Ma Bell Still Counts- You Must Get Listed in ALL the Phone Books
Ma Bell Still Counts- You Must Get Listed in ALL the Phone Books
Are you listed? Better call 411 and find out, Oh, and better call from your friend’s cell phone directory, too, as they have another service, and don’t forget to call Cingular, nope AT&T bought them out … get the picture? If you aren’t listed in every directory you don’t exist to a bunch of consumers who are trying to do business with you. You need to fix that!
Back in the day it was basically automatic -- there was one phone company and they put your business in the book. It’s not so fast and easy today. In a perfect world they’re supposed to all work together and populate on another’s books and databases, but that’s not happening.
This whole problem came to light when a close friend tried to get his home number OFF the phone list of all the directories since they were all giving his home number out for the Meijer Thrifty Acres store. He got 20 calls a day for months on end and could not make them stop. He even put a message on an answering machine that said “Hi, this is not Meijer’s …” My friend made dozens of attempts to correct the situation. He eventually located all the directories with his
name in it and notified them.
So, with that in mind, to help you get your company listed I’ve compiled a comprehensive list of places to call, email or submit your business so you can get your business listed in the Phone Book.
• AT&T Real Yellow Pages and yellowpages.com. For Real Yellow Pages call 866-620-6000. The online yellowpages.com is a combined operation of AT&T, BellSouth and Cingular. Call 800-479-2977 or visit www.nationalyp.com.
• YELLOWBOOK USA Call 800-373-2324 or visit: www.yellowbook.com
• Verizon print directories and www.superpages.com online option. Call 800-789-5756 or visit www.directorystore.comproduct/index.jsp.
• R.H. Donnelley is one of the nation's leading Yellow Pages and online local commercial search companies. The company operates in 28 states. Visit their web site to check if they handle your state. www.rhd.com
• Nextel, and other wireless and online ventures, use the yellow pages service of go2 System of Irvine, California. Call: 949-553-0800.
• Yellow Pages Nationwide, Inc. Call 888-935-5698 or visit: http://www.yellowpagesnationwide.com/
• Enlace Spanish Yellow Pages by Cobalt Publishing LLC, the largest Spanish phone directory in nation in 22 markets. Call 502-585-0640 or visit: www.superpaginas.com.
• Your Community Phone Book, independent telephone directory publishers in 150 markets in mid-Atlantic and southern U.S. Call 677-3839 or visit:: www.communitybook.com
• Internet Yellow Pages online yellow pages. Call 800-300-3209 or visit: www.up.com
• MobileGates, wireless yellow pages. Call 714-464-8000
• The online Yellow Pages owned by AT&T projects 1.8 billion searches this year. Get a free listing which unfortunately has to be renewed manually every year at www.yellowpages.com
Here’s an interesting tidbit, nearly 50% of all internet searches are for business phone numbers or addresses. So if you are not listed in all of the major search engines you really don’t exist. For a comprehensive list of places to list your business visit: http://www.locallytype.com/pages/submit.htm This is a terrific resource for getting your business listed.
One more thing. There are many independent Yellow Pages publishers throughout the country. Be sure to contact the major phone company in your local area to get listed. They are usually the most complete and up-to-date resource since they are mandated by the FCC to maintain that information. You can then go to the website of your phone company and see who they have contracted with to provide their yellow pages, and make the connection.
For instance, if you live in Florida, depending on your area, you may have either AT&T, Sprint or Verizon phone service. All three provide their own yellow pages. If you go to the phone company website, it will give you all the contact information for that area.
Do it now and “get listed.”
-END-
Ma Bell Still Counts You Must Get Listed in ALL the Phone Books - To learn more about this author, visit Scott Lorenz's Website.
Like this article? Share it with your friends
Whew! You’ve just opened your new business, your ads are working, the web site is up, and the signage is done. But, wait! What about a listing in the phone book? Yes, people still use the phone book, but they’re more apt to call directory assistance from their cell phone when they’re motoring down the road.
Are you listed? Better call 411 and find out, Oh, and better call from your friend’s cell phone directory, too, as they have another service, and don’t forget to call Cingular, nope AT&T bought them out … get the picture? If you aren’t listed in every directory you don’t exist to a bunch of consumers who are trying to do business with you. You need to fix that!
Back in the day it was basically automatic -- there was one phone company and they put your business in the book. It’s not so fast and easy today. In a perfect world they’re supposed to all work together and populate on another’s books and databases, but that’s not happening.
This whole problem came to light when a close friend tried to get his home number OFF the phone list of all the directories since they were all giving his home number out for the Meijer Thrifty Acres store. He got 20 calls a day for months on end and could not make them stop. He even put a message on an answering machine that said “Hi, this is not Meijer’s …” My friend made dozens of attempts to correct the situation. He eventually located all the directories with his
name in it and notified them.
So, with that in mind, to help you get your company listed I’ve compiled a comprehensive list of places to call, email or submit your business so you can get your business listed in the Phone Book.
• AT&T Real Yellow Pages and yellowpages.com. For Real Yellow Pages call 866-620-6000. The online yellowpages.com is a combined operation of AT&T, BellSouth and Cingular. Call 800-479-2977 or visit www.nationalyp.com.
• YELLOWBOOK USA Call 800-373-2324 or visit: www.yellowbook.com
• Verizon print directories and www.superpages.com online option. Call 800-789-5756 or visit www.directorystore.comproduct/index.jsp.
