January 1, 2009

Virtual PBX: Does Your Business Need a Virtual Phone?

by Caressa Waechter

As a entrepreneur, you need to have a way for your customers to communicate with you. The use of telephones is still the most common way to communicate. Is your current phone service and system working as hard for you as it should be, or is there something better for you to be using?

One option to increase your phone service benefits to you is to use a small business PBX service. Allowing your current small business phone service to do more for your company is all that a business PBX service is about. Utilizing your current business phone service, a small business PBX greatly enhances your most simple form of communication.

Making your existing telephone service act like a larger business' phone service is what a small business PBX service does best. If you have ever called a bigger corporation that has an automated telephone system that greets you and allows you to pick an employee or department to talk to, then you know exactly what a virtual small business PBX service will do for the phone service you are currently using.

Utilizing your existing telephone lines, a phone auto attendant service gives you either a local or toll-free phone number that serves as your company's main phone number. Once a customer calls this number, they are greeted by your virtual auto attendant and offered the choice of where their call should be directed.

You have full and utter control of incoming call routing. The beauty of a small business PBX service is that inbound phone calls can be sent to any telephone in the world, all it needs is a dial tone. This means that you can be spending time in Maui and receive customer phone calls on your cell phone.

With plans starting at under $10 per month, a virtual business PBX service is well within the reach of all small business owners. The largest providers are RingCentral and GotVmail, which both offer a viable service. Our reviews of these two providers indicate a clear winner, when it comes to value for the money.

With powerful features such as a virtual auto attendant (virtual receptionist), complete Internet faxing ability, individual voicemail for each extension and call queuing capability, a virtual PBX is something any business owner should consider using.

If your company relies on telephone service to communicate with customers, you have to give a hard look at a virtual small business PBX service. The ability to completely transform your current telephone service will amaze you.

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