Encinitas, California-based FreedomVOICE (News - Alert) Systems provides businesses with VoIP phone systems that make communications more cost efficient and effective.

In addition to their FreedomIQ, business VoIP PBX service, the company also offers “FreedomVoice Toll Free Number Service,” which makes it possible for customers to call a business from anywhere in the U.S. and Canada without having to pay long distance.

In addition, a toll free number service offers benefits like the ability to take a business online.

In a recent blog post, the company’s Online Marketing Manager, Nick Gowdy, highlighted the ways businesses can also use a toll free number to mask their private numbers.

This, Gowdy said, can help small businesses achieve benefits to the work and home life balance while maintaining a more professional appearance and offers the ability to screen business calls as well as manage calls outside of business hours.

Gowdy also noted in a recent FreedomVOICE blog post some tricks for using toll free numbers.

According to Gowdy, businesses can set up an automated question and answer voicemail box and conduct in-call surveys, have customer service follow-ups or even use for automated order taking.

Earlier this year, the company released their new affiliate program offering the opportunity for affiliates to sell three of their popular FreedomVOICE products: FreedomVOICE Virtual Office, FaxFreedom and AdTrakker which includes the Toll Free Number Service.