Who's Business Plan does not include growth, development and expansion? This business has something in common with the one who did not get investment, new or small business loans.

This business does not exist.  Success is nearly defined by overcoming difficulties and keeping up with supply and demand. It's what makes it necessary to relocate, growth forces changes upon us.

Expansion is intimidating, but the corporate world is littered with enough studies, literature and expert advice to foster the possibility of relocating as terrifying. The priorities seemingly endless and unmanageable, many will outsource the entirety of the relocation.  Few checklist items differ from that of a residential or personal move. Some of which included notification of Stock holders, board members and/or clientele, as well as accounts receivable and payable. Interim accommodations must be made to avoid business back up or slow down.  Perhaps most intimidating is preparing and relocating the Information Technology (IT) departments; data, computers, telephone and internet. Fortunately IT departments are just as relocatable as they are reparable. Most internet service providers will transfer and relocate services at little to no charge. The greatest asset available to businesses throughout and following relocation is any form of continuity. Continuity of telephone numbers is also very important, or business could drop off dramatically rather than continue to grow. Unfortunately there is a common misconception regarding the retention of telephone numbers.

When a phone number is created it is linked to a rate center. A rate center is defined as the geographic area used by local exchange carriers to set rate boundaries for billing and for issuing phone numbers. Phone numbers are unable to leave rate centers. As companies move from place to place they are unable to have the numbers go with them if they are moving out of the rate center the numbers were issued in.

This is not the obstacle it appears to be.  Successful relocation and the aforementioned continuity are attainable when telephone numbers are converted to virtual numbers. Virtual numbers are phone numbers that are permanently pointed to another phone number. Virtual numbers do not produce a dial tone and forward to one that does. Virtual numbers are not limited to geographic regions. Examples of virtual numbers are market expansion lines or tracking numbers. Phone carriers can offer to convert numbers to market expansion numbers, but call tracking numbers are a better option; offering more features at a lower cost.

If you are a business that is relocating, and have been told that your numbers can not move with you, consider converting them to a call tracking number. Don’t be told no. Contact ACI Call Tracking at contact@acicalltracking.com. ACI Call Tracking is rapidly dominating in making these resources available, offering superior assistance in business relocation and line retention.