A new way to broadcast your message
Have you heard of voicemail broadcasting? This modern solution can help your business, non-profit agency, or political campaign to get your message out and quickly. Calling people is still one of the most effective ways to communicate a message. If time is of the essence, this is far better than trying to design and plan a mailer. This can take a month or more to go from coming up with an idea to getting your message into the hands of consumers. You won’t have this issue with voicemail broadcasting. You and your marketing team can come up with an idea and execute on it within the hour. This means that if something new or exciting is happening in your industry or you want to inform people of a limited time offer, you can and with zero notice. Here are some questions that are frequently asked about voicemail broadcasting?
What do I need to do to start my voicemail broadcasting plan?
Once you have set up an account with a service provider, all you need is a call list and a message. Ideally, you will have a developed call list from a member or customer base. However, there are companies that sell leads lists that have been scrubbed against the Do Not Call List. With one in hand, you can upload it into a software program and determine when you want the calls to go out. Most service providers will let you select the time frame for the calls and how long you want the calling campaign to last.
What kind of message can I broadcast?
As long as you are contacting people that are not on the DNC list, you can use voicemail broadcasting to send any type of message that you would like. There are certain organization types that don’t need to comply with the DNC. For example, if you are a school that would like to send a message to parents, you can do so. If you are a political campaign trying to reach voters that is acceptable as well though, you will probably get less pushback if you use a scrubbed call list.
How do I record my message?
That depends on which service provider you are using for voicemail broadcasting. Some have their system set up to call you so you simply need to answer the phone and speak your message just like you would when making a live phone call. In some cases you may need to record a wav. file and upload it into the system. For convenience sake, most people prefer to simply use a service provider that can call them.
How do I know if my message has been heard?
Most service providers will keep a record for you that will show how many people answered the phone, how many voicemails were left on answering machines, how many no answers there were and how many numbers were bad or disconnected. This will allow you to clean up your list for the next time. Voicemail broadcasting is an extremely effective way to get your message out so sign up for a service today.