Communications Technology i-opener - Cristian Petcu's blog

"Refer a friend" - Press 1's Promotional campaign

2007-10-23T07:45:00.000-07:00

Press1.co.uk's flexible call management systems for small businesses.
The most user-friendly Virtual Switchboard Service.

THIS WEEKS PROMOTION - 'Refer a friend'!

Recommend a friend to sign-up to a full Press 1 account and reclaim their start-up fee.

How to reclaim your signup fee.

- Send an email your 'friends' press1 number and contact detail's to info@press1.co.uk and we will credit your account their start-up fee when they have completed one month of service.

- This promotion is valid until 7/11/2007.
- Free trial sign-ups will not be credited, only fully paid sign-ups.
- Friend accounts must be active for at least one month.
- Start-up fee will be credited to your Press 1 account.
- You must be holder of a press1 account at the time of 'friends' signup.
- No cash will be exchanged

For more information go to www.press1.co.uk or call 0870 489 8989.
We look forward to hearing from you.

Press1's virtual switchboard offers small businesses greater flexibility in call management.

2007-09-20T06:28:00.000-07:00

With Press 1’s virtual switchboard, small businesses can now offer quicker customer service whilst saving thousands of pounds with their own automated telephone switchboard.

A common difficulty that small business owners share has been trying to juggle the day to day operations and logistics of their company while having to man and answer their business phone. Phone calls at inconvenient times of the day, missing important calls when out of the office, giving out company information over and over again all takes up valuable time – time which could be converted into money!

With the help of Internet technology there is now a simple solution for this problem.

Small businesses can now avail of Press 1’s virtual switchboard that provides a call management system allowing them to have full control of their incoming calls.

With a range of fantastic features to choose from, using a system like this will allow the small business to manage incoming calls using methods such as call forwarding, voice playback, message collection and email alerts with caller ID, anytime their phone rings. It is hosted online relieving small business owners of large hardware and instillation costs. It gives them the means to easily separate and manage their calls before they are even answered via a phone menu.

Press1.co.uk provides a user friendly, online account giving the user full access to control and configure their system 24/7, from anywhere – all that’s needed is a PC on hand!

Andrew Fleury, Managing Director of Transpoco.com says, "I was delighted to find Press1 as it had everything I was looking for in a phone system. I think it really saves us some time as we have separated our support and sales calls. I would encourage anyone to try the service, it takes just a few minutes to set up, it’s easy to do, and it’s free to try. Signing up to press1 is also much more cost effective for us than the other options we were considering".

With Press 1’s online switchboard services, small companies can now boost their credibility by giving their callers the kind of response they would expect from a larger company.

For Further information please contact:
Cristian Petcu,
Business Development Manager,
info@press1.co.uk,
Phone no. 0870 489 8989
or visit: www.press1.co.uk

Small business alert - VoIP is more than just cheap calls!

2007-09-20T06:10:00.000-07:00

New small business options from Freespeech.ie show saving call costs is not all that VoIP is about, VoIP saves you money, but also gives greater flexibility than traditional phone services. It’s quick to set up and can work alongside, or together, with your existing phones. Your VoIP lines are ‘virtual’ so call capacity is only limited by your broadband bandwidth.

As broadband quality improves in Ireland it is becoming increasingly evident that VoIP is proving to be a more cost effective option than traditional telephony for small businesses. The cost benefits that it can provide are not just on call charges but include considerable savings in areas such as line rental, call forwarding and time spent managing phone systems.

But the flexibility of VoIP for small business owners is the feature emerging as being the most attractive.

Online subscription makes the activation of a new phone line a simple five minute process and it’s easy to ‘try, before you buy’ without commitment. Because VoIP phone lines are “virtual” they can co-exist with traditional phone lines. This means businesses can add and subtract VoIP phone lines and numbers at convenience. Not only that, but because VoIP is such a flexible technology, lines can be attached to regular phone systems so as there is no need to discard or change what businesses already have in place, most modern also PBX’s allow you to add new VoIP lines.

Virtual phone lines also mean that your business lines become portable. Just like your email you can attach a phone wherever you have broadband. For the modern small business this is essential as many have a mobile workforce who move offices regularly and work from various locations.

Kevin Brennan, MD of Redsquared, the creators of the Freespeech.ie website says “We find that small business love the flexibility of VoIP, especially the freedom and control they get, imagine being able to answer a call to your Dublin number in Paris with no roaming charges, that’s what VoIP’s about. Customers love being able to self manage their phone through the web but this is just the tip of the Iceberg, this next generation technology is bringing new voice services to the small business user which have not even been available to large enterprises”.

The future of telephony is evidently going in the direction of VoIP. As the broadband quality in Ireland is getting better and the service providers continue to develop and enhance their offerings, small businesses can only wait and see what is next to come.

To find out more about VoIP for small business visit www.freespeech.ie