Whether you’re opening a new office abroad or hiring new staff, expanding your enterprise is exciting.
But expansion can come with a lot of stress. When you’re busy worrying about your new recruits, the rent, and the paint on your new walls, the last thing you’re thinking about is your phone lines. Yet your phone lines are crucial. How you communicate with your staff and your customers will only become more important as you grow.
That’s why VoIP systems offer a ‘pay as you grow’ strategy. By setting up new phones as and when they're needed – and doing so through your existing system – you can avoid the unnecessary stress of re-hauling your comms.
Internet telephone systems are the most scalable option for expanding businesses, since they can be purchased and financed by the unit. Installing a Cisco VoIP phone only requires an internet connection, so there’s no need to get any engineers involved. After an initial set-up charge, phones are paid for on a rolling monthly basis and can be added or subtracted at any time. So there’s no need to get tied into a five-year contract with BT either: you can scale your system to suit your needs.
VoiP provides an integrated network which can be managed remotely via the internet. Connecting new phones to your existing system has never been easier. Via Cisco Call Manager, for example, you can organise your internal and external communications from your own desk with a simple and easy-to-use interface. You can create virtual group mailboxes, for example, so that your new sales department receives particular calls. You can also link incoming calls to your mobile, making sure you stay in the loop even as your workforce expands.
With VoIP, the only way is up.
You can even monitor inward and outward calls remotely. Call Manager provides key data on the number of calls from customers and colleagues, average response times, and other aspects of your communications . Such data is helpful for training and management purposes, and allows you full control over what’s going on, wherever you are.
Your integrated VoIP network can provide huge cost benefits as well. Calls within your internal network are free, and you can easily access data on call charges for the whole system, allowing you full control over expenses. VoIP systems are also, on the whole, cheaper than landline equivalents, while employing cloud-based technology to maximise efficiency.
VoIP allows you to keep your original number by transferring it to the Cloud. This makes it a virtual number, which can be used anywhere, even abroad. This allows you to easily transfer your existing contacts from before - reducing the impact on relationships with your old clients when you're opening shop abroad. A virtual phone number is the same wherever in the country it’s used, so there’s no need to worry about regional area codes.
Investment in a VoIP phone system is one way an up-and-coming business can show that they are serious. They provide a host of professional features, including automated voicemail services and on-hold music, which immediately place your company in the right company. With VoIP, the only way is up.
GRiP Communications is a UK based VoIP Service provider providing high quality affordable business telephone systems to organisations with one phone or many. All you need is an internet connection.
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