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		<title>Using Toll Free Numbers to Mask Private Numbers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[While we often emphasize the power and importance of a virtual phone system for your business, many entrepreneurs instead use a toll free number simply to mask their private number.
By setting up your toll free number to skip your auto attendant greeting and immediately forward calls to your cell phone, you&#8217;re effectively adding another line to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.freedomvoice.com/blog/using-toll-free-numbers-to-mask-private-numbers/</link>
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		<title>Toll Free Number Tricks: Question &amp; Answer Voicemail</title>
		<description><![CDATA[With a toll free number and virtual phone system from FreedomVoice, your voicemail service goes well beyond just taking messages on missed calls.
One of our most popular voicemail features is the ability to set up automated question and answer voicemail boxes. These voicemail boxes prompt callers with a series of your pre-recorded questions, then string [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.freedomvoice.com/blog/toll-free-number-tricks-qa-voicemail/</link>
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		<title>Improving Your Small Business Website: Landing Pages</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A landing page is a specialized webpage that appears when a potential customer clicks on your online ads or a search-engine result link to visit your website. The page ideally displays content that is a logical extension of the ad or link by using specific keywords, phrases, and images that match the visitor&#8217;s expectations.
Properly executed, landing pages [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.freedomvoice.com/blog/improving-your-small-business-website-landing-pages/</link>
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		<title>FreedomVoice 800 Numbers Now Just $10</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A gallon of gas, a movie ticket, even a cup of coffee &#8211; everything&#8217;s more expensive today than yesterday, and probably going to be even more expensive tomorrow. Call us crazy, but we&#8217;re going to swim upstream with this one.
800 numbers have grown increasingly scarce for a while &#8211; and for that reason every toll [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.freedomvoice.com/blog/freedomvoice-800-numbers-now-just-10/</link>
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		<title>Improving Your Small Business Website: Google Website Optimizer</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Over the past couple weeks, we&#8217;ve covered using heatmaps and live user testing to diagnose potential problems with your small business website and how to correct them. This week is about turning those findings into positive action by using Google Website Optimizer to test your proposed solutions.
This quick, free, and effective tool helps you set [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.freedomvoice.com/blog/improving-your-small-business-website-google-website-optimizer/</link>
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		<title>Toll Free Number Tricks: Cutting Down Hold Times</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Used properly, features like an auto attendant, call forwarding, and call queues get your callers to the right person within your business in the least amount of time. Used poorly, these features can create long hold times and frustrate your callers.
This week we&#8217;ll cover three ways the features of your virtual phone system can cut down the time between [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.freedomvoice.com/blog/toll-free-number-tricks-cutting-down-hold-times/</link>
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		<title>Toll Free Number Tricks: Preventing Prefix Misdials</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;ve all misdialed &#8211; swapping a couple digits or mashing multiple numbers by accident. We get connected to some random stranger who sounds nothing like who we were expecting, and we fumble for an embarrassed explanation before hanging up.
With 866, 877, and 888 prefix toll free numbers, the main cause of misdialing is in the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.freedomvoice.com/blog/toll-free-number-trick-misdial/</link>
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		<title>Improving Your Small Business Website: Usability Testing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve always been fond of the expression, &#8220;straight from the horse&#8217;s mouth.&#8221; It means, briefly, getting info from the highest authority. And if Mr. Ed taught us anything, nothing beats a horse&#8217;s mouth when it comes to munching hay and speaking the truth. This week we&#8217;ll see how to get usability data straight from your [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.freedomvoice.com/blog/improving-your-small-business-website-usability-testing/</link>
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		<title>The Right Size Virtual Phone Number for Your Local Business</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Choosing the type of virtual phone number that&#8217;s right for your local business can be a tough decision. A local virtual phone number gives you a neighborly feel and can help you earn trust with your local audience. A toll free number has the opposite advantage, giving your company the immediate appearance of a larger, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.freedomvoice.com/blog/the-right-virtual-phone-number/</link>
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		<title>Improving Your Small Business Website: Heatmaps</title>
		<description><![CDATA[You&#8217;ve done it &#8211; you&#8217;ve launched your small business website. You&#8217;ve deployed your advertising army and are ready to sit back and watch visitors come pouring in. You eagerly await that first person to sign up online, or that first person to pick up the phone and dial your toll free number. But wait, there&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.freedomvoice.com/blog/improving-your-small-business-website-heatmaps/</link>
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