The task of choosing a phone number can be a job that is overlooked when starting your business. Choosing the right phone number can seriously affect how your business is perceived by your target audience. Therefore it pays to do your research.
Here at Virtual Landline, we offer an extensive range of phone numbers for your business. From local numbers that cater to your local customers to 0800 numbers that can provide a service to the masses and boost your sales and brand awareness.
Choosing a Local Phone Number
Using a local number for your business is a great way to make your customers feel more comfortable when dialling your number. Having your phone number dedicated to the local area of your clients makes them feel safe with the thought that your business could just be situated down the road. This is a great option if you have a lot of active clients in an area that your business doesn't currently operate from.
Local numbers are an ideal way to build a virtual presence in an area without setting up a physical address. Simply purchase a local number for as low as £4.50 per month and start accessing the local market. If you are looking to operate internationally, using a virtual London number can be a great way to add a sense of grandeur to your business.
Choosing a National Phone Number
Using a virtual national number for your business can open your business up to a large number of clients. The 0330 area code is a non-geographic number that has the same costs and fees as a standard 01 or 02 landline number. These numbers are commonly used by businesses or organisations that don't want to associate with a specific location.
Choosing a Freephone Phone Number
Having a freephone number for your business can be a great incentive for new clients to get in touch with you. Freephone numbers are free to call from any standard UK landline and mobile. This benefit makes freephone numbers one of the most preferred numbers to dial and come with the classic “0800” prefix.
These numbers are typically used by customer support services for large organisations to improve customer service or small businesses that are trying to give their customers the best experience possible. Virtual Landlines' 0800 freephone numbers start from just £11.95 per month and can be used as a monthly rolling contract.
Choosing a memorable phone number for your business
Owning a memorable number for your business could be a great way to increase brand awareness and your public profile. Great for marketing opportunities on radio and TV, create a catchy tune that the masses can't get out of their head. The perfect example of this would be the iconic 118 or Hastings Direct advertisements.
Types of memorable numbers:
- Repeated numbers – 0800 22 22 22
- Repeated numbers – 01202 555555
- Mirrored numbers – 0330 247 247
- Sequential numbers - 01892 345678
- Repeated prefix numbers – 01458 458458
- Palindrome numbers – 01202 123321
How do I buy a Virtual Landline number?
Here at Virtual Landline, we pride ourselves on making the process of choosing a phone number for business an easy one. Easily move over to our register page and capture the number perfect for your business. We also have a great page regarding tariffs where you will find all of our benefits and plans. For more information feel free to get in touch with us today.
How to choose the right Phone Number for your Business
As previously mentioned in this article, the task of choosing a phone number for your business can be a challenging one. We will briefly cover a few tips and suggestions that will hopefully help you in making a decision regarding your business's number.
Get a Business Number for Local Customers
Like we briefly covered earlier, if you have a specific location where your business is thriving the opportunity to cater to that clientele should be considered. An example of this would be a flower delivery service being popular in the Blackburn area and then incorporating a local 01254 number into their services. This would allow them to entice other customers from that area and build a rapport in the local community, leading to more sales.
Multiple Numbers for your Business
Having multiple numbers under your business umbrella could be a great way to separate the different departments of your business and minimise waiting times and call congestion. Having a dedicated freephone customer care number, sales number and perhaps localised numbers for each of the locations you do business in would go a long way in improving customer satisfaction and increasing workflow. This is also a great way to separate members of the sales team and give them a local number that matches their sales region.
How to buy a local phone number?
We will now take you through the simple process of acquiring a phone number for business.
Step 1) Go to the Sign-Up page
Step 2) Choose the phone number your business requires
This is where you will select your area code, and choose the type of phone number that is best for your business.
Step 3) Add your divert number (usually your mobile or landline number where the incoming calls will be forwarded)
Step 4) Select the plan that is perfect for you
Local numbers are available only with Standard and UK Unlimited plans.
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