Comments on: Easy Cost Savings for Small Businesses https://www.womenonbusiness.com/easy-cost-savings-for-small-businesses/ Business Women Expertise, Tips, Advice and More to Build Winning Careers and Brands Wed, 02 Oct 2013 00:39:21 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 By: Merrin Muxlow https://www.womenonbusiness.com/easy-cost-savings-for-small-businesses/#comment-1222 Tue, 28 Apr 2009 15:50:49 +0000 http://www.womenonbusiness.com/?p=1149#comment-1222 @ Allen:

Sorry for the confusion, I didn’t mean to imply that hosted services always use an auto-attendant, just that you can choose to route calls this way- it’s a pretty popular option for many businesses, as you mentioned. Thanks for the info about the benefits of hosted services!

]]> By: Shany https://www.womenonbusiness.com/easy-cost-savings-for-small-businesses/#comment-1185 Mon, 27 Apr 2009 15:40:28 +0000 http://www.womenonbusiness.com/?p=1149#comment-1185 I agree. VoIP is a great way to go to cut costs. We wrote about this on Open Road to Savings, a blog for small and medium sized businesses that are looking for tips on how to save money. http://www.openroadtosavings also looks for submission on how companies are coming up with creative ways to save money and we can share with our readers. If you have any other ideas, feel free to share with us!

]]> By: Allen Porter https://www.womenonbusiness.com/easy-cost-savings-for-small-businesses/#comment-1132 Sat, 25 Apr 2009 14:24:00 +0000 http://www.womenonbusiness.com/?p=1149#comment-1132 You wrote: “You can also choose a hosted service, where calls are routed through an auto-attendant before being routed to your office …”

A hosted service doesn’t mean that the calls go through the auto-attendant.

Simply saying, a hosted service is when you don’t need to install all the equipment on your premises – because it’s all done remotely by the provider. If you use a hosted service then all you need is either an adapter (so called ATA) or a router or an IP phone.

For most small businesses a hosted solution is a lot easier because there is no maintenance and configuration to worry about.

Auto-attendant is an additional service that you can usually add to your phone service. Practically it’s an automated operator that lets the caller dial by name, dial by extension, listen to business hours, etc.

The cost of these services are amazingly low. I use Voip.com but there are many other providers that offer similarly affordable solutions (e.g. Jive, Packet 8, Speakeasy).

]]> By: Matt Lloyd https://www.womenonbusiness.com/easy-cost-savings-for-small-businesses/#comment-1106 Fri, 24 Apr 2009 21:28:54 +0000 http://www.womenonbusiness.com/?p=1149#comment-1106 This is great information. VOIP has turned into one of those terms that can mean so much. Most companies can think of VOIP in two terms. Services outside your business, like VONAGE, and systems inside your business, an actual phone system. There are many systems that you can buy for your business that are very inexpensive and have all the features the “big name” systems have. Usually you can get into a good VOIP system for under $1000 plus the cost of the phones. These systems can plug into standard Analog lines, (AT&T POTS lines) or VOIP lines from another provider. There are many systems out there so do your homework.

Matt Lloyd
Owner
Magic Apple Technology LLC

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