Vanity Number as a Business Resource

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Most businesses opt to get a vanity phone number, mainly because it's easier for customers to remember. As long as the business owners know how to optimize it, then it can be useful for the business. However, the problem is that a lot of entrepreneurs don't know how to use it properly.

The use of vanity number is a great means of promoting and marketing your product and or service. It is not solely a group of numbers for people to call. More importantly, it guarantees that your customers are aware of your business. It allows them to remember the way of reaching and starting transactions with you.

The first bit of advice that goes into making the most of a vanity number is to make it easy to remember, but still connected to the business. The catchier and easier it is for customers to remember what comes after 1-800, the more likely it is for customers to remember who to call for their specific needs. The number should also be something related to the business at hand. People who pick a number that has no connection to the business itself are both wasting the number and potentially costing itself business due to people making the wrong assumptions.


There is more to vanity number than just digits. While it's primary function is to serve as a mode of communication, it also plays a larger role than that. For instance, it is a part of the branding scheme that the company is implementing. So instead of being a separate aspect, the number should be an extension of the branding and marketing strategies. This not only gives the impression of constancy and consistency, it also helps to highlight a company's marketing approach.

Another thing to remember is to make sure that there is no other domain name that matches the number. The reason for this is again to maintain that image of consistency and to send the message to the customers that you really mean business. Also, this way customers will find it easier to remember, since they only need to keep one thing in mind. Here there won't be a need to go find a directory or look up the number in the site.

In many cases, it also proves profitable to make the number as catchy as possible. Similar to jingles from advertising campaigns, a catchy number is easier to promote and remember. It also helps make it easier to integrate into an advertising campaign or commercial. As with anything else in advertising and marketing, the easier it is to remember, the higher the chances it will convert the audience into customers over time and exposure.


Using toll free phone numbers as a marketing device is a smart move. It does not only allow customers to reach the business; it also helps create a reputation for the brand. Thus, it is important that the chosen vanity number gives off positive character for the business.

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