Telemarketing Bristol

When starting up your own business, there are many different things to take into account: funding, goods, services, suppliers, office / shop space, a website, advertising, staff, technology, accounts and sales...the list is endless. It's no wonder that simple things like telephone numbers can often be overlooked.
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0117 914 6000
100 Victoria St
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0117 9553863
unit 14c , the old co-op business centre
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0117 904 1487
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Ringing the Right Numbers

When starting up your own business, there are many different things to take into account: funding, goods, services, suppliers, office / shop space, a website, advertising, staff, technology, accounts and sales...the list is endless. It's no wonder that simple things like telephone numbers can often be overlooked.

Many companies don't realise that telephone numbers can be a really effective marketing tool in terms of generating revenues and increasing customer bases. By using a marketing telephone number, your company could gain more than extra custom.

What are they?

Origninally devised in the US, marketing numbers are special phone numbers that don't pin you to a geographical area but can help gain customers and or extra revenue, and make marketing your company easier.

BT introduced the freephone number into the UK in 1985 and since telecoms deregulation, other operators are also able to offer marketing numbers to businesses.

Most of us recognise and understand the concept of an 0800 number, but the extent of its use, and that of other market numbers, is still nothing like in the US.

However, the UK is largest freephone market in Europe, so if you haven't considered getting a marketing number for your business, it's time to start now.

Marketing numbers are split into three different categories, and each has its own specific benefits:

Freephone numbers
Freephone numbers have an 0800 prefix and are free of charge to the caller. This means that your business pays the cost of all the calls.

An 0800 number gives your company a national image and can increase incoming calls by up to 300% more than a standard number. Research shows that 61% of UK consumers are more likely to call a company with a freephone number in preference to a comparable competitor without one.

If paying for your customers to call you means that you can develop a substantial number of sales leads and drive up your profits, then a freephone number is definitely worth the investment.

Offering a free call also inspire trust in your customers and offers an incentive to call more often, meaning that you can build a lasting relationship. It can also work well to establish your company as having caring after-sales services and can even save you money by replacing personal sales visits.

Lo-call numbers
Lo-call, local rate or 0845 numbers enable the customer to pay a local rate charge, no matter where they are in the country, and you pay the difference.

As with freephone numbers, 0845 numbers are proven to generate three times the response from customers and enable you to attract customers from beyond your local area.

It also promotes a certain amount of professionalism and distinguishes you from your competitors. Most Internet service providers (ISPs) use 0845 numbers, as it allows them to offer lo-call costs to subscribers nationwide.

National rate numbers
National rate numbers (0870) can generate income for your company. Each...

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