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Toll Free Services: The best toll free service
that I have found for the independent PSO is from
Kall8.
The rate is not the cheapest but the special features
are worth the extra cost. The best feature about this
service is the call announce feature that makes it
possible to play many different characters while using a
single telephone line. This announce feature actually
plays a brief recorded announcement when you first
answer the call that tells you which character the
caller is calling for. The service will also provide you
call detail by email after the call and you have the
ability to block bad callers, annoying callers etc. all
real time. Kall8 has a bunch of other features that you
may or may not find useful. You need to watch what
features you use as you can nickel and dime yourself
with features that don't pay for them selves. When using
a toll free service you can get a cheap featureless
local line saving you money. You don't need Voice Mail
esp. if you plan on playing several characters. You do
need caller ID and to cut down on your toll free bill I
suggest you get a long distance calling package. That
way you can call your client back, if he will let you, and
use your free long distance and not your expensive toll
free line. Just be sure you block your phone number when
calling out so he doesn't get your local number. 
NEW at Kall8 is the "Click to
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| Domain Names:
Godaddy.com offeres hands down the best value and
least expensive domain name registration! Typically in
the $7 to $9 range but can be as low as $1.99 if you
purchase a hosting package. My biggest concern for you
as a PSO is your ability to keep your identity private.
Godaddy and other registrars do offer a premium
"Private Registration" service that in theory will
protect your identity. Just understand that any PI or
investigator or Officer of the Court can get you
registration information. Because of this I will gladly
register your domain name under my umbrella with you
retaining ownership rights to sell, move, host or do
with as you please. If anyone wants to know who you are
they have to come to me and I am not talking. The cost
is the same as the
Godaddy.com price. I do not charge any extra for
this service.
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| Web Hosting: Whether your looking for a plain Jane
basic simple web site or something more elaborate like a
"Word Press" based web/blog presence
Godaddy.com has a hosting package that is easy to
use and is inexpensive to start but can grow as your
needs grows. Hosting includes email and tools to analyze
your traffic. As long as your content is not illegal
Godaddy.com is ok and PSO friendly. Again if your
privacy is a concern as I referenced above in
registering a domain name I will obtain your hosting
plan and provide you with the log on and set up
information you need to get your site going. Just stay
away from any of the "WEB SITE TONIGHT" type packages.
They will not provide the flexibility you will need. The
cost is the same as the
Godaddy.com price. I do not charge any extra for
this service. If I provide billing services for
you through Web-Tokens.com I will host your domain name
and provide you a basic disclaimer page web site free.
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Word Press
- Looking for the best place to host your
Word Press Site? Look no further than
Godaddy.com. Fast free set up with plans that start
as low as $4.24 per month. By hosting your own Word
Press site with
Godaddy.com your no longer at the whim of your free
host shutting you down for inappropriate content or
whenever someone flags your BLOG or site. GoDaddy is PSO
friendly. Hosting includes email and tools to analyze
your traffic. If your do your site or BLOG using
WordPress you should host it at
Godaddy.com!
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| Gifts from Clients: Clients from time to time will
want to send you gifts. Especially around the holidays.
$ in the form of tips or tributes don't always satisfy
the client desire to be your "special" client. Giving
out your PO Box address or shipping address is a big NO
NO for obvious reasons. So I built a site called
EmailaGiftcard.com that provides a listing of
web sites that offer gift cards that can be sent to you
via email. By putting a link on your web site to
EmailaGiftcard.com you can direct your clients to a
safe place where they can purchase you something nice.
Your or they can choose a participating store or choose
a "Universal" gift card useable at the store of your
choice. One of the nicest things about getting gifts,
tips or tributes in the form of a gift card is that you
get 100% of the value of the card and it's tax free.
Be cautious of sites like
Amazon.com who claim that you can establish a wish
list that your clients can pick out and purchase you
merchandise that will be shipped directly to your door
with out providing your real name and address to your
client. These service have flaws and I have personal
knowledge of girls who identities have been compromised.
Don't take a chance. Have your client send you an
emailable gift card.
