How Small Business Owners Can Implement Business Growth Strategies by: Custom Toll Free, August 5, 2013 Business growth is not so much about striking the right marketing medium, but more about getting the right tools and executing an intelligent strategy. Trending brands control their own buzz on demand and force business growth through better business strategy. Business growth is perhaps the most elusive and simultaneously epically important factor out there today. As a small business you need it if you want to attract investor funding, make the Inc. 500 list, or even just to prevent stagnation and becoming another irrelevant ‘could have been’. And even the largest tech giants on the planet today are shelling out billions to acquire smaller businesses that can bring them growth. Read More
Coming Soon: 3 Reasons Why 844 Numbers are a BIG Deal by: 00juno, August 2, 2013 WIDE RANGE of AVAILABILITY: Just how rare is an 800 toll free number? Since its very existence, there have been millions of numbers reserved both locally and nationally. Through the years, the FCC has released 888, 877 and 866 numbers. To supplement this, Custom Toll Free began to offer industry-specific amenities. But over time, the availability of toll free numbers has become more and more scarce. However, the FCC just announced the upcoming availability of 844 toll free numbers. Read More
How Small Businesses Can Adjust to Shifts in Email Marketing by: Custom Toll Free, July 29, 2013 The field of email marketing is changing. So how can entrepreneurs and SMEs adapt rapidly to keep up web traffic, lead flow, and revenues? For example, the roll out of the new Gmail inbox essentially changes the impact and results of email marketing, which has been one of the best lead generation tools for small and medium sized businesses. For those who haven’t seen it yet, messages from businesses are now automatically filtered out of users’ main inboxes to separate spam tabs. While readjusting marketing strategy, small business owners can salvage their email lists by: 1. Advising contacts and new opt-ins where and when to find their email updates 2. Moving email leads to social networks for unblocked communication 3. Begin requesting more contact information such as phone numbers versus emails Read More
Building Customer Satisfaction through Toll Free Numbers: A Key Element in Building a Successful Small Business by: Custom Toll Free, July 26, 2013 The main goals of entrepreneurs are to make more sales and to monetize their business. But is this enough? Since a great deal of time is spent on promotions, advertising, and product and service development, business owners often forget one of the most important factors to running a successful business: customer satisfaction. Here are some things small businesses should keep in mind when considering customer satisfaction. Know Your Passion Read More
We’re Ready to Share the What, Why, When, and Where: All About 844 Vanity Toll Free Numbers by: Custom Toll Free, July 23, 2013 As a business owner or potential toll free customer or industry follower, you may have heard about the release of the new 844 prefix. But what is it all about, when exactly is the expected release, and why? WHAT— Let’s start from the beginning. 844 is the new toll free prefix that will allow businesses and individuals alike the chance to get an easy to remember number with a brand new prefix. All combinations will become available! (Examples… 844-Call-Now, 844-Your-Biz) Read More
3 Reasons Why Custom Toll Free’s BOGO Deal is a BIG Deal by: 00juno, July 12, 2013 Better Communication is Better Customer Service Read More
Women and Small Business: How to Crush It with Enhanced Credibility by: Custom Toll Free, Want to be the next Sheryl Sandberg, Marissa Mayer or Oprah? What’s the key to growing a wildly profitable business fast and getting the brand attention and respect your small business deserves? The blog Small Business Ideas for Women suggests “without credibility no business will truly be able to establish itself” and will “join the ranks of the many thousands that fail every year”. Credibility isn’t just about being appealing to consumers, or even maximizing marketing ROI or profit margins. It is also about developing a better perceived reputation and more value among vendors, lenders, and potential investors. So how do you develop more credibility, faster, both as a woman in the business arena and as a female small business owner? Read More
Leveraging Resources to Grow Your Small Business Venture by: Custom Toll Free, July 1, 2013 How can you leverage other resources to grow your own small business? Running and growing a business certainly involves resources. Each resource has a key component and must be followed through to the end in order to really see results. Of course, all business owners want an opportunity to brag and let everyone know how great their company is and that customers should be doing business with you. However, even if you are just starting out and maybe don’t offer a whole lot to earn bragging rights for yet, don’t get discouraged. There are still plenty of ways to capitalize on opportunities to get ahead… Use events like National Small Business week that we just saw a couple weeks ago to push out fresh, trending content and get found on the web. This should be a time when consumers are being encouraged to support local small businesses and be made aware of the importance of loyalty to local entrepreneurs in order to prop up and fuel the local economy. Read More
Why Businesses and Customers Need 800 Numbers by: 00juno, June 27, 2013 The purpose of 800 toll free numbers is to boost communications between the customer and the business; not just in having businesses pick up the tab, but also in protecting customers from phone companies. 1-800 numbers function under a large framework designed to protect both consumers and businesses, ensuring that phone communications remain reliable and affordable. A generation or so ago when 800 numbers were first implemented, long distance rates for telephone calls were very high. The reason 800 toll free numbers became popular is because they are a way for businesses to help customers and to bring in more call volume and possibly more sales and conversions. Throughout the 1970’s and 1980’s, the vanity number became a sign of trust. In fact, it became a staple in direct response marketing which is still successful in many marketing campaigns. 800 toll free numbers still function as an efficient, cost-effective and convenient medium today. Read More
Custom Toll Free Announces BOGO Special for Toll Free Number: Get a Toll Free Number for July, no charge for August. by: 00juno, June 25, 2013 Summer is here, and whether or not your business depends on seasonal sales, Custom Toll Free’s got some seasonal savings for you. Throughout the month of July, get a toll free number with Custom Toll Free and you’ll get August completely free. Knowing how valuable 800 toll free numbers are for businesses, we’re giving our July customers this special as our way of giving them a “head start” on sales with a complete month at no charge. Through the trends, times, and ages, toll free numbers remain one of the most reliable and accessible means of communication; not to mention a branding method you simply can’t afford to miss. Once you see an 800 number with a vanity spelling relating to a business’ name, industry or flagship product or service, you know that very instant the business is doing something. Why not give your business the same? And with this special deal, get a number in July, brand it, promote it, love it, and we’ll give you the next month entirely free so you can kick back and watch the returns come knocking. Read More
