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July 21, 2017
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Business is Like Seduction

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For the most part, dating and selling are very similar. The art of wooing a client is much like courting a love interest. Salesmen are selling an idea, pitching and looking for positive feedback. Clients are looking for a partnership that is mutually beneficial. Isn’t that what dating feels like?

RingByName services over 250,000 businesses. We started small like most of our clients, but we have grown to be a premiere, alternative business phone service because we have understood that business is like seduction.

How are business and seduction similar?

  • You can only sell to the ones that have a need for your services. In the art of seduction, you can only seduce the willing. If the other party isn’t interested, it’s over before it’s even begun. No amount of convincing will make any difference. What’s important is knowing when the fight is done and when to move on.
  • Outcome independence. Business is like seduction in that you will be rejected more than accepted. It’s easy to say that you won’t take it personally, but the truth is that entrepreneurs who pour their lives into a product only to be rejected, will take it personally.
  • Confidence in what you’re selling. In business, you must believe in the product you are selling to get the other person to believe. In seduction, you must believe in yourself and like yourself to find someone who is willing to do the same.
  • ABC: Always Be Closing. This is a famous sales mindset made popular by the movie Glengarry Glen Ross (if you’re in sales and you haven’t seen the movie, go watch it now!). You should always be ready to meet the one or land a potential new client. This means, even if you are just heading to the store, you should dress the part of a successful businessman or attractive partner; you never know when you are going to meet your next client or partner.

So why do we bring this up? RingByName was once a small company, a start-up. We grew by thinking differently; that’s the core of what we do as an alternative business phone service solution, and we think that it’s the key to doing anything well.

Adapt the mindset that business is like seduction, and try it out during your next sales call. For a business phone service that is as attractive as your business, contact RingByName at 855-345-7464.

July 18, 2017
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DON’T Buy Business Phone Systems from Big Name Providers!

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That’s right, we said it and we aren’t taking it back! Our moms always told us to stand up for what we believe in and help others along the way, so that’s exactly what we are doing here at RingByName.

There are two reasons why you should not buy business phone systems from big name providers:

  1. Your business is not capitalizing on opportunities.

How can a business phone system help you capitalize on potential growth opportunities? That’s probably a question you do not hear much in business development meetings, and for one simple reason: no one really questions what their current phone system can do.

Most businesses assume that they sign up for a business phone plan and they can now receive and make calls, and that’s it.  Voicemail is also a standard feature, along with call-waiting, call-forwarding, and a few other select options across the board.

RingByName has created something more than just a business phone system that can take and direct calls through a directory. We service over 250,000 clients all over the United States, and for years we have tinkered, tweaked and researched business phone systems and what makes them so terrible. We have implemented software that has changed business phone systems to actually be an investment for businesses.

Our business call rules, virtual receptionist, and caller I.D. 2.0 are the wave of the future. These digital phone features are designed to ensure that your most valued clients and potential clients are routed to the right department immediately, they are greeted uniquely, and all of their information is available immediately.

With RingByName, your most profitable client gets greeted by name, and routed directly to the most important person in your office, allowing business to be done without a hassle.

What’s worse than calling a customer service line, getting disconnected, then having to go through the same daunting process of answering 10 questions with the new person who answers your call? With RingByName, you can be directed to the last person you spoke with, saving customers the hassle, giving them a pleasant experience, and giving your company the reputation for EXCELLENT customer service.

  1. You are given a mass produced, cookie cutter system.

RingByName is part of the rebellion, we are the leading the charge for business phone alternatives! And how? We have designed our services to be the most beneficial for our clients and for the user.

Our business phone alternative is built so that our clients receive no interruption in service, and even the most non-tech-savvy will understand and adapt to the platform that is tailored to their needs.

At RingByName, we believe that everything is negotiable, which is why we made the features in our phone service negotiable and customizable. Don’t settle for cookie-cutter phone service, get the service and features you want today!

