Do you have a personal preference for numeric easy-to-dial 800 numbers?
Some people confuse what they personally like or what their friends or customers say they like for the things that get the best results. If you had a car dealership you might prefer softer more professional advertising, over the loud in your face banners and balloons. Your friends and neighbors may all say that like the quieter approach, but in the end, car dealers all find that loud in your face promotion sells more cars.
You may not personally like having to think about translating the letters when you dial. You may think it’s easier to just enter the digits. But your goal isn’t really to make it easier. Your goal is to maximize the results and for results vanity numbers beat numeric numbers every time (with only a few exceptions).
I’m not one of the hypsters that think they need to over inflate the results like TollFreeNumber.org did for example when they made up statistics that vanity numbers gave everyone an average of a 600% increase. Vanity numbers do stick with people though and although it may take a few seconds more thought to actually dial but that’s really good because it burns your name and number (and message?) into that prospect’s head.
Our website is actually one of the few sources for easy to dial nice numeric or repetitive 800 numbers. So I’ll be happy to get those for anyone too. So I’m not saying this because it’s in my own best interest or to sell you something. I have no ulterior motives. I actually make more on the numeric numbers. But my first priority is to be the best toll free consultant possible and to give you my honest advice because that ultimately makes the best business and the best life in my book. Either way we want to help you get the best possible number for your business.
So don’t fall for that trap of confusing what you or other people say they like with what actually gets more calls and sales for you. If you’re the one paying for the advertising, do what gets the best results for your business.
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