There are only 8 reasons a business owner would make a change their business phone system and this article covers the 8^th reason.   The 1^st reason is: Hardware or Software Failure The 2^nd reason is: Office Move The 3^rd reason is: Contract, Circuit, or Maintenance Renewal The 4^th reason is: Growth, Expansion, Multi-Location The 5^th reason is: Capacity The 6^th reason is: Price The 7^th reason is: Features & Benefits The 8^th reason is: Competition   The 8^th reason a company would make a change to their business communications has to do with competition.   Every business is a commodity, whether you’re selling insurance, tires, accounting, computers, or steel. As a result, competition is something we all face. But how can you stand out from the crowd and differentiate yourself? One word… service.   There’s a local restaurant that I like to take Carrie to. Once we arrive, our waiter, Tom, sees us and has our table ready with 2 waters with lemon, a bread basket (no sourdough), dipping sauce, and an appetizer of his choice. He greets us with excitement and continues the experience by making suggestions based on our previous dining experience. Price does not matter because the experience is so good. The food is also good, however, the experience would make up for an average meal.   With your business communications, the way you answer your phone, the time it takes for a customer or prospect to reach you, the ability to streamline your call flow, the ability to take calls from anywhere at any time, are key differentiators between you and your competition. The reality is that your competition is probably already running on a hosted voice over internet solution so what are you waiting for?   The best solution is to leverage a system that is hosted; one that will allow you to grow your business, expand your staff, and add more customers without the threat of an outage, expensive maintenance, and technical obsolescence. With a hosted system, phone calls are routed over the Internet and the service provider typically has a highly available, geographically redundant hardware and server infrastructure. This means that you don’t have to worry about hardware or software failure, maintenance updates or upgrades, and internet circuit or phone line outages. You can focus on hyper-growing your business.   For more For more information or for a free demo go to http://www.BULLFROG.net