DISQUS

Duct Tape Marketing: Is Voicemail the New Spam?

  • Andrea J. Stenberg · 1 year ago
    John,

    I think we need to treat voice mail the way we do any marketing method. We need to understand our market and how they want to receive information. If they would prefer email we need to be in touch that way. Others still prefer phone and voice mail. We just need to make sure we're using a variety of methods and track what works.

    Andrea
  • James Whatley · 1 year ago
    I find it interesting when I come across voicemail greetings that say:

    "Don't leave a voicemail, send me an email"

    If they SpinVox, I'd be able to do that without ending the call!
  • Kimber · 1 year ago
    I dislike it when companies call me about advertising on my blog. It tells me that they want to do business on THEIR terms, not mine.

    I'm a blogger. Use email.
  • LindaBusiness · 1 year ago
    Leaving unsolicited voicemails seems like spam to me...in fact, it's right up there with the "no call" list - the only reason you left a voicemail message is that no one actually answered the phone. I think the days of cold sales call via phone are dead, and cold email "calls" are spam, so we're left with opt-in lead lists...people who want to be advertised to. Now, how do you find people who want to be advertised to? Previous customers, referrals from previous and current customers, people who somehow get your number, email, reply to a blog or website...maybe the answer is to get your business out "there" in enough ways that people will come to you so that you, in turn, can go to them. Is this the picture?
  • Hendry Lee · 1 year ago
    How's the accuracy of the voice to text conversion? Anyone has used it before?
  • James Whatley · 1 year ago
    @Hendry - our users report a 97% accuracy rate.

    /SpinVox

    :)
  • Craig @ Traffic Secrets · 1 year ago
    I think there's a gray area when it comes to existing contacts/clients, but when it's completely unsolicited and coming from someone you have no connection with, then it's gotta be called spam.
  • Dean Hunt · 1 year ago
    tricky question. For me it is spam, but that is because here in Spain, I get bombarded with it daily.

    Dean
  • Mathew Browne · 1 year ago
    I must say I find it quite disturbing to receive unsolicited voicemails, but I find voicemails from existing clients a bit much too sometimes - I much prefer email as a written documentation of our discussion.
  • Stewart Rogers · 1 year ago
    I would say now that 90% of my voicemails are spam. People trying to call me and sell me something. Sucks.