The line between marketing and IT continues to blur, according to a recent survey from Ifbyphone, which specializes in voice-based marketing automation solutions.

Any CEO will tell you that running a company is a lot like running a sports team. You put together a strong team, give them the tools to become all-stars, and motivate them every step of the way to beat the competition.

This new eBook explains what voice-based marketing automation (VBMA) is and why so many businesses are implementing it. The guide also offers expert tips for how marketers, salespeople, and support professionals can apply VBMA technology to generate and track leads, close business faster, and provide better customer service.

According to the company's “2013 State of Marketing Measurement Survey,” 20% of CEOs are requesting weekly updates from marketing departments on how marketing efforts are affecting revenue. In response 32% of companies are adding marketing resources. Analytics roles are increasingly prominent: 31% of marketing departments now have a marketing technologist, and 44% have analysts and researchers on their teams, the study found.

According to the survey, there is increasing “CEO support for marketing as the new growth engine”—something that we’ve been hearing more and more about lately. While the CMO/CIO connection remains a strategic one, savvy CEOs are beginning to realize there’s gold in them marketing hills.

The Ifbyphone 2013 State of Marketing Measurement Survey was conducted online by Ifbyphone between February 19 and March 8, 2013 with more than 400 respondents across the U.S. who are responsible for marketing within their company. This is the second in a series of annual surveys conducted by Ifbyphone to identify the emerging trends and issues in marketing measurement.

The Chicago-based trade group will focus on tech companies that have moved beyond the startup phase but are still growing fast.ITA will focus on companies that are growing into the hundreds of employees, signing leases on sizeable chunks of office space and dealing with the taxes and regulations that go along with size. Another key challenge is finding management talent as they get bigger.

Ifbyphone's call tracking application enables businesses to track inbound calls back to the originating marketing source, including online, offline, and mobile ads, paid and organic searches, social media platforms, and referring Web sites. It also has advanced keyword-level tracking to tie calls back to the exact online or mobile search term the caller used to find a business’s Web site.

This new enhancement enables Universal Analytics users to view rich, context-specific call tracking data alongside their other marketing analytics, so they can understand what marketing sources are driving inbound calls, what online and offline interactions customers make before and after phone calls, and what events help and hinder sales.

This new enhancement enables Universal Analytics users to view rich, context-specific call tracking data alongside their other marketing analytics, so they can understand what marketing sources are driving inbound calls, what online and offline interactions customers make before and after phone calls, and what events help and hinder sales.

Putting mobile aside for a second and speaking of marketing campaigns in general, marketers determine any campaign’s ROI in different ways depending on the goals of the campaign. Some marketers will compare the monetary cost of a program to the raw number of leads it generated, then determine ROI based on their cost per lead (CPL). More sophisticated marketers will measure a campaign’s cost per sales opportunity instead of CPL. And the most successful marketers are the ones that are able to measure ROI by determining how much revenue a program helped generate.

CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ifbyphone, the leader in voice-based marketing automation, today published its latest infographic, “A Century of Marketing and the Evolution of the Growth Hacker.” The graphic illustrates how marketers evolved their strategies over the last century to capitalize on new media innovations from radio and television to the Internet and mobile devices. It also details the parallel rise of ad measurement data that is currently enabling marketers to drive revenue generation with sophistication and accuracy.

Have you ever visited a website to make a big purchase and found no telephone number exists?  Or, if you do call about a specific product, you get routed to a person that has no idea what you’re talking about?  Well, this question stumped technology entrepreneur, Irv Shapiro, who thought there was a better way to track and route callers for businesses- and make money doing it.

Ifbyphone has released new industry benchmarks showing to what extent different industries capture phone leads from their websites (“call-based conversion rate”). To obtain the data, the company used its SourceTrak technology – which logs page visits for every instance in which a dynamic number is inserted on a business’ webpage, and then tracks calls originating from those pages.

