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Paul whatever you give away, I would make sure that it is FREE to you. But not necessarily the customer. Even if the cost to them is filling in an email address or getting details to sell them products later.

By giving information they are essentially telling you they are interested in your products. This is a great way to build a targeted mailing list.

Once a client is on your mailing list and happy to receive updates you can upsell your other deals. forever. 30% discount, limited time. ONLY 12 LEFT IN STOCK! etc

A really fantastic free item to give away is information/ebooks as suggested above. As it really is free, costs nothing to post, or share. But most importantly can be automated. How this can align with the rest of the business depends on the product and being a bit creative.

One-two punch. An instant one-time offer after getting the free promotion can work nicely too. - "Hey thanks for your interest in the 'free Widget promo' to say thanks, we are offering Red Widget for only XX in the next 24 hours. etc.

Good luck, and where's the link for free stuff!?

The internet can be a bit like the wild west, especially in SEO.

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Hi Clive,

Thankyou for outlining these points. Nasty premium rate numbers or any other numbers in place I have a distrust for so very much appreciated your taking the time to explain.

I confess I did not note the T&C's but my main issue was with the alternative numbers, which you took time to explain. Agreed that some nefarious directories use premium rate numbers or similar which I immediately treat with distrust and the cause of my concern.

Apologies for the rant.

I have removed my tin foil hat now. 

That you have left this public and answered in kind is great.

Thanks Again

Gareth

Hello support,

I work my own small business and joined this directory to (hopefully) get a few more leads from customers.

Unfortunately, my business listing's phone number has been changed to an 'alternative number', though I requested this to be changed,e I was advised this is used for tracking calls and monitoring. Though other businesses seem to have been able to retain their own number so I am not sure why my business has been singled out, or if you follow calls only in certain business niches...

"We utilise tracking technology allowing us to track call usage and online traffic to the site. This involves us assigning a 084 number over your number.

These are not premium rate numbers. There is no cost or impact to you and callers only pay 7p per minute plus the phone company's access charge.

If you have any further queries please do not hesitate to contact the office.

I followed with (2) email request to correct my number or remove my listing (the remove button is not working) and had no response, hence my post in this thread.

My concern her is that from a marketing point of view, it could be possible that you  collect the leads from anyone looking for similar services on your directory and sell them on to other contractors. Though I am sure that is not the case. I do not see any reason you would need to change the number otherwise.I have never come across a directory doing this.

If you can change the number to my actual business number that would be perfect, it looks like a great community in here.

Kind Regards

Gareth