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 for BellesLink’s bulk search, which includes phone number lookups. Everyday I help customers who got … [Read more...]
Call tracking for marketing using a virtual phone system
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 for businesses because they are easy to manage and track—everything is digital.When our phones … [Read more...]
Search to Call: How to search people by address and contact them by phone.
Making Contact is the GoalSmall 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 customer.In the business world there’s a lot of talk about getting the best data: people … [Read more...]
NEW! Premium Reverse Phone Number Skip Tracing Search and More
BellesLink skip tracing searches are constantly being expanded and improved. We’re happy to announce the addition of three new premium searches.Premium Reverse Phone Search Premium Business Search Premium Debt Profile SearchLike all our premium searches, these new searches use the highest quality data to return rich, accurate, and detailed results.Premium Reverse Address Search: Returns data-rich results that include additional phone numbers, emails, and address … [Read more...]
Batch Search Gets Better–Bulk Skip Tracing Improved
Go from list to leads faster. We’ve just released our biggest Batch Search update yet, adding features that will save you time when you're uploading your lists and downloading your results. We’ve eliminated all the hassles of formatting data and saving separate spreadsheets so you can focus on turning your list into leads. Spend less time formatting lists and more time creating leads.Full Names Are No Problem You don’t have to waste your time separating the names in your … [Read more...]
NEW! Premium Reverse Address Skip Tracing Search
BellesLink skip tracing searches are constantly being expanded and improved. We’re happy to announce the addition of our new Premium Reverse Address search. Like all our premium searches, Reverse Address searches the highest quality data to return rich and detailed results. These results include the information you need to make contact with the current resident or property owner. Mobile and landline phone numbers Email addresses Relatives Associates Property records Business … [Read more...]
Ringless Voicemail Is Ruled Out
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 Saunders v. Dyck O’Neal, 17-cv-335, 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 121076 in the Western District of Michigan to proceed. The Court’s Opinion Defendant Dyck O’Neal argued that “direct drop” voicemails are not “calls” under the TCPA. His argument was based on the contention that: 1) it did … [Read more...]
Should You Go Pro?
As you might know, we just launched our new Pro subscription plan. It includes skip tracing searches, phone, text, and our CRM all for just $9.95 per month. The response has been through the roof! Lots of customers are loving it because at price of just $9.95 per month the Pro Plan is a great fit for businesses that don’t skip trace everydayWe've gotten questions asking for more detail on what’s included in the pro plan. so I’m going to take a few minutes and walk you through … [Read more...]
New! Pro & Business Subscription Plans
Not too long ago public records data was only available to businesses who could afford high subscription fees and large monthly minimums. But, many businesses can benefit from using public data. In fact we’d argue it’s a better investment than advertising for directly reaching potential customers for a professional services business like real estate. Since businesses come in all sizes, BellesLink has created subscription plans to fit them.The Pro Plan $9.95 per month Our new Pro Plan is … [Read more...]
Skip Tracing Addresses of Family Trusts
Many of our real estate investing customers prefer to use our Batch Search tool for skip tracing property owners and addresses. But many of the properties they want to skip trace are owned by Family Trusts or Living Trusts and instead of having a first name and last name for the property owner it will be something like "Smith Family Trust".Our Batch Search tool requires a first name and last name so if these family trusts are included in a batch, they won't return a result. But … [Read more...]