Ifbyphone was named one of Brill Street's Top 50 Employers for Gen Y Emerging Talent in Chicago. Gen Y is talented, purpose-driven, social, mobile, tech-savvy and anxious to grow their careers. They value flexibility and want to be their voice to be heard, even as they just enter the workforce.

For most consumers, waiting for more than 60 seconds can feel like an eternity.Ifbyphone, a voice-based marketing automation software provider, announced the results of a study which ranks the most recent STORES Magazine top 100 retail brands by “how quickly a customer could connect for a live conversation.”

Today's retailers still understand that no one wants to wait for someone to pick up the phone. According to the Ifbyphone Responsiveness Index, 81% of local retail stores answer phone calls in less than 60 seconds.

Ifbyphone Inquire is designed specifically with the micro business in mind, including sole proprietors, real estate agents and self-employed business owners. For $13 a month, micro businesses can easily track the source of every phone and email lead so they know which marketing campaigns are most effective.

Ifbyphone, the leader in voice-based marketing automation, today announced the launch of Ifbyphone Inquire. As the newest product in Ifbyphone’s suite of services, Inquire simplifies call tracking and lead response—in an affordable easy to use web and tablet friendly interface—focused on delivering a cost-effective solution to small businesses.

Customers who want a quicker answer to their questions might want to think about picking up the phone. Results from an Ifbyphone study[pdf] released in November indicate that a majority of top retailers answer inbound local calls in less than 30 seconds and corporate-level calls in under 90 seconds.

The study ranked STORES Magazine’s 2011 top 100 retail brands by how quickly customers could connect for a live conversation

RadioShack employees are the most responsive to help customers who call the store with questions or complaints, according to a study by the firm Ifbyphone, which does voice-based marketing automation.

RadioShack employees are the most responsive to help customers who call the store with questions or complaints, according to a study by the firm Ifbyphone, which does voice-based marketing automation.

The Ifbyphone Interact platform's advanced marketing measurement and automation technology stands out among Chicago's tech innovators.

Ifbyphone, the leader in voice-based marketing automation, has been named one of the top tech companies in hiredMYway.com’s Tech Top 10, a new ranking for Illinois-based technology companies.

TMC recognizes MyLeadResponder as one of the year’s most innovative and visionary products in communications technology

Walgreens, Motorola Mobility and Google are three of the bigger names that have -- or are about to -- move some of their high-tech operations to downtown Chicago. And there are a number of other lesser-known companies that are creating a high-tech boom in the Loop.

If you think the growth of the Internet and text messaging have wiped out the need for phone calls, think again. One of the fastest-growing small businesses in the nation routes more than 15 million minutes of phone calls in a typical month, and it’s not in the traditional phone business.

On the most competitive Inc 500/5000 list to date, Ifbyphone ranks among the fastest growing private companies.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel was touting more new high-tech jobs coming to Chicago, helping create what he calls a “high-tech hub.”

The mayor is seeking to build on Google’s decision to move its Motorola Mobility arm from Libertyville to the Merchandise Mart, where there is already a so-called “incubator” for 100 technology startups.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Wednesday showcased three fast-growing technology companies in the West Loop, still riding high from the jobs coup that will bring 3,000 Motorola Mobility employees from Libertyville to Chicago’s Merchandise Mart.

The mayor took a tour of three companies located in the same building at 300 W. Adams that plan to hire as many as 200 new employees over the next 18 months.

Local Companies, including Ifbyphone, will be driving growth of the technology economy; combined will add 150-200 jobs in coming years.

Maybe it’s Midwest modesty or maybe it’s a blind spot in the eyes of the coastal media, but Chicago has never been considered a hotbed of digital startup activity.   Silicon Valley’s reputation is decades old, fueled by many iterations of the 10-year cycle of entrepreneurial growth.  It takes about 10 years for a first wave of startups to succeed or fail, and those that make successful exits begin investing their own money and mentoring the next generation.   According to BuiltInChicago.org's president Maria Christopoulos Katris, it takes about two of these cycles – or 20 years – to build an entrepreneurship community.

