All the more reason for businesses to publish some kind of legitimate phone number even if they don't want to be bothered they should set up a voice recording of some kind.
Cal On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 1:36 PM, Robert Eickmann <[email protected]> wrote: > > When I put together the Startup Weekend event and sent out the emails > announcing the event I put my phone number in the emails. > > My cell phone number now has enough Google page rank juice on it, that > when you search google maps for 'Google Seattle' my cell phone number > appears as the phone number for Google's Fremont office. (Got a call > from a guy looking for human resources this morning...). > > This of course led me to thinking about other companies that don't > publish their phone numbers and the fun you could have.... > > For 5 bucks a month, I can setup a 1800 number with twilio that will > redirect to any number of my choosing. There is technically nothing > preventing me from publishing the 'unofficial' amazon/ barnes and > nobel/ etc customer service number all over the internet and sending > those calls to say Borders.... > > Or for that matter out phone number page ranking my competitor and > sending all of those phone numbers to say the better business > bureau... > > With more and more people not using phone books.... You could have a > *LOT* of fun. > > -Rob > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Website: http://saturdayhouse.org/ Post: [email protected] Unsubscribe: [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
