Toll Free Numbers

After you have picked a toll free number provider and have all the options you want on the number you need to consider where you want to advertise it. You can of course advertise it in your local phone book but that limits your exposure. To increase your customer base you should consider advertising on an online 800 number directory. They are very similar to your standard phone book. They list your name, phone number and a brief keyword filled description. The cost for most company's standard listings is nothing. They give the standard listings for free. An 800 number directory will list on the directory your phone number, business address, business name and a brief description of your business using keyword to describe it.

Customers looking to find a business then go to the website. Then can type in your business name and some have a reversed number search that will let them identify you by putting in your phone number and let you do a reverse lookup search. They can also locate you with your keywords and works like this, try thinking like a potential customer and what words they would enter in the directory search box when trying to find a product. For example, lets say you own a cabinetry shop. You should enter as many related keywords to your business you can think of to direct callers interested in your products. If the customer does not need new cabinets but needs new counter tops you want to make sure that when they enter "new counter tops" your company is pulled up.

When you decide to put your 800 number in a directory using the free option, you are not given extra help with the advertising. They offer upgraded packages so that your business will stand out. But these upgrades are done for fees. Many companies will allow your company's name to be put into bold type for around $250.00 per year. The thinking behind this is that if your company stands out in the directory, then you are more important and you will direct more people to your company toll free number. With this package you also get to include more keywords than with the free listing.

There are more expensive listings that you can purchase. They will put your name in bold type, give you even more keywords and when someone searches for your keywords your listing will come up first. These types of listings generally run about $500.00 per year. Listing your company's 800 numbers in a directory is a smart business move. You will gain a much bigger customer base. Whether the free directory listing is adequate enough for your business depends solely on what you hope to gain from the listing in the 800 number directory.

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