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Using Skype for the small office

I’m really amazed with Skype — the quality tends to be terrible, the software is buggy, the delay over their VoIP to POTS network is significant. Yet the upside is that it not only works, but it tends to make me more productive — as well as my staff and my volunteers. I’m amazed that more small offices haven’t embraced Skype for their “on the go” consultants or sales staff.

My favorite thing about Skype is SkypeIn: the ability to receive phone calls from the POTS network. Not only can you get a phone number for around $2 a month, but you can get multiple phone numbers. Since I do business in various states AND countries, I can get a local number in every market I’m in for less than $20 a month — that’s 10 numbers. I can also pick the numbers I want so I can get something vanity and memorable. I snagged 312-HAT-HEAD for $2 a month (I’m known as the guy who always wears hats and beanies). All the numbers can point to the same Skype accounts.

Read this entire article at the entrepreneurship site.