Mobile Search Is The Top Source Of Calls To Businesses
Facts and trends that you should know!
✅ Phone Calls from Mobile Search Will Top 73 Billion in 2018!
Click-to-Call, also known as Click-to-Talk, is a form of Web based communication in which a person clicks an object (e.g., button, image or link) from their Smartphone to initiate a call to any phone number WITH JUST ONE CLICK OR TOUCH!
To facilitate that interaction between you and your prospective customers, provide the ability for your website visitors to call your phone number on EVERY PAGE by using the HTML5 Link Telephone Protocol.
I use graphics at the top of the web page to promote my logo and domain name that when clicked, automatically generates a call. Also have a "Call to Action" paragraph at the bottom of every page encouraging the visitors to either call or send me an email.
Problems Displaying Telephone Numbers on Web pages
❌ Some websites are designed where the business phone number is not clearly visible on every page or easy to find!
❌ If your website visitor is using a desktop or a laptop, there are very few software applications that allow the ability to initiate a phone call.
❌ If you show your phone number on a web page as a standard HTML text, only a few web browsers will automatically convert that phone number to a link that when clicked, the Smartphone will initiate a phone call.
Web Browser Incompatibilities
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Edge
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Firefox
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Opera Mini
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Safari
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Call 972-372-4237 .... This Telephone number is being displayed as a standard text field.
Call 972-372-4237 .... This Telephone number is being displayed using the HTML5 Telephone Link Protocol!
✅ The HTML5 Telephone LinkAUTOMATICALLY DISPLAYS THE TELEPHONE NUMBER AS A LINK ON ALL DEVICES AND WEB BROWSERS!
Making Phone Calls from Tablets, Laptops and Desktops
AT&T has introduced FREE FEATURES that allow selected Smartphones, tablets, laptops and, desktops to initiate a phone call from a web page on A LIMITED NUMBER OF DEVICES.
These FREE features are:
✅ NUMBER SYNC - With this feature, you can use the mobile number assigned to your Smartphone with some newer tablets, laptops, and desktop devices. Friends and family can recognize your cell phone number originating the call even if you are not using your Smartphone. You can make and receive calls from any of the synced devices!
✅ WI-FI Calling - Once enabled, you can use Wi-Fi Calling to talk and text over an active Wi-Fi connection. It lets you talk and text from locations where there is a weak or no cellular coverage. Wi-Fi Calling can be used in the Domestic Coverage Area (U.S., Puerto Rico, and U.S. Virgin Islands) and from most international countries.
✅ Implementing the HTML5 Telephone Link on your web pages will enhance the Mobile User Experience (UX) and help generate more calls to your business!
👍 Adding a CLICK-TO-CALL feature to your web pages is a very simple change!
Call to Action and Social Media
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