurant or a mom-and-pop shop. But these days, more small businesses are launching in basements and spare bedrooms than Main Street storefronts.  Remote entrepreneurship offers a lot of...

Photo Credit: Pixabay You may think that there’s no way your small-scale business can compare to Amazon’s far-reaching success. And while it’s true you may not be able to dominate sales in the same way, you can use their model to help scale your business. Here are...

Photo Credit: Pexels There are so many tech options out there for small businesses that it’s often hard to fit them all into a single guide. So, instead of giving you a comprehensive list of the best tech for your small business, we at AVAD Technologies decided to...

Long-Term Business VoIP Contracts Benefit One Side – And Its Not Your Side Many Business VoIP providers want you to sign a multi-year business VoIP contract when signing up for their service. In exchange, they generally offer a slightly lower price on their service....

If you are like most companies there is not enough time in the day to take care of the core functions of your company, let manage your phone system. Spending time managing your phone system is one of those tasks that many companies only deal with on the day the system...

If you are like most companies, the answer is yes. If your company's telephone system does not offer texting, instant messaging, video conferencing, screen and document sharing, then your employees are probably using one or more free outside services to conduct...

Working remotely has soared in popularity over the past 10 years.  Studies show that nearly 23% of people report doing some remote working. With the growing community of people already working remotely and the number of people that have demonstrated a wish to follow...

 A Business VoIP phone system provides a quick and inexpensive way set up a state-of-the-art multi-location business phone system.  There are many Business VoIP Providers on the market, and choosing the right one for your company can prove to be very complicated. This...

What is a Hosted phone system and why should I get one? Instead of that ungainly PBX box in the telecom closet, AVAD delivers all hosted PBX phone services right over your Internet connection using VoIP technology. An AVAD hosted phone system is affordable, easy to...

Porting is a telecommunications industry term that refers to the process of transferring your business telephone number from your old phone service provider to your new phone service provider. Number portability offers customers the right to exercise their choice in...

Cloud (or Hosted) business communication services are today’s mainstream alternative to on-premises phone systems. Here are 10 reasons to move to the Cloud. 1. Increased Agility Cloud communications enable businesses to act nimbly and rapidly react to ever-changing...

For better or worse, collaboration is a fluid concept, and the value comes as much from how the associated technologies are used as how you think about it. Collaboration can be a linear process with a clear beginning and ending points, but it’s just as likely to be...