Is your company still using the old email provided by your Internet Service Provider? You know who you are. Your company uses emails for its employees like , , , , or some other iteration similar to these examples. It might be time to step up to "real" email.
While these email accounts are functional, they are not feature rich by any stretch of the imagination. Not to mention they essentially advertise your ISP's name, not yours, with every email you send.
By using Microsoft Exchange, either inhouse or hosted, along with Microsoft Outlook, you open a world of new tools for your company. Tools like shared calendars, email archiving, a common user experience no matter what computer you use, and integration with Microsoft Office products. All of these tools can be used in your organization to improve employee productivity, eliminate employee (and owner) email frustrations, maintain compliance with the various Federal and State laws regarding corporate communications (you ARE doing this, aren't you), and free advertising. Using your company's name as the suffix to your email address (if the domain is available) is smart.
It would be wise to hire an IT consultant familiar with these products to help you set up your company email system, as there are some best practices that will help as your company grows. Best practices such as a common strategy for assigning email addresses (first initial, last name, etc) and developing an Acceptable Use Policy for emails sent through your system.
So quit using your aol address and start taking advantage of these tools!
To your success,
Tim