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Grasshopper in the News: June-July
Between our rebranding campaign once again being discussed and summer launch parties, these past couple weeks have been big for Grasshopper! Check out where we have been in June and July.
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WorkBar Boston and Grasshopper Partner to Rev Up the BeIn Initiative for Boston’s Startup Community
The Summer entrepreneur launch party at Workbar Boston celebrated Boston’s large entrepreneurial population. Different companies networked and shared advice, good food and drinks. Read Boston Innovation’s recap of the story
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Webcast – Finally an affordable small business phone service for Small Business
Canadian Small Business features Grasshopper as a phone system solution for small businesses. Read the full article and listen to the webcast!
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20 Tips Your Small Business Can Use To Build Web Credibility
Every business today has a website, so how exactly do you make yours stand out? Small Biz Trends features Grasshopper in this article and how it can make contact easy.
- Five Ways to Increase Sales From Existing Customers
Jonathan Kay, Grasshopper’s Ambassador of Buzz, talks about the importance of customer connection via Twitter in Bnet’s article on key strategies to how to get even more sales from your current customers.
Grasshopper in the News: April – May
With the beginning of our National Entrepreneurs’ Day campaign, there are a few great stories from this past month. Check em out!
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Bootstrapped SaaS Gains Critical Mass
Forbes discusses bootstrapping and how it you can build sizable companies without venture capital. Grasshopper is featured as one of the successful companies who have done so.
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Are You Ready for National Entrepreneurs’ Day?
AOL Small Business features the Grasshopper National Entrepreneurs’ Day campaign and even takes an excerpt from the blog.
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Twitter Users Campaign for a National Entrepreneurs’ Day
Inc. Magazine breaks down the National Entrepreneurs’ Day campaign and the importance of Twitter as a medium.
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ZDNet covers Big Omaha 2010 where Grasshopper co-founder David Hauser is a speaker.
Where’s Gary? Grasshopper on the Web
Here at Grasshopper we know how important it is for our customers to be able to reach us. We love getting feedback on what we’re doing well and what we can do to improve.
We also love helping other entrepreneurs succeed. Whether it’s getting press coverage, writing about their business or simply providing useful information, our goal is empower entrepreneurs.
Here are a few places you can find Grasshopper:
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Twitter
@grasshopper not only offers updates on the Grasshopper virtual phone system but provides information for and from entrepreneurs. Get tips on starting a business, running a small business, marketing ideas and more. Follow us now!
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Facebook
See what’s new on the blog, read what our customers have to say or watch one of our favorite Grasshopper videos. Read more »
Three Pieces of Any Good Referral Program
A referral program is one simple marketing initiative that can be a cost effective move for any small business. One of the reasons Grasshopper is so successful is due to our Refer An Entrepreneur program and our great customers.
On every page of the Grasshopper.com site, we have a navigation element that allows users to click on the link, fill in the form and send a $25 credit to their fellow Entrepreneur, encouraging them to sign up for the Grasshopper virtual phone system.
The Word of Mouth Marketing theory dictates that once you have the customer in the door, it’s much easier to convert them to a paying customer, especially if their friend sent them in the first place. By comparison to the COA (Cost Of Acquisition ) from search, online advertising, print, TV, and radio, it’s a no brainer. In addition, if this new customer now endorses you to his or her friends, it causes a ripple effect.
Gary on TV: The New Grasshopper TV Commercial
Special guest post by our very own mascot and star of the new commercial, Gary Grasshopper:
Well, I finally made my television debut in the new Grasshopper TV commercial and I gotta say, I look pretty good! Check it out as I take a drive through the mountains, work from the local cafe and even go sky diving…all the while showing you how easy it is to use my Grasshopper virtual phone system.
Look for it to air next week on Bloomberg, MSNBC, Fox Business, CNN, CNBC and more!
