{"id":482,"date":"2013-08-05T08:13:22","date_gmt":"2013-08-05T15:13:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.globalvirtualnumbers.com\/blog\/?p=482"},"modified":"2025-07-24T10:08:14","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T17:08:14","slug":"virtual-phone-number-business-tool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.globalvirtualnumbers.com\/blog\/virtual-phone-number-business-tool\/","title":{"rendered":"Virtual Phone Numbers as a business tool"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Whenever you browse the Web or watch a TV commercial, or listen to a radio, no doubt you will be asked to call a phone number by a sponsor.<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><a id=\"set-post-thumbnail\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Set featured image\" href=\"http:\/\/www.globalvirtualnumbers.com\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail alignright\" title=\"Remote Virtual Phone Number\" src=\"https:\/\/www.globalvirtualnumbers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/dreamstime_17809148-480x198.jpg\" alt=\"Remote Virtual Phone Number\" width=\"266\" height=\"109\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>They all utilize <strong><em>virtual phone numbers<\/em><\/strong>.\u00a0 Of course, not all virtual numbers are used for advertising products and services.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">The numbers you see and hear in the media are typically diverted to landlines or a mobile phone number. Many possible uses of a virtual phone number include a virtual office in a remote location, IT support, and international virtual numbers are used by businesses located in any country to create easy access by their customers or <em><strong>potential<\/strong> <\/em>customers.<\/p>\n<h2>Where do you want a Virtual Phone Number<\/h2>\n<p align=\"justify\">Most of the time a virtual number is acquired in an city or country other than where the office is physically located. This is one of the high value aspects of <strong>virtual phone numbers<\/strong> for businesses, the ability to provide a phone number in a locale where the enterprise wants to do business by offering a &#8216;local&#8217; number even though the real office can be on the <em>other side of the planet<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Some companies use virtual numbers to expand their presence by adding additional local phone numbers in other cities or additional states. For example, a California company may have a main office location in San Jose but they have customers in Los Angeles, San Diego and Sacramento.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Adding additional <em>virtual numbers<\/em> creates a phone presence in remote areas of interest without adding a physical office or staff.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><a title=\"Virtual Numbers\" href=\"http:\/\/www.globalvirtualnumbers.com\/global-virtual-number-features.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Learn more about virtual numbers&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some companies use virtual numbers to expand their presence by adding additional local phone numbers in other cities or additional states. 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