When starting a business one of the first things you'll need is a phone number. Maybe you think you'll start small and use your cell phone. I have to tell you that gets old quickly. Using your primary cell phone number as a business line will not let you easily separate your private life and your business life.

Getting a second phone number to use for business has never been easier or cheaper. You can sign up for a service like Google Voice for free and have a business number immediately. You can then setup the number to either forward calls to any other phone number or go to voicemail. If you setup the voicemail feature you can have the voice messages sent to your email address.

If you're more than a one man show there are several companies who offer virtual phone systems. Ringcentral lets you get a free 800 number, make unlimited long-distance calls, transfer calls, and just about every other thing you can imagine for $25 a line. With Ring Central you basically get everything larger companies pay hundreds or even thousands of dollars for per month for a fraction of the price. For example you can setup your phone system to have a menu where the caller is prompted to push a button to select a specific department or enter the extension. You can setup those extensions to ring other Ring Central phone numbers or any  other phone number.

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