Small Businesses Need to Look Big to Be Big - Phone Services and Technologies for the Small Business

Oct. 24, 2008 - PRLog -- You're a smart businessperson in need of a bigger telephone system. There are many to  choose from but the expense could really eat into your profits and in this day  and age every penny counts more than ever before. But still the need is there  and you can't grow the business unless you have better telecommunication  applications.
Instead of spending thousands of dollars on phone equipment  that could virtually be obsolete within a few years why not look into  outsourcing your telephone service?
Outsourced business phone  services (http://www.ConnectMeVoice.com) is nothing new but the days of operators standing by to take a  message has long been past as new technologies offer all sorts of features and  applications never before available.

Everything from hosted  voice mail, call forwarding and  email and web management are now part of the packages without having to install  expensive equipment that will need to be maintained and updated.  Virtual  telephony services have expanded to include features once thought to only  be available within a brick and mortar office such as music on hold, fax  mailbox capabilities and toll free numbers.As you investigate the various companies that offer these  services it's important to review qualities that make them stand out above the  rest.ConnectMe has been in the communications field for over 25  years having developed telecommunication  technology and systems for thousands of Fortune 500 companies.  Unlike some telephone service businesses,  ConnectMe wrote their own system giving them a tremendous advantage over their  competitors. No one knows a system better than the ones that built it.Originally known as American Voicemail Network and founded  in 1990, ConnectMe has experience from the earliest PC-based voicemail systems  providing them with ground floor knowledge upon which was built a service of  state of the art technology offering flexibility and leading edge features at  low cost to their clients.
ConnectMe was one of the first providers to offer a full  featured Virtual PBX which gave the  small business owner the ability to communicate like a big corporation.  As a pioneer in one-number follow-me calling,  web interface and speech recognition, ConnectMe continues that tradition with  additional features like rotational  voicemail (http://connectmevoice.com/call_rotations.htm) and distributed voicemail messaging. This sets the company apart  in its desire to expand and develop phone services and technologies for the small  business (http://connectmevoice.com/small_business_startup.htm) that needs to operate like a large organization.
Without the deep resources of a large corporation, the small  and medium sized business must rely on their wits and savvy instincts to  protect themselves from disasters both natural and man-made."A great majority of business phone systems failed just  at the very time they were most needed," says Scott Seltzer, CEO of  ConnectMeVoice.
ConnectMeVoice.com suggests a few things that could make the  difference:

 Virtual Hosting -  An often over looked alternative to expensive on-site PBX systems used at major  corporations which can cost thousands of dollars, Virtual hosting can allow  your company's communications continue even when equipment is damaged locally.
 
800/Toll Free or  Local  Emergency Number - ConnectMe  systems can enable users to leave specific, detailed messages, which can be  critically important when others have difficulty reaching them. Messages can be  delivered via Email, Web, Smartphones or over the telephone.

Key to telecommunication success for any business, but  especially true for the small and medium size company, is the ability to save  money without sacrificing quality and services. ConnectMeVoice is a partner to those requiring a telephone system that  is flexible, upgrade-able, state of the art and most importantly – cost  effective.