Rule # 1: Don’t Waste Your Money …
One of the things I learned early on in my home business journey was that you can not afford to waste money. Money can be spent on so many different and useful tools, information, etc. Being the guy from Australia, I quickly learned that many of my business partners were based in the United States or other places overseas. Now, to use our normal telephone provider would mean very expensive calls at long distant rates. That would equate to hundreds , if not thousands of dollars spent in training calls, conferences, and relationship building calls.
I learned of Skype early on also. I used them for a short period too. The huge problem with Skype is that their service in Australia for Computer to phone is extremely bad. I was constantly repeating myself and I guess the professional look that I wanted to portray flew right out the window! Cheap calls, Extremely bad reception. Note: this is probably the result for people in Australia. Skype users in Europe most probably get great reception. Computer to computer calls – Skype is perfect.
VOIP and what is it all about …
One of my mentors told me about VOIP. Voip is basically the ability to make calls using broadband Internet. You can plug in a soft phone, which is like a microphone with headset (but its shaped like a phone), and plug it straight into your USB port on your home computer. This enables you to make calls from your computer, when your computer is on. You can also receive calls from your computer.
I experimented with this technology and was glad I did. I was spending about 10 cents on unlimited calls all over Australia and many countries overseas (USA, NZ, UK, Europe). However, I wanted better. I wanted to be able to receive calls and make calls with my computer turned off. Wow, was I asking for the moon here? I wanted all of this and possibly a rate even cheaper than the 10 cents I was paying per call and 22 cents per mobile phone call/minute.
Technology is an amazing thing. Keeping up to date with it is even better.
I discovered many voip deals on the market in Australia. Many were advertising plans. An example of this is where the company may charge you a monthly fee of $20 or $25 to use their voip phone service. Beware! There is definitely no need to pay for a service provider with voip. In my experience you should not pay a monthly fee unless it is extremely low and you get some crazy bonuses. Otherwise – it’s a trap in order to get your money. Remember, you want to save money in order to spend it on worth while business productivity.
Like all things – Research is Key
I done my due diligence on whirlpool.net.au and discovered that there were prepay voip services. You pay only for the calls you make. That sounded like what I wanted! Actually there were pages of voip providers. I also realized that I would need different appliances in order to use voip without my computer on. Hmm, it was going to be a bit of a mess ….
…until I found out that there are modems where all you need to do is plug in your phone and Internet connection – and that’s it! No messy, mucking around with wires and other devices. A simple voip modem which enabled the use of voip. So, I chose a Voip service provider which charges me 8cents for unlimited calls across Australia, USA, Europe, UK, NZ, and heaps of other countries. Mobiles are at 12 cents per minute and 50 FREE SMS messages which I can send from my computer!
The quality is great and I am saving a truck load of money each month. I love it so much that I no longer use our ‘normal’ telephone exchange provider for the calls I make. I just rent the phone line and make all of my phone calls via Voip.
Conferencing with Voip? You better believe it!
Voip is essential for business success if you intend to make overseas calls and do so regularly. It is also much cheaper than local calls – so it benefits you in that area too. I checked out the USA, and their voip services are even cheaper than Australia’s. There are literally hundreds of voip providers out there. Many have also adapted voip into their conferences. You see, phone conferencing is slowly dying out. Other services which ask you to dial a number on your phone for audio conferencing and then go to your Internet to view the conference – is STUPID!
Why am I so harsh here? Simple, many overseas business owners are sick and tired of not feeling like part of the team. Many have to dial an international number at international rates (…not if you have voip…). What a pain!
What I see happening in the NOW and future are conference calls on the Internet utilizing voip. That way local and international clients or business customers can just type in a URL and assist on the call – FREE of Charge. Many companies have this service at ridiculously high prices. However they know that it is the wave of the future. Think of how better your MLM team or your Network Marketing Team would function if you could have a world wide training call where your business partners and prospects didn’t have to pay a cent to attend! Where you could share files, have a whiteboard to demonstrate key concepts, web cam so the team could build rapport… the benefits are endless.
Remember – voip is the NOW for your business. I haven’t promoted any company here as this is only for your information, not for me to profit from you. Hopefully this information will enable you to being your journey in putting your business where it needs to be. Let me know when it does : )
“Plan Your Success – Execute Your Plan” – Nic Faivre
Author: Nic Faivre
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