Ifbyphone lets SMBs create custom phone numbers that can be managed on a Web dashboard, so offline and online lead generation efforts can be tracked more closely.

How many times have you visited a company's Web site, needed to call someone for a deeper discussion or to ask a question, and failed to find any kind of phone number to do so?

Ever search in vain on a website for a customer support phone number – only to come up empty?  Finding phone numbers of major companies can be literally impossible. The New York Times recently ran an article called "Tech Companies Leave Phone Calls Behind" in which they discussed how big companies like Facebook, Google and Twitter are completely unreachable by telephone.  If you want to contact them, your only options are email or the Web.

Of course, as a small business owner, you want your customers to be able to reach you...

Ifbyphone®, the leader in voice-based marketing automation,  today announced that it has been recognized as one of “Chicago’s 101 Best and Brightest Companies to Work For” by the National Association for Business Resources (NABR).The annual competition highlights workplace best practices and recognizes the local businesses that best embody them.

It’s a typical scenario: During the sales cycle, a prospect visits your company’s Web site through a complex array of marketing channels. Intrigued by product details and other site content, the prospect completes a download, requests a demo, or simply asks for more information. Then they wait for a response.

A recent MIT study demonstrated that leads convert 22 times more often when they are contacted within the first five minutes of making an inquiry. So if your company doesn’t...

Ifbyphone®, the leader in voice-based marketing automation, today announced that Steve Brown has been named the new Vice President of Sales. In this leadership role, Brown’s chief goal will be to grow revenue through strategic penetration of mid-market accounts. Key to achieving this goal is applying his 23 years of experience in recruiting, sales training, sales management, and operational excellence.

Ifbyphone®, the leader in voice-based marketing automation, today announced that Bob Doyle has been named the executive vice president (EVP) of engineering. Doyle is responsible for running and maintaining all operational systems, as well as managing application development.

Shapiro and fellow Techweek 100 are Chicago leaders impacting today's technology landscape on a global scale

Businesses often equate time and money. In some cases that means saving money through actions that customers feel waste their time. As a result, some customers are likely to take their wallets elsewhere because they feel their time isn't valued by a company they do business with.

Despite the fact that marketing automation does not make you smarter, better looking or a better marketer, the industry is booming.

If you run a call center, chances are, you track a number of metrics: average handle time, first-call resolution, call queue lengths and others. If a new study is to be believed, the most important metric to track is time spent on hold, since it may have a direct correlation to sales conversion rates. Voice-based marketing solutions company, Ifbyphone recently announced the results of a consumer survey designed to measure the impact of response times on sales conversions and brand referrals.

It’s no secret that consumers don’t like to be kept on hold when calling a brand, and data from a May 2012 Ifbyphone survey confirms that they have their limits.

Brands, if you're hold times are long you're losing customers and advocates. That, according to a new report from Ifbyphone. The report found that nearly three-quarters (73%) are more likely to recommend a brand which doesn't keep them waiting on the phone while more than 40% say it's 'very unlikely' they'll recommend a business which keeps them waiting on the phone.

Ifbyphone’s recent infographic, The Evolution of Marketing Automation, provides a primer on the benefits of marketing automation, as well as statistics regarding who spends the most on this technology and its overall rising popularity.

Historically, the bane of every sales person’s existence is the cold call. I would like to postulate that the end of the cold call is approaching due to the power of social media.

Ifbyphone research finds 58 percent of consumers more likely to buy when brands respond in under a minute; 73 percent more likely to recommend highly responsive brands to other consumers.

A study from IfbyPhone, a marketing company focused on “voice interactions,” finds that people don’t like to wait.

