By Peter Hales on October 12, 2012
Sprint’s new mobile-to-mobile vanity service doesn’t cut it for business owners but gives creepy speed daters a new tool to up their creepiness factor.
Sprint recently announced a new service for their mobile phones called StarStar Me. It’s basically a vanity call forwarding service to your existing Sprint cell phone number. As you know, we provide toll free vanity numbers so it piqued our interest. After further review, we think Sprint has missed the mark with their mobile vanity experiment. The way it works is the user pays monthly for a vanity word/phrase after two star symbols, e.g., **MATT.
Here’s why we think you can do better:
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Posted in Vanity Toll Free Numbers | Tagged FreedomVOICE, Sprint, starstar me, vanity numbers, Vanity Toll Free Numbers, Virtual Phone System |
By Peter Hales on August 30, 2011
And the winner is…
At FreedomVoice, we continuously reward our customers for referrals through our Refer-A-Friend program. Normally we reward our customers with a free month of service for each friend they refer. Recently, however, we upped the stakes by rewarding one lucky referrer with a free 5-day trip to Hawaii for two, including accommodations and airfare at the amazing Hilton Waikoloa Village.
Many happy customers were referred, and we’re pleased to announce the winner of our contest today:
Lauren Perreault of Fabulous South Bay!
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Posted in Company News, Spotlight, Vanity Toll Free Numbers | Tagged contest, Fabulous South Bay, Hawaii, Lauren Perreault, promotion, Refer-a-friend, referral |
By Nick Gowdy on November 9, 2010
A short while ago, we announced that 855 numbers had been released. Getting a new toll free number prefix, to our industry, is like the emergence of a revolutionary new product. All at once, there’s a rich surge of demand for this previously unavailable good — in this case, amazing vanity toll free spellings.
But time is running out to make the most out of this opportunity for your business. Why? Because the availability of high-quality 855 numbers is about to take a nose-dive…
855 Number Well Drying Up
Posted in 855 Numbers, Toll Free Numbers, Vanity Toll Free Numbers, Virtual Phone Numbers | Tagged 855 Numbers, business toll free, Toll Free Numbers, vanity toll free |
By Nick Gowdy on October 22, 2010
Well, it’s about time.
Way back in the Year 2000, the FCC released the 866 toll free number prefix in order to ease the burden on 888, 877, and 800 numbers. Ten years later, with high quality vanity spellings a rare commodity, the FCC finally has stepped up and unleashed a whole new batch of numbers to champion your brand: the 855 toll free prefix.
Explore the Strange New World of 855 Numbers
Posted in 800 Numbers, 855 Numbers, Business Tips, Toll Free Numbers, Vanity Toll Free Numbers, Virtual Phone Systems | Tagged 855 Numbers, 855 prefix, vanity spellings, vanity toll free, Vanity Toll Free Numbers |
By Nick Gowdy on June 15, 2010
I read an article this morning entitled, “Tips for Picking a Great Toll Free Vanity Number“. Unfortunately, instead of listing realistic advice, the author chose to count down a handful of ways to make business owners rip out their hair searching again and again for unrealistic vanity 800 numbers. I don’t mean to sound pessimistic – but these weren’t tips, they were siren songs, mirages in the desert, challenges to your sanity.
So I thought I’d do my best to turn these tips on their head, and in the process leave you some practical tips about securing a great vanity toll free number for your business.
Get Creative with Vanity Toll Free Numbers
Posted in 800 Numbers, Business Tips, Vanity Toll Free Numbers, Virtual Phone Numbers, Virtual Phone Systems | Tagged 800 Numbers, SMS/800, Toll Free Numbers, vanity 800 numbers, vanity number search, vanity toll free |
By Nick Gowdy on April 6, 2010
You’ve heard it said about diamonds – but did you know that toll free numbers are “forever”? That is to say, you can keep a good, dependable toll free number for life.
When you secure a toll free number through a service provider, you have certain protections afforded to you by the FCC that help you keep that number in the event you change service providers, or even change businesses. Today we’ll cover that protection, some pitfalls to watch out for, and how to go about changing providers should the need arise.
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Posted in 800 Numbers, Toll Free Numbers, Vanity Toll Free Numbers, Virtual Phone Numbers, Virtual Phone Systems | Tagged 800 Numbers, Toll Free Numbers, toll free service providers, Vanity Toll Free Numbers, Virtual Phone Systems |
By Nick Gowdy on March 30, 2010
I recently went over how to use vanity toll free numbers to help build your brand. In that post, I mentioned one of the trickiest parts of wielding a vanity number is finding it in the first place. The pool of available toll free numbers on the national database is limited, and many businesses before you have had a chance to comb through looking for their prized pick.
But all is not lost. Today I’ll cover one of the lesser-explored ways around available number limitations: the vanity overdial. Businesses such as 1800MATTRESS (1-800-MAT-TRES[S]) and 1800 CONTACTS (1-800-CON-TACT[S]) have been using vanity number overdial for years with great success. By stretching your vanity toll free number one or two letters over the edge, you can get your hands on coveted, high-value vanity spellings that are otherwise unavailable.
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Posted in Toll Free Numbers, Vanity Toll Free Numbers, Virtual Phone Numbers | Tagged toll free number tricks, vanity overdial, Vanity Toll Free Numbers |
