The Mount Kisco medical center signed on with Pleasantville-based Primary Wave Media, a company that licenses vanity phone numbers throughout the country, to offer 1-800-QUALITY. The number will allow callers to request information about the hospital, such as its diagnostic and treatment services and other programs. The alerts can also be delivered through text messaging directly to consumers’ phones or smart phones.

Primary Wave Media CEO Gregg Hamerschlag said he is optimistic that 1-800-QUALITY will be as synonymous with reliable programs as some of the company’s other high profile numbers relating to the health care industry, such as 1-800-HOSPICE and 1-800-HOMECARE.

“What our number can now do and what Northern Westchester Hospital is going to use it for is to disseminate information,” Hamerschlag said. “We have clients all over the country who use it. It’s really a difference maker in the market.”

Signing on to the number provides Northern Westchester with regional exclusivity to the number anywhere within the 914 and 845 area codes, he said. Hamerschlag said he wasn’t certain how many hospitals across the country might sign on to use the service but there were more than 125 homecare and hospice organizations that joined to participate in those toll-free numbers. Last week, a hospital was added in Delaware to cover that state and more are expected to be announced by the company.

Mark Vincent, vice president of marketing and communications for the hospital, said the 1-800-QUALITY service will allow its departments to better serve the community through its dedication to quality service and by using innovative tools.

“Patient service and a commitment to quality is what Northern Westchester Hospital is about,” Vincent said. “It’s going to reflect us and what we’re about.”

He said the hospital was made aware of the burgeoning service through a hospital employee who was familiar with Primary Wave Media. The employee suggested Northern Westchester should investigate whether it would be a benefit to them.

Hamerschlag, who founded Priority Home Care, Inc. a private home health care company before he sold it in 2005, said the number is more than just an easy-to-remember advertising hook but helps to drive call volume to the licensee and help build their businesses.

While Primary Wave has had experience with the health care some of its other highly successful telephone numbers that it has introduced into the market have included 1-800-CABLETV and 1-877-WINDOWS.

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Currently beta testing in San Francisco, Primary Wave Media’s 1-800-DAILY-DEAL service is available to publishing partners who can license the right to use the program on an exclusive basis within any U.S. market, as well as to businesses seeking to offer deals to consumers.

When people call 1-800-DAILY-DEAL, a geo-location system determines where the call is coming from and whether it is placed on a landline or mobile device. Callers are then offered opt-in discounts or purchase deals at participating nearby businesses. Users who accept offers are entered into a CRM database to receive ongoing deals and promotions, a substantial value add for brands and marketers using the platform.

"The 1-800-DAILY-DEAL platform delivers relevant local deals when people are seeking them. It does not clutter up inboxes with dozens of deals that eventually annoy people and get ignored,” said Tim Heslin, CEO of Primary Wave Media 1-800-DAILY-DEAL.com, LLC. “The resulting relevance and immediacy of these deals represent tremendous potential for publishers and marketing partners."

The platform is a turnkey entry into the competitive daily deal space that can integrate seamlessly into multiple business initiatives. For instance, publishing partners can add their own deals to 1-800-DAILY-DEAL offerings and "upsell" the service to their current and prospective advertisers as a key component to made-to-order marketing packages. It can also be used to bring consumers back to publishers’ host sites for additional news and content, increasing site visits and generating ad revenue and valuable data capture opportunities.

"1-800-DAILY-DEAL is much more than an affiliate program. It can easily be branded, customized and implemented, representing true partnership potential to companies seeking to hit the ground running in the daily deal space," said Hamerschlag.

About Primary Wave Media
Primary Wave Media (http://www.primarywavemedia.com) is a leading integrated marketing, licensing and media company that develops industry-defining, IP-based branding assets and campaigns designed for B2C companies in highly competitive, high-growth industry segments. Primary Wave Media provides unique, custom business-building marketing solutions, through the use of vanity phone numbers, to increase customer engagement and brand recognition on both a national and regional level for new and established brands. As one of the nation’s leading providers of toll-free vanity number marketing programs, Primary Wave Media licenses a wide range of shared-use 800 numbers, including 1-800-CABLE-TV, 1-800-HOME-CARE, 1-800-HURT-NOW, 1-877-WINDOWS and 1-800-WIRELESS, among others.