In the highest demand are technology workers, especially web designers and mobile software developers, who tend to be younger and more likely to live in the city, recruiters say. Companies also have their sights on fresh college graduates and other young workers for jobs in sales, marketing and customer support.

Ifbyphone's voice-based marketing automation platform a promising new technology for quantifying the effectiveness of consumer marketing efforts and enabling connections between prospects and sales representatives

Ifbyphone® research finds 58 percent of consumers more likely to buy when brands answer the phone in under a minute; 73 percent more likely to recommend highly responsive brands to other consumers.

Ifbyphone®, the leader in voice-based marketing automation, today announced that Bill Conroy has been named to the company's board of directors.

Ifbyphone®, the leader in voice-based marketing automation, today announced that its MyLeadResponder application has been named a winner of the 2011 INTERNET TELEPHONY Product of the Year Awards.

Ifbyphone's LeadResponder for HubSpot addresses the gap between web inquiries and sales follow-up, giving marketers the ability to instantly deliver inbound web leads to sales representatives as a phone call.

Chicago Sun-Times | January 4, 2011

While Groupon is the undisputed tech story of the year in Chicago (if not the world), the immensely profitable, Google-spurning, hundreds of millions of dollars raising deal-of-the-day site is not the only game in town.

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American Medical News | March 7, 2011

New technology has given physicians a long list of automation options, including replacements for human after-hours answering service attendants, patient wellness checks, appointment reminders and overdue account reminders.

Aaron Wall's SEOBook.com | March 28, 2011

"There are even technologies to allow you to insert tracking details directly into coupon codes on your own website (similar to online tracking phone numbers via services like Ifbyphone or Google's call tracking)."

ChicagoBusiness.com | April 11, 2011

Serial entrepreneur Irv Shapiro's latest gig is CEO of Skokie-based Ifbyphone Inc., which automates companies' phone systems.

TargetMarketingMag.com | April 12, 2011

Even marketers who think they know what they're doing in every channel and discipline, including analytics, may overlook optimizing their greatest conversion tool: the telephone.

IIfbyphone’s SourceTrak Recognized for Outstanding Innovation Within the IP Communications Industry

Illinois Technology Association | April 13, 2011

I truly believe that being the CEO of a successful company means I am a coach more than I am a “boss.”

CRM Magazine | April 18, 2011

In addition, Hunt notes that implementing Ifbyphone has created a new perception of the company among customers, encouraging them to think of FundNET as growing in size.

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CRM Magazine | May 4, 2011

Through our partnership with Ifbyphone, Zendesk now enables customer service organizations to add automated call handling and management to their Zendesk help desk platform

Crain's ChicagoBusiness.com | May 9, 2011

“Can I build a telephone company without any telephone equipment?“

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Executive Insight | May 23, 2011

“Here are five ways voice communication technologies can now enable health care administrators to save money, work more efficiently and improve customer service.“

TheVisibleDentist.com | May 26, 2011

"Optimize your website for keywords that are actually generating more appointments, not just more visitors who don’t contact your practice."

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B2B Online | June 13, 2011

"New tools allow marketers to track customer data from calls."

The National Association for Business Resources recognizes Ifbyphone the third year in a row as a high-growth technology company with a vibrant work culture, great employee education and development opportunities, along with competitive compensation and benefits.

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Each and every day, hospital executives face intense competition and relentless pressure from stakeholders to improve revenue and profitability.

Illinois Technology Association | August 18, 2011

Students Compete for Cash Prizes, Opportunity to Interview with Local Companies

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The Chicago Innovation Awards Feature Regional Companies Ahead of the Mark in New, Innovative Products and Services

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One of the keys to forming solid partnerships is looking beyond your own wants and needs.

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The Ifbyphone iPhone app features an easy-to-use, straightforward interface, with one user saying it’s “hands down the most useful app on the market.”

