September 2009

  1. 7 Questions To Consider For Good Self-Service IVR System Design

    According to a recent Forrester study on the Best and Worst Of Phone Self-Service Design, here are some questions to consider when evaluating your own IVR system. After setting up your IVR system according to our 10 Tips for IVR Success, I suggest reevaluating it using the following questions:

  2. Triple Crown of Telephony - Ifbyphone Receives 3 Awards

    Three is better than one, especially when it comes to awards. Today, we're excited to announce that we've just received three distinct industry awards. Here they are:

  3. One Week Until VON 2009

    VON 2009 is in one week. We'll be sponsoring, speaking, and exhibiting. 

    - We're general sponsors along with companies like AT&T and Skype.

    - We're speaking about "Hosted Services for SMBs: The Good, the Bad, & the Indifferent" and "Chasing Pennies: Billing in the Cloud". 

  4. AdTech Chicago 2009 Podcast With Ifbyphone CEO Irv Shapiro

    Want to learn a little more about Ifbyphone? Listen to this WebMasterRadio.FM interview with Ifbyphone CEO Irv Shapiro.

  5. Automate Phone Calls To Avoid Doctor Appointment Cancellation Issues

    Doctor offices commonly automate outbound reminder calls to patients to confirm their appointments. While that is a popular use of automated phone calling technology, there's a less known--but equally effective--strategy for using voice broadcasting when patients cancel their appointments.

  6. Phone Call Recording Law Resources

    Ifbyphone's Find Me, IVR, Store Locator & Call Distributor all enable you to record phone calls. Since many of our customers choose to record calls, we've put together a call recording guide outlining laws that pertain to recording phone calls.

  7. Buy Unique Local Phone Numbers For Marketing

    We spent this week speaking with hundreds of advertising and marketing professionals at AdTech Chicago. What were most companies interested in doing? Being able to buy unique phone numbers, customize the call routing, and track the volume of calls to each number, all instantly.

  8. Back To School

    It's that time of year again. Students across the country are headed back to school, but that doesn't mean business people can't learn something new too.

    In the "Back To School" spirit, we recently developed a new "curriculum" of Screencasts-- step-by-step video tutorials--to help you learn how to configure Ifbyphone's applications.

    Now that students are back in school, why not take a few minutes to learn a new application?

  9. Busy Day, Busy Week - DPS News, AdTech & IT Expo

    Tuesday is a busy day here at Ifbyphone:

    1. CEO Irv Shapiro Will Be Presenting At IT Expo In LA
    Irv will be presenting once on Tuesday, once on Wednesday, and once again on Thursday. Here is a complete schedule.