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The phone number–1-800-QUALITY– was launched through a partnership with Primary Wave Media of Pleasantville, which licenses shared use memorable 800 numbers nationwide for organizations in healthcare and other markets.

Vice President of Marketing and Communications of Northern Westchester Hospital, Mark Vincent, said, “The 1-800-QUALITY phone number will enable us to better communicate NWH’s commitment to high-quality, patient-centered care throughout the community,” adding, “When people think ‘Quality,’ we want them to think of Northern Westchester Hospital.”

The service will enable callers to request pertinent information about NWH and have it delivered via SMS text messaging directly to their phones or smart phones.

The hospital plans to utilize the new 800 service to help disseminate information to potential patients about its various programs, many of which have received accolades and achievements including their Emergency Department patient satisfaction scores that rank among the top 5% in the United States, based upon Press Ganey patient survey results and their stroke program, which achieved the Gold-Plus performance award from the American Heart Association for providing high quality stroke care.

Original article from The Daily Bedford: http://www.thedailybedford.com/wellness/northern-westchester-hospital-launches-quality

Pleasantville, New York (PRWEB) September 08, 2011

Primary Wave Media, the nation’s leading provider of toll-free vanity telephone marketing programs, today announces it has established a toll-free number, 1-800-QUALITY, that it is being licensed regionally to hospitals throughout the U.S. The easily remembered shared use number enables hospitals to convey their commitment to providing quality care to the communities they serve.

The significance of the 1-800-QUALITY number goes beyond an advertising hook. Once people call the number and are routed directly to a hospital in their market, they will be privy to information that will enable them to quickly learn about an institution’s practices and specialties, emergency room assistance and quality care measurement processes.

The 1-800-QUALITY number follows two other very successful Primary Wave Media shared use 800 numbers in the healthcare space: 1-800-HOSPICE and 1-800-HOMECARE. Both have been proven to significantly increase call volumes and build the businesses of over 125 homecare and hospice organizations throughout the United States

“This new 1-800-QUALITY number, which is licensed exclusively by region or market, enables hospitals to underscore their high standards and commitment to their patients,” said Gregg Hamershlag, CEO of Primary Wave Media. “By calling this number, members of the community have the opportunity to speak to a representative or get pertinent information about an institution delivered to them via SMS text messaging to their smart phones.”

Primary Wave Media’s first licensor of the 1-800-QUALITY number is Northern Westchester Hospital (NWH) in Mt. Kisco, New York. The not-for-profit institution is banking on the memorable 800 number as a means to better communicate its highly-awarded and accredited patient-centered diagnostic and treatment services to the people of Westchester.

“The 1-800-QUALITY phone number will enable us to better communicate NWH’s commitment to high-quality, patient-centered care throughout the community. When people think ‘Quality’, we want them to think of Northern Westchester Hospital,” stated Mark Vincent, NWH’s Vice President, Marketing and Communications.

About Primary Wave Media

Primary Wave Media is a leading integrated marketing, licensing and media company that develops industry-defining, IP-based branding assets and campaigns designed for B2C companies in highly competitive, high-growth industry segments. Primary Wave Media provides unique, custom business-building marketing solutions, through the use of vanity phone numbers, to increase customer engagement and brand recognition on both a national and regional level for new and established brands. As one of the nation’s leading providers of toll-free vanity number marketing programs, Primary Wave Media licenses a wide range of shared-use 800 numbers, including 1-800-CABLE-TV, 1-800-HOME-CARE, 1-800-HURT-NOW, 1-877-WINDOWS and 1-800-WIRELESS, among others. For further information about Primary Wave Media, please visit http://www.primarywavemedia.com

Original article from Yahoo News: http://news.yahoo.com/primary-wave-media-introduces-toll-free-1-800-090306519.html

Elliot Klein of New York developed eVotz to verify voter’s identities and location via a secure, mobile platform for location-enabled smartphones or tablets.

