If you are one of those people who spend many hours of their workday on the telephone, the last thing you want to do when you’re at home, is to answer the phone. You want to have the phone available if you need to make a call, but you really don’t want very many other people to have the number. So how do you keep that phone number as private as possible? Here are some ideas.
Leave it off of your checks. If you write out checks and your phone number is listed on your check, then you are giving it out to every business you do business with. You’ll be giving it out to Suzie’s mom when you buy Girl Scout cookies from her and the neighbor boy when he mows the lawn. Next time you order your checks, delete the phone number.
Don’t sign up for those give aways. This is one the biggest gimmicks for getting your phone number. Whether it is a box in the grocery store for a drawing on a trip to Hawaii, or it’s an online chance to win a new laptop, they’ll ask for your phone number. They need it to call and tell you that you won, right? If you want to keep your phone number private, you’ll need to forego your chances to win big.
Don’t list it in your social network profiles. You want it kept private, and you list it in your facebook profile and your Linked profile? That’s kind of like shooting yourself in the foot, don’t you think?
