SENE, FRANCE, November 19, 2008
/24-7PressRelease/ -- Thousands of british companies have a multilingual website, however, in most of the cases their contact pages only feature a UK contact phone number. Placing a phone call still remains the primary means of initial contact. Lounis Goudjil, manager and founder of Manifone states that « when someone is looking for a certain product or service online, which is available at different companies, he will choose the company with a contact in his own country. This pattern applies in 80% of the cases, and even more in B2B ». The reasons behind such a behaviour are the following :
- Fearing that the person answering the phone in a foreign country may not speak his language
- Lack of experience with International partners
- Cost of International calls
The Mani-in Pro service offers a solution to companies aiming to optimize their International expansion strategy : it will make them reachable on local contact phone numbers in the target countries. Consequently, the contact page of their multilingual website will show a local phone number in each target country, for example a number in Paris, Rome and New York City. When a prospect calls one of these numbers (at the cost of a local call for him), it will ring directly at the sales manager's office in the UK. The costs associated with the service are made up two components : A monthly subscription fee for each foreign number (between 4 and 12 Pounds a month depending on the country), and a per minute rate for receiving the calls (2 pence a minute for call reception on UK landlines). 5 hours of monthly incoming calls generated by Mani-in Pro will cost only 6 on top of the subscription fee.
The Mani-in Pro numbers represent a real opportunity to optimize the return on investment of multilingual websites.
The Mani-in Pro service is very simple to implement for any company. It only takes a visit to http://www.manifone.com, and opening the page « Manifone Corporate / Mani-in Pro ». Ordering the numbers is done online, and they are put in place the same day. Furthermore, the customer will receive access to a web interface to manage his numbers and track his call details.
About Manifone
Founded in October 2006, Manifone is an innovative Voice over IP service provider, with a range of services aimed at individuals and businesses, with solutions to place calls to and receive calls from International destinations.Making the connection between mobile, fixed-line and VoIP operators, Manifone is bringing the savings of Voice-over-IP, in a fully transparent solution, to any mobile or fixed-line phone.
For more information about Manifone visit : http://www.manifone.com
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