hey what's up everybody BenTeachesEnglishOverseas.com I hope you're doing
great today I want to discuss the Skype
number I want to clear up a bit of
confusion I either wasn't clear or I
made things muddy the waters a bit with
the Skype number deal and I want to talk
about that today so in my manual perhaps
in videos and one-on-one talking to
people I advocate for getting a Skype
phone number okay it's 60 bucks a year
it's 5 bucks a month so here's the deal
you have a real legit number and you can
pick wherever you want you can have a
New York area code you can have a
Memphis Tennessee area code you can have
a Miami Florida area code ok the
beautiful thing about it is it looks
like a real phone number ok so why do I
need this if I'm in China and I'm trying
to do a business deal there are two
exact scenarios where I need such a
number ok the first one is I need to
call somebody back in the States
if they see a Chinese number coming in
they don't freaking pick it up because
they think that it's a scam or they've
never seen or they're like obviously
it's a wrong number it's a telemarketer
it's somebody I've had like really super
important deals and I've been trying to
call from like an overseas number and
they won't pick it up and it freaking
it's causes you a lot of stress believe
me okay the other thing is maybe I need
a deal done okay I need a roof repair am
I gonna call the guy from China and
maybe he does pick it up do I want that
person to know that I'm in China or
would I prefer that that person thinks
that I'm in his backyard I can drop by I
can see what's going on
who's he gonna be more likely to rip off
somebody who's he obviously knows his
overseas or somebody that it looks like
from that number is right there okay
it's all about the Machiavellian
strategy of availability okay don't let
people see your hand I'm not saying be a
liar or be a crook but you know
sometimes people don't need to know
certain things okay and it's not going
to help your point so a lot of people
you know got confused and then I see
resumes where it's got like the Skype
and then a list their phone number on
your resume list your skype name so that
they can add you don't list the phone
number okay they can't add you by the
phone number also if you're from Canada
you guys don't get them okay you could
use a New York number you could use you
know a number that's close by or
whatever but that choice is going to be
up to you unfortunately Canada does not
participate in the in the Skype number
program okay so last but not least why
do you want this thing why do you want
you know to have a number well you look
more professional okay if you're trying
to run a business in your home country
or whatever but you're making calls from
all over all of us overseas countries
you know people will be like what is
this some kind of a fly-by-night deal or
or what's going on here right so when
you have that number it lends legitimacy
and people see you as being in that area
regardless if you are not ok I don't
like to be seen as you know somebody who
can be taken advantage of so that's the
deal with the Skype number if you're
going to list your phone number on your
resume and you're going to be overseas I
recommend that you list your Skype
number that's you know headquartered in
your home
I hope you're doing great BenTeachesEnglishOverseas.com
I'll see you next
time