May 15, 2017
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What Your Phone and a Bouncer Have in Common

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Your Current Phone Service is Like a Bouncer for Your Business

What does your current business phone service and a nightclub bouncer have in common? Well, one is a frustrating tool that you are forced to deal with and the other is your business phone. Seriously, slap a pony tail and a few terrible snake tattoos on your office phone and start calling it Roy. No one likes to deal with your office phone…now let me see some I.D.!

Let’s play a new game that RingByName has just invented called Bouncer: Business Phone or Both?
The rules of the game are simple. Read each sentence and decide if we are describing a bouncer, business phone, or both. Check the answers at the end to see how many you answered correctly.

  1. Treats every patron the same way no matter the context or relationship.
  2. Slow and outdated vetting process leads to unnecessary wait time for clients.
  3. Usually dressed in all black with the word “security” written across the back.
  4. Small plastic device that has 74 features that you don’t use or understand.

The answers for this fantastic quiz are as follows: both, both, bouncer, business phone. Congrats to those of you who scored a perfect 4 out of 4. We knew you could do it! Anyone who scored less than a perfect 4, you need to call RingByName now and allow us to help you change your ways and your small business phone system.

At RingByName, we are sick and tired of business phones hindering communication. RingByName is a communication company that doesn’t just talk the talk, we walk the walk. We are challenging the idea that all business phone services are the same. Our virtual receptionist remembers clients and who they spoke with last. Our quick note sharing allows up-to-date notes to be placed in client files, and our call rules let you decide where incoming calls go based on your preferences.
We work tirelessly to turn every phone service for small businesses from a night club bouncer, to an awesome hostess that increases sales and gives you a return on investment. When is the last time your business phone service actually paid you back with less dropped calls resulting in more sales?
Learn more about our next generation business phone services and switch to RingByName today!

RingByName can take your business to the next level.  Call 855-345-RING now to learn more about how your business can gain a competitive weapon with RingByName.

April 11, 2017
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Tales from the Competitive Edge

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With RingByName businesses gain a competitive weapon.

The capabilities of RingByName help businesses win and keep more customers.  These are their tales . . .

DreamVacations.com is an online travel business owned by Ralph Santisteban. The company sells vacations, especially cruises, to people via their website – but their hallmark is personal service. DreamVacations has a team of 12 associates who work directly with customers on customizing and purchasing their vacation plans. To deliver on that DreamVacations got RingByName service for their business and its 12 associates. RingByName allows the company to provide an office number with extension to each associate that rings on their personal mobile phones.

In addition, using the RingByName mobile app on either on iOS or Android device allows associates to make calls using the company number. This benefits the associate by allowing their personal mobile phone number to remain private and it benefits the business because customers are not calling the associate directly but only through the company number.

In Mr. Santisteban’s own words . . .

  • “The beauty of these virtual lines is that they are programmed to rollover into the associates’ mobile phone lines. Associate business cards are now printed with the office number and their extension number. Personal mobile numbers are no longer printed on business cards. If consumers call an associate at the office, the line rings on their mobile phone. This means that if the associate ever leaves the team, we keep the extension and don’t lose the calls that come in after they depart.”
  • “The other beauty is if someone contacts the general office line and asks for an associate by name, we can easily transfer that call to their virtual extension.”
  • “The system offers beautiful hold music and for agencies with a little more income all calls may be monitored for quality assurance purposes for an additional fee.”
  • “After a year of use it has truly taken us to the next level.”

Just like with DreamVacations.com, RingByName can take your business to the next level.  Call 855-345-RING now to learn more about how your business can gain a competitive weapon with RingByName.

March 14, 2017
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RingByName Teams up with Amazon Alexa

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Turning Alexa Into An Executive Assistant A Team Effort

This week we accomplished something cool: we became the first cloud phone service to offer handsfree calling through Amazon’s Alexa family of devices.  Today, according to estimates, there are more than seven million Alexa devices in use.  While everything we do at RingByName is a team effort, the Alexa project is a great example.

