Ever since the advent of 0800 numbers, the businesses have discovered innovative way of doing business. With the help 0800 numbers, different organizations have found cost effective ways to doing their day to day activities. In this article, I have discussed how some businesses use 0800 numbers.

With so many registered charity-based organizations, 0800 numbers have made life easier for fund raising and donations. Free 0800 numbers can be used for various advertising mediums such as donation campaigns and telephonic charities. Since 0800 numbers are free of charge, the telephonic campaigns on TV channels have been very successful in generating funds for disasters such as Tsunami in Asia (2004), Earthquakes, hurricanes etc. Another application of 0800 numbers that can be used for charity purpose is using short code SMS services for attracting customers. The donators can also send their contributions via SMS.

TV channels can use free to call 0800 numbers to encourage audience to call them free of charge. The more the audience will call on the show, the more the viewership of the channel will increase. The increasing viewership will help the TV channel to generate more and more sponsors for the show. 0800 numbers are very effective for sports channels. The sports channels are one of the most viewed one and sports lovers like calling on TV shows to share the views and thoughts on favorite sports. Another use of 0800 numbers is by the News channels. With the features of SMS message, the news channels can send update/alerts of latest news to its viewers. This has been very effective for people those who don’t get the time to watch TV or are on the move.

Similarly, 0800 numbers can also used by Radio (FM) channels, where audience calls in songs request shows. 0800 numbers have also increased the demand of radio live audience shows, where audience gets a chance of participating in the quiz via telephone call.