{"id":221063,"date":"2016-12-05T13:35:56","date_gmt":"2016-12-05T18:35:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/voip-insider\/?p=221063"},"modified":"2016-12-05T13:37:18","modified_gmt":"2016-12-05T18:37:18","slug":"voip-sms-text-messaging-a-convenient-way-to-communicate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/voip-insider\/voip-sms-text-messaging-a-convenient-way-to-communicate\/","title":{"rendered":"VoIP SMS Text Messaging &#8211; A convenient way to communicate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"post-thumbnail\" href=\"\/cloudspan\" onclick=\"ga('send', 'event', 'voip-insider-blog-post', 'click', 'image1');\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-221103\" src=\"\/blog\/voip-insider\/files\/2016\/12\/VoIP-SMS-Text-Messaging-A-convenient-way-to-communicate.png\" alt=\"voip-sms-text-messaging-a-convenient-way-to-communicate\" width=\"693\" height=\"463\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/voip-insider\/files\/2016\/12\/VoIP-SMS-Text-Messaging-A-convenient-way-to-communicate.png 693w, https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/voip-insider\/files\/2016\/12\/VoIP-SMS-Text-Messaging-A-convenient-way-to-communicate-150x100.png 150w, https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/voip-insider\/files\/2016\/12\/VoIP-SMS-Text-Messaging-A-convenient-way-to-communicate-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 693px) 100vw, 693px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You may have noticed that almost everyone is texting around you, or, not surprisingly, maybe yourself is also one of the heavy text message users like me.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>83% of American adults own mobile phones and three-quarters of them (73%) send and receive text messages. &#8211; According to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pewresearch.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">PewResearch Center<\/a>&#8216;s research.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Why do so many people love SMS text messaging? Quick answer &#8211; it&#8217;s simple, clear and fast. Text messaging is a way to communicate privately and precisely. Compared to talking in person, it&#8217;s a better way to communicate without being heard by others around you.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"post-thumbnail\" href=\"\/cloudspan\" onclick=\"ga('send', 'event', 'voip-insider-blog-post', 'click', 'image2');\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-221083 alignright\" src=\"\/blog\/voip-insider\/files\/2016\/12\/Instant-Messaging.png\" alt=\"instant-messaging\" width=\"175\" height=\"136\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/voip-insider\/files\/2016\/12\/Instant-Messaging.png 175w, https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/voip-insider\/files\/2016\/12\/Instant-Messaging-150x117.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 175px) 100vw, 175px\" \/><\/a>One time I had to contact an online bookstore to ask if they had the book I needed. I was in a quiet library so I had to rush out to make the call. Unfortunately, the person who answered the phone had me wait out in the cold for 20 minutes and came back with a 2-second disappointing answer: &#8220;No, we don&#8217;t have it&#8221;. I was frustrated and gave up my book search for a while.<\/p>\n<p>Luckily things are different now. With a lot of businesses offering instant messaging customer service, I can contact them anytime and work on other things while waiting for the answers. Communication is easier than ever.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Giving customers a convenient way to communicate is how a business stands out among their competitors.<\/h2>\n<p>VoIP is your best way to give your customers a preferred way to communicate. <a href=\"\/cloudspan\" onclick=\"ga('send', 'event', 'voip-insider-blog-post', 'click', 'VoIP service');\">VoIP service not only provides you instant messaging, chat and SMS tools\u00a0but also integrates them all together in one place for easy management.<\/a> You are able to message customers, your co-workers or employees right from \u00a0your own desktop\u00a0computer.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"post-thumbnail\" href=\"\/cloudspan\" onclick=\"ga('send', 'event', 'voip-insider-blog-post', 'click', 'image3');\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-221093 alignleft\" src=\"\/blog\/voip-insider\/files\/2016\/12\/Voicemail-to-Text.png\" alt=\"voicemail-to-text\" width=\"170\" height=\"108\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/voip-insider\/files\/2016\/12\/Voicemail-to-Text.png 221w, https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/voip-insider\/files\/2016\/12\/Voicemail-to-Text-150x95.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 170px) 100vw, 170px\" \/><\/a>Even better, VoIP service also offers voicemail to text features, which transfers your voicemails into a transcription for you to read whenever it&#8217;s convenient. You can simply save the important information in a text format for future reference.<\/p>\n<p>A quality customer service and efficient work environment start\u00a0with <a href=\"\/cloudspan\" onclick=\"ga('send', 'event', 'voip-insider-blog-post', 'click', 'VoIP service');\">VoIP service<\/a>. Do you prefer SMS text messaging? What are \u00a0your reasons? Share with us!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You may have noticed that almost everyone is texting around you, or, not surprisingly, maybe yourself is also one of the heavy text message users like me. 83% of American adults own mobile phones and three-quarters of them (73%) send and receive text messages. &#8211; According to PewResearch Center&#8216;s research. 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