Wednesday, November 28, 2012

800 Numbers Are Important For Your Clients And The Image Of Your Business

By Benshon R. Anderson


One helpful feature that every business needs are 800 Numbers that are available for your customers to reach you if the need ever arises. If your business can be contacted without having to pay long distance charges with the availability of toll-free numbers your existing customers as well as your new customers are appreciative. Prospective clients as well as existing customers appreciate any money saving opportunities that can be made possible in today's economy to help them.

You can learn about the many available options for your business along with the various plans and associated rates and fees including the availability of 800 numbers for your business to use from the telephone provider. You may be surprised how inexpensive these plans are for you're out of pocket fees and the resulting benefits and rewards for both you and your clients. You will also discover very helpful the assortment of tools and services that can be used with your business phone number. Voicemail is one example that allows for easy access when you have the capacity to forward them to a business email account.

You also will have the ability to choose custom 800 numbers for your business that reflect or are easy to associate with your business somehow. Customers appreciate a phone number that is catchy or easy to remember, or spells out a special message. This can be easily accomplished by selecting numbers that correspond to the letters on a telephone keypad to create the word or phrase that you prefer. This not only makes it helpful for your customers to remember the number, but is also useful for advertising purposes.

So toll-free numbers can not only be enjoyable, but also strategical. With the availability of number portability the special number that you choose can stay with you and move with you even if your business must move to a new location. Additionally, if you find it inevitable to change providers most will allow you to use your 800 number through them which will help avoid any hassle.

DID numbers, which stands for Direct Inward Dialing is another impressive business tool that is very helpful and convenient for both your business and your customers. Everyone in your company can benefit from this feature by having a special extension number assigned to them. Calls can then be made directly to the desk of an individual employee by the customers without having to use an auto-attendant or go through a receptionist. Both your business and your customers gain from less work and less hassle with this feature.




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