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ANCHOR OPENING - ANCHOR
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Hello, and welcome to “Business World
News.”
Entrepreneurial small businesses and
self-employed individuals make up one of the largest—and
fastest growing sectors in the business world. But, one of
the biggest challenges these small businesses face besides
productivity is appearing like they are professional, and
more established than their competitors.
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ANCHOR 2: |
Thanks to an innovative communications
service firm called FreedomVoice Systems, small business
owners, and home-based businesses can now create the type
of image they want to project to their
clients—AND--increase their productivity at the same time.
REPORTER NAME is on the road in XXXXX with
this report.
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REPORTER ON LOCATION TO BE DETERMINED
CG READS: “REPORTER’S NAME” |
REPORTER STANDUP: |
Thanks, ANCHOR TWO. Cost-effective and
reliable communications is perhaps THE most important
element in managing a small business today. Most experts
say the very life of your business depends on it.
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CHRIS HARSHBARGER (OR ANOTHER RELIABLE
FREEDOMVOICE CUSTOMER) IS WORKING IN THEIR OFFICE ON THE
COMPUTER CG READS: “Chris Harshbarger,
FreedomVoice customer” (Note: Depending on
customer’s preference, we might want to add the name of
their business and their location. This would apply to any
customers providing testimonials in this news story). |
REPORTER VO: |
Chris Harshbarger, of Michigan, had been
operating his own sales business for five years before he
began using FreedomVoice System’s FreedomPro virtual
office system. He says his business really took off when
he began using FreedomVoice.
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MED SHOT CHRIS HARSHBARGER (OR ANOTHER
CUSTOMER AS PER PREVIOUS SHOT DIRECTION) |
CUSTOMER TESTIMONIAL: |
[To the effect of]:
“I figure the time I wasted trying to
organize information and qualify dead end leads was cut in
half by my FreedomVoice System.
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ANOTHER ANGLE THAT REVEALS ONE OF HIS
EMPLOYEES IN HIS OFFICE BACKGROUND |
CUSTOMER TESTIMONIAL CONTINUED: |
I was able to increase my production
immediately, and ultimately, I had to hire two employees
and add extra extensions. Finally, after five years as a
one man show, my sales have increased one-thousand percent
with the help of this incredible phone system."
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GENERIC SHOT OF FEMALE DIALING PHONE AND
LISTENING TO MESSAGE |
REPORTER VO: |
FreedomVoice provides a level of
sophistication to your business image because callers
presume that they are dealing with a well-established
business when they call and are presented with a menu of
automated options to choose from.
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GENERIC BUSINESS OWNER REVIEWING SPREAD
SHEET OF INFORMATION (ALLUDING TO CALLER INFO) |
REPORTER VO CONTINUED: |
For instance, if you have a sales oriented
business, you might have discovered that the first several
minutes of every prospective call is the same.
FreedomVoice allows you to automatically play a recorded
message to screen or ‘qualify’ your prospects.
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MED SHOT OF ERIC THOMAS IN FRONT OF
COMPANY LOGO OR BANNER. CG READS: “Eric
Thomas, Founder & President, FreedomVoice Systems” |
ERIC THOMAS: |
[To the effect of]:
“Our system also allows your customers to
select certain actions, such as sending you a fax, leaving
a message, or transferring your call to a company
representative.
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ERIC THOMAS CONTINUED: |
And, we also feature ‘Follow Me’ call
forwarding, where you can have a new business prospect or
client’s phone call forwarded to a list of sequential
phone numbers you program, like your home, cell, or office
numbers, until you are reached.”
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FREEDOMVOICE CUSTOMERS WHO ARE BUSINESS
PARTNERS IN A TWO-SHOT CG READS: “Name and
Name, FreedomVoice Customers” SUCCESSIVE
CUTAWAYS TO SHOW EACH PARTNER WORKING FROM THEIR OFFICE |
CUSTOMER TESTIMONIAL FIRST BUSINESS
PARTNER: |
[To the effect of]:
“The virtual office capabilities of
FreedomVoice gave my business partner and me the
opportunity to live where we wanted to. He lives on the
east coast, because he has family back there, and I live
in California, but our clients think we’re operating out
of the same office. It’s a seamless experience for our
customers because they can reach either of us through our
personalized FreedomVoice System interface.
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COME BACK OUT OF CUTAWAY SHOTS TO TWO-SHOT
OF BUSINESS PARTNERS |
CUSTOMER TESTIMONIAL - SECOND BUSINESS
PARTNER: |
[To the effect of]:
“There’s more to it than that. We both use
email a lot. The system is so efficient that we can
receive faxes and voicemails as attachments in our email,
which means we don’t have to be shifting back and forth
from one medium to another to handle all our
communications. It’s amazing how much more work we both
can handle with this streamlining feature.
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TWO-SHOT OF REPORTER AND ERIC IN FRONT OF
COMPUTER ON DESK (Note: The PC and desk
need to be arranged for easy camera movement from two-shot
to screen) |
REPORTER WITH ERIC: |
Eric, I noticed your website has an
amazing little tour highlighting all the capabilities
FreedomVoice provides. But, I’m not quite clear on whether
I can use my existing telephone equipment with your system
or not?
