When you're choosing a new business phone number to promote your business, getting a memorable 08, 03 or 01/02 number, instead of just any series of random digits, could actually have a significant impact on how many of your customers or potential customers respond to your advertising campaign.

So what actually makes a great memorable business phone number then distinguishable from a standard number?

Consecutive Numbers or Blocks of Numbers or a Symmetry in the numbers is what exactly makes the phone number easy to remember, also significant personal numbers (like 1973 as a year) that appear within the number, all these elements combine to make a phone number stick in your mind.

The number chosen by our clients is determined by a number of factors including whether the business to be perceived in a specific geographical area, for example a Manchester 0161 number will give you presence here.

Regardless of whether you need to offer free calls to your potential clients or whether you're a charity or other non-profit driven organisation or whether you are taking a tougher commercial stance using 0871 or indeed 09, still the same is true.

A few cases of memorable business numbers available include:

020 88 88 7117
0800 200 6000
0300 300 2 300
 

Here are some reasons why your business simply should have a quality memorable business number:

A memorable business number can play a major part in enhancing/marketing your brand.

One of the best examples of this is with taxis. The chances are your way more likely to remember the number of the taxi company rather than which taxi company the number relates to. A great example of this is ‘Fenny Cabs’. They wanted to route their customer enquiries to mobile phones but also wanted a highly memorable business phone number.

Fenny Cabs one of our clients for instance stated that since the introduction of their memorable 01 business number they have been far busier as a result and are extremely satisfied by the service being supplied by 08UK.

For businesses that rely on word of mouth such as plumbers, window fitters, and computer service technicians this sort of 'telephone number to company' association is enhanced by having a memorable business number and this number can become a driving force behind generating new business.

There are alternative methods for making your telephone number more memorable, that help link it with your brand. They're called "Alpha numbers". This is more common in the US, yet can in any case work in the UK too.

Alpha numbers aren’t any different to ordinary phone numbers in the way that they function, the process is simply associating the digits in the telephone number to the letters shown on a phones keypad.

For instance 0845 247 HAIR  (0845 247 4247)

A great catchy business number can add real value to your advertising campaign.

Having a telephone number with repeating digits or repeating your company name within it (an Alpha number) will add an extra dimension to your adverts.

This is seen frequently within TV advertising in an attempt to target those people with short attention spans. People are more likely to remember a number with repeated digits or sequences of digits.

Do people really remember telephone numbers anymore? This is a typical question. Is there really any value for your business in getting a really good memorable business number? Surely people don’t remember numbers, they’re just saved in call lists on the phone?

That may well be the situation, but in the same way as a memorable number helps give your adverts prominence, so will that memorable business number when it appears in peoples call lists.

Even with the power of Google at everyone’s fingertips, Word-of-Mouth still seems to be more important than ever.

People still want to deal with real people so if that process is made easier for your customers to share your contact details by providing a highly memorable business number then you’ll be more likely to get those quality leads.

There are many telephone number suppliers in the UK and it’s important to make sure you only deal with a reputable company.

Yes you should choose a major tier 1 network solution but you do not need to go to Virgin, BT, Citrus or Vodafone and be charged more for doing so.

Using a  tier1 re-seller like 08UK Ltd (only use major tier 1 network for your peace of mind) means in many cases you can aim to half competitors monthly bills for inbound 08, 03 or 01/02 number services.

As a particularly good example of an established, regulated telephone number company, 08UK offer memorable business numbers for all UK ranges or area codes; 0800, 0844, 0871, 0906 through to any 0208 plus Freephone numbers for multiple countries.

Memorable Virtual UK Business Phone Numbers can be set up to route calls to; any UK mobile or UK ISDN30 landline or SIP channel or indeed to any number internationally. 

 

If you would like to talk to one of our team to get any point clarifying please do not hesitate to contact us. Call us now for free on 0800 408 0807