BottaBoom Telecom Audit News

Freight Audit Service Bringing Companies Huge Refunds

Telecommunications-editor — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 20:54:35 +0000

Shipping audit service is reaping huge rewards. The new payoff for cost-saving business audit services is shipping and receiving. These overcharged shipping services include but are not limited to federal express and UPS services refunds and are often in the millions of dollars.

Shipping refunds and receiving cost savings area is a largely untapped market for cost savings consultants and many companies are springing up to satisfy the need. Bottaboom.com is partering with a few shipping and receiving companies to satisfy the requests of its current and prospective telecom audit clients.

The savings and refunds for large and medium sized us business can be staggering, often into the millions of dollars in savings. The proposition of a company shipping and freight audit audit is simple, the auditor simply checks current shipping contracts for their business clients. Most often than not, much like telecommunications services, the errors in overcharges favor the shipper but are easily refunded to business consumers once the mistakes are found and the shipper is notified.

If you have never had a shipping audit, you should get one today. Call 1-866-FOR Boom (367-2666).

Don’t Let the Telephone Company Manage Your Business Telecom Costs

Telecommunications-editor — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 17:14:59 +0000

Businesses lose billions of dollars to unnecessary overcharges and errors from their telephone companies. Yet, as telecom audit pros, we continue to get many new clients that have left their network and billing unattended, at the complete mercy of the phone company. Be suspicious, don’t leave your telecom carrier alone to manage your telecom products or think that they’ll accurately bill your company. It’s like letting the fox guard the hen house! It is like letting your toothbrush manufacturer police your teeth and tell you when its time for a new toothbrush! Nevertheless, for many company comptrollers and CFO’s, they just don’t see the return on investment for someone watching their phone bills. Wrong! Someone needs to watch your telephone bills carefully and it can be done very economically with a telecom audit that effectively works with no out-of-pocket cost to you.

Some actual examples of blatant overbilling and errors by carriers found by our BottaBoom telecom audit experts in the recent past are as follows:

A government housing authority that was over-billed on their Centrex rates by thousands of dollars.
A credit union that was not being billed as a tax exempt entity for over 10 years.
An American Indian gaming organization overbilled for two data circuits for over five years, overbilled by $275,000.
A national I.T. company using the wrong cell phone data and calling plans (as recommended by their carrier), overbilled by $160,000.

If you suspect that your company is being overbilled by the telecom carriers you most likely are. Contact the telecom audit pros today to get a cost savings project going at 1-888-487-5326

Aussie Telecommunications Audit Shows 2 Million in Savings

Telecommunications-editor — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 20:44:14 +0000

A recent Southern Australia government telecommunications audit uncovered 2 million in savings. The problems consisted of the following issues:

Numerous unused landlines
Need for upgraded telecommunications service (cheaper technology)
Telecommunications billing errors and overcharges
Unused mobile phones and wireless data plans

Wasted telecommunications expenses and overcharges can be found in organizations across the globe. More news about the telecommunications audit findings can be found here: Australian Telecommunications Audit

Get huge results with a telecommunications audit from Bottaboom.com. Call 1-888-487-5326 for a consultation on how to reduce your telecom bills.

Smartphone Telecom Cost Savings Update: Free 411 Service Apps

Telecommunications-editor — Sat, 08 Sep 2012 19:12:06 +0000

With the demise of Google and AT&T’s free 411 services, we’ve had to be creative to keep saving directory assistance costs for our clients. We’ve been pleasantly surprised by using two free methods of finding businesses and people through wireless cell phones. We recently found over $200K in telecom cost savings for a fortune 1000 client company simply by getting their employees to access free 411 apps on their IPhones and Androids.

One of the free 411 services for telecom audit savings for IPhones is 411.com. You can download the IPhone directory assistance app at http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/411/id413762878?mt=8&ign-mpt=uo%3D2. Reviews have been favorable, and you cannot beat the telecom cost savings. You can also access 411.com on your pc or laptop and use their free people and business searches to prevent being charged expensive directory service by your telecommunications provider. The 411 app features the ability to locate a business, people, and enter a telephone number into reverse phone database to get a name match.

