7 Reasons to Choose Datavo's Hosted Phone Solution - myDatavo

There are many reasons to choose Datavo's Hosted Phone Solution - myDatavo, but we think the following are the top 7 reasons why.

1. Calls are cheaper - No matter what type of business you run, call costs for on Datavo's Hosted Phone Solution will be significantly cheaper than with an analog telephone line.

2. Phone equipment is cheaper - The only thing necessary to purchase when using our hosted phone solution are VoIP phones, and an internet connection (which we can provide to you as well). This allows business to bypass the large costs associated with purchasing an onsite phone system. We will provide you with an interface to make any changes via your internet connection.

3. Easy to add additional services - If you need to add an additional line all that you need to do is purchase a new VoIP phone, call us for an additional line and plug in the phone.

4. Less maintenance - Any IT support, maintenance or upgrades are handled by us here at Datavo, allowing you to cut costs with your employees. Also if you choose to add an auto-attendant you will not longer need a receptionist.

5. Easy to unify your communications - We make is simple for you to unify your communications by combing your contacts and Voicemails all in one easy to use interface.

6. Perfect for telecommuters - With our call jump feature and mobile smartphone apps, you can now take your work telephone line with you wherever you go on your Andriod or iPhone.

7. Provides innovative features - Auto Attendant, myDatavo Assitant, Call Manager, Visual Voicemail, Call Jump, Phone Remote, Music on Hold and Voicemail Fusion are just a few of the available features available to myDatavo customers.

For more information on myDatavo, visit our website www.datavo.com or contact us at 1.877.7DATAVO.

21 Social Media Facts

Here at Datavo, we love social media so we thought we would find out some info to share with you about each of the the leading sites.

Facebook

• Facebook has 955 Million monthly active users, of which 58% are active daily.
• The average Facebook user has 130 friends and is connected to 80 pages. 
• Facebook is photography’s 800 pound gorilla with 300 million photos shared per day.

YouTube 

• Over 800 million unique users visit YouTube every month.
• 70% of YouTube traffic comes from outside the US.
• YouTube is in 43 countries and across 60 languages.

Twitter

• Twitter skews female: Women account for 53% of Twitter users.
• The average age of Twitter users has decreased. - Over 70% of users are between 15 and 25
• Twitter isn't a social media community for most users.- bout three out four users have 50 or less followers on Twitter

Google+

• As a part of Google, it’s important to stake your turf on this social media platform since it can influence your search rankings.
• Two thirds of the Top 100 brands have a Google+ brand page
• Google+ gets mobile.- Its app is pre-installed in the 900,000 Android devices activated every day. 

LinkedIn

• Approximately 2 new professionals join LinkedIn per second. 
• 175+ million members in over 200 countries
• 2+ million companies have LinkedIn Company Pages. 
• 38% of LinkedIn members are located in U.S.

Pinterest

• About 70% of US pinners have household income of $25,000-$74,999 
• About 25% of Pinterest users have college degree or higher degree
• About 60% of pinners are in their mid-20s to mid-40s.

Blogs

• Blog two to three times per week for your blog to yield 75% of customer acquisition value.
• Blogs require fifty or more posts before traffic starts to grow.

20 Quotes About Having a Positive Attitude

Here at Datavo we know that having a positive attitude can change the outcome of any situation, so we put a list of our favorite quotes on the subject together for you. Hope you enjoy!

Winston Churchill

A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.  ~Herm Albright

Wherever you go, no matter what the weather, always bring your own sunshine.  ~Anthony J. D'Angelo

Life is a shipwreck but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats.  ~Voltaire

Oh, my friend, it's not what they take away from you that counts.  It's what you do with what you have left.  ~Hubert Humphrey

Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.  ~Winston Churchill

If you don't like something change it; if you can't change it, change the way you think about it.  ~Mary Engelbreit

So often time it happens, we all live our life in chains, and we never even know we have the key.  ~The Eagles, "Already Gone"

Every thought is a seed.  If you plant crab apples, don't count on harvesting Golden Delicious.  ~Bill Meyer

Vince Lombardi

We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.  ~Oscar Wilde

To be upset over what you don't have is to waste what you do have.  ~Ken S. Keyes, Jr.

