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800 Numbers save Money for Small Businesses800 numbersare extremely popular now, especially for small and mediumsized businesses. They are very useful because they make your smallbusiness look like a big company. The key point, though, is that 800 numberscan also save you a lot of money, especially if you can maximize the use of them. There are plenty of 800 number services. But, the one that I use, andhence am most familiar with, isRingCentral. We use this toolextensively within my smallbusiness. Let me show you how youcan save money with this tool.When you set up your service, youhave a plethora of 800 numbervariations, from 800 to 877 to 866and more. This is the number thatyou give to your clients and is yourcentral number that everyone willcall. But, in addition to that you are also allowed, for free, a dedicated faxnumber and a local phone number as well.How does RingCentral save you money? In my company, every employee isgiven an extension number. Think of using and extension number just likeyou would in any large company. The extension goes right to the personyou’re trying to reach. Now, because extensions can be assigned to acomputer, no extra phones need to be purchased. In fact, extensions canalso reach someone their cell phone, thus alleviating the need again to buyextra “physical desktop” phones. The Internet switch handles everything.In my company, we have employees and team members who live all over theworld. In this way, you’re not bounded by the cost of employees in anyparticular city, region, country, etc. What does this mean? Your customersupport person can live in Ireland, while your project manager lives in Idahoand your sales person lives in Montana. In this way, a customer who is callingyour company doesn’t need to know that they are reaching someone who isnot physically in the same location as you. And, you are able to reduce yourpayroll cost based on the cost of the local staff member. In addition to that,there are no additional international calling fees to Ireland, because the callis routed over the Internet to their device.Most people who call800 numbersthink they are calling a brick and mortarcompany. However, with RingCentral 800 numbers, as you’ve seen, you or

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