If you are still using conventional telephone systems for your business then most probably at some point you have thought of replacing it with any alternative telephone system because it just isn’t cost effective especially with the worldwide financial crisis that we are facing nowadays. It is best to seek alternative options in all aspects of your business to reduce overhead cost and improve productivity rate to keep up with the global crisis and the ever changing market.

Fortunately your hard lined phone system can be fully substituted by a virtual PBX systems keeping all the benefits while removing the down side of conventional phones. Here are a few indicators that you definitely need to overhaul your communication stream.

You are beginning to burn your budget – your sales output is just breakeven with the cost or worst your cost is not being fully compensated by your sales. In this case, it is best to look for avenues where you can save money and conventional phones is one. virtual PBX systems can do everything your current phones can with added bonus of sophisticated features at a fraction of the cost.

You are limited in international calling – If you wish to engage in the international scene but is kind of skeptical about it because of the ridiculously high charges of traditional phones then virtual phones which is a another proprietary of VoIP is the solution for you. In VoIP fashion, international calls are several folds cheaper so you can make all the international calls you need to market your product and services hence promoting business growth.

Less productivity due to poor office integration – If you have several workplaces but is not able to integrate all of it to work as one then Virtual PBX is the ultimately phone for you! Capitalizing on its virtual nature, the system allows you to integrate all your offices together. Meaning you can transfer calls, set up a conference call or program it so all your offices will ring if a call comes through so you’ll never miss a call again. Not to mention that you will be saving tons of cash in line rentals.

Limited by Features – Virtual phones come with sophisticated features that will assist you to tender better customer service and improve your overall sales process. Features like call screening, recorded help messages, menu levels, dial by name directories and many more will save you and our staff valuable time, time which can be put in to improve productivity.

Author's Bio: 

David Clarkson is a well versed telecommunication engineer with years of background in the industry, In his experience the demand of structuring internal and external communications for small to large scale businesses was perfectly solved by cloud PBX technology and has recommended it since then.