Is Email Marketing Dead?
With all the new avenues of marketing available to people these days as well as the rise in marketing via social media, it is a reasonable question to ask; “Is email marketing a thing of the past?” We are all familiar with the nightmare of waking up one morning, checking your inbox and finding that… read more
Why you should be using call whispers on your numbers
As with so many of SwitchboardFREE’s features, its impossible to give you every possible benefit of Call Whispers without knowing exactly what your business is. Our system is so diverse that each feature can greatly benefit companies on different ends of the scale. Some of our smallest companies, home workers and startups, use the call… read more
Why you’re missing a trick by not using SMS marketing
SMS marketing is the Frankenstein’s monster of marketing formats. It’s surrounded by negative myths and industry rumours that mask it in the guise of a monster and hides the hugely beneficial truth beneath the surface. Below are a few truths and misconceptions that we would like to shine some light on. It’s too expensive –… read more
How to get the most out of call statistics
One of the most powerful features that we have ever created is the Call Stats tool and it’s something that we use every day to great effect. We have found that some of our customers barely even visit that page yet alone use it and so we thought it was long past time that we… read more
5 unusual but practical uses for conference calling
Like most people, our first thought when it came to conference calls was to simply connect lots of business individuals so that they could have a conference on the phone. But after we discovered Con-Flab and really started to think about it we began to realise just how useful a conference could be even when… read more
Basic guide to custom recordings
One of the most common questions we get on customer support is, “How do I change the messages my customers hear when they call me?” Therefore we thought we would give you a helping hand in getting your automated messages set up with this quick overview and tutorial of custom recordings. What are custom… read more
Disaster Recovery – Protect your business with SwitchboardFREE
About the only thing you can guarantee in life is that nothing is ever going to go quite as planned. The only thing a business owner can do to ensure the unplanned problems don’t cause them trouble when they really don’t need it is to prepare your business as best as you can for the… read more
Reduce some last minute Christmas stress
Christmas is almost here and if you’re like everyone we know, you’ve left your Christmas shopping until the very last minute. After a bit of frantic shopping around, here are our top 10 last minute Christmas gift ideas for our business associates: Of course rather than the fun, the silly and the somewhat ridiculous, maybe… read more
It’s never been easier to take your business mobile!
Christmas is upon us and it’s almost time to relax. Because of that we have made it even easier to take your business mobile over this busy period. Since the launch of Unlimited Mobile Redirects more than 3000 of our customers have made their business mobile ready. This means that they never miss a call no… read more
Make your company look even more professional this Christmas
Even before you’ve written all your Christmas cards, SwitchboardFREE can help you and your customers to get in the Holiday mood and put a smile on your callers faces. Take a look at our ‘festive features’ to help you stay one step ahead of the competition this Christmas. Update your on-hold music Nothing gets you… read more