Can You Afford Toll Free Service?

The actual question should be: Can you afford NOT to get toll free service? Once cost prohibitive for small businesses or personal use, toll free service has now become affordable and easy to obtain. Experts say that most consumers recognize that the advantages of 1-800 numbers far outweigh standard local phone service. Remember, business owners are always consumers but consumers are not always business owners. The increasing knowledge of the public is making it an out and out battle between businesses trying to win people over. All it takes is a little thing, like a toll free number, for a consumer to say, “They obviously care more about getting my business” then the other guy who doesn’t have a toll free number. We here this time and time again from experts in marketing and business. Need more info? Here you go!

Be a Better Business

You simply cannot be as effective a business without having a toll free number. Experts say that consumers recognize that many of the advantages of 1-800 numbers outweigh standard local phone service. Toll free service is becoming increasingly common with parents wishing to keep in close contact with children and teens. Businesses with a 1-800 number see increases in sales, word of mouth referrals and a decrease in product returns. Standard local phone service does not provide any of these advantages. Get more information on this pressing matter here.

ALL Businesses Need a Toll Free Number

An older study indicated that businesses with 20% or more of their clients out of state needed to get a toll free number. The numbers have rapidly changed since then because of growing internet use and the ability to gain a client and ship products. Many small and start up companies are actually getting repeat business by having a website and even having vacationers request their products via phone – this is big!

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New Business Owners Face Telecom Challenge

The federal government rationed coveted 800 numbers in 1995 until the new 888 area code was introduced a year later. Industry insiders are eagerly awaiting the outcome of this latest rationing proposal. Telecommunications experts are reportedly concerned that a toll free number ration could delay new phone service applications in the midst of one of the worst U.S. economic downturns in decades. New business owners are often clueless about the toll free industry and have found it difficult in past times to get a toll free up and running in times of rationing – and they’re hard pressesd to find out why. Get more information here.