Archive for January, 2012

Porting Numbers

I had a conversation with an individual who wanted to use call tracking numbers but we ran into an issue.  This individual has two numbers he uses for his business.  One is a land line that goes into his office and the other is his cell phone.  The land line is a number that is established into the community and this is the number he would like to use as the tracking number.  We do have the ability to port the number into our system but in doing so caused a problem.  Tracking numbers are virtual numbers that do not produce a dial tone.  They rely on the numbers they are forwarded to for the connection.  He would have needed to order a whole new number from a local provider for this business land line if we ported the number over.  While all these things are possible it just takes time.  The plan is this: we will port over his main number and forward it to his cell phone while the local carrier gets him a new number for his office.

The Benefits of Call Tracking!  All companies need to make sure that they’re advertising in order to get the company’s name out there and secure new customers. Marketing however is one area where a lot of businesses end up losing a lot of money. That being said, how do businesses advertise without losing a lot of money? An advertisement that brings in lots of business will probably give a positive rate of return. Advertisements that produce little or no business will probably loose money. The challenge is knowing the results of each campaign. That can be done with the help of company that offers Call Tracking services! What is Call Tracking? It’s basically the idea of replacing the phone number on a company’s website, or other advertisement with a call tracking number. Sometimes a business may benefit from using a lot of different numbers. For example, using different numbers on different types of advertisements, such as using one number when advertising on one site and another when advertising on a different site, can greatly help a business figure out which advertisements are working and which aren’t by simply looking at what numbers people are using to call!One of the main benefits that Advertisement Tracking provides is the ability to save money. As already stated, companies waste a lot of money on advertising each and every year by advertising in places where they aren’t reaching out to customers. That being said, when a company tracks its calls and knows where they’re coming from and where they’re not coming from they can figure out where advertising should continue and where it shouldn’t. Sure, it does cost a little bit of money for this service, however, it more than pays for itself in the long run.There are all sorts of other benefits that Call Tracking Phone Numbers provides companies. For example, companies can track trends in the market, listen to call recordings in order to make sure that the service customers receive is adequate, notifications of missed calls can be emailed and making sure that there aren’t any staffing problems are some of the other benefits that this type of service provides companies. So, all companies should begin tracking phone numbers in order to save money and have a better run business in the end!