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Toll Free Voice Mail Service
Garner more business opportunities
with a stand-alone toll free service that includes voice mail
and more.
Can you make good use of toll
free service with voice mail? A stand-alone toll free service
may be your best bet. The one we've got in mind bundles voicemail,
voice and fax messages sent to your email, online account control,
and detailed call reporting for a bargain price. Your account
can manage a single 800 number or an entire suite of them.
Toll Free Numbers Are More
than Just 1-800
The first thing you should know is that 800 numbers, the ones
where the caller gets to call for free, have been expanded due
to popular demand. Not that long ago only big companies could
afford them. Large corporations, catalog sales companies, and
all those infomercials you watch at 3 in the morning when the
pepperoni from the pizza you had at 10 is keeping you up. Those
are the traditional users of 800 numbers. But thanks to competitive
toll free service providers, small retailers, consultants, insurance
sales offices, real estate agents and similar professionals and
small office users can all have their own toll free numbers.
You can certainly have an 800 number, but you can also get 866,
877, and 888 prefixes at even greater savings.
Why Inbound Toll-Free?
Inbound toll free service, the technical name for "800"
service, is a phone number in the form of 800-xxx-xxxx. The prefix
800, 866, 877 or 888 replaces the area code portion of the number.
That tells the service provider to bill the party being called,
rather than the caller, for the cost of the phone call. So why
would YOU want to pay for calls you don't originate? Only if
you really, really want to encourage people to call you. The
reason that catalog companies have toll free numbers is that
many people are turned off by the idea of have to pay for a call
to order something or even contact customer service. Catalog
retailers have found that they get lots more orders when it doesn't
cost the customer anything to call in. The low per minute rates
for toll free long distance service are often easily offset by
increased sales opportunities.
As a Competitive Tool
If you are in the sales, marketing, consulting or other professional
category, you realize that calls from customers and potential
clients can be extremely valuable. That's especially true when
customers have the option to easily contact competitors if it's
too expensive and/or difficult to get ahold of you. That's where
toll free numbers bundled with voicemail can really save the
day. The toll free number gets rid of the stigma of being out
of the local area. Every call is a free call to the client, regardless
of where you happen to be. Bundled voicemail means that you'll
never miss a call because you're unavailable. If you don't pick
up, your voicemail does.
Managing Your "Ring To"
The toll free service we recommend has some advanced features
that make it especially useful to mobile professionals. First
of all, you can manage your "ring to" number at will.
That's the number of the phone that will ring when someone calls
the toll free number. It can be any convenient landline or mobile
phone. Some users set their toll free number to ring to their
office phone during business hours and to their cell phone at
all other times. Others pick a phone and let voicemail get the
calls when they aren't around.
Voice Mail Delivered by Email
Another valuable feature is the ability of the system to send
copies of your voicemails to your computer. You can be having
lunch while checking your emails
at a WiFi hotspot and an email will come in with a voice message
attached. The recording is formatted to a .WAV file, so you just
click it and listen to the message. Of course you can call-in
to get your messages over the phone, if you want.
FAX to Email
Just as handy, the system is able to receive inbound FAX messages
and route them as email attachments to your computer. Not only
can you listen to a customer voice message away from the office,
you can read the fax they sent to your toll free number. On the
road you can avoid that trek to the hotel desk to see if any
FAXs have come for you, and perhaps read by the staff or a competitor
having a peek.
Powerful Capabilities, Budget
Priced
Now here's the really amazing part. You can get all this service
for perhaps less than you pay for your long distance calls. A
common 866, 877 or 888 toll free number costs $2 to activate
and $2 a month for service, including the 24/7 online management
and advanced voicemail / fax reception. Incoming calls, including
fax messages, will cost you 6.9 cents a minute for calls to or
from anywhere in the 48 US states and nearly all of Canada. Alaska,
Hawaii and rural Canadian areas are a bit more. Calls from the
USA can terminate overseas at international rates, making it
possible for those in other countries to have a U.S. telephone
presence. You can also get 800 numbers and special vanity numbers
for an extra cost.
Would this low cost toll free
service be valuable in expanding your business opportunities?
If so, Learn
more about Kall8 toll free service or pick
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