Sunday, February 22, 2009

If You Fax, Read These 5 Reasons You Need to do it Online

By Caressa Waechter

There is a better solution to using a fax machine if you often send and receive faxes. An Internet fax service offers many advantages that the traditional method does not offer. Make your life easier by using the Internet for your faxing needs.

Here are 5 compelling reasons to send and receive faxes online instead of using the old-school fax machine sitting in the corner:

1. More money in your pocket - An online fax service can cost less than $8 a month, and this includes everything you need to send and receive faxes to anyone. Not only will you be eliminating the need for an expensive second phone line, but you no longer need to worry about throwing money at that ugly fax machine to maintain it.

2. Fax number included - You generally will have the choice of a local, or toll free number that is only yours to be used for incoming faxes. You can add additional fax numbers, if you need them, and you don't have to worry about adding phone lines as you add fax numbers.

3. Environmentally friendly - By faxing online, you not only do your part to reduce your electricity usage, but you can save many trees by eliminating the need to print out the faxes you receive. Most Internet fax solutions allow you to edit, and sign, your faxes without needing to print them out. And by creating the entire fax document on your computer, you never have to handle a paper fax again.

4. Faxes received all over the world - With the ability to have incoming faxes be sent directly to your email inbox, you don't have to be tied to your office to receive important faxes. You can be half-way across the world and still operate as if you were at home, or in your office. You also have the option to check your faxes via the website of your service.

5. Always on fax service - Your Internet fax service is always available to go to work from you and has the ability to receive multiple faxes at the same time. You no longer have to worry about fax busy signals as your virtual service is ready to handle your fax load.

Using the Internet for your faxing needs is what smart people and companies are doing. Not only does it make economical sense, but with the ability to be anywhere in the world and still receive important faxes, it is hard to dispute the advantages using the Internet has over a traditional fax machine. Make technology work to your advantage and start sending and receiving faxes online. - 15246

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