Did you know that your membership payment, also allows you to post an ad for your business on The 911 Network site?
As a paid member of The 911 Network, you can have ad space that can see as many as 71,000 visits per year. These numbers were based on traffic from last year, based on our membership results, this number would be even higher this year.
We also have a bulletin board service that allows our members to post content in want ads or announcement formats. What a great way to connect to hospital staff, police officers, paramedics or firefighters in Ottawa or across the country.
Many times we have to figure out how to get support from on another for events, fundraising, or even travel purposes, just to name a few off the top of my head. Some of our requirements or posts are very specific to the kind of work we do together, and posting this content to the city classifieds can feel a bit awkward. But, doing so on The 911 Network seems fitting.
So make sure you take advantage of what The 911 Network offers and consider placing an ad in our partners section or by using our classifieds.
Cheers
Patrick
Sunday, December 13, 2009
How to be a Network....
It looks like the past 4 years of work have been paying off for The 911 Network; as just the other day we received some new memberships from Peterborough Fire Department. We are certainly moving outside of Ottawa and a lot of it has to do with the Bell Mobility offer. (This offer is Canada wide, so pass it on)
As a group we certainly have a great deal of purchasing power and we can really have a positive impact on businesses. So as a group we need to be keenly aware that by providing input and feedback to The 911 Network (or to me directly) we can establish new relationships with vendors of choice.
As our membership grows, and it does daily, we can use this momentum to gain access to greater rewards and new businesses. I always appreciate hearing from people who are associated or connected to organizations we need to be working with. As an individual, I can only do so much to make new things happen...but together we can really shape the future of our program.
I hope you will take the time and consider a business or a charity that could use our support. I would be happy to hear your suggestions and provide some feedback of my own.
Thanks always for your support and I wish you all Happy Holidays...
Pat
As a group we certainly have a great deal of purchasing power and we can really have a positive impact on businesses. So as a group we need to be keenly aware that by providing input and feedback to The 911 Network (or to me directly) we can establish new relationships with vendors of choice.
As our membership grows, and it does daily, we can use this momentum to gain access to greater rewards and new businesses. I always appreciate hearing from people who are associated or connected to organizations we need to be working with. As an individual, I can only do so much to make new things happen...but together we can really shape the future of our program.
I hope you will take the time and consider a business or a charity that could use our support. I would be happy to hear your suggestions and provide some feedback of my own.
Thanks always for your support and I wish you all Happy Holidays...
Pat
Monday, December 7, 2009
Where to donate...?
I am having some trouble with where to donate our funds right now. It seems there are a lot of worthy causes and I am sure many I am not aware of right now.
I have just been notified that there are a couple of my co-workers that are experiencing some really tough times with cancer affecting their families. I am also aware of a paramedics family that is struggling with the cost of specialty medications for a child with a unique illness.
I am sure there are a great many cases within the healthcare as well as police forces where families and co-workers need help and support.
I would like to support these people with our networking and fundraising program, I guess I am just unsure as to how to go about this? I would also like to be better informed as to who we can help and what they may need.
So, if by chance you read this post. Please send me an email if you know of others that need our support and how we can help. Keep in mind, we do have a bulletin board for use for networking and fundraising. Please consider becoming more involved with our program.
Kind regards,
Pat
I have just been notified that there are a couple of my co-workers that are experiencing some really tough times with cancer affecting their families. I am also aware of a paramedics family that is struggling with the cost of specialty medications for a child with a unique illness.
I am sure there are a great many cases within the healthcare as well as police forces where families and co-workers need help and support.
I would like to support these people with our networking and fundraising program, I guess I am just unsure as to how to go about this? I would also like to be better informed as to who we can help and what they may need.
So, if by chance you read this post. Please send me an email if you know of others that need our support and how we can help. Keep in mind, we do have a bulletin board for use for networking and fundraising. Please consider becoming more involved with our program.
