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Chat to Text - A Powerful Tool With Great Value
As technology advances with ever more gizmos and gadgets, I find these high-tech conveniences also come to me with a price to pay for the benefits received. I, like many others, try to be spend savvy and am on the lookout to get the best value for my buck, which is why I'm so thrilled with Chat to Text! Let's take a look at just a few of the cool ways it can be used, not only to keep in contact with family and friends, but also for business purposes as well. Let's go over some of the ways you can use this cutting edge technology to enhance your professional presence...
Social Networking
Chat to Text can be incorporated into your Facebook, MySpace or Bebo page, enabling those visiting your site to chat with you - even if you aren't online. Their chat message is sent straight to your cell phone, so wherever you are, you can respond back.
Benefit - Gives those on your site the opportunity to contact you rather than message or email you and wait for a response. The person initiating chat will never see your cell phone number when you respond back, a feature many members appreciate. If you use Social Networking sites for business or for pleasure, Chat to Text is a great 'go-between' prior to an initial phone call and can help turn a cold lead into a warm lead or make a new acquaintance or sale.
Blog or Web Page
Let's face it, even though many blogs and/or web sites prominently display a contact number, many times a prospect will leave without making the phone call. This is because some people fear being sold by a professional salesperson. This chat feature, displayed on a web or blog page, gives them the ability to initiate a conversation and ask questions with the convenience of an added chat 'buffer' if you will. No doubt many small business owners spend a great deal of time and/or investment into their web page or blog. But how many prospects leave with their questions unanswered, and another opportunity lost for the web or blog owner? This one little button could very well turn a cold lead into a warm lead and maybe even a sale.
Email Signature Line
Creative and savvy types use their signature lines as mini business cards below their signature, which typically includes contact information; phone, and fax numbers and sometimes even web pages. But why be typical? Include the chat button on the signature line to provide yet another method of communication available to the recipient.
Classified Ads
Free online classified sites abound today, and for those who use these, whether to sell a car, couch or golf clubs, including the chat button into the ad could help sell the product faster, as it gives the prospect an opportunity to ask their questions without having to pick up the phone, potentially revealing their phone number on the recipient's caller ID in the process. Many times people want their questions answered fast and don't want to wait for an email answer to their questions. By the time they get a returned email, they may have already found something else. This great feature gives them an additional choice to calling or emailing and allows them to ask their questions in real time, which helps them determine immediately if the product meets their buying criteria. I have used it myself on Craigslist, and it works great!
One Little Button - Many Great Features - Unlimited Accounts
The thing I like best with this product is All of these great features can be applied to as many of the above applications as the member desires regardless of how many emails or social networking accounts they belong to. I use it on my blog, Facebook, email signature lines and Craigslist! For the low cost of only 6 bucks a month which is why I feels it represents a great value.
So whether you acquire Chat to Text for business or pleasure, the multiple uses it provides is sure to give added value to each of the individual applications you pair it with which will in turn create a better overall user experience for those who choose to interact with you and you business by using it. In an age of shrinking margins and bottom line profits, who would NOT want to provide as many ways as possible for prospects and customers to contact you?
About the Author Brian Kurtz is a Realtor in Southeast Michigan who enjoys marketing, technology, and spending time with family. Both he and his partner Jackie Kurtz, provide information and tips about using the Chat To Text service at their blog Live Chat to Text.com
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