Jose Fernandez, our webmaster, came up with the idea of integrating with Alexa (and other smart home systems including Google Home and Apple Siri) and our CTO, Silvano Girardi developed and submitted the Skill to Amazon.  While the Skill was being improved, Jose shot a video of Catherine Jimenez, one of our enterprise sales executives, and Stephanie Brandao, one of our new customer onboarders, using Alexa with RingByName.  Matt Bramson, our Chief Growth Officer, provided the video’s narration.  The rest of the team played a part and will be crucial to realizing any added success we can from this effort.

Now anyone with an Amazon Echo, Dot, or Tap can just say, “Alexa, ask RingByName to call [any number]”, and they’re connected.  It’s just one more way that RingByName is way more than a business phone service.  Here is the press release we sent out this morning: http://www.enhancedonlinenews.com/news/eon/20170314005994/en

February 13, 2017
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How Does VoIP Work? Stats and Facts for The Rest of Us

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How does VoIP work? 

Voice over Internet Protocol, also referred to as Voice over IP, or simply VoIP, describes the interconnected system of hardware and software that utilizes the internet to communicate. 

These virtual phone systems and message services

use the internet’s infrastructure to send packets of
data between channels. Traditional phone systems
used closed circuits between copper wires.

The benefits of VoIP have catapulted the technology into our daily lives and virtual phones are making their way into businesses all over the world. In fact, you have probably, unknowingly used a VoIP service in the past 24 hours.  

Facebook messenger, WhatsApp, Skype, Google Voice… sound familiar? These are all VoIP apps. Instead of asking: how does VoIP work? Ask why it works so well. 

Here are a few facts that outline the benefits of VoIP and illustrate the success of the technology:

  • Companies that switch to VoIP save between 50 and 75 percent. Small businesses save roughly 40 percent on local call costs with VoIP.
  • In the United States, over 30 percent have seen the benefits of VoIP and are using virtual phone systems because they boost productively and cut costs.
  • Traditional phone services are losing over 500,000 customers every month and VoIP services for small business are receiving more business from first time buyers and startups. The benefits of VoIP for startups include cutting initially costs by up to 90%.
  • The VoIP market is project to grow at 10 percent every year until 2020

So how does VoIP work for you? Call a RingByName specialist and find out today: 1-855-345-6474

February 3, 2017
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Virtual Phone Systems Compared to Traditional Phone Systems

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If 2016 proved anything, it is that more small businesses are making the switch to VoIP.

Though the transition is easy, the shift in mindset is difficult. This is especially the case for businesses that have been open for decades. The idea is why change it if it is not broken? Well it is. The benefits of VoIP far exceed the drawbacks. Virtual phone systems are replacing traditional phone systems. 

Whether it is the shared culture, constant connectivity,

or increasing demand for talented employees,
RingByName is not here to discuss how popularity
for this movement grew

Let’s compare virtual phone systems to traditional:

The Hardware

Virtual – Modern VoIP services for small businesses are taking the term “virtual phone systems” to the next level. They are going virtual by using offered club VoIP services. The hardware consists of servers and the phones used by the business.

Traditional – They are still stuck in the physical world. Hardwired phone lines stapled to office roofs and along door way arches. Physical phones are not an option like they are with virtual phone systems, instead they are the only choice. 

The Software

Virtual – Like all communication via the Internet, virtual phone systems use packet-switching. Data is collected, broken into tiny pieces, sent, and then reassembled upon arrival. The process has been streamlined and is very fast and efficient these days. RingByName is one of the tech companies that uses this method.

Some VoIP services that do not require physical phones install software on a computer you already own to convert it to a phone. These are called softphones.

Traditional – Hardline phones use circuit-switch telephony. The copper wires in phone lines create a single channel between two points and allow for the call to take place.

The Comparison

Out with the old and in with the new.

Traditional                       meets Virtual

Hieroglyphics                       meets Books

Smoke Signal                       meets Telegram

Letter                                     meets Email

Yellow Pages                        meets Google

Stop sending smoke signals. Call RingByName today: 1-855-345-RING

January 18, 2017
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VoIP for small businesses, virtual phones for remote employees

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In the past, remote employees were those who were sent out on assignment.

