| Get the right internet fax service for your business. | | | | phone number. |
| Not all internet fax services are created equally. | | | | |
| Some are robust organizations that been around for | | | | Cost and Savings |
| several years, while others are small internet | | | | In addition to being more convenient, an internet fax |
| operations that could fold at any moment. In addition | | | | service should also save you money. When deciding |
| to the stability of the company, you should compare | | | | which service and package to choose, review your |
| the costs, available numbers, and options offered by | | | | phone bills for the last year to calculate the cost of |
| the competitors before making your choice. | | | | sending faxes. You should also consider the costs of |
| | | | | toner or ink cartridges, paper, and fax machine |
| Five Key Internet Fax Considerations | | | | maintenance or replacement. If you frequently travel, |
| When comparing two or more internet fax services, | | | | include the cost of sending a fax from a business |
| consider these five factors before making a decision. | | | | center or copy center in your estimate. That cost will |
| | | | | be eliminated once you sign up for an online fax |
| Available Fax Numbers | | | | account. |
| Your internet fax service should offer regular fax | | | | |
| numbers instead of fax email addresses. If you pay | | | | The right internet fax service will not only offer more |
| for the service, you should receive a local fax | | | | convenience, but it should provide a savings over |
| number. That will prevent faxes from being | | | | your current faxing method. |
| misdirected if a customer confuses the area code of | | | | |
| your phone number with the area code of your fax | | | | Online Storage |
| number. | | | | Finally, you should consider fax storage. When you |
| | | | | used a paper fax, you probably filed faxes with client |
| Simple Fax Software | | | | documents. A reduction in paper costs is one of the |
| Most internet fax services send faxes to your email | | | | advantages of an internet fax service, so you should |
| inbox. You should be able to open them easily in the | | | | avoid printing those faxes. Unfortunately, they can be |
| free software provided by the fax service, your | | | | lost if your email program crashes. Your internet fax |
| word processing program, or your email program. If | | | | program should offer the protection of online fax |
| you opt for a pay service, you should also have the | | | | storage for at least a year. If you need a vital |
| option of sending faxes directly from your word | | | | document after a year, save it to your hard drive |
| processing program or email program instead of using | | | | and include it with your electronic backup files. |
| a dial-up connection through your modem. | | | | |
| | | | | When you search for an internet fax service, |
| Convenient Customer Service | | | | hundreds of services will appear. Look for a company |
| When you have a problem with a fax, you should be | | | | like eFax, which has been providing professional, |
| able to reach your fax service’s customer | | | | affordable, online faxing since 1999. |
| service department anytime via email and a toll-free | | | | |