The most discussed topics on Twitter last year were #Sharknado (about a tornado of sharks), and the the #RoyalBaby. However, the biggest story in 2013 for the social network in Canada wasn't some pop-culture nonsense - (although that baby is very cute.) It was about how Twitter has proved to be an increasingly important business
It's not you. It's your subject line. We here at NEWT send our clients emails all the time, letting them know about new feature releases, feature upgrades, new products, company info, stuff like that. Basically what we're sending them is information that will benefit them and their business, and our biggest concern/problem is, we're sending
NEWT's sister division is called Worldline, and they are all about servicing Canadian residential customers. The suite of services they provide, like Unlimited High Speed Internet and Digital Home Phone packages are the best value in the country. The only problem is, not enough people know Worldline exists. This is why we are looking
http://youtu.be/DYu_bGbZiiQ This video from Leadercast.com went viral because, we've all been there. Using third party conference tools leads to all of the above happening all the time. For our NEWT clients however the humour wouldn't register as much as we specifically designed the NEWT conference bridge not to drive anyone nuts. The NEWT Conference Bridge
The new reality for business is, network up-time is essential. From voice and e-mail, to video-conferencing, e-commerce and CRM, to the thousands of other business applications that require access both in-office and remotely, companies no longer consider downtime “just part of doing business.” In fact, it’s the exact opposite. When a network is down, telecommuting
Letting our garden grow If you walk around our office right now, chances are anywhere you look there is something growing. Tomato plants, beans, lettuce, onions, peppers are hogging window space in every available office, hallway or meeting room. The reason for this is we're in the middle of the 2nd annual Great
We all know the type. The smarmy salesguy. The slick git finagling us into buying something we either don't want or even need. It's a caricature used often in film and literature yet this classic portrayal is so far from the today's reality, it's become obsolete. Pushy sales people are a thing of the past,
Coach Dwayne Casey and Kyle Lowry We rely on sports for entertainment, fun, distraction... a whole slew of things but business advice? Not too often. Yet Canada's lone NBA franchise demonstrate a remarkable transformation mid-season due to a simple change in culture, and strong leadership from the top on down. Going into this
It's been driving me crazy for years, and this morning I'd had enough. There's simply has to be another way! I'm talking about when I'm given the job of rewriting or updating something from a PDF and when I copy & paste it into word, my first task is to take all the time I'd originally
As CMO and co-founder of Fibernetics, perhaps my most important role is to help mentor my management team and staff into becoming better leaders. Part of that is to share quotes and articles that I have found useful in my own career. Below is a typical example of one I came across this past weekend that