I have done very well just trading on my name.
I have big firms phoning me up all the time asking for me by name they even call me Dave.
Give me a ring sometime and i will tell you exactly how i am doing.
like i was saying earlier it was only MY opinion, as far as just a mobile number get real, if you have any ambition you need a land line on there.
I would never ever phone a trades man who just had a mobile number on there van, just tell me how many would never phone if you just had a landline.
Glyn Howard has traded on his name for his window cleaning work for many years, and he has one of the biggest firms in London in fact he was one who helped me decide to stay trading on my name, i have never looked back since.
Dave