Peter Hales

I write about things that will help small business owners and entrepreneurs for FreedomVoice. For questions, comments, and opportunities you can reach me at: peter.hales@freedomvoice.com 1-800-477 ext. 854

Google Changes Privacy Policy – What It Means

Google Changes Privacy Policy – What It Means

Google recently changed its privacy policy from more than 60 policies for its many different products to one in an effort to unify users profiles under the Google umbrella. What does this mean for you as a user and as a business owner? As with anything involving privacy and the Internet, the reaction is split [...]

Calling All Super Bowl Fans

Calling All Super Bowl Fans

The greatest unofficial American holiday is nearly here, the Super Bowl. How is it relevant to the FreedomVoice Small Business Blog, you ask? Challenge accepted. In yet another matchup featuring a New York team and a New England team, fans are either excited to see this rivalry play out…or extremely bored of it. Look, we [...]

Customer Spotlight: Rabbi Andrea Frank

Customer Spotlight: Rabbi Andrea Frank

In this, our third FreedomVoice customer spotlight, we interview Rabbi Andrea Frank of Jewish-Wedding-Rabbi.com. Rabbi Andrea is based in Westchester County, New York, but frequently performs a wide array of ceremonies and services all over the globe. From these spotlights, we hope you can learn something useful that can be applied to your own business, as [...]

Customer Spotlight: Albert Ciuksza Jr. of Portabeer.com

Customer Spotlight: Albert Ciuksza Jr. of Portabeer.com

We truly value our customers here at FreedomVoice, which is why we like to shine the spotlight on one of them from time to time and share their story with the rest of our community. From these spotlights, we hope you can learn something useful that can be applied to your own business, as well [...]

800 Numbers Are So Hot in 2012

800 Numbers Are So Hot in 2012

Charlie Sheen’s meltdown and America’s subsequent obsession with the former fake Cleveland Indians pitcher was one of the biggest stories in pop culture of 2011. Needless to say, we’re ready to slam the door on 2011 like the Wild Thing did to the White Sox (¡en español!) and start predicting what will be huge in [...]

2012: End of Days or End of Mediocrity?

2012: End of Days or End of Mediocrity?

Welcome to the last year on earth, according to numerous theories. Although the end of the world has been predicted countless times before, why not live this year like it really is the last? I’m not talking about racking up major credit card debt while bar hopping your way through the Greek Islands or ignoring societal [...]

A Virtual Phone System Might Save Your New Year’s Resolution

A Virtual Phone System Might Save Your New Year’s Resolution

“I’m going to get in shape this year!” Does that sound like you? Have you ever joined a gym and then after a few weeks forgotten about your New Year’s resolution altogether? You’re not alone. Looking at Time’s very unscientific top ten list of the most commonly broken New Year’s resolutions from last year, we realized a virtual [...]

#NewNewTwitter and Your Small Business

#NewNewTwitter and Your Small Business

If you are on Twitter, you have probably seen the trending topic #NewNewTwitter the last few days. Twitter has started unveiling their second redesign of the website this year. We’ve talked about the tremendous importance of a Facebook Page and a Google+ Page for your business, but now Twitter is getting in the mix with a [...]

Carrier IQ: Privacy Concerns

Carrier IQ: Privacy Concerns

Fans of dystopian fiction are letting their imaginations run wild after a developer released a video of a hidden, keystroke-recording app called IQ Agent by Carrier IQ that is running on an estimated 150 million smartphones worldwide in order to learn information about the behavior of their users. While Carrier IQ isn’t likely to go Skynet on us, this [...]

FreedomVoice Adds 2 SonicWALL Routers

FreedomVoice Adds 2 SonicWALL Routers

Note: This post is intended for FreedomVoice customers using our FreedomIQ hosted VoIP phone system. Not a FreedomIQ customer? Check out how upgrading to our hosted VoIP platform can help your business at www.FreedomIQ.com. We are happy to announce that you will soon be able to purchase the SonicWALL TZ 210 and NSA 240 routers directly [...]

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