GroupCast's telephone broadcast service enables groups, businesses, schools and organizations a means to send a recorded telephone messages simultaneously to tens, hundreds, or thousands of recipients fast. Telephone broadcast combines the personal qualities of the human voice with interactive response capabilities, allowing recipients to respond immediately to the message received. GroupCast's Telephone Broadcast service can be used across a variety of applications such as boosting response to a direct mailing, allowing "one-touch" subscription renewals, sending customer alerts and reminders, conducting automated polling, notifying group members about important meetings, issues and more.

GroupCast significantly lowers the cost of customer communications. Case Studies from companies using voice messaging show dramatic improvement in customer communication response and ROI:

1.	A major Medicare supplement provider dramatically increased lead generation thru targeted voice messages delivered to Medicare-age homes

2.	A major St. Louis medical staffing agency dramatically reduced lead times on filling positions by using GroupCast to simultaneously contact multiple qualified nurses to fill open positions

3.	A private high school increased alumni donations by over 25% by overlaying their traditional mailed donation solicitation letter with a voice broadcast asking for alumni support.

4.	A nationwide retail photography studio dramatically reduced customer no-shows by using voice messaging to automatically remind customers of scheduled appointments 48 hours in advance.

5.	A public high school in the Midwest dramatically increased daily attendance by using GroupCast's SchoolReach service to notify parents nightly of missed days and classes by their children.

GroupCast allows companies and organizations of all types to simultaneously reach thousands of individuals with unique interactive messages, and allow recipients to interact with the message in a variety of ways:

*	Connect immediately to the sender or a call center

*	Respond to questions by touch tone or voice recording

*	Enter data through their phone keypad or by voice

*	Use our automated collections system to automate payments by check or credit card, with back-end reporting

For just pennies per message, GroupCast provides a highly cost-effective way to communicate with your group or customers and can be implemented in just one or two days.

Technology

GroupCast utilizes its proprietary DyanCast™ technology -- a carrier-grade infrastructure that can deliver thousands of interactive messages in just minutes. GroupCast Messaging is provided in a hosted environment; there are no special hardware or software requirements needed to utilize our service. Clients can begin using GroupCast almost immediately with our self-service user interface or can enlist the aid of a GroupCast broadcast manager to assist with copy writing, professional voice talent procurement, and custom feature requirements.