“eVotz is a better way to authenticate voting without paper, pencil, postage or traveling by car to polling locations and we do it using emerging mobile device Internet and hybrid GNSS technologies,” Klein said.

Five finalists will introduce their GNSS application and location-based service ideas in “fast pitch” presentations on Thursday, September 22, at 12:30 p.m. in the Portland, Oregon Convention Center where ION GNSS 2011 will be held. The USA Challenge 2011 competition was organized by Inside GNSS magazine and cosponsored by NovAtel, Inc., and the Institute of Navigation.

ION participants inside a virtual “geofence” within and around the convention center may use eVotz to select their favorite of the final five ideas. The winner will receive a bronze People’s Choice award at the Thursday event.

Mobile voting will take place using TechnoCom location technology and Intercept Networks, a joint venture between Primary Wave Media and TeleSmart Networks to enhance Intelligent Numbers with cloud-based location services and two-way messaging.

Here’s how it works: ION participants use their location-capable smartphone or other wireless device that takes them to an interactive voice option menu. Depending on the device features, they may be able to access the site by scanning a QR code. If they opt-in to receive SMS short code messages and hyperlinks, they’ll be able to cast a vote for their favorite USA Challenge finalist.

Klein said, “We apply the eVotz ‘secret sauce’ that verifies the voter’s location. We test it against the geofence–permitted postal mailing address radius to the Portland Convention Center area and confirm that it matches. eVotz allows a one-time vote and also matches the vote with other permissions in the eVotz server.”

As part of his award last year, Klein received support in developing his platform from the Position, Location And Navigation (PLAN) group at the University of Calgary. Klein said PLAN’s faculty helped him realize the potential of mobile phone sensors, including GPS and A-GPS, and using data from self-contained magnetometer, altimeter, or gyro sensors to authenticate geographical location. It was particularly useful for indoor locations, where people are most likely to use a smartphone or tablet, he said.

The USA Challenge is part of the European Satellite Navigation Competition, now a global event with competitors in 50 countries.

ION GNSS 2011 will be held from September 19 through 23 in Portland, Oregon, USA.

Original article from InsideGNSS – http://www.insidegnss.com/node/2736

No one is denying that text and social media are impacting the way our society communicates, but the jury is still out on their effectiveness as sales and marketing tools. While marketers debate the verdict, they continue to conclude that whether the goal is consumer engagement or lead generation, the end result of those efforts should be increased sales.

Putting all of your eggs, or marketing dollars, into the online basket, opens you up to the fickle nature of the Internet. A few months ago, Google changed its search algorithm, which immediately affected 12% of search results. Sites whose rankings rose to the top found that their traffic and revenue grew, but the adjustment had a negative effect on those that fell in the rankings, effectively shutting off their marketing pipelines instantaneously.

Marketers who fail to construct a balanced, multi-platform approach that places as high a priority on voice and offline engagement as it does on social and digital platforms, will miss out on valuable opportunities to facilitate authentic customer relationships. Customer-facing telephone numbers are becoming a single, mobile entry point to deliver multimedia content through various mobile messaging technologies. Some platforms that include ads and coupons are extensions of the phone’s link to digital tools and demonstrate how switching from communicating on the Web to the phone can be immediate and seamless.

Systems that prompt users to opt-in to receive content can enable marketers to collect CRM data. Such information helps marketers track when people are calling a number, from where, and the type of offers they accepted or rejected. They allow brands to build a mobile database of highly receptive customers and prospects.

Social networks might be all the rage, but a recent survey from interactive agency Razorfish found that despite the average person spending one out of every eight minutes online on Facebook, they do not use the site when they want to connect with a company. Overwhelmingly, consumers were inclined to go to company websites or talk to a company representative directly on the phone.

From the July 01, 2011 Issue of Direct Marketing News

By Narayan Bhat

Published: June 22, 2011

http://financial.tmcnet.com//topics/financial-technology/articles/188905-primary-wave-media-launches-another-marketing-solution-daily.htm

Primary Wave Media has unveiled another marketing solution called ‘daily-deal’ and it is designed to help consumers know who is selling what at discounted or promotional price in the area nearest to their location.

