by Christopher Fitch

While there are clear benefits to being a mobile professional, one of the biggest burdens is attending to paperwork. Sure, the smart phone might have provided some relief in this arena recently, especially since it allows you to answer calls, check voicemail, and receive e-mail while on the go, but what else is there?

What about receiving and reviewing faxes? And calls that the mobile professional cannot answer while they are engaged in a client meeting or appointment. Smart phones provide an excellent range of services, but without the proper back-end software, they still leave a great deal on the table. How much business opportunities get missed by the mobile professional who cannot receive and review faxes in a timely manner?

Almost every mobile professional would benefit from the ability to have their incoming faxes follow them from appointment to appointment. For those who rely on quick access to documents, such a feature would not only speed up certain decisions and transactions, but could provide an enviable edge over competitors. And since such an edge has a linear relationship with income growth, we urge our professional to investigate such services.

For as little as $10 per month, any mobile professional can have incoming faxes sent by e-mail in any number of formats, and have their voicemail available on the internet. When assessing the annual cost of $120 (or $110 if you consider the free month), consider the time lost while driving to and from the office or a FedEx Kinko’s to retrieve important documents? Now, imagine just how convenient it would be to receive these documents by e-mail. Better yet, imagine reciving them by e-mail on your smart phone!

Since one of the main reasons a mobile professional chooses to break the shackle of a bricks-and-mortar office is to avoid having to make frequent trips back, the services offered by myFax make perfect sense. As well, given its easy-to-use interface and there being no requirement for additional software, the mobile professional’s life can quickly become easier without the burden of tedious up-front set-up.

The leader in this segment is myFax and my1voice (which provides voicemail and auto attendant services). The faxing by e-mail solution is the simplest to use on the market today, hands-down. Since it is web-based, it is also easy to use, particularly for mass faxing. Regardless of their competitive edge, myFax will allow to allow you to see for yourself just how essential their service is to your mobility!

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