5 Tips To Help The Environment and Your Business This Year!

FreedomNEWS

Issue #2 January 2008

Welcome to issue #2. A new year is upon us, and it's time to create resolutions for 2008. Make this the year your business goes green and starts spreading the word about taking care of our ailing environment. Refer a friend to go green with FreedomVOICE virtual office solutions, and we'll reward you with a free month of system rental.

Here are 5 tips you can use to help the environment and your business this year.

1

Allow Employees to Telecommute.
- The U.S. Department of Energy says driving a car 1,000 miles per month dumps 120 tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere every year.
- A study from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says 13% of our greenhouse gasses come from driving personal vehicles.
Telecommuting reduces air pollution from vehicles, energy consumption from office equipment, and waste from non-recycled paper products such as printed documents and faxes. You can save on costly resources by reducing the need for a large office.

FreedomVOICE technology makes working from home easy and reliable. With Follow-Me Call Forwarding, your dispersed workforce maintains the image of being in a central location. Generate reports of missed calls in our WebLINK Internet Control Panel to keep your remote employees on task.
2

Use Online Faxing.
- 210 billion sheets of paper are used for faxing every year. 95% is not recycled.
- Lyra Research estimates the printer ink cartridge industry at roughly $21 billion a year.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says the paper-making process is one of the worst polluters of air, water, and land. With an online faxing service like our FaxFreedom, you can send and receive faxes from any computer without wasting the paper and ink. Incoming faxes can be delivered to your Inbox as email attachments or be viewed at any time through our WebLINK Internet Control Panel.
3

Eliminate Office Equipment.
- U.S. computers use nearly 64 billion kilowatt-hours of energy each year, costing over $6 billion. Traditional PBX systems and other office hardware increase this usage and cost substantially.
To eliminate energy-consuming racks of phone equipment, you can opt for a hosted service like our FreedomIQ Hosted PBX. FreedomIQ provides all the services of a traditional PBX (and more), without the burden of on-site installation, hardware storage, and expensive technical maintenance. Unlike a traditional PBX, FreedomIQ also utilizes our Follow-Me Call Forwarding to keep you connected with your customers even when you're away from your desk.
4

Encourage Teleconferencing.
- According to a World Resources Institute study, 2 people not flying from Chicago to a meeting in San Francisco prevents 4,696 pounds of carbon dioxide from jet fuel.
Instead of the expense and pollution of traveling to business meetings, schedule a teleconference to connect with your employees and clients. With our 24/7 reservationless teleconferencing service, you can schedule and manage meetings whenever you want. Save time, money, and the environment by cutting down on your need to travel long distances.
5

Bring The Message To Your Customers.
- According to a study by the Natural Marketing Institute, over 50 million U.S. consumers prefer to buy from companies that share their regard for the planet.
Let your customers know that your company uses environmentally-friendly technology, and encourage them to do the same. There are many ways you can incorporate your "going green" message into your FreedomVOICE system. You can record your message over the phone using Voice on Demand, allowing callers to press a key to hear about your efforts. You can also upload an informative document using the Fax on Demand feature, allowing callers to press a key and enter their fax number to receive this document.

For information on how to use the features listed above to get your going green message out, please contact our Customer Service Department at 800-477-1477 ext. 2.

I feel there's no limit to the ways our virtual office products can help in this most critical of issues. If you encourage a friend to "go green" with FreedomVOICE, I'd like to reward you with a free month of system rental. To get more information, contact our Customer Service Department at 800-477-1477 ext. 2.

Well, that about wraps up this issue. See you next month with more tips and ideas to help your business grow. Until then…