Thursday, March 20, 2014
FAQ: Exactly how do CallFire phone numbers work?
We get a lot of questions around how our local and toll-free phone numbers work. Hopefully this post helps to answer them.
Tuesday, August 19, 2014
AdWords Optimization Lesson 1: Check your Campaign Settings
** This is the first in an occasional series about optimizing your Google AdWords account. Since most of CallFire's clientele is made up of small business owners, I hope to share my marketing expertise to help them become better marketers for their businesses.
Monday, February 7, 2011
Extracting Text into Separate Columns
by Jeff Spisak
So you've run a campaign and everything went swimmingly. Now you are ready to extract your data and review your findings. There's just one problem: Excel pulls all your particular data and lumps it all in the same column. Isn't there a way to make it more readable?
Monday, February 7, 2011
Merging Columns in Excel
by Jeff Spisak
So you're all ready to import your numbers into CallFire when you notice, to your horror, that the area codes and the phone numbers are in different columns! Do you have to copy and paste the entire list by hand? Isn't there another way? Take heart: there is indeed! Just grab your Excel workbook and follow along with us.
Thursday, May 15, 2014
855 Toll Free Numbers
by Kimberly Kohatsu
Not everyone realizes that there is a recently unveiled toll-free area code, 855, available.
An 855 phone number works exactly like any 800 number (800, 877, 866, 888). The benefit, however, is because these numbers are brand new, you can be assured no other business has ever owned or used this number in the past. Your business won't get any calls intended for a previous owner, which can sometimes happen when numbers get recycled.
Friday, February 4, 2011
VIDEO: Tips to Creating an Effective Voice Broadcast
by Kimberly Kohatsu
In my capacity as CallFire's Director of Marketing, I am trying not only to market CallFire as a brand, but to help our clients, most of whom are small business owners, market themselves.
Monday, January 31, 2011
AdWords to AdCenter: A PPC Search Advertiser's Advice on Going from Google to Bing (VIDEO)
by Natalia Klishina
Due to all the interest in my earlier post about transferring campaigns from Google AdWords into Microsoft AdCenter (Bing), I decided to add on some additional information I've learned since then, and to put it all in video form.
A condensed text version for those unable to watch the (subtitled) video:
Tuesday, March 18, 2014
Extra Credit: How Educational Institutions Can Get Ahead With CallFire
by Natalia Klishina 
This past weekend was UCI's homecoming, and the UCI Alumni Association already had a plan to get the message out. Same as last year, they recorded a message providing information on when and where the basketball game would take place, as well as urging alumni to reserve their tickets now by going to the alumni website.
This past weekend was UCI's homecoming, and the UCI Alumni Association already had a plan to get the message out. Same as last year, they recorded a message providing information on when and where the basketball game would take place, as well as urging alumni to reserve their tickets now by going to the alumni website.
Monday, January 17, 2011
Copy Your CallFire Campaigns with the Copy Campaign Command
A common question we get at CallFire is how to add numbers to a campaign that’s already running. If the campaign has finished, you’ll want to create a subset campaign, and you can learn how to do that in this nifty video featuring our solutions guru Ryan.
Thursday, February 20, 2014
Using CallFire in Emergency Situations
by Kimberly Kohatsu, Marketing
A series of tornadoes touched down recently in Missouri, Arkansas, and Illinois. Homes and businesses were damaged or destroyed, power went out, trees were downed, and unfortunately, several lives were lost.