This week we've launched the new BellesLink sales dialer. We call it the Contact Dialer. It’s ready to use in every customer’s account. There’s no additional cost for the dialer. It uses the call minutes already included in every ... [Read more »]

Many BellesLink customers are real estate investors who like to use batch people search to find phone numbers for property owners. Many of the properties investors are searching are owned by a family trust. Family trusts can’t be searched thr... [Read more »]

Batch people search is a convenient way for you to append phone numbers to a list of names and addresses. Some people call this “batch search” or “bulk search”. Typically you’ll manage your list in a master spreadsheet that contains other columns of data about your customers. Merging batch peop... [Read more »]

Did you know that 98% of text messages get read by the recipient? It’s true. Also, 90% of American adults text. That makes sms text messaging a great way to contact the customers you find through a people search.

By contrast, fewer and fewer people answer a phone call from a number the... [Read more »]

Many of BellesLink customers are real estate investors who like to use batch people searches to find phone numbers for property owners. Many of the properties investors are searching are owned by a limited liability company. Limited liability companies, or LLCs, can’t be searched through a batch process. So, how to find LLC owners using pub... [Read more »]

Most businesses using bulk phone number lookup are loosing 10%-30% of their potential results because of poor setup in the spreadsheet file they submit for the search. For every one hundred phone numbers they search for, they get 10-30 blank results they shouldn’t get. This lower hit-rate costs businesses time, money, and opportunities. Luckily the fix is simple.

I handle customer support... [Read more »]

There was a time, not too long ago, when a phone call was the most common way a customer would contact your business. It’s true, a customer would actually pick up their landline phone and dial your number. Of course, back then call tracking wasn't available to small businesses.

Then came the internet and customer contacts shifted to email and website forms. Web-based contacts are convenient... [Read more »]

Making Contact is the Goal
Small businesses have different reasons why they search people by address using public records data. They might be doing a people search to prospect for new customers or they might be looking for current contact information of an existing customer. The goal, though, is always the same. The business wants to find a current phone number so they can make contact with the... [Read more »]

A federal district court judge has ruled that ringless voicemails and voicemail drops are in fact “calls” and fall within the purview of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991 (TCPA) allowing the lawsuit of [Read more »]

Last week I did a demo with Jen, a real estate investor who is looking for people search software. She said he had a great phone system for getting leads from bandit signs, yellow letters, and door hangers.

When I called her bandit sign number I got a different message.
“This Mailbox Is Full”.

Jen’s campaign was successful but her system was failing. She freaked out at the though... [Read more »]