Tag: Direct Marketing

Who's Calling? How to track calls back to your marketing campaigns

Who’s Calling? How to track calls back to your marketing campaigns

Do you ever feel like you’re stuck in a routine that’s just not working? Perhaps you need a change but you’re not quite sure what it is? While people are . . . CONTINUE READING

5 ways to maximize toll-free numbers in radio ads

5 ways to maximize toll-free numbers in radio ads

So you’ve picked a meaningful, memorable toll-free number and you’re enthused about leveraging that into a catchy radio ad — especially now that you can use call-tracking metrics to monitor campaign . . . CONTINUE READING

Memorable Toll Free Numbers Can Assist Lead Gen

How Memorable Toll Free Numbers Can Assist Lead Gen

As a lead marketer, it is your job to appeal to your customers in every way possible. With a memorable toll free number, your customers will not only view your . . . CONTINUE READING

Increase Inbound Response

One Simple Trick to Increase Inbound Response

We’ve all heard it before: “one simple trick…” Do they really exist? If you’re a direct marketer, the answer is simple: yes. There is one simple trick to increase your . . . CONTINUE READING

The Bell Never Tolls

For Whom The Bell Never Tolls

Dial800’s success is founded in memorable numbers and remarkable response By Ian P. Murphy. Dial800 launched in 1989 as a service bureau to provide businesses with toll-free numbers after industry . . . CONTINUE READING

Men’s Health Magazine

Men’s Health Magazine: 5 Ways to Remember a Phone Number

Step 1: Repeat. Ask the person to slowly repeat the number. This gives your brain time to split the digits into manageable chunks and begin making connections with numbers that . . . CONTINUE READING

Numbers Increase Profitability

The Right Numbers Increase Profitability

It is commonly understood that toll-free numbers that start with an 800-prefix, versus other prefix alternatives such as an 888, 877 or 866 give marketers an advantage, but just how . . . CONTINUE READING

Numeric 800 Numbers Drive Better Response

Numeric 800 Numbers Drive Better Response: Case Study I

Situation Direct response marketers are interested in optimizing their campaigns. This study answers the question: Do memorable toll-free numbers increase consumer response to short form direct response advertising? Definitions Memorable toll-free numbers, . . . CONTINUE READING

Toll-Free Misprint Wreaks

Toll-Free Misprint Wreaks Havoc On Charitable Intentions

Further evidence that the term “toll-free number” and the prefix 800 are synonymous in the minds of many comes from this story out of Cincinnati.  As WCPO Channel 9 reports, . . . CONTINUE READING

Memorable 800 Number vs. Non Memorable

A/B Split Test: Memorable 800 Number vs. Non Memorable

  How would you like to see your short-form direct marketing results potentially increase by as much as 40, 50, 60 percent or more? The key may very well lie . . . CONTINUE READING