I've discovered a new toy (I love finding them really). I've looked at Blackberry, Treo, MS Mobile, and I keep getting gun shy, and wondering how long before I'll need PC tablet, and of course keep it running in the car until an email comes in. BECAUSE - - we have 1 hour (the Golden Hour) to respond to our clients emails.
My fingers are big, and I fumble text messages. The ones I get from some folks are so short, quipped, that I'm not sure they get the full meaning accross. So how better to communicate with my clients, quickly?
Voice Genesis (www.voicegenesis.com) is my answer, and I've reccomended it to my realtors. It works so slick, and it's CHEAP. I'm a Verizon user. I found this, and thought it sounded neat, but it started talking about downloading software on my phone. Made me nervous. I got un-nervous fast. Verizon offers it as a subscription, right from my phone (lots of carriers do, see above websit for the list). I pushed the buttons on the phone, was informed it would cost me $4.99/month on my Verizon bill. That's right, Four dollars and ninty nine cents. On the bill.
So, here is how it works. Billy Buyer emails you, cause he's having a meltdown over financing. Sends it to your normal buisness email. Voicegenesis checks your email every 15 minutes for new or changed entries. You get a text message saying you have new email. Hit a button on your phone, enter your code, and there are the new letters. You pick Billy's, and read it. Just like at the computer. Billy really is freakin, he needs calm, assured advice. So, you push 1 button, SPEAK into the phone, and then click send.... No texting, no looking at keyboards the size of a deck of cards.
On Billy's end, he gets an email. Clicks on it, hits the link, and see's your picture (or someone elses if you choose), and here's you calmly telling him that termites happen all the time, we'll get the house treated.
$4.99 per month, no set up fee. So software to load, nothing on your computer, and I get the luxury of talking (faster than typing), while not getting involved in a long coversation. Billy has an answer in no more than 15 to 20 minutes. And he thinks I'm one sharp cookie for sending such a high tech message.
Oh, Pod casts? Audio bloggers? Does that too. If you choose te be text messaged, you can be charged for that, and time on the phone counts for minutes. But I can send 5 emails in the time it takes to have 1 complete phone conversation.
I love this thing. Me and my SMALL phone. Easy... Every day.
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