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Research shows that 63% of consumers prefer doing business with companies offering a 0800 uk numbers since it increases the inquiry rate and can be used as a sales strategy. It also helps to increase the sales by three times because these numbers are non-geographic so people do not associate them with certain location and the company can expect calls from customers living outside the company’s locality and have a national image while being located in a small town.
A free number gives an incentive to the customers to call often which helps to build lasting relationship with existing customers as well as develop relationships with new customers. A research shows that 61% of UK consumers are more likely to call a company with a free phone number in preference to a comparable competitor without one.
A 0800 number is also shown to increase response to advertisement by 50 to 300 percent which means more new customers and increased customer base which is what is needed in this era of competition. Giving customer a free number to call at helps to build confidence by showing them that the company is ready to listen to their problems and help them.
Moreover, they are also used for monitoring response rate of advertisements. You can have separate 0800 numbers on each of your different advertisements and then you can monitor the effectiveness of each advertisement by looking at your call statistics. Thus, you can choose the adverts that are more effective.
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