Another app to try is the free411 app for android. The website for free 411 lookups is http://www.free411.com/. “Free 411″ also has a toll-free number that you can access an auto-attendant to help you track down businesses. You will need to listen to an advertisement before you can get your free 411 lookup. This service comes in handy when you want to find a product or service in your area, as it uses your smartphone’s GPS features to help you locate local businesses.

Our telecom audit review studies shows that directory assistance fees continue to be astronomical, so using free 411 service is the way to go for most businesses. Find out how we can save your business a lot of telecom cost savings by contacting the telecommunications audit experts today.

Cell Phone Audit Advice-Correcting Wireless Usage Plans

Telecommunications-editor — Sat, 01 Sep 2012 18:17:01 +0000

The most daunting task of a cell phone bill audit project is making sure that each individual user or pool of users is matched to the correct voice and/or data plans. The difficulty in projecting monthly voice and data usage is made that much more complicated because of changing business needs and the ever-changing competitive wireless carrier offerings. There are a few cell phone review tricks that professional telecom auditors use to be more successful in tweaking cell phone plans for telecom cost savings. First, review your business wireless data and voice usage over the past 12 months. Do you see patterns in changing usage by season or company work requirements? For example, we recently performed a cell phone audit for one of the largest produce wholesalers in the U.S. We found that by adding pooled calling minutes during their growing and harvesting season (about 5 months during the year), we significantly reduced costly per- minute overcharges on their cell phone bill. During non-harvest season, we reduced their pooled minute plans back, saving them once again on recurring pooling plan fees.

When examining monthly company wireless bills, it should be noted that some wireless carriers like Sprint will allow you to tweak your usage plans within your monthly billing cycle, saving your client in overcharges. For example, lets say you pay for a pool of 100,000 voice minutes per month. On the 25th day of the 30 day billing cycle, your telecom usage reports show that you are on track to go over by 5,000 minutes. Those minutes will be billed to your company at 60 cents per minute for a total of $3,000. You can simply contact Sprint and have them add 5,000 minutes before the end of the billing period for $60. Telecom cost savings is $2,940 for the month. As a telecom auditor, you’ll realize a profit of $1,000 to $1,500 that month, depending on telecom audit contingency-fee percentage.

We’re ready to help you get savings for your wireless invoices, and manage the cell phone bill nightmare for your business. Contact BottaBoom Consulting LLC for a free cell phone bill review. Call 1-888-247-5326 today. Or go to our cell phone bill audit page for additional information.

Telecommunications Auditing Tip of the Week

Telecommunications-editor — Sat, 25 Aug 2012 18:42:33 +0000

When you audit your cell phone bill, be sure to review it every month for unusual fees and unauthorized billing charges. These charges, otherwise known as third party charges, are legally billed through your wireless carrier from unscrupulous thieves. These bogus fees can appear as international calling fees, ringtones and games, and GPS services. Moreover, they may be unauthorized charges by your company employees. These cramming charges cost wireless customers millions of dollars per year and they most often don’t even realize they’re being charged.

Do you suspect foul play on your business telco bill? Need a cell phone audit or a telecommunications landline audit? Email us at info@bottaboom.com

Don’t delay, get a telecommunications audit today!

Telecom Auditing Tip of The Week

Telecommunications-editor — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 22:00:07 +0000

During the telecom audit of cell phones, check each individual smartphone on the cell phone bill and carefully audit the messaging charges. For most cellphone plans we’ve seen, if the individual user goes over $5.00 in monthly charges in at least two months out of the last three, it may be cheaper to pay for unlimited texting. Look at the cell phone bill and ask yourself the following question: Is unlimited messaging more cost effective than pay per message? IF you need assistance in your analysis simply call and ask the wireless carrier and review the bills, see what is cheaper. Or you can hire a telecom auditing pro to look at your invoices and billing history.

Do You need a cell phone audit? Contact the telecom auditing experts at 1-866-367-2666.