Very few employees worked as remote employees, and those who did were confined to certain industry types; i.e. geologists, consultants and traveling salesmen. The advent of faster, reliable VoIP for small businesses has changed that and virtual phones for remote employees have changed the game. 

Whether it is the shared culture, constant connectivity,

or increasing demand for talented employees,
RingByName is not here to discuss how popularity
for this movement grew

but rather the advantages and uses that VoIP for small businesses can provide, especially in terms of virtual phones for remote employees.

Advantages

  1. If more employees are requesting to work remotely, the only viable option is VoIP. Advanced call routing and Star Transfer allows the employee to seamlessly integrate their remote location with the main office.
  2. The unique built-in CRM feature allows the remote employee to post notes and share these notes with their headquartered base supervisor.
  3. Call management system allows supervisor to monitor the remote employee’s call activity.
  4. Click2Transfer features allows for calls to be transferred from the business phones to the remote employee and vice versa.
  5. Remote employees can remain committed and integrated in business operations through the use of a VoIP system.
  6. Adding and removing virtual phones for employees is simple, allowing the business to grow dynamically.

RingByName focuses on VoIP for small business with the intent to create affordable, efficient, and game changing software as a service. Employees are asking for more freedom and remote work, and businesses are offering the work to attract the very best clientele. Consider virtual phones for remote employees and stay one step ahead of the competition.

December 20, 2016
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How Modern Entrepreneurs Stay Mobile

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Entrepreneurs and small business owners are not switching to voice over internet protocol (VoIP) simply to save money. Virtual phone systems are extremely efficient and convenient. The modern entrepreneur is more mobile than ever; a consequence and benefit of high speed, mobile technology. RingByName speaks to business leaders when it comes to modern day business mobility and day-to-day functions.

  • Seamless Mobile Integration – A good VoIP offers mobile entrepreneurs the option to seamlessly convert their mobile phones into office phones, with assigned phone numbers, extensions and instant transfer abilities (Check out RingByName’s Star Transfer). If the virtual phone systems feel like office phones, your business is already ahead of the game.
  • Reliability and Quality – It should go without say that the key to a successful VoIP is reliability and quality, but not all virtual phone systems are created equal.
  • Flexibility – Much like the modern, mobile entrepreneurs they serve, VoIP providers should offer dynamic, flexible virtual phone systems and affordable VoIP plans.
  • Presence – Virtual phone systems allow entrepreneurs to target local and international markets. Local telephone numbers with unlimited international calling allows for the best of both worlds.
  • Multitasking – Reliable voicemail, call transfer, and phone access on the road is crucial to business mobility. 

RingByName’s services were born out of necessity; entrepreneurs need reliable, mobile virtual phone systems. RingByName works with entrepreneurs and small business owners every day. If you are ready to go mobile, call us today.

December 12, 2016
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Small Businesses Save Money

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For most small businesses, the main priority is finding new clients. Cash flow is important, and many small businesses stay afloat by managing their cash flow carefully. RingByName’s virtual business phone systems are allowing small business owners to save money and increase efficiency simultaneously.

RingByName delves into some of the ways in which virtual business phone systems are saving small businesses so much money:

  • Virtual business phone systems connect into existing phone lines, saving small business owners the cost of installing new phone lines.
  • RingByName’s unlimited international calling and cheaper local and national calling rates make it one of the best and cheapest VoIP providers for small businesses.
  • Enhanced features built into RingByName’s VoIP systems increase efficiency while the price remains the same; i.e. Star Transfer, Call Presence, and Click2Call Extension.
  • VoIP by RingByName, has security and mobility features built in, eliminating the need for additional software.
  • RingByName’s 24/7 customer support minimizes downtime when issues arise; saving money by preventing loss.

At first, switching your business’ phone system to a modern, virtual business phone system may seem scary, but your business will see great return on the decision. Voice over internet protocol systems are a tried, tested, and proven alternative to the outdated phone system.

RingByName has saved money for over 250,000 customers. Add your company’s name to the list of satisfied small businesses and contact RingByName today.