Andy’s Tech Blog

As many of you probably know I am a big fan of the folks at moo.com. I have been using their MiniCards for a while now and they are always a talking point, 100 half height full colour busuness cards for £9.99 (you can even have each card with a different image, great for promotional use). Now they have launched their Business Cards 50 full size cards for £10.99, again with your choice of image on each and every card. They have a range of templates for your text and logo and will soon offer your choice of image on both sides so you can go to town with Photoshop.

Have you ever thought about getting an 0845 or similar number for your business but it seems so expensive. Well it doesn’t have to be. You can have an 0845 number and route it to any standard landline number for £9.95 from 4tel with no further costs. You can change the number it routes to with a simple phone call or email. So you can keep the same number no matter how many times your business moves, from your bedroom to your own offices and beyond.

Another useful service that I use is YAC, it stands for You’re Always Connected. They offer a range of services, the one that I use involves a Personal Number (070xx) which I use to route all urgent calls to the duty manager regardless of who that actually happens to be at the time. All it takes is a couple of clicks on a web site and the calls go to whoever I want. It can even hunt in a list if need be. While the caller pays a higher charge for the call I know that the call will get through to the right person at the right time and it is only used for emergency calls.

It’s also worth taking a look at the new 03 numbers they work in a similar fashion to the other Non Geographic Numbers, but are specifically designed to be charged by all operators as standard calls so will be in any inclusive minutes or other packages.