Getting enquiries was what I wanted to be sure of when I opened my marketing business. Despite using the normal formats of newspapers and the internet, I still wanted to make calling us as attractive as possible.
Recognising that the free 0800 numbers were helpful, an article from the “Institute of direct marketing” stated, 0800 numbers had increased the enquiries in businesses by up to 185%. Their enquiry is more important to you than charge for the privilege is the feeling that you want to give the people. An important data such as the number of people, which is at 63%, would call 0800 number first is provided by the study made by teleculture 2000. The use of freephone number offers an advantage of having call management systems in place. These can aid you in answering calls or simply directing them to the right place when there is a need for flexibility. I also found these numbers really helpful when it came to moving to larger premises as I could just take the number with me.
Landline or mobile number acts as the transfer number for the 0800 numbers. Saving yourself from getting new signs, paperwork or marketing material is another advantage of retaining your number.
If you wish to build confidence in your company with visitors to your website or viewers of your advertisements 0800 numbers can be a great way of doing this, they allow you to imply that your company is larger that it actually is with multiple offices rather than just one. It also helps give the impression that you have a number of employees waiting to take customers calls.