Hearing is Believing!

Sometimes people ask us about setting up a voice mailbox, because it might sound complicated (if you've never done it before).

And so we thought that you might like to hear how it works.

Therefore, we've set up the Shockwave Tape Player below, and if you have Shockwave installed in your browser, you can listen to the demo, where we act like a customer and set up a voice mailbox for "Perry Huckleberry's Very Good Bongo-Tuning Service", an imaginery business.

We originally made this demo for our local voicemail company in the San Francisco Bay Area, so in the demo we refer to "Abe's SuperBudget VoiceMail" and there is no mention of 800-Numbers. But it's exactly the same to set up your Action 800 voice mailbox. You just call in on your 800 number and set it up as explained below.

By the way, if you don't have Shockwave, we've put in a link below so you can pick it up if you like. It's free, and it's worth having.

Voice Mail Demonstrations

Here you'll find our audio demonstrations. This section contains two telephone numbers, so you can call up and hear the actual voicemail machine over your phone line -- just as your callers would hear yours. These two numbers demonstrate the two types of Audio Brochure: First a single-box 'Announce-Only' presentation, and the second number gives a 'Caller-Choice' box with sub-boxes.

Then, in the section following, you'll learn how *you* can use an 'Audio Brochure' (such as these two phone numbers you've listened to). And in the last section, you'll find our special "tape player" which you can operate right here on your browser, and you can hear what it's like to set up a voice mailbox for message-taking ... then you'll hear a caller calling to leave a message ... and finally you'll hear what it's like when pick up messages.

To hear a sample "Audio Brochure"
Just use your telephone and dial the following numbers --

* We could have played these demonstrations
here in streaming audio, but call the
recording to hear the actual machine
you'll be using for your service!

What is an "Audio Brochure"?

An Audio Brochure is a brochure for your business, but instead of spending a fortune on printing and postage, you just set it up once on a special voice mailbox. You could have a "single-page" voice mailbox (with up to a 7 minute presentation), or you could have several pages (which the caller could select just by pressing touch-tones).

But remember, the real purpose of our sample Audio Brochure is for you to imagine how it might boost your own business. An "Audio Brochure" means "spoken information that is selected by the caller." And perhaps in your business, your customers could be given information with an audio brochure. It's a good way to let your customer select what he wants to know, it's very complete, and it's low in cost.

If it's advertising, it's advertising working around the clock. And it costs a heck of a lot less than printed brochures and postage. (And it costs far less than hiring a worker to say the same things over and over and over to each new caller.) Plus, it's available to several callers simultaneously. No busy signals. No wasted time. No missed opportunities.

Some Examples
A local organization offered lots of meetings for its members. It was costing mucho just to answer the phone and tell when the meetings were, and printed schedules had not solved the problem. So they got an Audio Brochure, with a mailbox for Monday's events, one for Tuesday's events, and so on. End of problem.

An Audio Brochure could be used by a specialized weather-reporting service such as for small craft, gliding, or surfing conditions. Or a political hotline, a specialized news-reporting service, or use it to announce your latest product!

Any of these could be free advertising devices ... or a part of your paid-for services ... or a system saving you money internally. For example, a company was rapidly expanding and needed to hire many employees. But whenever they listed the jobs, they were swamped with hundreds of applicants ... unfortunately mostly unqualified!

Use it for Scheduling
An airline was being swamped with calls from employees (in all time zones) needing up-to-date work schedule information. So they put the information on an 800-Number Audio Brochure. No more waiting by employees. No more interruption for flight dispatchers. Freedom!

Your own 'Newsletter' Any group can easily publish information for its members. And nearly all businesses possess specialized information that would be useful to the public. Publishing this information with an Audio Brochure gives your company the position of an expert. And long-term, it adds sales. Almost any information can find an audience. It's like publishing a high-quality newsletter, except that it takes less time and money!

These are a few of the reasons why we suggest you consider using an Audio Brochure -- your advertising edge for the nineties. And if you visit our 'Library' section, you can download (for free) our extensive manuals for how to write an effective sales script, how to easily make a professional-sounding recording, and more. Although an Audio Brochure is a powerful business tool, it's quite easy to do!

Now let's hear how easy it is to set up and use 800 VoiceMail!
The demo below uses a special "tape player" so you can hear special recordings we made of how easy it is to set up and use your Action 800 voice mailbox. It's kind of fun. Hope you enjoy it!

"How to Use VoiceMail" Demo

Our handy tape player here will play the demo for you. Just click on the title you wish to hear, and then click on the controls to operate them like any tape player. (Arrow to go, Square to stop, Two Bars to Pause, Volume slider on the left.)

(Please note: This demo requires Netscape or Internet Explorer with Shockwave installed. If you do not presently have Shockwave, it's well worth the free download because it makes web surfing so much more fun and, well, animated! To obtain the current version of Shockwave, available free from www.macromedia.com,just click this button and download (free) 'Shockwave' plug-in ...

... and then, with Shockwave supercharging your computer ... return with us now to check out our 800 VoiceMail demonstration.)

All set with Shockwave? Let's give it a try. Click on the triangle ...

Hope you found the VoiceMail Demo instructional, and maybe fun too!

You'll notice that the little recorded lady in the machine led you every step of the way with nice, clear instructions. Every command she offers you is 'memory-easy', using the first letter of a word, like "press 'P' to 'Play' the message, 'K' to 'Keep' the message, or 'D' to 'Discard' the message." It's easy to follow when you're setting up your voice mailbox, or picking up messages.

You probably noticed that although the voice mailbox has many powerful features, you operate it very simply, just by using the touch-tones on any telephone. In fact, if you can operate a touch-tone phone, you already know how to operate your new voice mailbox!

And finally, the point of this demonstration is for you to clearly see how easy it is to use voicemail. It's easy to set up ... it's easy for callers to leave a detailed message ... and it's easy to pick up messages, any time, any place.

By the way, even though Sid left a long, detailed message, remember that your Action800 Voice Mailbox is Expanded Capacity, and a message can be much longer than Sid's -- because a message can be up to four minutes!

Whether or not you find Action 800 VoiceMail service to be a powerful tool to add to your business (or just to make it easier to say 'hi!' to friends and family), we hope you have enjoyed our demonstartion.

And if you'd like to visit our library of downloads, with a wealth of powerful business and marketing information -- free -- just click here for free business reports!

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