SMS has become one of the most powerful tools for mobile communication. Voice SMS, in particular, is increasingly popular due to the many advantages it offers. It allows you to diversify your SMS marketing campaigns based on your target audience.
Extremely practical, voice SMS can be sent to mobile phones in France and internationally.
We will introduce you to the benefits of this tool, which complements text messaging.

Sending a voice message: simple to set up and impactful

Used in communication campaigns, voice SMS is an additional channel for a company to reach its customers or prospects to send information or present its services. With its unique features, it adds value to text messages. More impactful, user-friendly, and customizable, it captures your recipient's attention more easily and makes messages accessible to a wider audience. Voice messages can be used for several purposes.

Sending a voice message: suitable for all situations

Voice messages allow you to communicate in a simple, fast, and spontaneous way. Unlike text SMS, which can sometimes feel impersonal, sending an audio message makes the information conveyed more impactful.

For alert messages

• Informing about an order or delivery status
• Notifying of a home intrusion
• Warning of an IT issue

To inform your customers

• Informing about a private sale
• Announcing an event
• Communicating your news (open houses, hours, etc.)

For reminders

• Confirm an administrative or medical appointment
• Send a payment reminder

Adaptable to all needs, voice messaging can also be sent from various devices.

Send a voice message from your mobile

Most mobile phones have a control represented by a microphone icon. This button allows you to send voice messages without having to use your phone's keyboard. There are many tutorials on the web about this technique that guide you according to your phone model. For those who do not have a mobile phone, it is possible to send a voice message via landline through telephone operators. Once subscribed, simply dial a number provided by the operator, then the recipient's number, and start the call. Then, follow the server's instructions to record your message and send it like an SMS.

Send a voice message using mobile apps

In addition to voice messages, mobile apps have been developed that allow you to write SMS using your voice. Instant messaging apps also allow you to send voice messages to other mobile phones, such as: Messenger, Viber, WhatsApp, IMO, Hangouts, Skype, etc. These apps use Wi-Fi, 3G, or 4G, saving you from paying extra fees.

Send a voice message via email

There is software that allows you to record voice messages (as .wav or .mp3 files) and send them via email (Hotmail, Gmail, etc.). You simply record your message, and the software takes care of placing the generated sound file into your email client's outbox. The recipient does not need any special software to listen to your messages. By double-clicking the voice file, the recipient can listen to it using their default Windows audio player.

Send a voice message with Octopush

Voice SMS is a solution included in the services offered by Octopush. Ideal for your information campaigns, depending on your goal:

• To alert or inform (open houses, schedule changes, storm alerts, etc.).
• As part of customer relations to improve your service quality.
• For billing reminders for your customers.

How does it work? You send a text to the SMS servers of the platform. The SMS is then automatically converted into audio and broadcast to your recipient's mobile phone. Benefit from a highly effective, low-cost service to reach your contacts.
You also benefit from all of Octopush's features: immediate or scheduled sending, mail merge, call date and time settings, etc. Sending voice messages is a great alternative to make your communications more impactful. This channel offers added value while retaining all the advantages of text messaging: it can be sent domestically and internationally, it can be transmitted and received at any time, and it reaches its recipient immediately. All this for just a few cents.

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