When Starting A New Business, Get Your 1-800 Number in Advance.

Toll free phone service is skyrocketing in popularity. More than two-thirds of the available numbers are taken and the percentage of “retired” numbers, (returned to the database for someone else to use) it very low. If you know you want a 1-800 number for your business, make it a priority to get one well before you are ready to open for business. Then prepare your stationary, ads, website and business cards. Release the information when you are ready and the phone will start ringing.

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