Loading

Error Sorry

Cart Total

$0.00

  • Your shopping cart is empty

Checkout

Delete everything ?

How Business Phone Numbers Can Help Your Business

How Business Phone Numbers Can Help Your Business

|

4 min read

Blog Articles

Quick Summary

If you're using a personal phone number, or too few business phone numbers, for your business, you're likely hurting instead of helping your bottom line.

If you’re a fledgeling business still using your personal phone number to conduct business calls, or if you’re a growing business with only one professional phone number, you could certainly benefit from having more business phone numbers.

With Yay.com, you get some free phone numbers to choose as standard when you sign up, depending on which of our plans you’re on. Those on our Enterprise plan can choose one free business phone number per user.

Brand Reputation and Perception

For growing businesses, these free phone numbers are hugely helpful. For those currently using a personal mobile number, a geographic or non-geographic phone number adds an air of professionalism, at a minimum suggesting yours is a business with a landline phone attended to by someone in a dedicated role.

Even if this isn’t the case and you’re routing your new phone number to our mobile VoIP app on your smartphone, this setup gives a much more positive impression to the customer.

Larger businesses can benefit from multiple phone numbers by listing a separate number for each department. Again, even if your business is small, this is a cost-effective way of increasing the size of your business in the minds of existing and prospective customers.

Personal-Professional Demarcation

In today’s busy world, more and more people are feeling overworked and stressed. Now, with more people than ever working from home, it’s even more difficult to find the time and mental space to unwind, even when trying to relax in the living room on a Friday night.

After a long week it’s imperative that, for continued performance, you get the rest and rejuvenation that’s needed to come back refreshed at the beginning of the following week.

Using a personal device and personal phone number to make and take business calls makes it impossible to truly switch off at the end of the day or week. Many smartphones don’t offer the functionality to allow preferred contacts to filter through a Do Not Disturb setting, for example. If you want your daughter to be able to reach you in case of an emergency at 3 AM, but not a low-priority client from overseas, you’re not afforded the control you need. It’s all or nothing.

With Yay.com’s VoIP apps, your business phone system can exist within the app along with your business phone number(s). With a Do Not Disturb function that exists separately from the native function on your smartphone, you can effectively mute only business calls, giving you the separation you need between your business and personal lives. In turn, you’ll then find yourself more productive and effective when returning to work after a break.

Professional Business Phone System Features

In researching acquisition of a business phone number, you’re likely to find that the most effective method is to jump on board with a VoIP provider. Not only will they be able to offer you the phone numbers you’re looking for, but you’ll also benefit from all of the powerful business phone system features they offer.

These features can help you to manage incoming calls and customer expectations better, for one. If you’re a business of just one or two people but are beginning to take off, it’s likely that you’ll have more incoming calls than you can deal with. Call queuing capabilities and custom audio can help you to manage customer expectations while continuing to deliver an excellent level of service, saving you business that might otherwise have been lost.

Out-of-hours call routing, call recording and call statistics are just a few of the other powerful features you can benefit from when you sign up with a VoIP provider as a result of your search for a business phone number.

Conclusion

Whilst it might seem more cost-effective and less risky to continue using your personal mobile number to conduct business, adding one or more professional business phone numbers and a VoIP phone system will actually prove to be more lucrative in the mid- to long-term.

Excellent business phone system features, better brand reputation and perception, better-managed customer expectations and effective separation between your professional and personal lives make adding and using a business phone number an excellent business decision.

How Business Phone Numbers Can Help Your Business

In this Category

See More
A Guide to UK STD Phone Number Area Codes
A Guide to UK STD Phone Number Area Codes

You use area codes all the time when calling from your phone or Cloud PBX, but when was the first call made using a UK STD area code? Find out here.

Revised February 4 2022 | 8 min

A Guide to Virtual Phone Numbers
A Guide to Virtual Phone Numbers

Virtual phone numbers are numbers not bound to a physical fixed landline or sim card. Find out how these flexible phone numbers can be a benefit to your business.

Revised November 19 2021 | 10 min

Phone Exit Codes and Country Codes Explained
Phone Exit Codes and Country Codes Explained

Exit codes and country codes: what are they, why do we need them and how do we use them?

Posted August 27 2021 | 5 min

Choosing the Best Phone Number for Your Business
Choosing the Best Phone Number for Your Business

With many types of phone number available, choosing the right one for your business isn't always easy. Today we help you decide which will be best for you.

Posted June 24 2021 | 5 min

Using Your Personal Mobile Number for Your Business is Costing You Money
Using Your Personal Mobile Number for Your Business is Costing You Money

Acquiring a business phone number need only take seconds. Not doing it will cost your business money. Here's why.

Posted July 7 2020 | 9 min

Working Remotely - Globally - With International Phone Numbers
Working Remotely - Globally - With International Phone Numbers

So you suddenly find yourself working remotely. Leverage modern technology and some international phone numbers and your business can grow its impact.

Posted April 1 2020 | 5 min

Transfer Your Phone Numbers to Yay.com
Transfer Your Phone Numbers to Yay.com

Your dashboard view of transferring phone numbers to Yay.com.

Posted December 6 2019 | 4 min

Keep existing phone numbers when moving to the VoIP Cloud
Keep existing phone numbers when moving to the VoIP Cloud

Find out how easy it is to transfer your current business phone numbers and benefit from our great call rates.

Posted June 3 2019 | 3 min

Enjoy full control over your Cloud PBX and avoid nuisance calls
Enjoy full control over your Cloud PBX and avoid nuisance calls

Enjoy control over your phone system and avoid unwanted VoIP call charges. Use your Cloud PBX to restrict premium rate call costs and block nuisance calls.

Posted December 8 2017 | 4 min

Memorable business phone number advantages
Memorable business phone number advantages

What makes a memorable phone number easier to remember? Learn how hosted VoIP and a memorable number can benefit your business.

Posted April 13 2017 | 4 min

More choice, with added 01493, 01637, 01900 and 01569 area codes
More choice, with added 01493, 01637, 01900 and 01569 area codes

We've made additional 01493, 01637, 01900 and 01569 area codes available, to provide you with more phone number choices for business and home.

Posted February 23 2017 | 3 min

0203 Phone Numbers Help Establish a London Business Presence
0203 Phone Numbers Help Establish a London Business Presence

Find out about 0203 London phone numbers, and how, with a VoIP phone system, they can help establish your business presence in the London and surrounding areas.

Posted January 11 2017 | 4 min

Local phone number business benefits
Local phone number business benefits

Find out how local phone numbers can be advantageous to your business. Couple with a VoIP phone system for further benefits.

Posted December 13 2016 | 3 min

Article By

Alex - Content Manager at Yay.com

Alex

Content Manager at Yay.com

ISO 27001 Business Continuity Accreditation ISO 22301 Business Continuity Accreditation Cyber Essentials Certificate of Assurance G-Cloud accredited by the Crown Commercial Service
ISO 27001 Business Continuity Accreditation ISO 22301 Business Continuity Accreditation Cyber Essentials Certificate of Assurance G-Cloud accredited by the Crown Commercial Service