Recently I talked about that ancient thermal fax machine –
you remember, the one that burned the incoming image onto smelly thermal fax paper
that flipped around on a noisy cylindrical platen? We’ve really come a long way
since then. Today, I don’t even use a separate fax machine to send and receive
faxes.
Today I use eFax. eFax is an international fax service that allows
you to send and receive faxes using your email account. When you sign up with
eFax, you receive your own local or toll free fax number. Received faxes are
delivered as attachments directly to your email inbox and faxes are sent from
your inbox as well. eFax is compatible with Outlook and other email account
managers. So I can send and receive faxes from anywhere I can send and receive
email and I don’t have to be sitting in my office waiting for them to come
through on the machine.
eFax offers a couple different options with a small setup
fee and monthly or annual cost. There are corporate options as well and there
are even new options to send faxes directly from your Android or iPhone.
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Kerry Brooks is Co-owner of ProfessionalEdge Associates, offering a wide range of marketing and support services to businesses that want to increase their success, but aren't in a position to add to their staff.
Kerry Brooks is Co-owner of ProfessionalEdge Associates, offering a wide range of marketing and support services to businesses that want to increase their success, but aren't in a position to add to their staff.