• R.H. Donnelley is one of the nation's leading Yellow Pages and online local commercial search companies. The company operates in 28 states. Visit their web site to check if they handle your state. www.rhd.com
• Nextel, and other wireless and online ventures, use the yellow pages service of go2 System of Irvine, California. Call: 949-553-0800.
• Yellow Pages Nationwide, Inc. Call 888-935-5698 or visit: http://www.yellowpagesnationwide.com/
• Enlace Spanish Yellow Pages by Cobalt Publishing LLC, the largest Spanish phone directory in nation in 22 markets. Call 502-585-0640 or visit: www.superpaginas.com.
• Your Community Phone Book, independent telephone directory publishers in 150 markets in mid-Atlantic and southern U.S. Call 677-3839 or visit:: www.communitybook.com
• Internet Yellow Pages online yellow pages. Call 800-300-3209 or visit: www.up.com
• MobileGates, wireless yellow pages. Call 714-464-8000
• The online Yellow Pages owned by AT&T projects 1.8 billion searches this year. Get a free listing which unfortunately has to be renewed manually every year at www.yellowpages.com
Here’s an interesting tidbit, nearly 50% of all internet searches are for business phone numbers or addresses. So if you are not listed in all of the major search engines you really don’t exist. For a comprehensive list of places to list your business visit: http://www.locallytype.com/pages/submit.htm This is a terrific resource for getting your business listed.
One more thing. There are many independent Yellow Pages publishers throughout the country. Be sure to contact the major phone company in your local area to get listed. They are usually the most complete and up-to-date resource since they are mandated by the FCC to maintain that information. You can then go to the website of your phone company and see who they have contracted with to provide their yellow pages, and make the connection.
For instance, if you live in Florida, depending on your area, you may have either AT&T, Sprint or Verizon phone service. All three provide their own yellow pages. If you go to the phone company website, it will give you all the contact information for that area.
Do it now and “get listed.”
-END-
Ma Bell Still Counts You Must Get Listed in ALL the Phone Books - To learn more about this author, visit Scott Lorenz's Website.
Like this article? Share it with your friends
 | |
 |
No article feedback found. |
| |
Leave Your Feedback |
 | |
| |||
Linda RichardsonLinda Richardson is the Founder and Executive Chairwoman of Richardson, a global sales training and performance improvement company. As a recognized leader in the industry, she has won the coveted Stevie Award for Lifetime Achievement in Sales Excellence and she was identified by Training Industry, Inc. as one of the “Top 20 Most Influential Training Professionals.” Ms. Richardson is credited with the movement to Consultative Selling and is the author of ten books on selling and sales management, including Sales Coaching — Making the Great Leap from Sales Manager to Sales Coach, and Stop Telling, Start Selling. She teaches sales and management at the Wharton Graduate School of the University of Pennsylvania and the Wharton Executive Development Center. Linda is a frequent speaker at industry and client conferences, has been published extensively in industry and training journals, and has been featured in numerous publications, including The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Nation’s Business, Selling Power, Success, and The Conference Board Magazine. Learn more about Richardson's sales training and performance improvement solutions at http://www.richardson.com web - Visit Linda Richardson's Website |
|||
|
To learn more about the Evan Elite Author Program please contact us. | |||
 | |
|  |
Subscribe to Scott's articles
 | |
|
|  |
 |
|
Scott Lorenz Video - Book publicist Scott Lorenz
is President of Westwind Communications, a public relations and marketing firm with a special knack for working with authors and entrepreneurs to help them get all the publicity they deserve and more.
Lorenz works with bestselling authors and self-published authors promoting all types of books, whether its their first book or their 15th book. Hes handled publicity for books by CEOs, Navy SEALS, CIA Officers, Homemakers, Fitness Gurus, Doctors, Lawyers and Adventurers. Hes generated media coverage for numerous genres including, fiction, health, romance, business and children.
|
|
|
 | |||||||
|
 | ||
 |
||
 |
||
 |
||
|
| ||
 |
| Have you written articles that would be of value to entrepreneurs? Become an expert on our site by publishing them! Expose yourself to a wide audience, drive more traffic to your website and get more sales! Click Here for details. |
|
|
 |
| Modeling the Masters: Learn the true secrets behind Walt Disney's business success factors & grow your company! Video produced by Phanta Media |
|
|
 |
"Learn straight from Evan how you can Make a Full Time Income (And More) from a Website"
Click Here To Learn More |
|
|
|
|
Get advice & tips from famous business owners, new articles by entrepreneur experts, my latest website updates, & special sneak peaks at what's to come!
|
|
|
 Fitness Sales Success 25 Facebook & Twitter Tips Disappearing Leader Factual Making Life Work |
|
 | ||
 |
Top 50 Raising Capital Blogs
Top Blogs To Watch In 2008 | |
 |
Top 50 Social Media Blogs
Top 50 Social Media Blogs | |
| ||
 | ||||
| ||||
|
| ||||
| ||||
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||
|
Email us your ideas on how to make our website more valuable! Thank you Sharon from Toronto Salsa Lessons / Classes for your suggestions to make the newsletter look like the website and profile younger entrepreneurs like Jennifer Lopez and Sean Combs!
|
|
|
