Posted on 05/28/2004 12:50:59 AM PDT by JohnHuang2
Edited on 07/12/2004 4:15:35 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
"What's in a name?" There was a time when the right name signaled status and good breeding. In today's high-tech society, a better question might be "what's in a phone number?"
Nobody knows the answer to that question better than America's business people -- from the smallest mom-and-pop organization to the largest corporations. Before a meeting can be set up or a sale made, the customer has to make that first call. That is why memorable numbers are sought after and millions are spent on advertising to drum phone numbers into the consumer consciousness.
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