If you aren't fired with enthusiasm, you will be fired with enthusiasm.  ~Vince Lombardi

To be wronged is nothing unless you continue to remember it.  ~Confucius

I don't think of all the misery but of the beauty that still remains.  ~Anne Frank

You can't stop the waves, but you can learn how to surf.  ~Jon Kabat-Zinn

Change your thoughts and you change your world.  ~Norman Vincent Peale

Mahatma Gandhi

Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things.  ~Robert Brault

Let your inner sunshine overcome the passing haze of discontent.  ~Dodinsky

I will not let anyone walk through my mind with their dirty feet. ~Mahatma Gandhi

I've got dreams in hidden places and extra smiles for when I'm blue. ~Author Unknown

I am sure that nothing has such a decisive influence upon a man's course as his personal appearance, and not so much his appearance as his belief in its attractiveness or unattractiveness.  ~Leo Tolstoy

Why Choose Datavo for you Business Telephone Needs?

Local and long distance phone service is a key pillar to any business, which is why it’s one of our top priorities. Implementing a phone system that’s able to cooperate with your existing processes and respond with the highest-quality performance is the idea we’ve built our business on.

See what puts our phone services a notch above the rest

Safe and reliable: Our phone services run through a dedicated network rather than over the Internet. The result is an uncompressed, clear sound every time you pick up the phone. Safe from tampering, third-party tracing systems and unwanted eavesdroppers, we provide you with the best connection possible.

Seamless integration: Want to use our services but are afraid of losing your established phone numbers? Datavo easily and accurately transitions your information to our phone systems. Keep your numbers and your clients while achieving a new level of communication quality.

Affordable pricing: Through our system, you pay one affordable price for all the voice and data services you need. Forget about confusing bills or complicated payment systems—everything is documented on a single, simplified bill and there’s only one number to call when you have questions.

No risk, guaranteed: Because we’re so sure you’ll love the way we do business, Datavo offers a 60-day satisfaction guarantee on all of our services. If you’re not happy for any reason within that time period, we’ll release you from any contractual obligations with no questions asked.

Great phone features: Enjoy call waiting, caller ID, call forwarding and more with our sophisticated systems. All of our features are geared toward providing you with the best in quality, safety and convenience.

Available Features:

• SimRing
• Call Jump
• Video Calling
• 900/976 Call Blocking
• Anonymous Call Rejection (ACR)
• Automatic Callback
• Call Forward – Busy
• Call Forward – Don’t Answer (No Answer)
• Call Forward – Remote Access
• Call Forward – Select
• Call Forward – Variable
• Call Hold
• Call Pick-up
• Call Return
• Call Trace
• Call Transfer Disconnect
• Call Waiting
• Call Waiting with Caller ID
• Caller ID
• Caller ID Blocking (Calling Number Delivery Blocking)
• Directed Call Pick-up
• Hunting
• International Super Saver
• Long Distance Unlimited
• Priority Call
• Remote Call Forwarding
• Selective Call Rejection
• Speed Calling
• Three-Way Calling
• Voicemail

Please check out our website at www.datavo.com or contact us at 1.877.7DATAVO for more information.

Flat Stanley Visits Datavo

Today we had a special visitor in our Datavo office . Let's see if Flat Stanley managed to get anything done or was he just playing around...

 Talking on the phone with Kenny

Hanging out with Rhaphael

 
 He found Michelle 

Sticking out his tongue with Maira

 
 Throwing up Peace with Lufe

Processing Trouble tickets with Eric

 
Silly Faces with Ron

Trying to get his W-2 from James

 

Hanging tight with Petty and Offie 

 
 Gio giving Stan a handshake

More silly faces with Gohar

Installing phone service with Sean

Working hard with Zaman 

Flat Stanley even made it downstairs to hang out with our neighbors Brazilian Blowout for a bit.

