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Jenny Dempsey

Jenny Dempsey was Social Media & Customer Experience Manager from 2017-2020, bringing her extensive telecom industry knowledge to help build NumberBarn’s content-base while cultivating a positive & happy customer experience.

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Porting & Parking With NumberBarn: How much extra will this cost me?
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Porting & Parking With NumberBarn: How much extra will this cost me?

Just dive on in – the water is fine! Moving to a new location, traveling abroad or just want to keep a number without paying big bucks for a phone service? Porting your number and Parking with NumberBarn allows you to do just that. What is porting? Porting means transferring your phone number from one service […]

SMS notifications from your bank
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SMS notifications from your bank

So, you’re using your new NumberBarn local number as the phone number on file with your bank. You’re now waiting for the text message authorization from your bank to arrive to that number. You wait. You make a pot of tea. You read part of that novel you’ve been meaning to catch up. Ultimately, the […]

Little Pink Houses of America Paves a Path to Home Ownership Using NumberBarn
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Little Pink Houses of America Paves a Path to Home Ownership Using NumberBarn

Didi Haase runs the Little Pink Houses of America branch in Charlotte, North Carolina. Her and her team use the NumberBarn Call Forwarding service to simplify their business and make home ownership dreams come true. Here’s how the magic happens: Little Pink Houses of America provides a path to home ownership for those not able […]

How call forwarding minutes are calculated
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How call forwarding minutes are calculated

Time flies when you’re having fun! Minute use on a Call Forwarding plan is calculated for the entire duration of your call, including the time it forwards to the outside number until the time you hang up that call. With call forwarding, there is no handoff of the call once we connect it to your […]

The scoop on porting away to any service provider
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The scoop on porting away to any service provider

You scooped up a new phone number from NumberBarn. Now, you want to transfer it away to a different service provider. So, uh, can you transfer it to just any service provider? You can transfer to any provider that can support your phone number’s locality (city and state) or rate center. Your new service provider […]

How to Keep Your Business Phone Number When You Move
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How to Keep Your Business Phone Number When You Move

Moving to a new location is stressful enough. Add in the fact that the service provider in your new area cannot support the phone number on which everyone knows to reach you… What in the world do you do?!?!? Let Kyle Van Deusen, owner of OGAL Web Design, tell you in this video how he […]

Is NumberBarn Legit?
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Is NumberBarn Legit?

A potential customer reaches out on chat support: Not sure that we were legit, I respond in our NumberBarn California cheeky fashion to assuage any fears. “But really, we’re real. We’re based in San Diego, CA.” The conversation goes on to ensure that “Jenny Sue” on chat was not an AI bot spouting out generic […]

Save money on your phone bill using Call Forwarding
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Save money on your phone bill using Call Forwarding

Paying two phone bills sure does stink. Nix that second bill and save some dough! Here’s how our Call Forwarding service can help you. Receive calls on a phone you already have Transfer your existing phone number or buy a new number with NumberBarn to have calls ring from that number seamlessly on your other phone. Your callers will have no idea […]

Get a new cell phone number
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Get a new cell phone number

Wishing for a new cell phone number? Buy that new US or Canadian local number from NumberBarn and use it with your cell phone provider of choice. Here’s how to make the wish come true: Step 1: Find your phone number Start by finding your new cell phone number. Search local phone numbers in the US […]

How to Market Your Vanity Number
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How to Market Your Vanity Number

So, you’ve checked “get vanity business phone number” off of your to-do list. Congrats! We recommend not purchasing marketing materials until your number order has completed to your account. If you’re not familiar with the New Number Activation, check out this video below: Now, how do you get your number out there? We can’t guarantee […]

Guaranteed to Win “Father of the Year” With This Gift
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Guaranteed to Win “Father of the Year” With This Gift

“The plan was to have my daughter open up a gift with the number for her to call.  The number spells her name.  Then, the phone would ring and she’d find her new phone that way.” Dave, our customer from Indiana, crafted up a BIG surprise for his daughter this past Christmas. He secretly purchased […]

Step by Step Guide: Buy a New Number & Send Calls Straight to Voicemail
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Step by Step Guide: Buy a New Number & Send Calls Straight to Voicemail

Eat avocado toast instead of answering incoming calls. Much tastier! Purchase a NEW phone number with NumberBarn and forward calls straight to your voicemail box – no need to answer. Set up your NumberBarn voicemail to also send downloadable voicemail files directly to your email inbox, so you can save and check them at your […]

Will my new wireless carrier accept a NumberBarn number?
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Will my new wireless carrier accept a NumberBarn number?

Stop what you’re doing: If you will be buying a NumberBarn phone number to transfer to a wireless carrier, check with that carrier first to make sure they can support your number on their network.  The majority of carriers will accept phone number transfers from NumberBarn. NumberBarn’s numbers are classified as “wireline”. There is nothing […]

Win the election with NumberBarn
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Win the election with NumberBarn

Did you vote?  Students at a Preparatory Academy in Los Angeles sure did. Jada for President! Jada’s father helped purchase a vanity toll free number from NumberBarn. He used the number on the $2/month Park plan as an inexpensive marketing tool to help his daughter with her recent school election. He says, “She made flyers and buttons […]