As a new small business, setting up your communications can feel daunting. From getting a business number to launching your website, you can get the basics of your business communications running perhaps quicker than you think.
The Reuters Customer Service and Experience West conference made a return trip to San Diego, California on April 21 and 22 and I was privileged to attend with a couple of my NumberBarn colleagues. As far as conferences go, it was a fairly intimate gathering with a few hundred contact center and customer experience (CX) […]
Seattle didn’t end up with multiple area codes overnight. It just… kept growing. Tech companies moved in. Startups followed. People showed up from everywhere. And eventually, so did more phones than one area code could handle. (Yes, this is a story about phone numbers. Stay with me.) Today, Seattle uses three main area codes: 206, […]
They say “everything is bigger in Texas.” From world-famous BBQ, to big hair and big cities, this big state boasts a lot of local pride. Like a few other famous Texas cities, Dallas is a big city. Like, embarrassingly big. Big enough that one area code just couldn’t handle it anymore and had to call […]
Did you know that you can actually spell full words, like “F-U-N” with some area codes? Besides creating endless words and phrases with the letter combinations on your phone keypad, area codes that “spell things” can open the door to limitless possibilities to personalize or customize a phone number. With the exhaustion of original area […]
“Imagine a device as powerful as a calculator,” Steve Jobs never once said while standing on a dimly lit stage. He also never took a flip-phone out from his jean pockets before asking us to gaze into the past. Yet, had Apple’s former CEO ever announced, “Our new device can make and receive calls,” it […]
Fasten your seatbelts cause it’s a wild ride out there! With phone numbers tied to virtually all of our personal accounts, logins, authentications, etc., protecting your phone number is more crucial than ever. Spamming, spoofing, smishing, phishing – we’re running out of phrases for common types of security threats bombarding from every angle. So, how […]
Houston is big. Like “you can drive for an hour and still be in Houston” big. So it makes sense that having one lonely area code was never going to cut it — not with millions of residents, nonstop growth, and the fact that most of us now juggle a phone, a work line, a […]
If you’ve landed here, you’re likely already familiar with the fact that you don’t have to stick to “carrier assigned phone numbers.” You can purchase phone numbers that you actually want or prefer. So, let’s get into what actually matters when you’re ready to buy a phone number — because there’s a little more to […]
Your phone number is tied to almost everything you do – banking, deliveries, job applications, medical appointments, even multi-factor authentication. When you make a call, your number may reveal more than you expect: your location, your identity, or a link back to your personal line. Sometimes, you want to make a call without sharing your […]
Chicago is a city where neighborhoods feel like small towns, historic streets tell long stories, and yep, people still get oddly protective about their area codes. If you’ve ever wondered why 312 feels iconic, why 773 is everywhere, or how 872 quietly joined the family, you’re in the right place. This guide explores Chicago area […]
Tired of your toque and longing to log in to work from some white sandy beach or warmer locale? Or maybe you’re reveling in sunny Southern California and dreading a return to a subzero Canadian winter. If you’re starting or growing a business in Canada — or expanding into the Canadian market — you might […]
Caller ID might seem like a small detail, but when it’s wrong or missing entirely, it can cause real problems. Maybe your phone shows an old business name. Maybe it says “Wireless Caller” instead of something recognizable. Or maybe your calls aren’t being answered at all because people don’t trust what they see on their […]
Have you ever received a text clearly meant for someone else? Or a call where the person on the other end swears you called them first? You start to wonder about the life of the phone number before you acquired it. Finding out the phone number history of your digits can get confusing. Most phone […]