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Ideas and practical lessons on customer service, phone operations, and putting AI voice agents to work.
Why Good Candidates Go Quiet (and How to Keep Them)
Poor communication is the top reason candidates walk away from a hiring process. Here's how small teams can keep good people in the process, and where AI phone help fits.
Have You Ever Called Your Own Business?
Researchers who mystery-call businesses keep finding wrong numbers, unanswered lines and callbacks that never come. Here is how to run the same test on yourself in 15 minutes.
Nobody likes being on hold
Hold music is part of your brand, and not in a good way. Here's what the data says about how long people will wait, and what they'd rather you did instead.
The empty chair: what no-shows cost a clinic
Every missed appointment is a slot nobody else can use. The good news: one of the simplest fixes in healthcare is also one of the best researched.
Should callers know they're talking to AI?
Yes. Telling callers they're speaking with an AI isn't just good manners. It's increasingly the law, and it builds the trust that makes AI on the phone work.
Half your calls arrive after you've gone home
Customers don't keep office hours. New call data suggests nearly half of business calls come in evenings and weekends. Here's what that means if your phone goes to voicemail at 6pm.
When should an AI voice agent hand the call to a person?
AI on the phone works best when it knows its limits. Here's how to decide which calls it should handle, which it should pass on, and how to make the handover feel seamless.
Consistency is the real brand promise
Customers don't experience your brand in one moment. They experience it across a whole journey, and when that journey isn't consistent, the brand quietly loses its meaning.
The call nobody answered
Most businesses miss far more phone calls than they think. Here is what the research says that costs, and what you can do about it.