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These Online Ads Rely on Telephones Using Pay-per-Call

Monty Solomon (monty@roscom.com)
Mon, 5 Sep 2005 22:28:57 -0400

These online ads rely on telephones Pay-per-call is finding its niche

By Associated Press | September 5, 2005

DALLAS -- Personal-injury lawyer Frank Frasier wants the world to know
about his business but didn't think much of the search-based Internet
advertising that's all the rage. Potential clients wouldn't learn much
about him through it, he figured, and he really can't tell if they
have a case without speaking with them.

But Frasier's opinion of Internet search advertising changed with the
recent arrival of pay-per-call, which prompts Web surfers looking for
lawyers in his hometown of Tulsa, Okla., to pick up the phone instead
of clicking an ad or sending e-mail.

''We've gotten about a dozen calls and half turned into cases,"
Frasier said. ''I'm a believer."

Pay-per-call could be especially powerful for businesses that ignored
the Internet, advocates say.

Most search advertising now takes a pay-per-click approach.

http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2005/09/05/these_online_ads_rely_on_telephones/

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