For your entire life, your entire relationship with our consumer-driven economy, you have probably associated 800 phone numbers with two things: customer service contact information and hard sell campaigns. Maybe you’re now just getting to a point in your business where you see tollfree as a practical solution. Perhaps you see the opportunity now to [...]
Toll Free: An Advantage in a Mobile World
Do you really need to get a toll free number? Should you bother? Is there really an advantage to maintaining 800 numbers in a cellular driven, nobody-cares-if-it’s-long-distance or not world? Is free long distance calling still an advantage when it comes to lead generation, increasing sales and increasing business profitability? Whether you believe it [...]
Targeted Growth for the Small Business
You run a small business. You have a storefront, or some form of committed sales presence, whether it’s on the map or on the web. You’re looking for smart, proven methods of facilitating growth in your local market. You’re committed to your area, to growing your business organically, to generating customers you can meet face [...]
Routing a Call: The Call Center Experience
When you start building a national phone network based on one toll free phone number or multiple numbers, you may get surprised at the staggering number of options available to you. From customer service to nationwide (or even worldwide) sales, you might be impressed with how the various options regarding call routing may improve both [...]
Gearing Up to Go Toll Free
You’ve done it, and you couldn’t be happier: you’ve supercharged your business with a vanity phone number from David Ashley. Now it’s time to gear up and get ready for the fundamental changes your business might soon experience. First, let’s take a look at what you’ve just done to prepare your business for that next [...]
What Does Toll Free Mean to Your Customers?
Of course you know and love your business. Of course your product or service is the finest available. Of course you provide the most value for your customers’ dollar. Of course your advertising plan reflects that. Of course vanity toll free numbers can help you meet your business goals. Sometimes, however, you may not [...]
What a Vanity Phone Number May Do for You
Of course every business should have a vanity phone number. But what do they actually do? Every decision you make in regards to your business should have a purpose. It should lead to profitability, to making your business more memorable in the minds of your customers, to establishing trust between you and potential clients, to [...]
How to Choose a Custom Tollfree Number
It’s harder than you think to boil your business down to seven letters and numbers. It’s tough to maximize the power of toll free vanity numbers, ensuring that your business’ 800 phone numbers are easy to remember and accurately reflect your product or service. As you think about which combination of letters and numbers you [...]
The 800 Advantage for Small Business Owners
It’s a race. It’s a competition. It’s a rush. It’s maximum risk for maximum gain. It’s business. It’s entrepreneurship. It’s what drives us to the next level. It’s what motivates us to invest that extra time. It’s what makes us what we are: business owners. If you own a small business, then you know [...]
It’s Time to Define Success
Perhaps “success” is bandied about far too often when it comes to business. It’s a buzzword, a cliché, a glittering generality, a word you may be tired of hearing about by now. You’re tired of making goals, creating lists, identifying actionable steps, climbing the ladder, understanding the paradigm, moving forward, taking the next step, whatever. [...]
