Maybe you got into business because you’re cavalier. You’re the very opposite of phlegmatic; you’re a do-er, a driven individual who isn’t afraid to make decisions, who doesn’t need to spend days processing a decision before pulling the trigger. Maybe this is an integral component of your success. However, an individual’s greatest strength also [...]
Sowing the Seeds with Vanity Numbers
Of all the shopworn, clichéd metaphors used to describe owning a business, the farming metaphor is most applicable. Its aptness is probably due to the fact that it’s not really a metaphor: farmers are small businessmen just like you. They produce a product, then they sell it. The metrics are the same: some wheat is [...]
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Focused Firepower for the Small Business
As a small business owner, you’re always looking for new ways to… well, let’s cut the cliché: you need to squeeze water from a rock on a daily basis, until that rock starts spewing like a fountain. When you first started your business, you took big chances with blunt force, utilizing your drive and energy [...]
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Creating a Well Oiled Machine with 1800 Vanity Numbers
Building a business is one of the most worthy pursuits any American can take on. The most prominent component in business is hard work—good old, traditional, phenomenally American, dream building hard work. Every business owner no doubt longs for the day when it gets easy, when that business gains enough momentum that the owner might [...]
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Build an Image. Build a Brand.
The emergence of your business as a brand is a sure sign that it’s building up some serious momentum. A brand is, in fact, a simple expression of business momentum. That’s when your business starts building a committed fan base. That’s when individuals you don’t know or have never heard of know your reputation. That’s [...]
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Tollfree Numbers and Small Businesses: Why Bother?
The bottom line is, you care about the bottom line. Your business is founded on the principle of shepherding resources carefully. You don’t waste. You don’t spend your marketing budget if you can’t predict that you’ll receive remarkable return on your investment. You’ll spend money to make money, but you want to make absolutely sure [...]
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The “Sweet Spot” for Small Business
Toll free numbers have been an ubiquitous part of word business for decades. Since their introduction in the early 1960s (incidentally, this innovation started in the United Kingdom, not the United States), these business tools have been utilized by big businesses to drive sales. The idea of offering a free phone call to customers seemed [...]
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How Vanity Numbers Have Changed Consumerism
The phrase “Call Now!” probably causes you to flinch. After thirty or more years of listening to television announcers persuade you to call one of history’s thousands of 800 numbers, you are probably looking for unique and innovative ways to promote your business through vanity toll free numbers. But in doing so, it’s best to [...]
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Custom Phone Numbers: More Than a Cheap Trick
Are these things a gimmick? Is instituting an 800 number service for your business a bad idea? Will it denigrate your business reputation? Are local vanity numbers a cheap trick? Two simple words can answer your question: absolutely not. There’s a reason that toll free vanity numbers have proven to be an enduring business tool: [...]
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800 Numbers: The Flavor of the Month?
So wait a minute: toll free vanity numbers are local, too? That’s right. A small business can purchase a toll free number from David Ashley and reap all of the benefits of a custom vanity nummer on a local level. What’s your holdup, then? Perhaps you’re afraid that vanity numbers are a come-and-gone, outdated marketing [...]
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