On March 24, Telpay celebrated our 30th Anniversary by hosting a party in our beautiful historic building in downtown Winnipeg. Over 75 people attended to enjoy food, champagne and cake. In addition there were tours of our building, music by Telpay & Direct Deposits Band and presentations. Continue reading
Band members Lisa Shaw, Craig Adams, Jack Slawik and Alvin Kaskie
On Friday, March 20, Telpay & Direct Deposits made their inaugural debut at the 11th Annual Winn$tock Battle of the Financial Industry Bands for Charity. The sold out event was held at Cowboys Roadhouse in Winnipeg. Over 700 people attended to hear bands compete from Investors Group, Great West Life, Manitoba Public Insurance, Manitoba Finance and Telpay. The event raised over $108,000 for the Movement Centre, a United Way agency committed to improving the physical health of children and adults with physical disabilities. Way to rock n’ roll Telpay for a great cause.
Telpay Customer, John Bergeron, owns six McDonald’s locations in the Ottawa Valley area and is a huge Ottawa Senators fan and supporter. After Ottawa’s victory on Sunday, John is now supporting Senators’ goalie, Andrew (The Hamburglar) Hammond, for life by providing him with a lifetime McDonald’s Card.
“I Guess at the end of the day at least I know I’ll never end up starving. If hockey doesn’t’ work out, I have a meal plan” says Hammond.
EPIC! Hamburglar does it again, Sens beat Flyers. Fan tosses him a burger http://t.co/MvXbuZZk1q #ottnews #sens pic.twitter.com/u9jMENrReP
— Ottawa Sun (@ottawasuncom) March 16, 2015
Our special guest contributor this month is Shannon Valanne of CloudLinx Hosted Services Inc., Big Business IT for Small Business – a cloud-based company that lowers small businesses’ technology expenses while improving their flexibility.
Are you thinking about moving your business to the Cloud, but aren’t sure if the Cloud is right for you? Are you looking for ways to be more profitable without sacrificing quality service to your clients? Overwhelmed with trying to maintain your technology but can’t afford to purchase state of the art hardware and/or hire an IT team? Let me introduce you to our Cloud!
As a small business entrepreneur, you know how important your bottom line is. Deciding the best way to be profitable and save money, yet still provide the service of the Big Guys, can be a challenge.
When deciding to take your business to the Cloud, you should seek out different providers and ask many questions. Then evaluate the needs of your company. Are you looking for sanity, knowing your data is always safe? Are you tired of spending money replacing hardware? Maybe the remote access is attractive; not being tied to an office chair allows you to live the life you deserve and take your accounting software out of the office!
The series is from Chartered Accountant, consultant and author, Jeff Borschowa, from his book, 8 Pillars for Exponential Business Growth. The series is focused on how to find new and better ways to integrate innovation and technology to enhance the customer experience and improve efficiency in the accounting process.
The sales process focuses on closing deals, signing up new customers, and maintaining relationships with existing customers. Basically, this is the activity that converts your marketing leads and prospects into paying customers. If you are not comfortable with sales and negotiations, you need to gain some level of comfort and experience quickly. I recommend sales training programs for all of my customers and students, regardless of industry. I believe that our sales ability determines the level of success that we achieve in life. If you view “sales” as a negative concept, change your perspective to focus on relationship building and exceptional customer service.