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You too can outfit a home office for telecommuting and conducting business. Americans are leaving the corporate mothership in droves. At last count, more than one in five of the nation’s workers engaged in some form of telework on either a full- or part-time basis. A 2001 survey by the International Telework Association and Council (ITAC) also showed that a majority of teleworkers said they were more satisfied with their jobs, more productive than their peers, and felt more loyal to their employers than ever before. Nice work if you can get it, eh?
In fact, there’s never been a better time to approach your boss about telecommuting. “We’re starting to see more and more positions becoming teleworkable,” says ITAC president Tim Kane. Thanks to Internet and phone technology advances, working from home is both increasingly viable and affordable. Some companies favor telework as a way to cut down on overhead expenses such as office real estate. Some cities promote telework as a way of reducing pollution and rush-hour traffic.
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Are you selling to other businesses? Do you need a constant stream of sales leads?
Then read this article, because effective telemarketing can work wonders.
(Mind you, I’m keeping some of my best telemarketing secrets for my clients; if you want to find out more – get in touch!)‘Telemarketing’ means telephone-based research, appointment making, or other information exchange. Telephone selling (or telesales) is where an actual sale can be made over the phone, such as advertising sales. I will use the term ‘telemarketing’ for the sake of simplicity.
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Technology and Teleworker
Filed under Business, TeleworkerIn 2000, Congress enacted a law designed to establish telework policies. The law was intended to promote flexibility, reduce physical office space requirements and make jobs more appealing to candidates. A secondary reason for telework policies was to guard against a pandemic outbreak, terrorist attack or any other disasters. Since 2000, the rise in the number of laptops, broadband and Wi-Fi connections in homes, Webmail accounts for e-mail, and Web portals for remote access have made telecommuting more convenient and feasible than ever.
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Flexible work schedules can help companies reduce costs and retain in-demand talent, but managers need to do more than set up remote access to enable telework to thrive
By Denise Dubie
As telework initiatives spread, managers interested in adopting the flexible work model must set use policies, deploy enabling technologies and establish employee goals to guarantee their telework initiative is a success.
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What started in the 1980’s and 1990’s as web commuting, which was then termed telecommuting, and more recently coined teleworking is not a trend that is going away. In fact, working from home is getting increasingly popular and with advances in technology, quite feasible as well. According to a recent study conducted by The Polling Company on behalf of Citrix Online, nearly 25% of US workers and 41% of small business owners regularly work from home or another offsite location. As a small business owner and employer, it may be time to consider a telework program for your company.
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