In the bag with Jess

Knocking on the door with Karina

For more info on Stanley feel free to visit his Facebook page HERE.

How to Make a Call to Bolivia from the United States

Making an international call can sometimes be confusing at times. So let Datavo make calling Bolivia from the United States easy for you.




Here at Datavo we know that making an international call can be difficult. So we developed a simple way to help you make the process easier.

Take these uncomplicated steps:

Landline:

• Start by dialing 011, the US international prefix. or access code
• Second dial 591, Bolivia's country code.
• Lastly dial the 1 digit area code and 7 digit phone number.

Example: 011 + 591 + X XXX XXXX

   Major Cities and Area Codes:

City	Area Code
Santa Cruz	3
Trinidad	3
La Paz	2
Cochabamba	4
Sucre	4
Oruro	2
Tarija	4

Mobile:

• Start by dialing 011, the US international prefix. or access code
• Second dial 591, Bolivia's country code.
• Lastly dial the 8 digit phone number starting with 7.

Example: 011 + 591 + 7 XXX XXXX

Click HERE to go to Bolivia's phone directory.

Do you call Bolivia regularly? Well Datavo has a deal for you! Click HERE for more information on Bolivia's calling rates. 

7 Dynamic 'D' Descriptors of Diligent Leaders

We're back with our 'D' installment of Datavo's Business Leaders Attributes by Letter series. You can catch up by reading 7 Clever 'C' Characteristics of Confident Leaders.

Let's get started with the 'D's....

Dependable
Being dependable makes your coworkers and employees respect you more. When people know you are going to be there when they need you they feel more comfortable. Being depended on will also make you more fulfilled.

Diplomatic
Mediocre leaders understand that being diplomatic can be like walking a tight rope at times but great  leaders have mastered the art of diplomacy. By not being overly defensive or immediately offensive  you are able to see the big picture and get people to seek resolutions with the least compromise from all parties involved.

Decisive
People on your team want to know that you will not waffle back and forth when making important decisions. Making well informed decisions and sticking to them makes a leader stick out.

Dynamic
Great leaders give off great energy. Being listless or talking in a monotone voice will not get people to pay attention to you. You have to project and command peoples attention and respect.

Daring
A great leaders knows when to take risks and when not to. Set yourself apart from the pack by not being ordinary.

Diligent
When you team knows that you are diligent with your work they will follow suit. Being attentive to your work and employees will earn you more respect.

Delightful
It's not necessary for you to have a delightful position to be a great leader but it will help. I've always love the saying you attract more flies with honey than with vinegar. People will be more willing to follow you lead if they like you.

To end the list, lets go over 7 'D'  words that a dynamic leader would never want to be - diabolical, dull, dubious, despicable, degenerate, destructive, or deluded.

Feel free to leave any words you think we left off or would have on your own list in the comments. Make sure to look out for our next list of 'E' adjectives.

11 Ways to Avoid the Flu at Work

Here at Datavo, we've been watching the news and flu season is in full effect with one of the worse outbreaks in recent history. Some states have called in a state of emergency due to number of people affected by the virus.

Here are some ways that you can avoid getting the flu at work.

• Get a flu vaccination.

• Always cover your mouth when coughing or sneezing.

• Wash your hands with soap and water for a minimum of 20 seconds or use an alcohol-based hand sanitizer if soap and water is not available especially after sneezing, coughing, or blowing your nose.

• Keep your hands away from your face especially your nose, eyes and mouth as this is how germs spread easily.

• Make sure to keep commonly touched surfaces sanitized, such as doorknobs, telephones, keyboards, etc.

• Do not use your coworkers phones, offices, desks or other work tools unless necessary. If you must make sure to clean it first.

