In reading through some posts today I came across a post by a nice couple from Colorado who were part of an affiliate program for a company, Voice2Page. Firstly it seems like Voice2Page is a legit company and I do not want to infer otherwise. But they are charging REALTORs to use their website audio services. They also have an affiliate program that allows members to get $1 per month per user they recruit. Not a bad idea really. Except that you can get exactly the same tool for free from Snapvine. The Snapvine tool allows you record a message by phone and embed a widget in your website or blog that will play back the audio file. This tool also allows other people to leave messages on the system back to you and will txt message you when it happens. This could be a nice tool to put on listings especially when posting on AR or Craigslist, etc.. Just please don't make it auto-start (which you can but shouldn't).
Voice2Page does have a free option but it only lasts 24 hours and includes adverts appended to the message. Not so great for many REALTORs. The one that most REALTORS would probably use is the monthly option which runs $7.95. Voice2Page actually has other options which are fairly cool but are of more limited applications, these include (they are listed on their site):
- Professional Voice Over Work for $39.95 (this is a good deal)
- Teleconferencing
- Voice to Podcast tool - which is okay I suppose
- AND MY FAVORITE - a background noise simulator that will play traffic noise or office noise in the background while you are on a call. Yeah, its hokey, but very funny.
Take a look for yourself at the links below. In my opinion the tools are okay but you could be spending your time on better things. At the end of the day most agents would get just as much value out of Snapvine (since it is free!) as Voice2Page, but I am sure that they and their affiliates may disagree.
Scott's Agent Consumer Reports Post Resources
Snapvine - www.snapvine.com
FAQ - www.snapvine.com/info/faq
Voice2Page - www.voice2page.com
REALTOR DEMO
Articles about these companies:
Snapvine give voice to social networks - Seattle PI
"Voice2Page(TM) the YouTube of Internet Audio" - Gary A. Shawkey, American Technologies, Inc. Teams Up with Michael A. Knox, V2P Communications, Inc. - Yahoo! News
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