Your phone line, answered.
The Front desk answers your calls with the greeting you set, in its own voice. It asks your questions, puts callers through to a person, and the details fill in once the call is over.
ExamplePhone
A school
Hi, are admissions open for grade 6 next year?
They are. Would you like to see the campus before you apply?
ExampleWhat happens on a call
- Your greetingYou set the greeting, so you decide how it introduces itself on every call.
- Its own voiceThe phone agent has its own voice and call settings.
- Details after the callCalls are analysed after they end, so the details fill in once the call is over.
- Warm transferOn a call, the agent can put the caller through to a person on your team.
What happens on a call.
Your greeting
You set the greeting, so you decide how it introduces itself on every call.
Its own voice
The phone agent has its own voice and call settings.
Details after the call
Calls are analysed after they end, so the details fill in once the call is over.
Warm transfer
On a call, the agent can put the caller through to a person on your team.
Recordings
Calls can be recorded, so you can hear what was said.
Nobody free
When nobody can take the call, it says so and offers to take a message or a callback request, which you find in the call's transcript.
Three example calls. Scripted, with fictional callers, to read rather than hear.
Who a call goes to is up to you. When nobody can take it, the agent says so and offers to take a message or ask someone to call back.
ExampleAn ordinary enquiry
It answers, asks your questions, and reads the number back.
- Iris
Good morning, admissions office. How can I help?
- Caller
Hi, are admissions open for grade 6 next year?
- Iris
They are. Is this for your son or your daughter, and which school are they at now?
- Caller
My daughter. She is at Northfield Primary.
- Iris
Thank you. Can I take your name, and the best number for the admissions team to call?
- Caller
Dana Whitfield, 07700 900321.
- Iris
Thank you, Dana. That is 07700 900321. The admissions team will call you about grade 6.
- The call ends. With analysis on, the summary and your fields fill in once it is over.
- Iris
ExampleA caller corrects their name
It checks the spelling, takes the correction, and carries on.
- Iris
I can ask the admissions team to call you. Can I take your name?
- Caller
Siobhan Kelly.
- Iris
Thank you. Is that spelt S, H, I, V, A, U, N?
- Caller
No, it is S, I, O, B, H, A, N.
- Iris
Sorry about that. S, I, O, B, H, A, N, Siobhan Kelly. And the best number to reach you?
- Caller
07700 900654.
- Iris
That is 07700 900654. Thank you, Siobhan.
- The whole exchange is kept in the call's transcript.
- Iris
ExampleA question it cannot answer
It says so, tries a person, and offers a call back when nobody is free.
- Caller
Do you offer a discount for a second child?
- Iris
I do not have that in what I have been given, so I would rather not guess. Shall I put you through to the admissions team?
- Caller
Yes, please.
- Iris
Connecting you now. Please stay on the line.
- The caller waits on hold while the agent checks that someone can take the call. Nobody is free.
- Iris
I am sorry, I could not connect you just now. I can take a message, or ask someone to call you back. Which would you prefer?
- Caller
A call back, please. Tomorrow after four, on 07700 900987.
- Iris
Of course. A call back tomorrow after four, on 07700 900987. I have passed that on to the team.
- The request is in the call's transcript, and in its summary when analysis is on.
- Caller
Who works here. On your own channel, day and night.
- Front deskAnswers your website chat, phone calls and WhatsApp from your own pages.
- QualifierTalks with every lead, inbound or outbound: asks your questions and takes their details.
- HandoverLets your team take over, transfers calls and takes callback requests.
- Night shiftKeeps answering after hours, and takes callback requests for the time they prefer.
One enquiry, start to finish.
Example education conversation on phone call, with fictional details. Iris: Good morning, admissions office. How can I help? Visitor: Hi, are admissions open for grade 6 next year? Iris: They are. Would you like to see the campus before you apply? Visitor: Yes, ideally this Saturday morning. Iris: The admissions desk can help with that. Putting you through now. Iris: Warm transfer to the admissions desk What Iris captured: Enquiry, Admission, next session; Grade, Grade 6; Visit, Saturday morning. Summary, with conversation analysis on: Parent asking about grade 6 for next session. Wants a Saturday campus visit; transferred to the admissions desk. Then: Call summary saved.
Where the lead goes.
To the CRM or system you connect, as soon as the agent has a way to reach the customer: a phone number or an email. If you prefer, it waits until every detail you mark as required is in.
The other channels. One stack across all of them.
- Website chatA chat on your own website, answered from your pages, day and night.See website chat
- WhatsAppWhen customers write to you on WhatsApp, they get an answer with the same knowledge as your website chat.See WhatsApp
- OutreachEmail, LinkedIn, WhatsApp and phone, run with you by our team.See outreach
- All channelsWebsite chat, phone and WhatsApp answered by the agents, and outreach run with you by our team.All channels