Consumers need to call a 1-800 number to let the service provider to know that they are looking for information on business deals, and in return Primary Media will connect them with the businesses concerned.

When a consumer calls this number, the location intelligence system at Primary Media will determine where the call is coming from. From there, the caller is offered an opt-in discount or purchase deal at a participating business within close proximity to his or her exact location.

Users who accept to receive deal offers are entered into a database to receive ongoing deals and promotions. Analysts say that it is a win-win deal for bother consumers and businesses.

Once their name reaches the database, they are informed regularly via SMS or MMS.

Primary Wave Media, which has traditionally been a provider of toll-free vanity telephone number marketing solutions, has recently sold its 1800CableTV.com business to Saveology.com.

“Considering the popularity of vanity telephone numbers and the countless industries and corporations that have been born around them, the natural evolution of the group buying industry is to now include voice and SMS capabilities through an industry defining platinum phone number,” said Gregg Hamerschlag CEO of Primary Wave Media.

“The marketplace has an appetite for this technology, as proven by the fact that we are already being approached by potential partners even during our beta phase. 1-800-DAILY-DEAL will give consumers a new, but extremely familiar, entry point to receive great savings right in their market.”

Other services realize the significance of mobile, geo-targeted marketing campaigns. Recently, LivingSocial (News – Alert) began running mobile video and voice-over ads within Pandora’s mobile app in order to offer consumers daily deals by real time location.

NEW YORK, June 20, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Primary Wave Media, the nation’s leading provider of branded vanity telephone number marketing services, announced today the beta launch of 1-800-DAILY-DEAL, a location-based Intelligent Number(SM) able to offer callers local deals based on their exact location whenever and wherever they are via SMS text messaging. This announcement follows a history of success for the company. After launching 1800CableTV.com in 2003, Primary Wave successfully established and marketed the brand as one of the leading customer creation portals in the cable industry through licensing programs in major U.S. markets. In February, the intellectual property and existing business were acquired by Saveology.com, a leading comparison shopping destination.

As locally-focused group buying platforms and flash sale sites have changed the way retailers and consumers interact with one another, 1-800-DAILY-DEAL offers an increasingly upward and mobile consumer the ability to connect with local businesses and retailers at their convenience and in the market most relevant to them at that point and time. Empowered consumers better self identify money-saving deals on their own terms and at their convenience, which leads to better exposure and more returns for brands and merchants.

Equipped with Intelligent Number’s Voice2SMS technology, and upcoming GPS capabilities, 1-800-DAILY-DEAL presents customizable interactive voice options that allow callers to voluntarily “opt-in” to receive SMS short code messages of local sales and promotions based on their current location. 1-800-DAILY-DEAL delivers messages to the caller’s handheld device via SMS, MMS or web.

“Considering the popularity of vanity telephone numbers and the countless industries and corporations that have been born around them, the natural evolution of the group buying industry is to now include voice and SMS capabilities through an industry defining platinum phone number,” said Gregg Hamerschlag CEO of Primary Wave Media. “The marketplace has an appetite for this technology, as proven by the fact that we are already being approached by potential partners even during our beta phase. 1-800-DAILY-DEAL will give consumers a new, but extremely familiar, entry point to receive great savings right in their market.”

When a user calls 1-800-DAILY-DEAL, a proprietary location intelligence system will determine where the call is coming from and whether it is placed on a landline or mobile device. From there, the caller is offered an opt-in discount or purchase deal at a participating business within close proximity to his or her exact location. Users who accept to receive deal offers are entered into a CRM database to receive ongoing deals and promotions, a value add for brands and marketers using the platform.

Other services realize the significance of mobile, geo-targeted marketing campaigns. Recently, LivingSocial began running mobile video and voice-over ads within Pandora’s mobile app in order to offer consumers daily deals by real time location.

