Voice Box - Any advice

[Magsite]

Hi All

I'm looking to deliver about 1000 leaflets to promote e-lottery.

http://tinypic.com/i27vq9.jpg

I'm going to have the web address printed on the brochure and also a message similar to "Get your free DVD and application pack by calling ************"

I need advice on either a voice box system or something else.

I am unable to use my home phone, work phone or mobile phone as I'm always on the go. I'd rather pay for a 24 hr service. I'm not expecting massive responce but would still like to have a service in place.

Any ideas??

Thanks

Lisa

[Stationery-Direct]

Cant help with your question, however, can quote you a great price on the leaflet printing.

Kindest regards

Damon
Stationery-Direct.co.uk

[Robert]

Get a free 0870 number from http://www.numberstore.com/

Set it up as a voicemail, which forwards a sound file to your email address.

It can be set up in seconds.

[Magsite]

Thanks Robert, I might even splash out on a 0800 number....

I'll have a better look tonight!

Lisa

[Trident]

Hey lisa explain a little bit more about what it is you want to do and i should be able to help! Im in the telecoms industry!

Cheers Dan,

[cjd]

We could help also.

You could open a free account and take an 0870, 0845 or geographic number (usefull if you're doing a local promotion as it looks like you are a local company).

From next week sometime we will be doing 0800 for £4.99 per month. (0808 £1.99)

We don't have set up charges and charge £1.99 for 0845 and geographic number for a month. 0870 are free but they may put customers off calling you as they think they are expensive to call (actually about 8p/min Day going to 1.5p/min Weekend)

You get a free voicemail number which you can record yourself and all messages are also automatically converted to MP3 format and sent to your email address along with the callers telephone number and time of calling details.

If you have more than one advert use a diferent telephone number on each so that you can measure response rates. We give you full calling stats (free again!) so you can measure it all.

Couple of things to be wary of:
1. Set-up and cancellation costs
2. Access to email/voicemail costs
3. when people advertise 'freefone' numbers they quite often mean 0808 which are free to call but customers are not clued up about them. On the other hand 95% DO know that 0800 is free - so if you go the free route do use 0800 not 0808!
4. You will be charged for incoming calls on an 0800 number - usually about 5p per minute. (Ours will be 3p)

Have a look through this and PM me if you need anything explained.

http://www.voipfone.co.uk/builder.php

[fastfences]

From next week sometime we will be doing 0800 for £4.99 per month. (0808 £1.99)



Very interesting and very cheap. Is this only for new clients or is there a facility to change companies AND retain the same 0800 number?

Cheers, Nigel

[Magsite]

I'm definately interested in a 0800 number.

Some thing that will go to an answer phone, play a short message, allow them to record a message such as a name and address.

If I've read the above right, I should then receive and email with an attached voice recording of any message left with the telephone number used and date + time.

So is the cheapest 0800 number going to cost me £4.99 a month and 3p a minute???

Lisa

[cjd]

Very interesting and very cheap. Is this only for new clients or is there a facility to change companies AND retain the same 0800 number?

Cheers, Nigel

We can port numbers ie move them from your current supplier to us but the process can be messy (for obvious reasons). If you tell me your current number and supplier I can find out whether it's possible.

If we can do it, we will be charged a porting cost usually about £15-20 by your supplier which we pass on to you. After that you pay the standard rates above.

Unless your number is well know or plastered all over thousands of pieces of stationary and media you're best advised to take a new one.

[Magsite]

I'm ready to purchase, before I print my new brochures. Any late deals...!!

[cjd]

:-) no late deals; no deals at all in fact.

We do self service, web based telephony, with no human interference, that's why it's so cheap - there's no margin in it for deals, re-sellers, referrers, best friends or even my wife.

Trust me everyone pays the same!

0800 is in test now and should be out mid to end week, if you sign up for and account (free of course) you'll get a spam telling you we've cracked it.

(btw - this is no small thing, I believe we'll be the first in the UK to do 0800 VoIP)

On your other questions we're deciding now on 0808 numbers - I think we'll do them, probably for much less than 0800 as they're not as well know. However, if you're cute you could say something like "call us for free on 0808 etc" and get the same effect for less.

Voicemail - all our numbers get free viocemail. This is the standard answerphone were you can record your own message and dial 1571 to listen to messages left by your callers. Additionally, each message left is sent to email as an mp3 file so it goes straight to your inbox as well.

[Magsite]

I would like to setup one now (free phone either 0800 or 0808) . Whats the best cheapest deal? Do you have a driect link?

Lisa

[cjd]

0800 is not yet out of test; all being well it will be in production this week.

If you register you'll get our email anouncing it. Otherwise check this link - it will appear in the 'incoming numbers section'

http://www.voipfone.co.uk/builder.php