Audio broadcasting has been around for decades, but the first podcast – an audio programme, usually part of a series, available to listen to or download over the internet – dates back to 2004. There are now thousands of podcasts available on every topic imaginable, from health and well-being to true crime, comedy and politics […]
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Category: Business
Do you really need to schedule that call?
inThe benefits of recording and replying to voice notes We all need to be respectful of people’s time – it is the most important commodity we have. In business, the volume of time invested in phone calls is significant and missed calls, cancelled meetings and busy schedules can lead to frustration as well as longer […]
Read MoreThe fragmented office
inAs offices fragment into remote teams, work becomes more visual and social media makes us more comfortable on camera – it’s time for collaboration to go beyond text. In a click, you can record yourself to get an idea across in a personal way. Instead of scheduling a video call, employees can asynchronously discuss projects […]
Read MoreSound Branch for Teams
inWhy wait on email? Sound Branch is your platform for team communication. Post important voice messages, podcast your news and tell stories to connect remote teams. Your team can listen to and comment on voice notes in the app, or directly from the web. Your team wakes up to a daily flash briefing of what’s important. […]
Read MoreThe importance of user feedback and lessons from Y Combinator
inIt’s harder to get into Y Combinator than it is to enrol at Stanford or Harvard. Further to that, only 10% of startups survive and only 5% of startups truly scale having graduated from the Y Combinator accelerator in Silicon Valley. Most startups fail or become zombie businesses because they don’t find product market fit. Product […]
Read More[Press Release] Bringing Voicemail into the 21st-century
inSound Branch a platform which re-imagines voicemail launches. Sound Branch can be accessed on any platform and any device including the web, mobile apps and smart speakers. Powerful voice search of voice messages is available. Sean Gilligan founder of Sound Branch stated “Alongside short form voice messages which are transcribed into text sentiment analysis allows […]
Read MoreGiving Everyone a Voice
We have all been there in meetings where one person dominates the conversations. Now it is fit and proper that someone should chair a meeting and ask the difficult questions. Indeed it’s important to have debates in meetings otherwise perhaps we are not trying hard enough. There are however sometimes more junior members of staff […]
Read MoreSound Branch Launched on Alexa
inWe have just launched Sound Branch as an Alexa skill. This means you can now access Sound Branch on your Amazon Dot and Amazon Echo devices. You can enable the Sound Branch skill by loading your Alexa App, going to the skills section and searching for Sound Branch. You must then enable the skill and […]
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