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Marketers are faced with four challenges today: increase lead flow, demonstrate ROI, optimize ad spend and improve lead quality. These challenges are particularly evident when looking at PPC and SEO programs, as marketers struggle to understand exactly what keywords are prompting phone calls. It’s a constant battle to showcase ROI and drive and convert leads.

New voice-based marketing automation application enables companies to convert more leads into sales; staff is instantly notified of a web inquiry and can then instantly connect with the lead on the phone.

CHICAGO, IL - Nov. 21, 2011 - Ifbyphone®, the leader in voice-based marketing automation, announced today that CEO Irv Shapiro has been named a gold winner in the Executive of the Year category for the Best in Biz Awards. The Best in Biz Awards is the only national business awards program judged by members of the press and industry analysts.

CHICAGO, IL - December 5, 2011 - Ifbyphone®, the leader in voice-based marketing automation, today announced the findings of its 2011 State of Marketing Measurement Report. The survey data reveals a large gap between executive demands and ability to demonstrate return on marketing investment. While four out of five marketing executives say they are expected to deliver measurable results, only 29% cite they can effectively achieve this across all channels.

CHICAGO, IL - December 12, 2011 -Ifbyphone®, the leader in voice-based marketing automation, announced today its partnership with BlueCrest Capital Finance L.P., with a debt financing commitment of $2 million.

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GigaOm.com | December 15, 2010

So far Bandwidth.com is the back-end network for services like Voxeo, ifbyphone, OnState & Yext, which are using its FlexNet product.

SpeechTechMag.com | January 10, 2010

All told, Ifbyphone’s outbound IVR places about 1,000 automated calls every day to Go Configure customers.

VentureBeat | January 20, 2010

Ifbyphone CEO Irv Shapiro says that Cloudvox will give his company’s customers the low-cost, internet-based telephone services they need to streamline sales and marketing communications.

GigaOm.com | January 20, 2010

Ifbyphone, which automates traditional and Internet phone calls through pre-built apps, plans to use the acquisition to enable businesses to leverage their existing Asterisk apps and bring them to scale through Ifbyphone’s infrastructure.

Entrepreneur Magazine | February 2010

We're making call-center telephony web-based, like everything else.

ChicagoBusiness.com | February 2, 2010

You can build high-tech companies in Chicago; we did that, and now we’ve acquired a West Coast high-tech company that we’ll integrate it into our Midwest-based organization.

Programmable Web | April 20, 2010

Given a ten digit U.S. telephone number, the API responds back with the state and, if available, city where the number is likely to belong. Also included is the carrier, which can help determine the classification of a phone–is it a land line, VOIP or mobile phone?

Chicago Tribune | June 21, 2010

Ifbyphone is a provider of telephone call-related services to small and medium-size businesses.

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SearchEngineWatch.com | June 21, 2010

Some businesses are seeing their online marketing campaigns drive more conversions via phone than on the web site.

Chicago Sun-Times | August 9, 2010

Contributors to the grass roots Ushahidi network use IfByPhone technology to call in and broadcast voice reports of violence all through its website.

Chicago Tribune | August 16, 2010

Virtual workers save time and money by eliminating commutes, and employers don't have to provide an office and everything that goes with it.

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SpeechTechMag.com | September 1, 2010

Using SourceTrak, marketers can now track, qualify, and route calls from traditional ads as well as PPC, SEO, and social media.

Occam's Razor by Avinash Kaushik | October 20, 2010

It is pretty easy to integrate phone outcomes data with your web analytics solution

BtoB Magazine | October 26, 2010

Ifbyphone announced Tuesday that Jason Ferrara has joined the company as VP-marketing. Ferrara was previously VP-corporate marketing at CareerBuilder.com.

TECH Cocktail | November 5, 2010

But the company, founded by Irv Shapiro in 2005, has raised $16.4 million in funding since that time from a half dozen Illinois and Indiana-based VC firms. Needless to say, Midwest VC’s are really pulling for this one.