About Primary Wave Media

Primary Wave Media is a leading integrated marketing, licensing and media company that develops industry-defining, IP-based branding assets and campaigns designed for B2C companies in highly competitive, high-growth industry segments. Primary Wave Media provides unique, custom business-building marketing solutions, through the use of vanity phone numbers, to increase customer engagement and brand recognition on both a national and regional level for new and established brands. As one of the nation’s leading providers of toll-free vanity number marketing programs, Primary Wave Media licenses a wide range of shared-use 800 numbers, including 1-800-CABLE-TV, 1-800-HOME-CARE, 1-800-HURT-NOW, 1-877-WINDOWS and 1-800-WIRELESS, among others. For further information about Primary Wave Media, please visit www.primarywavemedia.com.

Media Contact:
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Kwittken & Company
+1 646.747.7150
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Carlsbad, CA and New York, NY (PRWEB) June 14, 2011

TechnoCom Corporation™, a leading provider of enterprise location solutions, and Intercept Networks, a joint venture between Primary Wave Media and TeleSmart Networks, announced today a partnership to enhance Intelligent NumbersSM with cloud-based location services and two-way messaging.

Intercept Networks’s Intelligent NumbersSM is a voice2sms marketing platform for toll-free telephone numbers. By combining dynamic Interactive Voice Response (IVR) technology and a proprietary SMS short code messaging platform, the numbers create a single, mobile entry point for marketers to deliver multi-platform content to a highly engaged and receptive consumer. TechnoCom Location Platform™, a cross-carrier, cross-device web services platform, will further enhance consumer experience by adding location intelligence. TechnoCom’s network-initiated, web services platform makes location content available for any device type: mobile or landline. TechnoCom is an established location and messaging aggregator on all Tier 1 US wireless networks, covering close to 90% of mobile phones nationwide, which coupled with its ability to locate landline phones, provides a unified source of caller location for over 360 million devices nationwide.

Intelligent Numbers present callers with an interactive voice option menu that allows them to voluntarily opt-in to receive SMS short code messages and hyperlinks. Messages that are delivered to the caller’s handheld device via SMS, MMS, web or voicemail, are received before the call has ended and can include a brand’s web page, coupon or mobile app, the opportunity to enter a promotional code or the option to be added to a company mailing list for special offers and product updates. Brands can customize the menu options on the fly and callers who opt-in to opportunities are added to a CRM database.

TechnoCom Location Platform enables Intelligent Numbers to recognize and automate routing of mobile and landline calls. Landline callers are greeted with an alternative voice menu prompting the caller to provide a mobile 10-digit telephone number to receive preferred communication to their mobile device to streamline operations and increase customer satisfaction.

“Our collaboration with TechnoCom delivers enhanced value and operational efficiencies for our accounts,” said Brian Lynott, CEO of TeleSmart Networks.

“Together with TechnoCom we are continuing to explore and develop mobile marketing technologies that connect brands with consumers by leveraging voice services, location and messaging,” said Gregg Hamerschlag, CEO of Primary Wave Media.

“TechnoCom is pleased to collaborate with Intercept Networks to provide our best-in-class enterprise location services to complement Intelligent Numbers” said Mario Proietti, CEO of TechnoCom.

“TechnoCom Location Platform’s cross-carrier, device-independent availability and comprehensive web services APIs enhance mobile marketing programs without the costly and time-consuming deployment and maintenance of handset applications. Our platform provides enterprises with flexibility, cost savings and time-to-market advantages”.

About Intercept Networks

Intercept Networks was launched in 2011 as a joint venture between Primary Wave Media and TeleSmart Networks, established to develop telecommunication and mobile marketing technologies for use in conjunction with current voice platforms and marketing campaigns. For more information please visit http://www.interceptnetworks.com.

About TechnoCom Corporation

TechnoCom Corporation is a leading provider of products and services to enable wireless location solutions for enterprises, wireless carriers, and service providers. TechnoCom helps its customers efficiently implement, optimize and manage location solutions for E911 and commercial location-based services. TechnoCom Location Platform is a turn-key, enterprise location-based services platform that delivers operational efficiencies, cost savings and ubiquitous device access to location and messaging. The company’s flagship Location eXchange Server™ and LocationAssurance Manager® platforms allow efficient implementation of wireless location solutions and continuous, automated oversight into location system performance.

