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Peoples’ attention spans are changing. More than ever, they don’t like being put on hold; they just want an answer. That’s Aaron Kleinhandler’s specialty. These days, people are used to instant gratification — they’re able to go to the Web to get info,” says Kleinhandler, CEO of Oldsmar-based Spectrio. But the phone isn’t going away,…

Spectrio, a full-service audio and video marketing company, has announced the acquisition of Vericom Corp., [www.spectrio.com] a 25-year veteran in healthcare communications. Spectrio said it will incorporate Vericom’s SoundCare on-hold messaging and ChannelCare digital signage into its array of communications products currently focused in industries such as automotive, retail, restaurant and healthcare. According to Spectrio,…

Doylestown Hospital in Doylestown, Pa., will soon be home to the latest interactive digital signage from multimedia marketing provider Spectrio. Spectrio’s interactive creation offers wayfinding, information about classes and events, weather, healthcare news and more to visitors of Doylestown Hospital. In the coming weeks, Spectrio will upgrade the hospital’s existing first-generation video solution to make…

This is one of those questions without a clean-cut one-size-fits-all answer. There are many variables that help us determine digital video cost, so we are going to share some of them with you. Depends on the Length of Video In general, the longer the video you need, the more time our team will need to…

At Spectrio, we understand that each company we work with is unique. A combination of voice and music that works perfectly for one business may not be quite right for another. That’s why we offer such a wide variety of voice talent and music demos, and we update them to stay fresh. Want to take…

Did we just say National On Hold Month? Oh yes we did. At Spectrio, we’re taking this whole month to recognize everyone who has been placed “on hold” after calling a place of business. And since more than 57% of all calls are placed on hold, this month is likely dedicated to you and a…

At Spectrio, we want to make it easy for you to find who or what you need. While we have troubleshooting guides online for some of our on-hold equipment, and even some how to videos on our YouTube page as well as a chat feature on our website, we know that nothing beats a good…

What is the value of a Twitter follower? Obviously from my previous blog post Social Currency via Social Media, companies already understand the great value that followers bring, investing resources to gain more followers and spark social interaction. Visual.ly is a platform to explore visual data. @TwitterSmallBiz created a beautiful interactive, with some interesting statistics:…

What is the power of a tweet? Increasingly, businesses are incentivizing consumers to talk about their brands and are tapping into the fan base that social influencers yield. Rather than simply giveaways or promotions, companies are using the exchange of goods with social media as the social currency. This may seem like a gimmick or…

Search engine optimization used to be a META tag, now it’s a lot more methodical. Let’s be honest. No search engine matters more than Google. And in a land where Google rules supreme, you have to learn to play by their rules. Fortunately the rules they’ve created aren’t evil, but there’s a reason that entire…

This article describes how to create smooth transitions between Libgdx screens, using the Java Universal Tween Engine. This includes animations that show parts of both screens at the same time, e.g., sliding the new screen on top of the old one or scrolling in the new one while the old one scrolls out. The technique takes…

There are two ways of using dynamically loaded classes in your code: Using reflection. Using a pre-defined interface or base class. Reflection is fairly easy to get working, but is slow and more importantly you have to keep using reflection throughout your code. It is therefore not usable if you need to integrate your class…