It’s hard to argue against the benefits of using virtual phone numbers.
In addition to helping your business grow larger and more sophisticated, virtual phone numbers can also enhance your market-specific credibility in the area codes where you invest the most.
Yes, having a virtual phone number (ie. a “secret identity”) can give your company a boost and a more established regional presence, no matter where your actual home-based business is headquartered.
So I’ve got one word for ya – Vumber.
What is Your Phone Number’s Secret Identity?
Here’s the skinny about that “secret identity” stuff… A Vumber is a virtual number (ohhhhhh), and with Vumber you can simultaneously enjoy several virtual numbers, or secret identities, on the same phone. Simply choose the area code on which you want to focus and link it to your home, cell or work phone.
Your private phone number will be concealed while still allowing people to call your phone.
Pretty cool, eh?
And the best part is you can control how you handle incoming calls. Here’s what I mean…
When a call comes in, you can:
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Answer it (duh)
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Send the caller to Vumbermail (ie. voicemail for your virtual phone number)
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Give them a busy signal (“Talk to the hand,” if you will)
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Tell them the number is out of service
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Create a custom message for your caller
Get Your Vumber in Three Simple Steps
Setting-up your private Vumber number (fun to say!) is easy as falling off a log.
(1) Sign-up with your selected area code.
(2) Use Vumber’s fast and easy online tools to connect that number to your home phone, cell phone, work phone or other number.
(3) Decide how you want to control incoming calls and SMS (see above list).
Yep, seems pretty basic to me. And with your Vumber, you can make and receive business calls without revealing your personal, private number.
You can also:
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Add a business line to your personal cell phone
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Choose numbers in any U.S. area code
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Change your number as often as desired
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Call from your Vumber by dialing your Vumber then the recipient number
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Block anonymous callers
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Personalize your Vumber voicemail greeting(s)
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Setup your free 14-day trial instantly without complicated installations or downloads
We’re all about awesomeness here at Real Estate Mogul, and I can say with confidence – as can my fellow investor and Mogul advisor Joe McCall – that Vumber is one super cool app oozing with awesomeness…
Not only does Vumber let you make and receive calls and SMS from multiple numbers directly from the iPhone app, but they’ve even got bad cell reception covered. With Vumber, you can call out of Wi-Fi – and even 3G – and people can hit you back on the same number!
A Real Game Changer for the Real Estate Investment Biz
So Vumber sounds pretty cool, but can it improve the look, feel and success of your business? Many are saying “heck-to-the-yeah”, and here’s why:
Your Ever-Changing Business
As your business morphs and grows, you can use virtual phone numbers to simply point your phone number in different directions, rather than changing it each time your market changes.
And as your business changes, so do the daily operations and systems you have implemented to keep your business operating like a well-oiled machine. With Vumber, you can change how your number is used, in order to make it more functional for you and your business.
That’s much easier than changing your phone number time and again, right?
Virtual Investing
Renting a local number makes you look, well…local. And if you look local to the key players in your market, then suddenly you appear more knowledgeable, trustworthy and credible in their eyes.
For example, if you live in LA but flip houses in Memphis, it would make sense to rent a local number in Memphis (“thank you, thank you very much”). Even if you can’t be local, you can at least appear local.
Eliminate Awkward First Impressions
We’ve all been there… Someone calls you but doesn’t leave a message, leaving you unable to discern the nature of their interest.
Where they calling about business? Or where they calling about something else?
If you don’t know, it’s challenging to greet them and introduce yourself for the first time upon hitting the “redial” button. But with Vumber, you will know it’s all about business, so you’ll know how to respond appropriately.
Be in Control
Vumber keeps your phone number private, which means you’re protected and in control of your communications and your identity.
Plus, people can’t automatically Google your Vumber number, in order to find social media pictures of you, or other personal information. I mean, no potential business partners need to see pix of you from the bar last night, right?
;-)
Track Your Response Rates
With Vumber, you can easily assign different phone numbers to different marketing channels, in order to track different market-specific response rates. This is especially helpful for virtual investors.
Do you know which Mogul faculty member (and fellow virtual investor) is a big fan of this strategy? You guessed it; the aforementioned tech advisor, Joe McCall. Joe rents numbers in different markets and tracks his response rates in each one, in order to (i) keep his finger “on the pulse” of each market and (ii) better guide the direction of his investment business.
Getting to the Bottom of Vumber
Now, I know what you’re thinking; Vumber sounds a lot like Google Voice, right?
Not so much.
With Google Voice, you can only have one phone number per Google account, so you would need multiple Google accounts to accomplish what Vumber can do with just one. And with Vumber, you can change your number like you change your clothes.
Plus you can get it cheap for both Apple and Android devices! After your 14-day free trial, you can continue using Vumber for only $10/month as a low-risk “no-brainer” real estate investment that could change how you and your business are perceived.
With Vumber, you get a virtual phone number that is flexible, private, portable, and disposable – in addition to a private Vumbermail voice mailbox – without saying “goodbye” to your existing phone number (or the calls that go to/from that existing number).
Moreover, you can enjoy peace of mind, increased credibility, and enhanced control over your own unique communication strateg(ies).
Check It Out – Check-out Vumber’s virtual phone numbers for Apple and Android devices.
Test Drive – Use Vumber’s 14-day free trial to test drive one or more virtual phone numbers for your business.
Enjoy – Enjoy virtual phone numbers that are flexible, private, portable, and disposable – in addition to private Vumbermail voice mailboxes – without saying “goodbye” to your existing phone number.