Wednesday, October 23, 2013

Using An 800 Phone Number To Make More Revenue

By Ana Hanley


A big part of getting discovered as a small business is developing a professional reputation. Having an image that demonstrates that you are a reputable, trustworthy company will help you obtain customers and increase sales.

Obviously, you need to show that you offer useful products or a beneficial service, however, first you have to get people to pay attention to you. When you are a brand-new company and you are working out of your home, this can be difficult to accomplish.



An additional obstacle is capital. Many entrepreneurs are dealing with a tight budget. Hiring ad advertising service or employing staff is not an option when a company is just starting. Using automated tools that can do tasks for you at a fraction of the cost of a live individual can help a start-up survive.

What Consumers Think

Many times, individuals don't take home-based companies seriously. They think that they cannot do as well a job as the big companies do. Even if you don't have the big business building, marketing budget and large staff, there are still ways to demonstrate that you are dependable and can compete effectively against big companies.

It Costs less than I Assumed

One of these techniques is purchasing an 800# telephone number. I did not know this until I bought one myself, however, they are very affordable and easy set up. For about $20 dollars a month, anybody can secure an 800 phone number and have it direct to any phone line they already have - even a cellular phone.

Letting Everyone Know Your Number

A huge part of having an 800 contact number is being able to advertise it. List on your business cards, include it in your business site, include it in your telephone directory listing. Not only does it make your business look bigger and more professional, it also makes you stand apart from the competition.

Take it With You

Another great thing about a toll-free contact number is its forwarding capacities. Because you can forward it to another telephone number, you can keep the exact same number if your business moves. You don't need to get a new number and risk losing a lot of customers.

Use it for Marketing Campaigns

An additional cool function about 800 numbers is that you can set them up to point to a voicemail box instead of a live phone line. If you are using the number specifically for advertising purposes where customers call and leave their contact information, this service is ideal for that. In fact, because the price is so low-cost (pennies per minute), small business owners can manage to obtain a few telephone numbers and run a number of different campaigns simultaneously.

With all the attention given to web marketing nowadays, many individuals ignore the telephone, and how it can be a terrific advertising tool. Due to the fact that they are so easy to set up and cost effective to utilize, it is wise to include a phone number in you marketing arsenal to diversify your marketing efforts and increase your capacity to reach even more consumers.




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