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Checking: on the web, Outlook, PDA, Smartphone and mobiles

Length of archiving: 3, 6 or 10 years

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even checks the text of your attached documents


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Glossary

Glossary

  

In order to help you understand the unified messaging world, here is our glossary.

 
Email: Electronic mail sent through the Internet.
 
Fax: transmission of scanned-in printed material (text or images), usually to a telephone number associated with a printer (or to an email).
 
Mailing: marketing technique that consists on sending an offer to a group of potential clients.

MMS (Multimedia Message Service): is a communications technology that allows users to exchange multimedia communications between capable mobile phones and other devices.

 

OCR (Optical Character Recognition):  is the recognition of printed or written text characters by a computer (identifies each alphabetic letter or numeric digit).

Search Engine: online database that allows to find stored messages thanks to key words.

SMS (Short Message Service): is a service for sending short messages of up to 160 characters  to mobile devices  (or emails).
 
SMS Flash
: appears directly on the phone’s screen, instead of the inbox (a useful alternative to normal SMS when you want to catch the recipients’ attention immediately).
 
Speech synthesis (or Tmail): is the computer-generated simulation of human speech. It is used to translate written information into aural information where it is more convenient, especially for mobile applications.
 
Unified messaging: is the handling of voice, fax, and text messages as objects in a single mailbox that a user can access either with a regular email client, with a web platform or by telephone.

White Label Product: a service produced by one company that other companies rebrand to make it appear as if they made it.

Opus: about us

Opus: about us

Opus is an IT company that was created in 1984 in Paris. After 16 years of network engineering and technical support, we launched one of the first-ever unified messaging services in 2000, which allows to send and receive faxes, text and voice messages through email. Then in 2001, ActivMail was included into the application of a call center. 

 
In 2004, ActivMail added speech synthesis to its solutions. This application enables to transform a text sent through email into a synthetic voice in French received on a telephone.
 
Always in search of innovation, Opus launched the Passerelle SMS option in 2007, which allows to receive text messages in your email and to send messages from a GSM number. Then in 2009, Opus made the most of the OCR system to convert faxes received in emails into editable documents.
 
And this is just the start of an exciting journey, as ActivMail plans to release new products and innovative solutions in 2010, including ActivCell, the ultimate online storage solution.
 
Many surprises are to come, so stay tuned to our brand-new website!

 

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SMS through email

SMS through email

  ActivFax     ActivSMS  New SMS

Sending SMS through email can help your company keep its existing customers and meet new ones so easily and for a very affordable price. Check out several examples that show you how companies from very different areas of business use ActivFax and ActivSMS to communicate with their clients and staff on a daily basis, from any computer that is connected to the Internet.

Automobile Industry
Banking and Inusrance
CRM
Education
Entertainement
Government
Health
IT and Administration
Human Resources
Manufacturing
Real Estate
Restaurants and Bars
Sales
Transports and Logistics
Tourism and Travel

Automobile Industry

Sending SMS through email is a wonderful means to develop customers’ loyalty for car dealers and garage owners. Stay in touch without harassing your customers and keep them informed about the availability of their car, a new offer or an open day. 

Launch marketing campaigns from your PC in a few clicks or improve customers’ satisfaction by keeping them posted about the state of their vehicle.

Send SMS to your customers:

– To inform them about the availability of their car, to let them know when their car will be ready to go, to plan a meeting, send the amount of the upcoming invoice or of a quote, remind a customer to pay his bill, invite your database of partners to an open day, make a special offer etc.

Banking and Insurance

Customers’ satisfaction in Banking and Insurance is impossible without communication, and SMS solutions are the ideal tool to stay in touch and inform without spending hours on the phone. Sending a text message directly to the mobile phone of your client makes you save time and money, as you can send many SMS at the same time (ex: let your customers know when a transaction went through). 

Without the shadow of a doubt, nowadays SMS is the simpler, quicker and most efficient way to communicate everywhere, anytime with your target, and it insures you immediate impact. 

Receiving a phone call from a company can be considered invasive by customers, as they can be busy when the phone is ringing and the timing of the call is not always perfect. That is why sending an SMS is a far less aggressive marketing technique, as the target can read the message when he wants to. As a result, your Bank or Insurance’s image improves, plus you save money and energy (zero paper, ink etc.). Stop spending money on call-centers, as a simple SMS says it all and insures you a massive impact.

Program the sending of an SMS to:

– Notify a customer that the transaction he intended to make went through, to let him know that a bill was paid (rent), send a code to shop on line, send exchange rates to frequent travelers, send account information, confirm an account was successfully open etc.

CRM

In order to keep in touch with your customers and potential customers and improve your relations with them without being invasive, send SMS. This powerful and impactful tool avoids phone calls that can deteriorate your business’ image. Besides, your contacts can reply to you straight away and you receive their messages in your email thanks to the Passerelle SMS option.

There is no doubt that sending an SMS is more efficient than sending an email that sometimes gets lost in the middle of messages and emailings received everyday on your customers’ box. Reduce your costs and improve CRM thanks to ActivSMS.

