This is our seventh installment of a feature designed to assist you in your efforts to save some time and effort in your day-to-day quest for information. As we locate valuable resources, we’ll post them here for your convenience. Browse the listing, identify potential assets, make a quick trip to those sites you choose to see if they may be worthwhile to add to your Favorites.
If you happen to have resources you feel might be valuable to others, please feel free to send them to me at the e-mail address listed here, and we’ll certainly consider posting them as well.
What Does Your Phone Number Spell?
Are you opening a business and need a new phone number? This site allows you to pick a new 7- or 8-digit phone number by typing in an available exchange (first 3 digits) to see what one-word numbers you can choose from. Searching for just the right toll-free number to advertise? Simply type in letters and this site will show you the corresponding phone number. The PhoneSpell® search engine provides four services in one. You may have heard that now you can take your phone number with you when you move. Enter a 6- to 10-digit phone number, and it will show you what words and phrases your phone number spells to help you decide if you want to keep it. If you have more questions, you’ll appreciate this sites FAQs. At this site, you can:
- Enter a full phone number and see what words and phrases it spells;
- Enter the start of a phone number and see what words start with those digits;
- Enter some letters and see (and even dial) the corresponding phone number; and
- Enter your 16 digit Wii “friend code” and see if it spells something cool.
Free Directory Assistance Calls to Businesses
Google to the rescue again. Simply dial 800-GOOG-411 and you immediately save money. This number will allow you to make free directory assistance calls to businesses throughout the United States and Canada. You might wonder why Google would offer this service. Its voice recognition software is gathering a lot of sample data to perfect it. You can put it on speed dial on your cell phone or even have a technician modify your phone system so it will dial Google 411 when employees dial the traditional directory assistance numbers, which usually cost anywhere from $1.25 to $1.99 a call. Take a minute and figure out how many of those calls you make in a year and you’ll see that this is a real cost-cutter.
Mr. Picassohead
You’ve got to actually experience this one to appreciate it. This site will permit you to “paint” in the style of the famed abstract artist Picasso. It’s an online do-it-yourself portrait center that quickly becomes habitual if you aren’t careful. This will remind you of the old-fashioned Mr. Potato Head Game updated to our computer age. Simply drag and drop Picasso elements such as faces, eyes, nose, ears, lips, mouth, eyebrows, hair, and even your signature onto a blank canvas and suddenly you’ve created a masterpiece!
Reach Key People Immediately
This is an award-winning, easy-to-use, and popular one-to-many calling service. Phonevite provides you a free service for reaching key people right away. You can now contact 25 people with a single phone call and even more than that for a fee. Phonevite can provide:
- Wake-up calls for you and/or your group
- Reminders for tasks and follow-ups
- Emergency alerts to the team
- Conference call reminders
- Weather cancellations
- Last-minute party/event reminders
- Quick motivational message to the team
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