landline no. forwarded to mobile?

[jrose]

Cheers for all the replies, has made interesting reading. I have recently been asking around family, friends and my best customers what I could do to improve my image, one of the things most people have said is a local landline, as it looks local, and I think in our area at least there is still a certain stigma with mobile only numbers.

 

I live with my family at the moment, and I don't think it would be in anyones best interest to have my 15 year old brother answering the phone to potential customers, him not having the slightest idea about trees! A local landline that diverts to my mobile would be the best bet for now I reckon, as if I can answer the phone I will, and if I'm working/driving/otherwise engaged, I will be able to ring them back ASAP.

 

I'll look up some of the links, thanks again everyone.

[firewood]

DBS are good for me. Local number looks more professional than a mobile, like it or not. Also WRT firewood, if you don't sell it there and then they'll ring someone else who will.

 

Very true.

 

http://www.kinnoirwoodfuel.co.uk

[roseyweb]

My virgin media landline diverts, costs me a fortune.

[scraggs]

My virgin media landline diverts, costs me a fortune.

Just out of interest are you diverting to a virgin mobile phone ?

Calls from a virgin landline to virgin mobile are free but I could never get a definate answer from virgin if it included diverted calls to a virgin mobile.

Edited December 22, 2011 by scraggs

[Matthew Storrs]

I think there is a stigma attached to phoning mobiles for the older generations. In all my advertising I always make it quite clear that my landline is for evenings and weekends only. But most phone my mobile leave a message and i get back to them on my breaks (i leave phone in truck else il lose it!)

[Stephen Blair]

Very true.

 

kwfhomepage

 

proof please:001_smile:

[hippytyre]

If you have a modern mobile phone you can do this using voip. I have a local number that rings both my landline and mobile at the same time. Free too.

Android and iphone should both manage this.

[firewood]

proof please:001_smile:

 

so far this season I have lost orders for about 8 loads because I missed the original call and the customer immediately called the next ad down in the local rag. In all cases I had returned the calls within 5 to 10 minutes. Annoyingly for boths parties i'm normally better value than the competition they ordered with.

 

http://www.kinnoirwoodfuel.co.uk

[firewood]

If you have a modern mobile phone you can do this using voip. I have a local number that rings both my landline and mobile at the same time. Free too.

Android and iphone should both manage this.

 

Please tell me more. Howto with an android phone?

 

http://www.kinnoirwoodfuel.co.uk

[karlton]

If you have a modern mobile phone you can do this using voip. I have a local number that rings both my landline and mobile at the same time. Free too.

Android and iphone should both manage this.

 

This sounds interesting, have you got anymore info on it? Just googled it but it all got a bit confusing