• If you are sick with flu-like symptoms do not go to work, stay home. Symptoms include cough, sore throat, fever, runny or stuffy nose, headaches, body aches, chills, and sometimes diarrhea and vomiting. 

• Make sure to maintain a healthy lifestyle through exercise, diet and rest.

• Do not share drinks or personal items.

• Stay hydrated. Make sure to drink plenty of water. 

• Take vitamins, especially vitamin C or zinc.

myDatavo Widgets

myDatavo delivers a variety of high-function, portable mini-applications, known as Widgets, which include:

• Voicemail – Message lists, with text transcripts, playback and management (including automatic notification when new messages arrive) 

• Call Lists – All recent call information 

• Dialer – Click-to-Dial, either from a voicemail or call record, or just to a contact in your    myDatavo contact list 

• Conference – integrated conference control to provide real time control over conference calls 

These enable some of the most valuable myDatavo features directly from your homepage or desktop. Access to myDatavo features are seamlessly integrated and Widgets are available for the following environments: 

• Chrome 4 and 5, and Safari 5 and Firefox 3 on a Mac 

• Windows 7 and Windows Vista Sidebar, 32-bit and 64-bit versions 

• Mac OS X Dashboard, Leopard or later version 

• Google homepage 

• Gmail 

• Google Calendar 

Widgets also provide a quick-launch button to open full myDatavo, bypassing the login screen.

For more information please contact Datavo at 1.877.7DATAVO or www.datavo.com

14 Quotes About Positive Thinking

Hope you are having a great day. We love quotes here at Datavo, so we thought we would share some of our favorites about positive attitudes.

A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort. ~Herm Albright

Life is a shipwreck but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats. ~Voltaire

Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference. ~Winston Churchill

Every day may not be good, but there's something good in every day. ~Author Unknown

The sun shines and warms and lights us and we have no curiosity to know why this is so; but we ask the reason of all evil, of pain, and hunger, and mosquitoes and silly people. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

If you don't like something change it; if you can't change it, change the way you think about it. ~Mary Engelbreit

Every thought is a seed. If you plant crab apples, don't count on harvesting Golden Delicious. ~Bill Meyer

To be upset over what you don't have is to waste what you do have. ~Ken S. Keyes, Jr.

The only disability in life is a bad attitude. ~Scott Hamilton

I don't like that man. I must get to know him better. ~Abraham Lincoln

To be wronged is nothing unless you continue to remember it. ~Confucius

I don't think of all the misery but of the beauty that still remains. ~Anne Frank

You can't stop the waves, but you can learn how to surf. ~Jon Kabat-Zinn

Change your thoughts and you change your world. ~Norman Vincent Peale

Agoura Hills - A Brief History

Panorama of Agoura Hills and Westlake Village with Ballard Mountain prominent as the leftmost peak in the image.

Datavo is now located in sunny Agoura Hills, California so we thought we would give you a brief history of our new town!

The area now known as Agoura Hills was inhabited for many hundreds of years by the Chumash tribe of Native Americans. Very few of them lived in the area permanently since it was much easier to get year around food closer to the shore, but during the autumn some would camp out, collect acorns, and hunt different animals such as deer and rabbit.

Explorers from Spain visited California in the 1500's and 1600's for brief periods of time. It wasn't until the end of the 1700's when the Spanish missinaires built the El Camino Real (also known as the King's Highway) connecting all of their missions through out Alta California that the people were here to stay. The road went right through the middle of what is Agoura Hills today. 

In 1800, the Spanish King granted Miguel Ortega a land grant called Rancho Las Virgenes - covering 17,000 acres, which was abandoned after his death in 1810. It was then given to Jose Maria Dominguez as a Mexican land grant in 1834. During this time agriculture played a big role in the history of the city. In 1845 the ranch was purchased by  Maria Antonia Machado de Reyes. (The Reyes Adobe Museum was opened in 2004 and is located in central Agoura Hills and includes the city's oldest building.) 

