Saturday, 26 January 2013

Phone Providers For Your Business

By Jason D Pearlington


When you first start a business you will be thinking of many things that are all exciting. However one of the points you may over look till the last minute is how you are going to effectively communicate with your clients and customers. This is going to be key to the success of your business so this article is a must read!

Effective communication is only possible with a good phone system. Yes it is boring but it is true. It isn't just a case of getting a phone anymore because there are so many options available. Below is the considerations to this about when choosing your provider.

1. Cost! Yes it might be obvious but it is the first place to start.

2. SLE - Service Level Agreement, exactly what is the company promising to deliver?

3. Check the companies reliability.

4. Try to speak with their current clients. Make sure you don't use the ones from their websites and try to locate your own references.

5. Location is key and if at all possible try to keep it local or at least within your own country.

6. Try to get the company to provide the equipment and make them responsible for it, this way if they provide the phone and if goes wrong you will have one less thing to worry about.

7. Not all companies have the same contract length and many are now doing some very good rolling monthly deals, however you will get discounts for keeping yourself int he contract for longer periods.

It can be hard starting out in business and choosing the right providers however the phone service you choose has to be good. Recent studies show that a massive number of businesses go bust because they recently spent an amount of time without their phone service.




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