Cell Phone Cost Savings Tip of the Week

Telecommunications-editor — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 20:09:40 +0000

Quick And Easy Cell Phone Cost Savings Tips

Each week, we’ll bring you the latest tips in state-of-the-art telecommunications auditing. This is a great way for a telecom consultant, telecommunications manager, or individual consumer to benefit from these cost savings tips.

The new focus for telecom auditing is providing top notch cell phone audit services. Just as we do with landline and circuit auditing, Most companies and individual consumersare wasting tons of money on smart phones and wireless services and need a professional cell phone audit to save them money. Our telecommunications auditing group tip of the week is as follows:

1. Consider cancelling unneeded insurance/maintenance fees for our cell phone or smart phones. Self-insure your wireless equipment if it is cost effective to do so. Add up how much the wireless carrier charged you over the past year for cell phone insurance coverage. Don’t forget to figure in the high deductable cost for the replacement of the device. If the cost of the insurance and maintenance coverage is larger than a new replacement device, cancel it and pocket the monthly cell phone savings. As a professional cell phone auditing company, we offer to repay savings from cancelled insurance we’ve recommended as part of the telecom audit if it trns out not to result in telecom cost savings. In 12 years, we’ve never had to to ever reimburse any client for a loss because they cancelled their cell phone insurance on our recommendation. In summary, think hard about cancelling the insurance, its usually the right thing to do for business cost savings.

Do you need a cell phone audit for your business? Contact the cell phone bill auditing experts at 1-866-FOR BOOM (367-2666).

Telecom Audit Professionals International (TAPI) Boasts 400 Members

Telecommunications-editor — Sat, 28 Jul 2012 12:28:47 +0000

Telecommunications Audit Professionals International (TAPI), a international LinkedIn telecom cost savings group managed by BottaBoom.com reached 400 active members this week! The premier telecommunications consulting group is represented by telecommunication consultants from multiple nations across the globe. These countries include a wide selection of locations including countries like England, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Japan, South Africa, Canada and many others. These international telecommunications consultants all have one thing in common-to save vast amounts of money for their clients. Moreover, they share their handy professional insights on telecom cost savings expense within the group. For more information on how to join TAPI, go to http://www.linkedin.com/groupRegistration?gid=2397874 and sign up.

Does your company need a business telecommunications audit? For more information on telecom cost savings for your business, be sure to check out our telecommunications audit page or call 1-866-(FOR BOOM) 367 -2666.

Telecommunication Auditing News: Making the Most of Consultants

Telecommunications-editor — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 22:13:49 +0000

How to make the most of consultants

June 18, 2012 12:00 am • Ralph Hershberger Special To The Arizona Daily Star

Every business person seems to have a story, usually unflattering, about consultants.

For small businesses, they remain a cost-effective method to solve specific problems and manage programs. The key is the client must understand the rules of the game.

The common benefits of using a consultant are:

• Consultants serve as an objective third party. They bring a fresh pair of eyes to a problem.

• Cost control. You can use them only when needed and avoid the expenses associated with a full-time employee.

• Tapping into an expert resource. Consultants exist for every type of industry and problem. Why waste your time learning what they already know?

• Additional horsepower. Employers may have the knowledge of a subject but never seem to have the time to get the work completed.

Most of the negative experiences that occur during consultant engagements are a result of misaligned or poorly managed expectations.

Consultants normally observe, test assumptions, analyze and recommend steps to correct a problem. Implementation is the responsibility of the client’s management team or is included in the second phase of the consultant’s work scope.

Client satisfaction is the intersection of expectations and performance.

The best consultants spend extra time with the client to identify their expectations and their definition of a successful conclusion.

Ralph Hershberger is president of SCORE Southern Arizona, a nonprofit group that offers free small-business counseling and mentoring by appointment at several locations. For more information, go to scoretucson.org, send email to mentoring@scoresouthernaz.org or call 505-3636.

Need a cost control consultant? contact BottaBoom telecommunication auditing services at 1-866-FOR -BOOM (367-2666).