Use Existing Technology to Simplify Your Life

Use call-forwarding.

Have your office line forward calls to your mobile phone when you’re on the office phone or when you don’t answer the phone in the office after two or so rings. There are several advantages:

1. No need for voice mail on both office and mobile phone.
2. No need to give out a separate number for office and cell.
3. Works like a second office line when you’re in the office.
4. If you want to be available you are, otherwise, you can turn off your mobile phone.
5. You don’t need to call in to the office to get voice mail.
6. Only people who really want to talk to you will wait through the momentary pause that takes place when the transfer kicks in.
7. If there is an extra cost, it can be about two dollars per month from the local phone company, but increasingly, this is a feature most service packages already include.

Eliminate the pager.

People without a bona-fide need for a separate pager can use their mobile phones for the same functionality.  All new model mobile phones sold today have text messaging capabilities which act like an alpha-numeric pager.  People can call the phone and leave call-back numbers and in many cases can send short text e-mails directly to the phone.  Mobile owners can even reply with an e-mail.  Most mobile customers are already paying for this capability, so using it will not be an extra expense.  One less gadget, one less item to lose, buzz, interrupt your lunch.  One less number for people to bug you with.

Don't want people to call you when they can page you?  No problem.  The same phones have "caller ID."  Just ignore the callers you don't want to hear from.  Furthermore, the paging and e-mail messaging functions still work when the phone is off.  Some phones can even be set to "pager mode" which doesn't accept voice calls at all.

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