interactive voice response
Know Your Options When you’re driving in the car you can opt for any number of routes to get from point A to point B. The most direct path or the scenic route both have their advantages. Regardless of which one you choose, as long as you arrive at your destination it doesn’t matter which …
Holding your phone at arm’s length and yelling at the top of your lungs at the automated voice on the other end may seem like the type of thing reserved for a TV sitcom or a video about the challenges of speech recognition engines understanding a Scottish accent. Yet, the reason that these images resonate …
All about that base Most people have spent time building with Legos at one point in their lives. The great thing about Legos is that you can build virtually anything you can imagine with those little interlocking bricks. What makes Lego creations even better? When you have a base plate to go along with all …
Become A Master Builder: How a Communications Platform is like Legos Read More »
Recently I called my local hardware store with a question about a scheduled door installation. The phone menu had an option for the windows and doors department, but it was about the twelfth option on what one would consider the second “page” of the menu. The store created even more confusion when an employee answered …
How to Reduce Customer Frustration with an Optimized IVR Read More »
In an era of digital communication and vast social media influence, it has become incredibly easy for consumers to voice their opinions about the companies they frequent, support, or vilify. One disgruntled customer can rally thousands in a matter of hours with nothing more than a 140-character blurb gone viral. Every individual has potential access …
Plum Voice has been providing cloud IVR for over a decade. Over that span of time, this cloud concept—taking care of infrastructure and carriers so our customers don’t have to—has been called many different things. Regardless of whether it you call it cloud IVR, hosted IVR, or outsourced IVR, the simple reality is that somewhere, …
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No one likes waiting on hold, especially for mundane tasks like checking an account balance. Here’s a SlideShare deck with five ways to avoid putting customers on hold, ever.
Peter Theis, ‘father of the automated switchboard’ and Public Enemy Number 1 for everyone who dislikes automated phone systems, talking with the LA Times: I’m the guy who did it, yeah. I am ultimately to blame. I’m Dr. Frankenstein…When I invented it, I knew this would be huge. My goal was to improve the efficiency …
Recently, a company of which I’m a customer revamped their call center technology, but instead of leveraging new features to create a better caller experience, they made it worse. All of a sudden, their system doesn’t remember my personal data and call history like it used to, and, therefore, doesn’t predict why I’m calling anymore. …
Don’t Use Old Techniques with Your New Call Center Technology Read More »
The consequences of a buggy automated call center are all to familiar: frustrated customers and system engineers spending too much time squashing bugs and getting the system to work correctly. If the system doesn’t function well then it’s not much good to customers in the first place. In an odd twist of irony, newer systems …
5 Reasons You Need Mature And Stable Contact Center Technology Read More »
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Chat - Omni-channel communication with chatbots
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DEV - Programmable voice platform for dynamic, complex, and secure apps
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Professional Services - Accelerate deployment for rapid ROI
SecureAssistant - Agent-present virtual voice assistant for secure payments
VoiceTrends - Analytics for voice applications
Account Inquiries & FAQs - Handle repetitive queries with ease
Card Activations & Servicing - Improve card profitability
Notifications & Reminders - Leverage voice dialogs and SMS
Payments - Process secure customer payments over the phone
Remote Workforce Reporting - Automate timekeeping processes
Surveys - Build voice surveys in minutes
Banking & Financial Services - Account access with security
Government - Automate Compliance Notifications & Payments
Healthcare - Automate patient communications
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