Agoura Hills is a picturesque area and by the early 1900's it was a popular stop along the Camino Real due to the natural springs at the foot of Ladyface Mountain. As a testament to the areas beauty, by the 1920's the city was briefly known as Picture City due to Paramount Pictures owning a ranch in the area that was used to film numerous Westerns. The name Agoura Hills came about because the residents were required to pick a one-word name, and in 1927 chose the shortest named suggested: a misspelling of Pierre Agoure's last name, who was a Frenchman that settled in the area in 1871. 

During the 1960's Agoura Hills saw a surge in population once the Ventura Freeway section of Highway 101 was built right through the city's heart separating the north and the south sides of the city from each other. The growth continued through the 1970's when schools and the downtown section of the city were erected.

In 1982, Agoura Hills received its cityhood, becoming the 83rd city in Los Angeles County. Throughout the 1990's the city saw more growth and many businesses setting up shop, with downtown filled with shops and restaurants. The 90's also brought the live music scene to the city and many well known bands such as Linkin Park, Incubus, Hoobastank, Dead by Sunrise, and Fort Minor originated from here. 

Today, Agoura Hills is a diverse family community with numerous hiking trails, biking trails, public and private country clubs, tennis, swimming, boating, libraries, nightlife, restaurants, quality medical facilities and neighborhood events.

How to Make a Call to Switzerland from the United States

Making an international call can sometimes be confusing at times. So let Datavo make calling Switzerland from the United States easy for you.

Here at Datavo we know that making an international call can be difficult. So we developed a simple way to help you make the process easier.

Take these uncomplicated steps:

Landline:

• Start by dialing 011, the US international prefix. or access code
• Second dial 41, Switzerland's country code.
• Lastly dial the 2 digit area code and 7 digit phone number. 

Example: 011 + 41 + XX XXX XXXX

   Major Cities and Area Codes:

City	Area Code
Zurich	43
Geneva	22
Bern	31
Basel	61
Lausanne	21
Lucerne	41
Winterthur	52

Mobile:

• Start by dialing 011, the US international prefix. or access code
• Second dial 41, Switzerland's country code.
• Lastly dial the 9 digit phone number starting with 7.

Example: 011 + 41 + 7X XXX XXXX

Click HERE to go to Switzerland's phone directory.

Do you call Switzerland regularly? Well Datavo has a deal for you! Click HERE for more information on Switzerland's calling rates. 

6 Notable Ways to be Likeable

Likability will help you leaps and bounds in your job, business, personal relationships and just life in general. Here at Datavo we decided to put a list of important essentials together for you to incorporate into your work and life to be more likable.

1. Listen

Listening is the foundation of any good communication. Successful business leaders listen to their customers to find what challenges they are facing. They listen to colleagues and employees and accept new ideas. 

2. Team Player

There is no I in team and no matter what size your business is you interact with other people everyday. Encouraging innovation, letting others shine, and following others rules for working in a team will help you become more likable with your employees and coworkers.

3. Adaptability

With technology changing the face of the marketplace faster than anytime previous, leaders must be flexible in all areas of their business. Being stubborn and against change will see you left behind.

4. Authenticity

Be who you say you are. People want authentic people to succeed and are more willing to help them to do so. There used to be a much larger divide between a persons public life and private life but social media has blurred the line. Being authentic makes it much easier to merge your personal and professional life online.

5. Be Grateful

Likable leaders are always grateful for the people that work under them and contribute to their success. Showing appreciation and saying thank you to customers, employees, colleagues, mentors, and others will keep you appreciated, humble and well liked. 

6. Treat Others the Way You Want to be Treated

When you give people the same courtesy and respect that you expect from them, you will receive more respect and admiration from employes, collegues, friends and family. When people feel respected they are more willing to work with you.  

Feel free to leave out any notable ways you know of to be likable.