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FAVOR ERIC |
ERIC: |
The nice thing about this system is it
doesn't depend at all on what kind of phone you have. In
fact our system is so sophisticated that we can call you
at work and if we need to dial an extension to reach you
we can wait till the phone is answered and then dial the
extension.
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REPORTER: |
Okay, so let’s say I operate my business
out of my home, and I’m interested in how FreedomVoice can
help me. How do I get started?
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BACK TO TWO SHOT OF REPORTER AND ERIC
THOMAS BY COMPUTER ON DESK. TILT DOWN AND
OVER TO COMPUTER SCREEN. |
ERIC: |
[To the effect]:
“It’s really simple, REPORTER. Our
website’s home page at FreedomVoice-dot-com outlines our
two most popular plans, the FreedomLITE plan, starting at
only Nine dollars-and-ninety-five cents per month for the
basic package, and FreedomPRO, which starts at only
Nineteen-ninety-five for the basic package.
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SCREEN SHOT OF HOME PAGE |
ERIC VO: |
From here, you can click on either plan,
and you’ll move to a detailed page that spells out every
standard feature that comes with the package, plus all the
optional features that you can choose to add.
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MED CLOSE UP OF REPORTER |
REPORTER: |
But, what if I really need a feature I
don’t see here, what do I do?
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CUT TO TWO SHOT OF REPORTER AND ERIC
REPORTER NODS AS ERIC EXPLAINS... |
ERIC: |
[To the effect of]:
“You know, we get a lot of customers that
ask us, ‘Yeah, but can it do this, too?’ And we just love
that because we built FreedomVoice’s technology from the
ground up, with all the unique design elements that allow
us to quickly customize the system to your needs. We have
yet to see a feature that we couldn’t provide our
customers with.”
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MAINTAIN TWO-SHOT |
REPORTER: |
That’s great. So, let’s say I’m now signed
up and have a customized FreedomVoice system for my
business. What do I do if I need to change or update my
own features?
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CLOSE ON ERIC |
ERIC: |
[To the effect of]:
“That’s the beauty of it. We have a visual
web interface that allows you to control nearly all the
aspects of how your business is presented to the public.
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DISSOLVE TO CUSTOMER INTERFACE WEB PAGE |
ERIC VO: |
About the ONLY thing that you can’t do on
our web interface is record your message. Otherwise, you
can log into our website and change every other aspect of
your system WHENEVER and HOWEVER you please.”
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FREEDOMVOICE CUSTOMER SEATED AT THEIR
OFFICE DESK CG READS: “Name, FreedomVoice
Customer” HOLDS UP BUSINESS CARD AND POINTS
TO THE PROMINENTLY FEATURED 800-NUMBER ON THE CARD |
CUSTOMER TESTIMONIAL: |
[To the effect of]:
“One of the immediate benefits that I
experienced when I signed up with FreedomVoice Systems was
my personal Eight-hundred number. It totally changed the
way my customers and prospective customers looked at my
business. It really creates a perception of success
because I think most people assume it costs a lot to
operate an Eight-hundred number business!”
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FREEDOMVOICE SCREEN SHOT OF PACKAGE PLAN
WEB PAGE |
REPORTER VO: |
Every FreedomVoice customer receives an
Eight-hundred number as part of their service package. You
can even select a vanity Eight-hundred number to highlight
your business for an extra small fee.
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GENERIC MALE CALLER TOUCHTONING TELEPHONE,
THEN TALKING TO SOMEONE |
REPORTER VO: |
There’s also the flexibility to purchase
toll-free minutes with your package for incoming and
outgoing calls in advance for as low as Four-point-nine
cents per minute, or you can pay as you go if you’re not
certain how many minutes you might use at
Eleven-point-nine cents per minute.
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REPORTER BACK AT LOCATION IN FIRST
STANDUP, TBD |
REPORTER STANDUP: |
ANCHOR ONE and ANCHOR TWO, you would be
amazed at how easy it is to set up the FreedomVoice
System-- and even more amazed at how you can transform the
perception of your company to outsiders by having an
Eight-hundred toll-free system that is automated with all
the features we’ve been talking about.
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TWO-SHOT ON ANCHORS IN STUDIO |
ANCHOR ONE: |
I really can’t believe how reasonable the
monthly service is, REPORTER. Are you sure you got that
right?
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REPORTER AT LOCATION TBD (AS PER ABOVE
REFERENCE) |
REPORTER STANDUP: |
Yes! (laughs) You guys know what a
stickler I am for the facts. I know it’s hard to believe,
but I guess this is why so many small and home businesses
are popping up these days. Companies like FreedomVoice
Systems are making it cost-effective and efficient enough
to make it work.
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FACE OTHER STUDIO CAM |
ANCHOR TWO: |
Thanks for your research, REPORTER. We’ll
keep an eye on how companies like FreedomVoice Systems
help stimulate the economy through small business growth,
and perhaps revisit this in a future story.
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ANCHOR TWO: |
For ANCHOR ONE, and all of us here at
Business World News, thanks for joining us.
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