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Updated almost 10 years ago, 01/18/2015
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Biz phone number?
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Hi Jedd,
I use a Google Voice number for my real estate business. You should be able to get one with your local area code and it's free! Let me know if you have any questions.
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Hello... Could you please explain a bit how to get a number with Google voice number?, and can people/costumers leave you voice mail? can you set up your own voice mail message? what phone you I need?
Thank you very much for your help, and have a great day.
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Google Voice is great for a business number.
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I use Google voice for my business number and it is great! I use freedom voice for marketing pieces.
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Thanks all! This is exactly what I was looking for. I looked into Google voice a while back and never acted and actually forgot all about it. This is what I am going with. Thanks again!
+1 for Google Voice. You need a cell phone to use it. It forwards to your cell phone.
I haven't been able to set up multiple google voice numbers... anyone know how?
Google voice all the way.
Will F. You actually don't *need* to use GV with a cell phone. The virtual number can forward to any phone, landline or cell.
Also, you can only have 1 GV number per google account AFAIK. Just sign up for additional google accounts to get more numbers.
Oh and RingCentral for when your business grows and Google Voice doesn't cut it anymore.
Does Google voice still have that unprofessional message that says states your name and Google voice will try to locate your party?
Joe Gore
Joe Gore you can disable that in options. It's called caller presentation or caller screening or something like that. Mine is configured to just ring but I have it set to pass the original caller's caller ID so I can use that to screen if necessary. If I don't answer it goes to the GV voicemail which you can set to whatever you like.
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Nope it now has the option to ring like a normal phone
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We use google voice as well. The great thing about it is that you can search for a number that spells something out making it easy for people to remember. We actually played around with different words and found a combination in our area allowing us to have the number (781) 73 WE BUY
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Originally posted by @Curtis N.:
Google voice all the way.
Will F. You actually don't *need* to use GV with a cell phone. The virtual number can forward to any phone, landline or cell.
Also, you can only have 1 GV number per google account AFAIK. Just sign up for additional google accounts to get more numbers.
Hey @Curtis N
I tried making a second Google voice with another Google Account. But I only have one phone, so it would not let me register a second Google voice. So my understanding is that there's just one GV # per phone. Any way to get around that?
@Will F. I think it will only let your register the number once as an actual Cell. If I remeber correctly when I set mine up, on the additional GV numbers you have to add your cell as a Work number or Home. The only downside is GV features for land lines aren't as robust as Cells but they can still receive calls. It still emails you texts and voicemails like normal.
Thanks Curtis! Unfortunately, I only have one cell phone so I guess that only will let me have one GV?
I wanted to make separate numbers for some other areas I was thinking of investing like South FL and Las Vegas.
Will F. Like I said I think you actually can add the same number again and again on different accounts but when you add it to each account, you choose the "type" of phone. I think it only allows you to have a phone number listed as a Cell on one account. You can add the same cell on another account but list it as Office instead. It still works.
Ohhh I see thanks bud I'll try that!
Edit
: Tried using it as a "work" number and it said "This number is already in use as a cell phone on another Google Voice account." Perhaps they don't allow it any more
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You can get a free Google voice # that will forward to your private number or go directly to a dedicated voice mail !! you can set up several and monitor each line separately. I currently have two lines. both connected to my personal cell. I love it!!
Awesome. That time it worked when I set up the original Cell as a Work number just as you said!! Woot wooooo!
What about when you want to call the person back? Isn't your real cell phone number exposed?
@Account Closed you can call them from a Google Voice app on your phone or it can just link your phone to google voice and that GV number will show