27-Feb-2012 15:53

The power of online marketing?

SimplyFone have a corporate presence of lotsa 'sales' or commercial 'search-style' websites, some paid for, most freebies... and I've always wondered at the efficacy of this media to engender sales, product interest or simply direction to my own company websites.

Today, after having a free spot on Freeindex for a long time, so long indeed I’d forgotten they exist, what do ya know… this morning I opened up emails & I have received not one but two enquiries - both already followed up & as a consequence one thankfully resulted in an excellent order from an Estate Agent who is moving premises, to move several lines, install a couple of ISDN2es & a new telephone system ordered as a bonus…

...& to give them the credit, the email(s) read: "Business Enquiry for Simply Fone Ltd from FreeIndex.co.uk"

So to all those - including me - who are/were cynical about these ‘sites…. :)