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Sponsored Post: A Secret Time and Sanity Saver? Pssst, It’s a Virtual Phone System

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October 23, 2014
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Few business owners start off with a sleek corporate office and a full bank account. Every hour is dedicated to growing their company and every dollar earned is reinvested. To survive, there’s no room for wasted time or expensive resources. That’s why small business owners everywhere are turning to virtual phone systems.

Here are 4 reasons a virtual phone system like Grasshopper will free up your time and save your sanity:

1. You can be productive wherever you are.

Virtual phone systems help you work from anywhere. There’s no need to wait at your desk for that important phone call or fax. Calls are instantly routed to your smartphone, voicemails are delivered to your inbox as an MP3 or text, and faxes are forwarded to your e-mail as PDF attachments. This flexibility allows you to go on sales calls or meet with vendors, while still being connected to your business.

2. You’ll be 10x more professional.

Let’s face it. As your business gets going, things can get hectic– operations aren’t always flawless (yet), but you don’t want your customers to know that. A virtual phone system like Grasshopper is the perfect solution because it gives you a professional image, regardless of whether you’re working from a desk or the kitchen table.

With Grasshopper, you get access to toll-free, vanity, and local numbers. You also have the capability to set a customizable main greeting. Record your business’ greeting yourself or use the voice studio to create a professional-sounding introduction for your callers. After the greeting, you can give callers the option to search a company-wide name directory. You can even set music or custom commercials to play while customers are on hold.

3. You’ll provide a top-notch customer experience.

Business revenue relies on employee productivity and customer service. Virtual phone systems serve both of these purposes with first-class connectivity. Employees can work anytime, anywhere because they always have access to business and customer calls. If you want to join all your employees together, use the built-in conference calling features.

To keep customer service at its best, Grasshopper also provides unlimited call handling. This means callers will never hear a busy signal. No matter how many people call, they can all be on hold and transferred when an employee becomes available.

4. You’ll Maximize Savings and Time

The most remarkable feature of a virtual phone system is that it conserves your most precious resources: time and money. Something we can all appreciate! With Grasshopper, everything you need is all online and in the cloud. There’s no expensive hardware or software to purchase and your capital expenses are zero. What’s not to love?

Get Grasshopper, the Entrepreneur’s Phone System, Today!

Technology offers great resources for entrepreneurs, so why not take advantage of them? Grasshopper’s virtual phone system is easy to integrate with the way you work and could truly transform how you communicate with business partners and customers. Plus, we’re offering $75 off to all Wave customers. With so many benefits at such a low cost, making the switch to a virtual phone system could be just what you need to put your new business on the path to success.

starter
Plan
starter
Plan
$0
pro
Plan
$16USD
$20CAD/mo
Option to accept online payments
Starting at
2.9% + $0.60
per credit card transaction
Starting at
2.9% + $0*
per credit card transaction
for first 10 transactions/mo
Unlimited invoices, estimates, bills
Add your logo and brand colors
Automate late payment reminders
with online payments
Wave mobile app
Unlimited bookkeeping records
Dashboard and reports
Auto-import transactions
Auto-merge transactions
Auto-categorize transactions
Add users
Live-person chat and email support
with any paid add-on
Digitally capture unlimited receipts
additional fee
Payroll
additional fee
additional fee
Hire a bookkeeper
additional fee
additional fee
Option to accept online payments
Starting at
2.9% + $0.60
per credit card transaction
Starting at
2.9% + $0*
per credit card transaction
for first 10 transactions/mo
Unlimited invoices, estimates, bills
Add your logo and brand colors
Automate late payment reminders
with online payments
Wave mobile app
Unlimited bookkeeping records
Dashboard and reports
Auto-import transactions
Auto-merge transactions
Auto-categorize transactions
Add users
Live-person chat and email support
with any paid add-on
Digitally capture unlimited receipts
additional fee
Payroll
additional fee
additional fee
Hire a bookkeeper
additional fee
additional fee
starter
Plan
$0
Legacy businesses
New businesses
pro
Plan
$16USD or
$20CAD/mo
starter
Plan
$0
Legacy businesses
New businesses
pro
Plan
$16USD or
$20CAD/mo
Invoicing + payments
Option to accept online payments
(and create unique links with checkouts)
Starting at
2.9% + $0.60
per credit card transaction
Starting at
2.9% + $0.60
per credit card transaction
Starting at
2.9% + $0*
per credit card transaction
for first 10 transactions/mo

Send invoices, estimates, and other docs:

  • via links or PDFs
  • automatically, via Wave
with online payments
with online payments
Automate late payment reminders
with online payments
with online payments
Add your logo and brand colors
Remove Wave branding from footers
Add attachments to invoices and estimates (NEW!)
Create reusable message templates (NEW!)
Invoice and estimate in the mobile app
Accounting
Unlimited bookkeeping records
Auto-import bank transactions
Auto-merge and categorize transactions
Add users to your business
businesses already auto-importing bank transactions and/or that already have users added to their businesses as of May 1, 2024
Digitally capture unlimited receipts
with receipts add-on
with receipts add-on
Manage accounting transactions in the mobile app and sync with desktop (NEW!)
with receipts add-on
with receipts add-on
Other Wave features
Dashboard and reports
Live-person chat + email support
with any optional add-on
with any optional add-on
Optional add-ons
Receipts
nothing changes
additional fee
included
Payroll
nothing changes
additional fee
additional fee
Advisors
nothing changes
additional fee
additional fee
Invoicing + payments
Option to accept online payments
(and create unique links with checkouts)
Starting at
2.9% + $0.60
per credit card transaction
Starting at
2.9% + $0.60
per credit card transaction
Starting at
2.9% + $0*
per credit card transaction for first 10 transactions/mo
Send invoices, estimates, and other docs via links or PDFs
Send invoices, estimates, and other docs automatically, via Wave
with online payments
with online payments
Automate late payment reminders
with online payments
with online payments
Add your logo and brand colors
Remove Wave branding from footers
Add attachments to invoices and estimates (NEW!)
Create reusable message templates (coming NEW!)
Invoice and estimate in the mobile app
Accounting
Unlimited bookkeeping records
Auto-import, -merge, and -categorize bank transactions
businesses already auto-importing bank transactions and/or that already have users added to their businesses as of May 1, 2024
Add users to your business
businesses already auto-importing bank transactions and/or that already have users added to their businesses as of May 1, 2024
Digitally capture unlimited receipts
with receipts add-on
with receipts add-on
Manage accounting transactions in the mobile app and sync with desktop (NEW!)
with receipts add-on
with receipts add-on
Other Wave features
Dashboard and reports
Live-person chat + email support
with any optional add-on
with any optional add-on
Optional add-ons
Receipts
nothing changes
additional fee
included
Payroll
nothing changes
additional fee
additional fee
Advisors
nothing changes
additional fee
additional fee

*While subscribed to Wave’s Pro Plan, get 2.9% + $0 (Visa, Mastercard, Discover) and 3.4% + $0 (Amex) per transaction for the first 10 transactions of each month of your subscription, then 2.9% + $0.60 (Visa, Mastercard, Discover) and 3.4% + $0.60 (Amex) per transaction. Discover processing is only available to US customers. See full terms and conditions for the US and Canada. See Wave’s Terms of Service for more information.

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