One of the most overlooked factors in implementing a call center is the IVR flow. Though we have one of the most powerful cloud telephony platforms, KooKoo , which allows you to create any IVR flow, many of our Cloudagent customers choose to just welcome a caller and connect them to an agent. An agent is the most costly resource in a call center and we should make judicious use of their time. A well designed IVR system does just that. Callers usually call for some information. If an IVR is intelligent enough to identify and give the information to the caller, the callers will be happy and your agents will be free to handle the more important calls. We will look at some good design principles for IVR design Personalize the IVR . Greet the caller by name. Reduce the depth of the menus. More than 2 is not suggested or your callers can get lost in a menu maze. Provide enough queues. Play queue position and provide option to caller to get a callback. Play contextual inf...
Our hits and misses while building a scalable cloud telephony platform KooKoo, Ozonetel.