Kind regards,
Pat
Moving forward with Bell Mobility and The 911 Network
Ok, you like me are probably very tired or the whole Bell Mobility ordeal...It kinda goes like this...
"I have been over-billed, my brother's uncle's-cousin just received his bill and its way over what it should be..." Then anger, frustration and many calls and emails. I can sympathize as I too have been affected and I started the program!
So here is how it all works and a little history of what happened...makes a great story, but I am getting tired of repeating it. Please understand...and bear with me through this..
So here is why things went wrong...We (911 Network Members) have the best cell phone plan available...its soooo good, that the account registered under my name has been targeted by many many people...hundreds to be specific, for fraud.
Who might defraud The 911 Network, well Bell Mobility reps themselves who want to move this offer to any clients to make some good commission etc. So, as the year progressed, I was getting calls from Bell's collection office saying I and The 911 Network were on the hook for many, many accounts that people defaulted on their bills...some as high as $160,000.00. That's right...6 figures. So, Bell Mob decided that having The 911 Network as a corporate/ corporate plan...meaning only under my name was not a good idea. So they changed all account holders to what is deemed a corporate individual account.
What does this mean? Well, it means that if you default on payment, you owe...not The 911 Network. Why did things get so screwed up...well the person who was moving all accounts from corp./ corp to corp./ind., did not check the box that ensured that we all received the proper discounts. So when billing was sent out...and whoa...we saw just how much we were all saving...a lot.
So keep in mind...this is Bell's mistake. They will fix it. How long will this take...it takes a little bit of time and keeping on top of them. Do you have to panic...no. Can you be angry, sure! Just try and be civil and work through the issues as it still saves us a lot of money.
Also, keep in mind that George, our rep is taking hundreds of calls for this and is really, really busy trying to keep up to this. He is also not responsible for how data is entered into the system.
Also, if you are looking for George to help with the new plan...you need to have a current (2009) 911 Network member pin number. To get this...re-register.
Thanks for working through this and supporting our program. Keep up to date with the blog if you can, and I will try and keep it up to date.
Cheers
"I have been over-billed, my brother's uncle's-cousin just received his bill and its way over what it should be..." Then anger, frustration and many calls and emails. I can sympathize as I too have been affected and I started the program!
So here is how it all works and a little history of what happened...makes a great story, but I am getting tired of repeating it. Please understand...and bear with me through this..
So here is why things went wrong...We (911 Network Members) have the best cell phone plan available...its soooo good, that the account registered under my name has been targeted by many many people...hundreds to be specific, for fraud.
Who might defraud The 911 Network, well Bell Mobility reps themselves who want to move this offer to any clients to make some good commission etc. So, as the year progressed, I was getting calls from Bell's collection office saying I and The 911 Network were on the hook for many, many accounts that people defaulted on their bills...some as high as $160,000.00. That's right...6 figures. So, Bell Mob decided that having The 911 Network as a corporate/ corporate plan...meaning only under my name was not a good idea. So they changed all account holders to what is deemed a corporate individual account.
What does this mean? Well, it means that if you default on payment, you owe...not The 911 Network. Why did things get so screwed up...well the person who was moving all accounts from corp./ corp to corp./ind., did not check the box that ensured that we all received the proper discounts. So when billing was sent out...and whoa...we saw just how much we were all saving...a lot.
So keep in mind...this is Bell's mistake. They will fix it. How long will this take...it takes a little bit of time and keeping on top of them. Do you have to panic...no. Can you be angry, sure! Just try and be civil and work through the issues as it still saves us a lot of money.
Also, keep in mind that George, our rep is taking hundreds of calls for this and is really, really busy trying to keep up to this. He is also not responsible for how data is entered into the system.
Also, if you are looking for George to help with the new plan...you need to have a current (2009) 911 Network member pin number. To get this...re-register.
Thanks for working through this and supporting our program. Keep up to date with the blog if you can, and I will try and keep it up to date.
Cheers
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