MidVentures | December 28, 2010

Currently, Ifbyphone has about 40 employees and over 3,000 customers. The investment funds will be used to increase staff and develop products.

MSNBC | December 28, 2010

NAR is also collaborating with Ifbyphone to develop solutions that enhance voice interactions for its more than 1.1 million Realtor® members.

VentureBeat | December 28, 2010

The company has a web-based service that lets its users track and automate phone calls through a public cloud server.

Crain's Business Chicago | December 28, 2010

Ifbyphone, which employs about 40 people, develops Web-based software for call-center and other telecom applications, such as call tracking and automated customer notification.

Realtor.org | December 28, 2010

Ifbyphone will help NAR members lower their cost of doing business while also offering them new ways to leverage their marketing and advertising dollars and generate increased sales in the process

TechCrunch | December 28, 2010

As part of the new investment, The National Association of Realtors will be collaborating with Ifbyphone to develop voice solutions for its 1.1 million members.

The NGN Leadership Award has recognized those companies that are transforming this industry and bringing innovative products and services to market," stated Rich Tehrani CEO, TMC.

FierceVoIP | April 19, 2009

As transport prices continue to collapse, CLECs and regional telcos and hosted providers need applications to add value.

VoIP-News.com | April 23, 2009

Buying Ifbyphone's services through carriers will also help SMBs in at least one way: They will have a one-stop shop for all their telephony needs, from transport to advanced call-handling capabilities.

FierceVoIP | May 18, 2009

Ifbyphone offers a tremendous set of telephone automation services that are easy for SMB customers to deploy and use, and they offered us a flexible pricing model that was very attractive.

TMCnet.com | May 18, 2009

Through the program, all carriers - including CLECs, ILECs, hosted PBX companies, and cable multi-system operators (MSOs) - can now connect to Ifbyphone and expand their service offerings . . .

Focus.com | June, 29 2009

Hosted call centers offer a good solution for many SMBs dealing with high volumes of sales or service calls . . .

NetworkWorld.com | July, 14 2009

For any company looking for a flexible, scalable, more or less turnkey telephony solution Ifbyphone is a compelling and cost-effective option...

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StartupMeme.com | August, 18 2009

Sounds pretty nice as Ifbyphone's platform has been leveraged to its maximum potential and small businesses can really fare better on saving cash.

VoIP.Biz-News.com | October 13, 2009

Ifbyphone allows small to medium sized businesses to do the things with the telephone that very large businesses routinely do.

SearchEngineLand.com | October 29, 2009

Call tracking numbers can provide a very useful means for measuring the effectiveness of ads.

TelphonyOnline.com | November 19, 2009

Fast-growing company says it has the SMB apps platform, service providers need only 'bring your own transport' to launch instant voice 2.0 offering

“We are very pleased to present Ifbyphone with a 2009 INTERNET TELEPHONY Excellence Award. Ifbyphone's Outbound IVR has made an incredible contribution to IP Communications and has also delivered great solutions for its clients,” stated Rich Tehrani, CEO, TMC.

“TMC is proud to recognize Ifbyphone with an IP Contact Center Technology Pioneer Award. Ifbyphone's Service has been designed with the needs of the contact center market in mind and the potential of IP behind it making it deserving of this significant honor,” said Nadji Tehrani, Executive Group Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of Customer Interaction Solutions.

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Through lower-cost, hosted, cloud-based telephony solutions, however, Irv Shapiro and his company, Ifbyphone, have forged a way for IVR and speech into untapped spaces. Ifbyphone’s self-service plans cost less than $50 a month, with usage charges of pennies per minute. For those prices, users have access to voice-enabled IVR, speech-to-text-based virtual agents, call routing, voice broadcasting, and more.

“Despite overwhelmingly strong competition, Ifbyphone exhibited true industry excellence to be recognized among the top of the Tech Awards Circle,” said Kevin Anderson, awards program coordinator.

