I ran into the same wall and had to rethink how to get new clients. One thing that helped was working on local SEO and making sure my info was right on different platforms. I even started using bing seo to pick up traffic from people who aren’t just ...
I get what you’re saying—it can be tricky getting a non-public number into MFA fields, especially if you're trying to avoid using your main phone number. One idea is to use a non-VoIP number, which is just a regular mobile number not tied to internet...