Business Made Simple: The Brilliance of Auto-Replies
Technology dominates our lives. Everyone’s got a mini-supercomputer in their pocket, cars can drive themselves, and an app can tell you the status of...
Securing Your Small Business From the 258 Percent Surge in Identity Theft
We all understand that identity theft is a constant threat to individuals. Most of us remain skeptical of any phone calls, emails, or text messages re...
How To Advertise Your Local Business To YouMail Users
When starting up or growing a local business, it's always challenging to find the right ways to reach a local audience. That’s why people...
Have Robocalls Taken Over The Phone Call?
We've been putting out the YouMail Robocall Index since late 2015. We were the first to publish numbers on the volume of robocalls in the US, as well...
Supreme Court Upholds Consumer Robocall Protection, and the Impact on You
This week in robocall news, the highest court in the land moved to uphold the law that helps protect U.S. citizens from the scourge of robocalls. But,...
How to Start up Your Startup
The national unemployment rate declined by 1.4 percentage points during May 2020. Despite that glimmer of good news, personal income suffered a 4.2 pe...
Separate Work From Life With a Second Phone Number
A second phone number can feel like a luxury, similar to owning a tablet or second TV in the bedroom. Sure, you may not need any of it, but short of a...
Don’t Let Your Guard Down — Shady Telemarketers Are Still in Business
This past week, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and the Massachusetts Attorney General filed a joint lawsuit against a business they a...
Converting Voicemail to High-Quality Text
Voice is one of the oldest forms of communication known to man. Before we could express our true inner selves through the interpretive art of TikTok,...
And The Robocaller Reaction To The FCC’s $225 Million Fine Is…
The FCC, with much fanfare, announced they are proposing to fine an illegal robocalling operation $225 million for making illegal robocalls in 2019.&n...
How Robocalls Affect Contact Tracing and Small Businesses Alike
Testing and contact tracing on a massive scale will be critical as the country cautiously continues to reopen its doors. While testing is largely a ma...
What Is Visual Voicemail and Why Should You Care?
When pondering the meaning of visual voicemail, it’s easy to get lost in concept. Simply put, it’s the ability to see and organize your voice messages...