Do your cell phone practices/etiquette hurt or help your business? 
I’m not talking simply about how you talk to people on the phone.  I’m also referring to your constant use of the cell phone when you’re in public.
You’re representing your business when you’re outside your home, as well as in.  Your dress, your manner of treating people, your smile (even when you don’t think people are looking), and your actions reflect on your business.  When you’re in business, you “live in a glass house,” someone once told me.

Do you constantly have a cell phone glued to your ear?
Do you answer calls …read more

Do you make private business calls on your cell phone or iphone? 
Do you keep business information on it?  Do you make payments, access your bank accounts or store sensitive financial data?  Do you have family information on it?  Can your cell phone track your movements?  Are your text messages of a private nature?  What  photos do you take, store and transmit?
Ask yourself these questions because cell phones today are smarter than you realize and are utilized for more than making calls.  Much of this information can be accessed even if you think you’ve destroyed it.  It also can be accessed while still in …read more

When you’re writing advertising and/or promotional copy for your home business, proof read to make sure it’s correct.  In today’s world, with the use of text messaging and short cuts in writing, it might be too easy to revert to that type of grammar, punctuation and spelling.  
 For instance would you text…“I hv msg 4 u” instead of “I have a message for you” when using your cell phone?  The abbreviated version generally would not appeal in ad copy, media releases or articles unless it was tied in with texting in some way.  However, some  ads are using less than correct grammar …read more

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Text messaging and cell phone calls have their place in business, but there can be times when they drive away customers.  They’re part of our modern technical world and can be an assistance in business.
However….there is a time and place!
This is something you must be aware of and enlighten any employees.  When a customer is talking to you, he/she doesn’t want you distracted by text messaging or a call on the call phone. 
While one customer was talking with a clerk in the electronics department of a store desiring information about a specific product, he realized he wasn’t receiving the young …read more