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Ifbyphone Adds Store Locator to Application Suite

Tue Aug 5, 2008 8:00am EDT
Cost-Effective, Web-Based Tool Joins Growing Array of Innovative
                                Choices
CHICAGO--(Business Wire)--
Ifbyphone, the telephone application platform company, today
announced it is adding a Store Locator capability to its growing suite
of easy-to-use applications that help any size businesses convert
telephone calls into increased sales.

   The speed and ease with which Ifbyphone Store Locator can be
implemented for handling calls to toll-free or local numbers will
allow businesses that wouldn't previously have considered this
technology to add a store locator, said CEO Irv Shapiro.

   Ifbyphone offers an innovative platform with dozens of telephone
applications - including voice broadcast, instant toll free and local
numbers, call routing and tracking, IVR capabilities, virtual call
center, virtual receptionist, lead distributor, click-to-call and
sales plug-ins for the iPhone, Blackberry, Outlook and SalesForce.com.

   "In response to requests from our current customers and franchise
organizations, we have added a Store Locator to the essential tools
available in the Ifbyphone telephone applications suite," Shapiro
said.

   "Store Locators aren't new but they often require a lot of
programming. What differentiates Ifbyphone's Store Locator is that
it's easy and instant," he said. "Ifbyphone customers don't have to
wait weeks and weeks for programmers to build them apps or for their
IT groups to approve and install them. With Ifbyphone's Store Locator,
businesses can be up and running in minutes instead of days or weeks."

   All Ifbyphone services are configured from an easy-to-use Web
site. Once configured, the services are immediately available,
requiring no specialized equipment or software. Historically, sales,
marketing and advertising professionals had to plan weeks in advance
to add telephony to a campaign. Ifbyphone's instantly available
telephone numbers and applications free marketing, sales and the
creative talent in advertising to let their imaginations go wild in
the promotions they can devise.

   Ifbyphone Store Locator is available directly at www.ifbyphone.com
or through a network of value-added resellers for an affordable
monthly fee, with no upfront costs.

   About Ifbyphone

   Ifbyphone is a hosted telephone application platform company that
provides small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) an easy means to
increase their customer conversations and drive sales--without the
high cost and complexity typically associated with building
interactive voice response systems. Leveraging Ifbyphone's extreme
usability, web developers, interactive marketers and customer service
professionals can quickly create everything from simple click-to-call
links on Web pages and e-mail to sophisticated call-routing and
interactive-marketing solutions-transforming telephones into powerful
tools to increase leads, improve sales and enhance customer
experience. Ifbyphone's solutions are available directly to SMBs and
through a network of direct marketing resellers. For more information,
click to speak to a sales professional or visit the Ifbyphone Web
site.

for Ifbyphone
Amy Hesser, +1-312-933-8324
amy.hesser@comunicano.com

Copyright Business Wire 2008



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