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Virtual Phone System fo Small Businesses
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I have a question?
Do you know the main difference between gotvmail and ringcentral?
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Jen
Actually you do have another option, Virtual PBX. We invented and pioneered the virtual phone system more than 11 years ago. But aside from that, the items you need to keep in mind are that the phone number the you give out needs to be with you forever, whether you`re a single person or 50 person company. Changing phone numbers on customers is a sure way to lose them.
Secondly, with a virtual phone service like Virtual PBX, you can start out very simple, at ~$10/month plus traffic, and have a fully Fortune 500 sound and functionality for a single person, complete with follow me calling finding you at any phone number you want, voicemail forwarded to your email, send messages to your cell phone to let you know you have voicemail, and when you grow, you can add more extensions and even ACD queues like call centers -- all under the same phone number. You can also have an extension that is just information, like an info box, hours of operation, directions, etc. Virtual phone systems like Virtual PBX can also be your fax machine -- again all from the same phone number.
If you move across town, state or nation, you can continue to keep the same phone number. You can add other phone numbers to advertise is different geographical areas. A lot of our customers add multiple phone numbers and put them in different advertisements so you can see how your ads are doing -- a very effective way of doing research.
A lot of virtual phone systems can`t do this, but Virtual PBX allows you to have a different main greeting for each of your phone numbers if you want. If you act like 2-3 different companies, then the same people, and the same phone system, can accomplish that. The callers don`t know as they called a different number. The Virtual PBX system announces to you in your ear when you receive the call which phone number the call came through.
Okay, don`t want to get too feature-preachy here. However, having a virtual phone system like Virtual PBX is extremely helpful, allows you to sound bigger and more professional, and you can still give out your phone number. It`s your phone, your fax, your call center, your info box. It`s the voice of your business. I`d be more than happy to talk to you, or anybody else, about this.
Thanks,
John Coyle
I can highly recommend 1-800 We Answer Answering Service. They`re nationwide, and can do all of the things that you need an answering service to do, including making appointments and they are available 24/7 days a week, 365 days a year. 1-800 We Answer Answering Service provides telephone answering service, call center, voice mail, telemarketing, order taking, virtual office, and mail receiving services, phone installations and sales to businesses and individuals.
Tel: 1-800 We Answer
1-800-932-6793
Local Tel: 212- 868-1121
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Phone: 1-888-4-UNIVAD EXT# 173
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Website: http://univoicedata.com
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It works great for me!
SendMyCall.com service offers features for businesses and individuals. One way that you business can benefit from using them is by cutting the phone expenses. Their phone system cost much less than the price that your business would spend on telephone hardware and regular telephony service. My price cut of up to 80% since we switched to virtual telephony service