Founded in 1995 and privately held, TechnoCom has been selected by Deloitte as one of the 50 fastest growing technology companies in Los Angeles for four consecutive years. TechnoCom’s customers include AT&T, Bell Mobility, Cricket, Cross Country Automotive Services, Openwave, Sprint Nextel, TELUS, T-Mobile, and Verizon Wireless. For more information about TechnoCom, please visit http://www.technocom-wireless.com.

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Intercept Networks Launches the Intelligent Number™ in Beta
Proprietary SMS Short Code Messaging Platform Combined with Interactive Voice Response Technology Creates 360-Degree Direct-to-Consumer, Mobile Marketing Communications and Database Management Tool

New York, NY – May 9, 2011 – Intercept Networks, a joint venture between Primary Wave Media and TeleSmart Networks, announced today the beta launch of the Intelligent Number™. Intercept Networks has built a voice2sms marketing platform for toll-free telephone numbers through the combination of dynamic Interactive Voice Response (IVR) technology and a proprietary SMS short code messaging platform, creating a single, mobile entry point for marketers to deliver multi-platform content to a highly engaged and receptive consumer. 

Intelligent Numbers present incoming callers with a customizable interactive voice options menu that allows callers to voluntarily “opt-in” to receive SMS short code messages. Messages that are delivered to the caller’s handheld device via SMS, MMS, web or voicemail, are received before the call has ended and can include a brand’s web page, coupon or mobile app, the opportunity to enter a promotion code or be added to a company mailing list for special offers or product updates.

Menu options are completely customizable around a company’s current marketing program and are managed through an intuitive, personal SMS software management dashboard. The automated voice menu can be presented during the call-routing process, while the caller is on hold or serve as the only function of the toll-free number. Each message presents participants with the option to “opt-out” at anytime by replying with the word “STOP.”

Intelligent Numbers have the ability to recognize calls made from landlines at which time callers are greeted with an alternative voice menu prompting the caller to provide a mobile 10-digit telephone number to receive preferred communication to their mobile device. An Intelligent Number is accessible from any mobile telephone device and service provider.

Benefits of Using an Intelligent Number

• An Intelligent Number from Intercept Networks can be added seamlessly to existing toll-free telephone marketing platforms, avoiding the need for consumers to adopt foreign dialing practices or download new technologies.

• With the ability to be leveraged in both online and offline advertising and marketing programs targeting an upwardly mobile audience, Intelligent Numbers provide a single, mobile entry point for both consumers and brands to communicate. 

• Intelligent Numbers allow brands to build a mobile database of highly receptive existing and potential customers and provide marketers with the ability to distribute personalized messages through a mobile channel with a 95% read rate.

• By providing target customers with the option to receive individualized mobile messages, brands are able to build trust while continuing an ongoing, direct dialogue with a highly motivated and approachable audience.

• Call routing and hold time is maximized while mobile databases are built organically and non-invasively.

“The combination of voice2sms technology with a toll-free, vanity telephone number completes a 360-degree communications circle between the brand and the consumer,” said Gregg Hamerschlag, CEO of Primary Wave Media. “We’ve seen firsthand how well consumers retain and react to toll-free, telephone numbers, establishing a direct-to-consumer connection for the brand. By pairing these numbers with the technology to continue the authentic consumer dialogue, brands are now afforded a channel to interact directly with their most engaged and loyal customers.”

During its beta phase, only toll-free telephone numbers licensed by Primary Wave Media will offer voice2sms technology to power Primary Wave’s Intelligent Numbers. Following a successful testing phase, Intercept Networks will bring the technology to market during Q2 2011, making the platform available to all domestic toll-free telephone numbers.

About Intercept Networks
Intercept Networks was launched in 2011 as a joint venture between Primary Wave Media and TeleSmart Networks, established to develop telecommunication and mobile marketing technologies for use in conjunction with current voice platforms and marketing campaigns. For more information visit: www.primarywavemedia.com or www.telesmart.com.