Send SMS PREMIUM: replace the sending number that is written on the receiver’s screen with the words of your choice (your company’s name for example) and he is not allowed to answer.

Send SMS to your customers and future customers:

– Special offers and vouchers, to confirm an order was placed, to remind to pay a bill, send brief quality surveys, confirm a meeting, send information about your business etc.

Education

Students, parents, teachers and professors are much more reactive when you send them SMS rather than if you use a different tool of communication to inform them about exam results or classroom changes. Using ActivMail is so easy that your school or college’s secretary will be able to make the most of it in a few minutes. 

Send SMS to:

– Inform students about exam/entrance results, about key dates, invite parents to open days, send SMS alerts to parents when an absence is spotted, let students know when a teacher is sick and will not show up, when a strike is confirmed etc.

Entertainment

The SMS is the best way to make the most of TV and radio games and attract a younger audience, as you can ask viewers and listeners to send shorts messages to a special number to win presents or vote for candidates of Reality TV shows, so you receive all these messages in your email and you are able to analyze them and store them. 

Send SMS to:

– Make people vote for a candidate (TV show), inform your database of customers about the launch of a new musical or exhibition (theatre, museum), offer vouchers to faithful customers (restaurant and pub), offer to download the latest Smartphone application etc.

Government

Every governing body (town hall, ministry etc) needs to stay in touch with its citizens and electors, and sending SMS is the ideal tool to do so all the time. As efficient to communicate with an individual as with a group of people, the SMS can be sent to one mobile number or to a list of numbers (mailing) thanks to ActivMessenger, our web platform.

Send SMS to your citizens:

-To remind them to vote on D-day, to sort an administrative issue, to remind them to pay a fine, to inform them about a gas alert, invite your citizens to the village’s annual party etc.

Health

SMS technology brings extra opportunities in the Health area by allowing to contact several people at the same time, directly on their mobile phone. Communicating with patients, hospital staff, doctors and partners is a huge challenge, and using the SMS sorts many issues and proves very efficient.

Optimize your medical practice or laboratory’s organization, avoid queues and confirm meetings through ActivSMS.

Send SMS to your patients:

– To remind them of their meetings a day before the due date in order to avoid files and customers’ unsettlement, to plan frequent check-ups, send diagnosis through SMS etc.

IT and Administration

Integrate ActivMail to your system or application and send SMS through email. Send short messages to a group of person at the same time, program sendings months in advance towards the mobile phone numbers of your choice.

ActivMail’s success is also due to its simplicity: using it I easy like 1, 2, 3 and the system is remote-installed within four hours. Then you can use it from any computer that is connected to the Internet. 

Send SMS to your colleagues and partners:

– To notify about last-minute changes, to send a new order of mission, to confirm the booking of a meeting or the launch of a project, receive an SMS alert every time a bug in your system is detected (SMS GUARD option) etc.

Human Resources

As a consequence of the awful unemployment rate, HR has become a key sector. During a recruitment process, you can now send SMS through email to the candidates to ask them to apply for the job, and then confirm their application was sent successfully. You can do the same with emails if you wish to, but the impact will not be the same at all and the answer will not be received as quickly as with an SMS. 

As a result, HR officers save a lot of time and energy and can be focused on picking the right person for the right position. Stop spending hours on the phone and just send an SMS!

Send SMS to candidates:

– Communicate with candidates by sending detailed job offers, interview hours and address, confirm a CV was sent to a company, send positive or negative answers etc.

Manufacturing

Sending text messages to your suppliers, retailers, partners and customers brings the efficiency and speed that your company needs to beat its competitors so you can keep the entire process under control.

Send SMS:

– Notifications to your clients about a delivery, a new range of products, confirm an order (give a password), launch games to promote your company, send reminders for unpaid bills etc.

Real Estate

Many real estate agencies use ActivMail on a daily basis in order to keep in touch with owners, potential buyers and people who are after a flat/house to rent. They send detailed messages about properties that may interest their customers and keep them up to date. 

They also offer people to view properties and send all their SMS through email directly from their office. 

Send SMS to potential customers:

– Details about a property to sell, buy or rent with a reference number, keep in touch with your agents on the field, confirm meetings, ask for extra papers, inform about bids, fees and amounts etc.

Restaurants and Bars

Restaurants and Bars can make a name for themselves by communicating to databases of potential customers through text messages sent from a PC connected to the Internet. They can also increase their customers’ satisfaction thanks to vouchers, special offers, reminders of special events and birthday gifts.

For example, send an SMS just before lunchtime saying: “One free drink offered for every menu ordered today between now and 1pm at Restaurant…” Also ask your customers to book a table through an SMS and send a booking confirmation.

Send SMS to customers and future customers:

– Special offers, vouchers, events, parties, booking, new address, new dish, etc.

Sales

Increase your selling figures by attracting new customers and improving your current customers’ satisfaction rate. Launch marketing campaigns through SMS (a few clicks on your keyboard) and target a large audience with an impactful message that is delivered straight to their mobile phones.