Grasshopper in the News: December – January
Small business tools and guest posts make up this month’s Grasshopper in the News. Definitely some great stories to check out from our friends around the web:
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Grasshopper Engages People in Order to Build a Global Brand
Diana Huff talks with Jonathan Kay and provides a great overview of how Grasshopper uses social media to engage customers and entrepreneurs.
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David Hauser of Grasshopper.com at LessConf 2009
See co-founder David Hauser’s presentation at this years LessConf 2009. David provides some insight into building a company beyond the start-up phase.
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The 10 Rules to Creating a Win-Win-Winning Partnership
Lisa Canning of Entrepreneur the Arts gives us 10 great tips for finding the right partnerships for your business.
Grasshopper vs. Google Voice: What’s the Difference?
With the launch of Google Voice this past year, awareness surrounding the virtual phone, virtual pbx, hosted pbx industry has skyrocketed, and here at Grasshopper we have been fortunate enough to enjoy the benefits. More awareness means more people wanting to know what a virtual number is, what a virtual phone system is, how it works, who does this, how it can benefit them and how they can get it?
It also means more people asking, “What is the difference between Grasshopper and Google Voice?”.
The first thing we say is, Grasshopper is designed for small businesses and entrepreneurs versus the general consumer. We are dedicated to helping our customers sound professional, stay connected and ultimately grow their business.
That being said, our feature set has been built as a focused set of tools for entrepreneurs and their businesses – that is really the key difference.
Below we have highlighted just a few of the core features of the Grasshopper virtual phone system – all items not available with Google Voice:
Grasshopper in the News: November – December
We have some great interviews with our co-founders this month. Read those and all of the latest stories featuring Grasshopper:
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Your Hidden Potential Interviews David Hauser
Find out a little more about David’s background, building Grasshopper and being an entrepreneur. David gives a few tips on running a business and some good advice for young entrepreneurs.
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Grasshopper Takes Bronze Momentum Award in WOMMYs
The Grasshopper “Entrepreneurs can change the world” campaign took Bronze in the Momentum category. See who else placed in the Word of Mouth Marketing Awards.
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A Grasshopper Answers My Phone
Laura Legendary, owner of Legendary Insights talks about her use of the Grasshopper virtual phone system. She was also a featured blogger on Grasslands this past month.
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The Web 2.0 Show Interviews David Hauser
Adam Stacoviak talks with David Hauser and Jonathan Kay about Grasshopper and Grasshopper Labs. A great interview to listen to, you’ll get insights into Grasshopper, Chargify and starting new businesses.
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Tips for Inspiration and Creativity from Co-Founder Siamak Taghaddos
Under 30 CEO interviews Siamak Taghaddos on finding inspiration, getting creative and moving out of the office to find those new ideas.
The Best Virtual Phone System Is Even Better!
To those long-time GotVMail users that have incorporated our service into your business workflow, why should you get excited about the new Grasshopper virtual phone system? Yes, I know change is difficult. Why fix what isn’t broken. However, there’s plenty to get excited about and hope it will make any pain from change worth it.
So what’s new? Well, here’s what I think are the most compelling changes:
- Flexibility – we’ve introduced the concept of a user and separated it from an extension and a phone number.
Now, you can easily point your phone numbers to any type of extension (e.g., department, employee, dedicated fax, Q&A, etc.) and enable your staff to have access to one or more extensions, or even have multiple staff monitor the same extensions. What’s more, you can limit access to administrative features like plan changes and billing info.
Migration Madness: The New Grasshopper Interface
We are about a third of the way through the migration of our customers off the old GotVMail platform and onto the Grasshopper platform. I’m amazed to learn just how inventive our customers are in configuring the old system to do things that were not originally anticipated. Fortunately, our customers will have many more options to configure their system to meet their unique business needs once they are migrated to Grasshopper.
On the other hand, all of the custom settings and unique configurations that are in use today have certainly been keeping our migration team challenged to ensure a smooth transition between platforms. Rest assured that we are moving cautiously to handle the many nuisances in configurations and to make certain that our customers’ accounts are being migrated to Grasshopper as seamlessly as possible.
