Google Voice, Now For Everyone

One of the most exciting Google Apps we’ve helped campaigns adopt in the last year has been Google Voice.

Google Voice is both Voicemail, and something entirely different.  gVoice is

• A dedicated customizable phone number (one campaign we worked with was “2-4-6-VOTE”)
• A number that can be called from within the internet browser, straight from your homepage.
• The number can ring multiple phones — the office phone, then a cell….
• Callers can get different messages depending on who they are, or when they call.  After business hours instead of ringing, you can set it to go straight to Voicemail.
• Voicemails are transcribed, and can be emailed to multiple people.

During the last weeks of a campaign there can be literally 100 phone calls per hour, and staffing all the different phones is an insurmountable feat.  Similarly, a busy not for profit or business can easily have ten different people who might be answering the “main phone” based on different hours they’re working.  Google Voice lets all of that incoming data be streamlined– no more crucial messages slipping through the cracks.

Plus, an unlimited searchable endless backup of all your voicemails!

In the past we’ve had to search the internet high and low to find invites to the hard-to-get-into service.  But starting this week, that’s over. Google Voice is free for open sign-ups.

That also means it’ll be easier for us to integrate gVoice into your backend right there along with your emails and shared documents and calendar.

Yay!

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