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Voice over IP request lines

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jaydavenport

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i posted this over in promotions, and i hope this won't getdeleted, but with VOIP systems like vonage,skype and now free VOIP through Yahoo Messenger 7, has anyone thought about using this as a way to reach out to a new demographic that are computer literate?


with skype you can recieve voicemails (but only if you purchase a number for calling to non-computers (landline telephobes, cell phones). but with yahoo messenger 7 beta you can revieve free voicemails.<P ID="signature">______________
<a target="_blank" href=http://www.jaydavenport.net>Jay Davenport</a>

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> with skype you can recieve voicemails (but only if you
> purchase a number for calling to non-computers (landline
> telephobes, cell phones). but with yahoo messenger 7 beta
> you can revieve free voicemails.

Sounds like a lot of trouble to go through for little reward.

Any audience who's doing this right now is more easily reached by stations who have AIM type addresses (text), or E-Mail addresses.

Besides, people who have home VoIP accounts on companies like Vonage and AT&T CallVantage can use an ordinary phone to call any landline request line nationwide, non-800, at no cost. And even the Skype folks can use their low-cost "Out" service.

-OA<P ID="signature">______________
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I have Vonage...my parents have Vonage...a client of mine has Vonage...friends of mine have Vonage. No one is dissatisfied or had any problems. For the price, you can't beat it.

has anyone thought about using this as a way to reach out to a new demographic that are computer literate?

This is the problem...Vonage is a phone line. VEEEEEERY few people use Skype, despite their numbers, and even less use Yahoo. It's not a viable method to attract people.

Instant messaging and email are. A lot of employers block IM clients, but very few block email.<P ID="signature">______________
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> I have Vonage...my parents have Vonage...a client of mine
> has Vonage...friends of mine have Vonage. No one is
> dissatisfied or had any problems. For the price, you can't
> beat it.
>
> has anyone thought about using this as a way to reach out to
> a new demographic that are computer literate?
>
> This is the problem...Vonage is a phone line. VEEEEEERY few
> people use Skype, despite their numbers, and even less use
> Yahoo. It's not a viable method to attract people.
>
> Instant messaging and email are. A lot of employers block
> IM clients, but very few block email.
>


i don't mean this in the sense of replacing current phones, i mean it as something fun to use, like you the IM feature of yahoo for instant requests/polls, or have users leave a voice message with their request if the want, not saying listeners must do it, just another fun option, espeically for those stations who run "Wired to the web weekends"<P ID="signature">______________
<a target="_blank" href=http://www.jaydavenport.net>Jay Davenport</a>

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I haven't thought a lot about it but the idea might have merit. Not because many people would use it, but because the on-air promotion of it would help burnish the well-deserved low-tech, unhip image of terrestial radio.<P ID="signature">______________
Jerry

"Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not his own facts" - late Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan</P>
 
> I haven't thought a lot about it but the idea might have
> merit. Not because many people would use it, but because the
> on-air promotion of it would help burnish the well-deserved
> low-tech, unhip image of terrestial radio.
>


like stations that have badly designed or no websites at all?<P ID="signature">______________
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> like stations that have badly designed or no websites at
> all?

Exactly! Do you know what one GM told me when I pointed out his crappy website?
"It's not a priority." I felt like saying: "It's your storefront idiot!"<P ID="signature">______________
Jerry

"Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not his own facts" - late Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan</P>
 
> > like stations that have badly designed or no websites at
> > all?
>
> Exactly! Do you know what one GM told me when I pointed out
> his crappy website?
> "It's not a priority." I felt like saying: "It's your
> storefront idiot!"
>


Some GM's actually listen to the hot air coming from their head Account Exec. , and 9 times out of 10 that Account Exec. believes that a radio station's website is only as useful and a small billboard<P ID="signature">______________
<a target="_blank" href=http://www.jaydavenport.net>Jay Davenport</a>

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> Sounds like a lot of trouble to go through for little
> reward.
>
> Any audience who's doing this right now is more easily
> reached by stations who have AIM type addresses (text), or
> E-Mail addresses.
>
> Besides, people who have home VoIP accounts on companies
> like Vonage and AT&T CallVantage can use an ordinary phone
> to call any landline request line nationwide, non-800, at no
> cost. And even the Skype folks can use their low-cost "Out"
> service.
>
> -OA
>
I think the best benefit of using VoIP for a radio station would be the low cost of the incoming lines - $14.99/month is an awesome rate per line!
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