(Amazon does provide email able gift cards) You
can make your own graphic or use one of ours
listed here!
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| Billing: Web-Tokens.com is my billing platform I
provide for Independent PSO's. If your a service that
has multiple girls working for you I am not the billing
platform for you. Sorry. Currently my billing services
are open only for owner operated PSO's. Web-Tokens.com
is the best way to bill clients using a Visa,
MasterCard, Discover or AMEX card. With Web-Tokens.com
what the client is actually purchasing is a pre-paid
phone ecard that he redeems with you when he does a call
with you. It shows up discreetly on his credit card
statement as Web-Tokens.com and if anyone like a spouse
or girlfriend sees his bill and goes online to find out
what Web-Tokens.com is they will see that it is a
provider of pre-paid ecards use on the internet to play
on line games such as world of war craft etc. Your are
paid 75% of the value of the pre-paid phone ecard sold.
Payment is made to you weekly. There is no set up cost,
monthly fee or monthly minimums.
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Bad Boy List
- I publish a Bad Boy list. To be on
this list a caller would have done a charge back or used
a stolen credit card with one of the PSO's I bill for or
a PSO service that has submitted the information to be
included in the bad boy list. This list is only
available to individual PSO's and other PSO Companies
free of charge. The list is published as new additions
are made and is distributed via email. To be included in
this email distribution simply email a request to be
added to CustomerService@olci.com. Be sure to state that you
are a PSO and would like to received the bad boy list
email. You must agree not to distribute this email or
it's contents to anyone especially clients. The list is
free to all PSO's but it must come from me.
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| Site Counter
- Every site and BLOG should use some
sort of independent counter. A great free one that
provides a wealth of information is
Statcounter.com
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| Restricted to Adults - It is so very important that
we protect our sites from children and others who do not
want to see adult content. The Adult Industry in
association with ASACP (Association of Sites Advocating
Child Protection) have come up with a method that easily
allows site filters to keep your site from being
displayed. You simple add a special "Rating" Meta Tag to
your web site code. This code is recognized by all site
filters to inform them that you site is an Adult Site
and has content that is of an Adult Sexual Nature. The
code is <meta name="RATING"
content="RTA-5042-1996-1400-1577-RTA" /> But please take
a moment and visit the
Restricted To Adults site and read about it. There
are also links to other Adult Industry resources you
might find helpful.
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Web Site Design - If your a web site designer who is
interested in doing work for phone sex providers please
email me your information and I'll include you here free
of charge.
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Graphics and Banners - If your a graphics person who
can make eye catching banners, buttons our other
graphics for phone sex providers please email me your
information and I'll include you here free of charge.
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| Back up services: - You need to protect your data on
your computer. That means get a good virus scanner and
use it but even more important, you need to make
daily backups
of your computer data. Today with a high
speed internet connection the back up process is easy by
using services such as
Carbonite.com. Back up are so very important and
for just a few dollars a month it can be done
automatically. As a bonus your backup is off site safe
from fire, thief, viruses and accidents. It's only
a few dollars a
month but a necessary business expense as is the cost
of virus scanning and is deductable as such. There are
other similar services. Just go to Google and search
"Online Backup Services"
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Support groups online
- There are on line forums for PSO's. I'll list a few here but be cautious with the
information provided and don't get caught in the mud
slinging that happens from time to time. Remember there
are two sides to every store and sometimes a few more.
There is good information and ideas posted in these
groups from time to time. Also be cautious of anyone
wanting to get close to you. This is a very competive
and back stabbing business for some reason. There is
pleanty of business to go around! I think creating
alliances and business relationships with other PSO's is
great just be cautious and protective of your business
and marketing methods.
PSODivas.com -
PSOSupport.com -
NiteFlirt-Speakers on Yahoo -
Phonesex.yuku
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Marketing
- The life blood of this business.
Click here to read my Phone Sex Marketing BLOG. I'll be posting
my thoughts and ideas on marketing your PSO business. Be
sure to sign up to "Follow" it so you get the latest
updates.
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