There must be hardly any new entrepreneur who has enough funds to spend on his new business. Most of them (if not all), need to dedicate every hour of their day for growing their company to get a good return on each and every dollar that they have invested. There’s hardly any room for expensive resources or missing out on business opportunities, no matter if it’s big or small. This is the reason why new entrepreneurs across the U.S and Canada prefer using a virtual phone service over a normal telephone service for their business.
Given below are a few ways in which a virtual phone service can change your business:
Business on the Go
If you are using a virtual phone service, you can work from anywhere. You no longer need to remain tied to your desk waiting for that important phone call or fax from your customer. A virtual phone forwards your calls to the phone numbers of your choice; your voicemails can be read or listened to from your email and your faxes can also be accessed from your email. What more! Now you can stay connected with your business, even when you are busy on a sales call.
Attending More than One Customer Simultaneously
When you are busy on a sales call, you will obviously not be happy to get disturbed or distracted by a phone call that simply makes you lose some of your valuable time. With a virtual pone service, you can screen the call before you answer it. So when you are in the middle of that make-or-break meeting, answer a call only if it’s important, else forward all your calls to your voicemail box. You can be least assured that you will not lose out any of your valuable business contacts and can reply back to them at your convenience.
Alternately, you can also set your phone service in such a way that it does not forward calls to your mobile (or to any other phone that you are carrying) during the day and time of the meeting. Since a virtual phone system can forward calls to more than one phone number, it is wise to include the extensions/phone numbers of your colleagues/employees. If you are busy, the phone system can forward calls to your colleague/employee who can answer your customer. So you can answer more than one customer simultaneously.
Looks Professional
For a start-up business, it is important to maintain a professional look. It is an established fact that people want to have business relations only with big and established businesses. Using 1 800 numbers in your business contact list is the first step towards projecting a professional look. Since a toll free number has always been associated with big businesses, using such a number also makes your business look big and credible.
If you are using a virtual phone service, you may replace your office receptionist with the auto attendant feature of the virtual phone. You should take care to record the greetings and the messages of the auto attendant. In fact, the first interaction of your customer is always with the auto attendant. So your messages must be able to give them an impression of your professionalism from the very beginning.
Given below are a few ways in which a virtual phone service can change your business:
Business on the Go
If you are using a virtual phone service, you can work from anywhere. You no longer need to remain tied to your desk waiting for that important phone call or fax from your customer. A virtual phone forwards your calls to the phone numbers of your choice; your voicemails can be read or listened to from your email and your faxes can also be accessed from your email. What more! Now you can stay connected with your business, even when you are busy on a sales call.
Attending More than One Customer Simultaneously
When you are busy on a sales call, you will obviously not be happy to get disturbed or distracted by a phone call that simply makes you lose some of your valuable time. With a virtual pone service, you can screen the call before you answer it. So when you are in the middle of that make-or-break meeting, answer a call only if it’s important, else forward all your calls to your voicemail box. You can be least assured that you will not lose out any of your valuable business contacts and can reply back to them at your convenience.
Alternately, you can also set your phone service in such a way that it does not forward calls to your mobile (or to any other phone that you are carrying) during the day and time of the meeting. Since a virtual phone system can forward calls to more than one phone number, it is wise to include the extensions/phone numbers of your colleagues/employees. If you are busy, the phone system can forward calls to your colleague/employee who can answer your customer. So you can answer more than one customer simultaneously.
Looks Professional
For a start-up business, it is important to maintain a professional look. It is an established fact that people want to have business relations only with big and established businesses. Using 1 800 numbers in your business contact list is the first step towards projecting a professional look. Since a toll free number has always been associated with big businesses, using such a number also makes your business look big and credible.
If you are using a virtual phone service, you may replace your office receptionist with the auto attendant feature of the virtual phone. You should take care to record the greetings and the messages of the auto attendant. In fact, the first interaction of your customer is always with the auto attendant. So your messages must be able to give them an impression of your professionalism from the very beginning.