If you see big companies, businesses, and corporate organizations you
will notice that the boss/owner doesn’t share his personal phone number, nor
their personal number is used for business work. They have a large organization
yet they manage everything swiftly with the help of a virtual phone number.
This principle should also be applied by you if you have your business. You
must be thinking who will do the hard work of keeping two numbers and attending
both the phones and must have switched to smart work like using your personal
phone for work which is also
affordable. But the fact is sooner or later you will get exhausted and you will
not be able to balance your personal and business calls together.
Why Should You
Switch to Virtual Numbers
This is one of the reasons why you should switch to the virtual phone
numbers. Using Personal Phone for work has its own risk. The first and foremost
is that you are exposed to threats and also become vulnerable to many different
kinds of cyber crimes. Your personal information which is there on your phone
is under constant threat from hackers and cyber criminals. And any kind of
misuse of personal numbers can open you to the risk of your number being used
in the wrong ways in many methods.
Risk
Involved in Using Personal Number
There are many big companies also who have compromised the security
measures in the past. If you don’t understand still then let me explain to you
another way. For example, you have used your personal number to make an online
payment from your card, and then through your phone number, the skilled hacker
or cyber-criminal can get all your card details in minutes including
password/pin and your CVV number and can misuse it. Plus, the hacker can easily
have access to the entire auto-saved passwords and photos which are on your
phone. So, you should never use Personal
Phone for work.
Solution
with Virtual Phone Numbers
Now, you must be thinking about how to solve this problem. Well, the
answer is very simple. Keep a second number and that too a virtual phone
number. Choosing a virtual phone number is very beneficial, you all the calls
that come in the virtual phone number can be routed by you in different devices
including your private number also (so you don’t have to share the number with
anyone). So, in this, the cyber criminal will only target that virtual phone
number and not your private number. Any kind of threat will be directed towards
the servers of the virtual service provider and they can deal with such
attacks.
Other Problems
Faced When Using Personal Phone
If you use the personal phone for work, then you will not be able to
avoid the robocalls, you will be effectively bound to your number, your
communication capabilities will be limited, you will not be able to control the
employee-customer interaction, and your privacy will be compromised. So, these
are the problems that will be you will have to face if you choose to use a personal
phone for work. So, in short, all these problems can be solved in only one way
and that is through virtual phone numbers.