Even Small Businesses Can Have Toll Free Numbers

November 2, 2007

Let’s face it.  Toll free telephone numbers make companies sound important in their advertising.  If it doesn’t make you immediately think “important”; at the very least, it makes you think the company is large, and operating on a nationwide basis , right?

The trick to marketing for small businesses, even those businesses which are primarily the entrepreneur doing all the work of the business (and without any employees!), is to operate the company as if you are already a large corporation.  Your marketing efforts shouldn’t focus on the fact that you’re a one-man-band.  Instead, you offer what you can do, and let your prospective customers assume you are already a large, very successful business.  This helps generate trust in their minds, and as all business owners know- trust is the first step to gaining a new customer.

Many small business owners don’t even consider getting a toll free number because they assume it’s going to be out of their budget.  After all, it doesn’t make sense to increase your phone costs each month if you aren’t sure you will be able to increase your business profits along side of that expense.  Even small business owners, and one-man-band entrepreneurs can get a toll free number, and have it work into their budget.

Thanks to the advancements in technology- getting a toll free number is as simple as getting a calling card from your local convenient store!  You can even choose the type of toll free number you want; 800, 866, 877 or 888. 

How is this affordable to the smallest of businesses?  There are now pre-paid toll free number services, that let you prepay as little as $25 to get set up with your own toll free number.  Something else most of the “little” businesses don’t know is that you don’t have to have any special hardware installed at your office or home in order to set up a toll free number.  In fact, your toll free number is just another way to reach your office line or cell phone (or any other phone number you designate).  When someone dials your toll free number, it will forward to the phone number you’ve indicated.  This makes your toll free number as portable as you are, and you can change the forwarding number as often as you need to.

Toll free numbers can make your business seem larger, more professional, and more established.  And lucky for you, they’re easy to get and probably more affordable than the cell phone you’re carrying around.

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