IVR

interactive voice response

devTestimonial2

To Code or Not to Code: A Comparative Guide to Building Voice Applications Using VoiceXML and Drag-and-Drop Technology

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 …

To Code or Not to Code: A Comparative Guide to Building Voice Applications Using VoiceXML and Drag-and-Drop Technology Read More »

Master Lego Builder-CPaaS

Become A Master Builder: How a Communications Platform is like Legos

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 »

Optimize-IVR-For-Less-Frustration

How to Reduce Customer Frustration with an Optimized IVR

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 »

14 Tips IVR Survey

14 Tips to Get the Most Out of Your IVR Survey

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 …

14 Tips to Get the Most Out of Your IVR Survey Read More »

call guidance

Why Cloud Infrastructure Needs Dispersed Datacenters

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, …

Why Cloud Infrastructure Needs Dispersed Datacenters Read More »

woman connected to computers

People Don’t Mind Talking to Computers, Really

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 …

People Don’t Mind Talking to Computers, Really Read More »

woman-in-call-center

Don’t Use Old Techniques with Your New Call Center Technology

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 »

call center reps

5 Reasons You Need Mature And Stable Contact Center Technology

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 »