SomewhatFrank.com | April 29,2008

Now you can make free calls to your friends from your Facebook  profile thanks to IfbyPhone, a Chicago-based telephone  application platform company that has created Phone-Me-Now.

SmithOnVoip.com | May 12,2008

In a nutshell, they have created an extremely easy to use and cost  effective platform for “the rest of us” to create simple Click-to-Call links on  Web pages and e-mail to sophisticated call-routing and interactive-marketing  solutions-transforming telephones into powerful tools to increase leads,  improve sales and enhance customer experience.

San Antonio Business Journal | May 29,2008

Ifbyphone's virtual receptionist helped to ease the pressure on  in-person customer service and gave call-in customers, both existing and  prospective, more information . .

MacWorld | June 2,2008

Applications for Ifbyphone’s Voice Broadcast technology include  traveling managers who need to send a voice memo out to their staff while being  away, or for parents who want to reach the entire family all at once.

Chicago Sun-Times | June 2, 2008

The real differentiation is around  service, and there is no better way to provide a service to your customer than  to find a way to talk to them.

TMCnet.com | August 6, 2008

These applications help any size businesses convert telephone calls into increased sales.

What's neat about ifbyphone's service is that, once you set it up, you can have a call center, just like your bigger competitors . . .

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TMCnet.com | September 16, 2008

Smart Conference Calling features an application programming interface (API) that allows Web Developers to integrate "smart" conference calling capabilities instantly to Web sites . . .

InformationWeek | September 17, 2008

So far the award for Single Coolest Thing Done With Open Source at the Web 2.0 show has to go to Ifbyphone.

Thomas Howe's Blog | October 13, 2008

Today, Ifbyphone hits it out of the park with a simple and brilliant voice mashup solution.

Website Magazine | October 13, 2008

Telephone application platform company Ifbyphone made a whopper of an announcement today.

FierceVoIP | October 13, 2008

In the latest "Gee, that's cool" Voice 2.0 mashup . . . Ifbyphone has created a mashup to integrate direct response call data with web advertising info from Google Analytics.

Telephony Online | October 23, 2008

This time around, Ifbyphone addresses one of the key challenges of interactive marketing.

FierceVoIP | November 5, 2008

FierceVoIP announces Ifbyphone as one of the top 15 VoIP companies in 2008.

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FierceVoIP | November 5, 2008

FierceVoIP announces Ifbyphone as one of the top 15 VoIP companies in 2008.

Chicago Sun-Times | November 17, 2008

"When you're going into a recessionary economy, you're a good investment when you offer companies the ability to save money."

Crain's Chicago | November 17, 2008

A Skokie startup landed $4.6 million in its second round of venture capital funding to expand its Web-enabled phone product.

Chicago Tribune | November 17, 2008

Ifbyphone, launched in 2005, has introduced several products in recent months.

The FierceVoIP “Fierce 15” celebrates the spirit of being “fierce”—championing innovation and creativity, even in the face of intense competition.

Our Google Analytics Integration product has been very well-received by our customers, who previously had no easy way to associate the phone calls they receive with the marketing campaigns that generated them.

Ifbyphone has proven they are committed to quality and excellence while addressing real needs in the marketplace, said Rich Tehrani, TMC President and Editor-in-Chief of INTERNET TELEPHONY magazine.

Voip-News.com | December 4, 2007

Additionally, Ifbyphone can do all sorts of things with calls once  they're connected. It can intelligently route them . . . It can send them to automated-response systems . . . It can accept callers' responses by touch tones, voice recognition or  recording, and it can send those responses to the company by email. Ifbyphone  also provides message broadcasting.

Inc.com | November 22, 2006

Ifbyphone, a Chicago-based text-to-voice service that provides access to  e-mail over the phone, unveiled Wednesday an upgrade that allows users to designate notification times and search for particular e-mail messages by sender, subject, or phrase in the text, the company said.