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Re: Is Voicemail the New Spam?

Stewart Rogers — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 10:36:52 -0000

I would say now that 90% of my voicemails are spam. People trying to call me and sell me something. Sucks.

Re: Is Voicemail the New Spam?

Mathew Browne — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 21:51:49 -0000

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.

Re: Is Voicemail the New Spam?

Dean Hunt — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 17:03:36 -0000

tricky question. For me it is spam, but that is because here in Spain, I get bombarded with it daily.

Dean

Re: Is Voicemail the New Spam?

Craig @ Traffic Secrets — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 19:04:00 -0000

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.

Re: Is Voicemail the New Spam?

James Whatley — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 18:55:09 -0000

@Hendry - our users report a 97% accuracy rate.

/SpinVox

Re: Is Voicemail the New Spam?

Hendry Lee — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 14:30:39 -0000

How's the accuracy of the voice to text conversion? Anyone has used it before?

Re: Is Voicemail the New Spam?

LindaBusiness — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 13:33:51 -0000

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?

Re: Is Voicemail the New Spam?

Kimber — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 10:44:32 -0000

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.

Re: Is Voicemail the New Spam?

James Whatley — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 09:54:12 -0000

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!

Re: Is Voicemail the New Spam?

Andrea J. Stenberg — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 09:16:10 -0000

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