Almost every SMS that is issued is read, which is not the case of emails and faxes, that is why this communication tool is extremely efficient and profitable. Besides, the number of answers is much more important if you send a text message.

Send SMS to your customers:

– Launch marketing campaigns, games, make special offers, program SMS in advance, announce the upcoming release of a new product etc.

Transports and Logistics

Availability and speed are keywords as far as Transports and Logistics are concerned. That is the reason why communicating with your drivers, notifying your customers about deliveries and being available 24/7 is priceless. Save energy, time and stop making dangerous and long-drawn phone calls. Instead, just send an SMS that says everything your driver or customer need to know.

Send SMS to your drivers and customers: 

– Send delivery information through SMS and receive answers in real time in your email, track a package from A to Z, make your drivers’ journey safer (no phone calls), receive mission reports, keep your customers posted about their upcoming delivery etc.

Tourism and Travel

The number of Tourists who visit the word increases continuously, as quickly as their level of demand. As accidents, natural disasters and strikes can arise anytime, letting travelers know that a flight is delayed or that a train is running late is a key issue.

Sending SMS alerts to travelers increases your image, as you avoid queues, phone calls and complaints, and your customers trust you again and again thanks to your great communication in real time.

Send SMS to travelers and tourists:

– Route, booking confirmation, delay, cancellation, password, lost or unattended baggage, hotel room availability, special offer, taxi phone number, weather alert, useful contacts in a foreign country, welcome message, brief satisfaction survey etc.


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Testimonials

Testimonials

Check out some testimonials from ActivMail customers and Partners. These professionals send+receive faxes, text and voice messages everyday and are apparently delighted with the service we provide.

Louis H., Town Hall officer in Arnould, France (88)
“We send three different types of SMS alerts in order to communicate the best we can with our citizens, and ActivMail provides us a great service. Messages as sent very easily from my PC in order to let people know about weather conditions and potential risks.”

Sebastien Deslandes, creator of Alliantic, ActivMail integrator
“We have been using ActivMail for eight years now, and we were attracted by its simplicity from day one. When Alliantic was created, we needed a landline and a fax line. The main reason why I picked ActivMail is savings, because costs-reduction is so important for a company. Basically, subscribing to this service is less expensive than using a fax line. Besides, you get many benefits in terms of work organization. For example, you can keep the same number (call-forwarding) even if your company moves (it has happened to us a couple of times). Then, your voicemail is available anywhere, anytime, so is your email box, where you can check your faxes and text messages. All the messages we receive are stored and we do not need to print them systematically. It means that ActivMail allows to save energy, paper, ink, as we only print a few emails. Eventually we created a platform that enables to personalize each fax sent, in collaboration with Opus. Today Opus is one of our main unified messaging systems’ providers.”

Jean-Philippe Vinet, @DOC Solutions, temporary work agency
“As soon as a position is made available, we directly send a detailed text message to relevant candidates, who react quickly and can apply. Basically, ActivFax allows companies and candidates to save time and meet each other. Regarding the search of employees for jobs in particular, this tool helps us satisfy our clients thanks to its huge productivity.”

Arnaud D., sales force for a famous sportswear brand
“Our company employs sales officers who are based all around the country and who prepare their meetings from home. They do not need bulky fax machines anymore thanks to ActivFax, as they send and receive all their messages through the internet. To my mind, the two major assets are costs-reduction and improved communication between our team and with the shops.”

Marc P, polling institute
“I send thousands of surveys every month thanks to ActivFax and it only takes me a few minutes. The rate of return is satisfying and much more important than with a normal mailing. Besides, I do not need to waste paper anymore, and I do not even have to leave my desk!”

Karine V., dentist
“In order to avoid schedule issues and to reduce the queue in the waiting room, my assistant sends text messages to my clients through ActivSMS to confirm meeting dates and hours. She also programs messages in advance, which is very convenient.”


Karim H., hotel reservation agency

“I use ActivMail everyday to send detailed reservation confirmations – including the name and address of the hotel, the rate and conditions – through faxes and text messages from my computer. As a result, our agency’s communication is brilliant.”


Didier G., garage owner
“My clients used to hassle me on the phone everyday to know when their car would be ready. They even called several times a day to ask if they could come and take their car. Honestly, it was a huge waste of time for me and my staff. But from now on, we send them Tmails (voice synthesis) that tell them precisely when they can come over to the garage. As a result, my clients know what to expect and understand that the garage is way ahead of its competitors.”

Michael J., start-up creator
“I have just launched my marketing events company and it would have been ridiculous to buy a fax machine, as ActivFax offers a better service, modern and cost-saver. Everyday I discover a new application that makes me more efficient.”

Pierre S., restaurant chain manager 
“Food is a very competitive business and you have to have good ideas to beat your neighbors. That is the reason why we have decided to send invitations to special events and vouchers to our database of clients through text messages. All the messages are sent from a PC in a few clicks.”

                                       
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