{"id":1816,"date":"2018-09-13T12:21:33","date_gmt":"2018-09-13T12:21:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ecommerce.tmcnet.com\/hate_calling_companies_10_digit_communications_has_the_answer\/"},"modified":"2022-10-14T18:30:01","modified_gmt":"2022-10-14T22:30:01","slug":"hate-calling-companies-10-digit-communications-has-the-answer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/technology\/hate-calling-companies-10-digit-communications-has-the-answer.html","title":{"rendered":"Hate Calling Companies? 10 Digit Communications Has the Answer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>And that answer ironically is, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">not to answer<\/span> &#8211; by voice anyway&#8230;&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/uploads\/10-digit-communications-connectivity.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/assets_c\/2018\/09\/10-digit-communications-connectivity-thumb-500x311-16509.png\" alt=\"10-digit-communications-connectivity.png\" width=\"500\" height=\"311\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you have kids, are a kid or know kids (I believe that covers all of you&nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"smiley-laughing\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/mt-static\/plugins\/TinyMCE\/lib\/jscripts\/tiny_mce\/plugins\/emotions\/img\/smiley-laughing.gif\" border=\"0\" alt=\"smiley-laughing\" \/>) you realize the amount of time we spend talking on the phone has been reduced as we spend more time texting.<\/p>\n<p>Yet companies are not adapting to this change with the speed they should.<\/p>\n<p>Sure, a business owner of a small company may text with customers, but what happens in an organization which has a call center, or needs one?<\/p>\n<p>Typical contact center solutions may have the ability to handle texting but they certainly aren&#8217;t designed for texting. CTO of&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tendigitcommunications.com\/\">10 Digit Communications<\/a>, Thomas Howe explains that legacy contact center solutions were designed in the time of he landline, not the smartphone.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/uploads\/thomas%20howe.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/assets_c\/2018\/09\/thomas howe-thumb-500x500-16511.jpg\" alt=\"thomas howe.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Now of course the world has smartphones.<\/p>\n<p>And even the premium smartphone brand, Apple, has new phones starting at under $500.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">On September 17th you can order a wide price range of phones from <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Apple?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Apple<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>$449 to $1,099<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/iPhoneXS?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#iPhoneXS<\/a> up to 30 minutes more battery, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/iPhoneXSMax?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#iPhoneXSMax<\/a> more than 90 minutes<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AppleEvent?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#AppleEvent<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/appleEvent2018?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#appleEvent2018<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0IPHORda0t\">pic.twitter.com\/0IPHORda0t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Rich Tehrani (@rtehrani) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rtehrani\/status\/1039947580959064064?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 12, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><br \/>\nGetting back to Thomas &#8211; he is one of the few people who is a telecom disrupter and a doer &#8211; he has worked in large and small companies and his new launch feels like it is really onto something.<\/p>\n<p>10 Digit is already working in telcos, major car companies and a school- Bryan &#038; Stratton College, a for profit institution.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/uploads\/10-digit-communications-home.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/assets_c\/2018\/09\/10-digit-communications-home-thumb-500x266-16513.png\" alt=\"10-digit-communications-home.png\" width=\"500\" height=\"266\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As Thomas explained, this organization had a 1\/2 percent connect rate with new students but when they used text, this rate went to 33% or a 66 time improvement!<\/p>\n<p>Anyone who has kids could have likely predicted such a result so even though the improvement seems statistically far-fetched, our collective personal experience verifies that it makes sense.<\/p>\n<p>The company was just granted a second&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/patft.uspto.gov\/netacgi\/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&#038;Sect2=HITOFF&#038;p=1&#038;u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&#038;r=1&#038;f=G&#038;l=50&#038;co1=AND&#038;d=PTXT&#038;s1=10063703.PN.&#038;OS=PN\/10063703&#038;RS=PN\/10063703\">patent<\/a> on this texting PBX which is pretty exciting and a nice validation that Thomas is breaking new ground.<\/p>\n<p>He said they are forklifting other solutions from companies which caused me to ask &#8211; what about the existing voice calls? He replied that when callers call in, they present them with the option to text. The vast majority hang up and start texting instead.<\/p>\n<p>This has numerous benefits such as no on-hold cost or related worries and all calls are now outbound &#8211; if needed.<\/p>\n<p>Other benefits &#8211; all agents can now have a virtual enterprise phone for texting. The solution is cloud-scale, carrier grade, faster speed to market and works well in numerous vertical markets.<\/p>\n<p>In financial services, there is account support and biometric authentication. In sports, there is fan engagement and advertising support. In politics, there is fundraising and much more.<\/p>\n<p>Translation is seamless &#8211; allowing a third-party to handle the conversion of language in near real-time.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>There are use cases like domestic violence where texting is crucial yet many 911 centers are woefully unprepared to deal with anything but voice.<\/p>\n<p>We know the future of the contact center is texting. This is a given because of users changing they way they communicate. 10-Digit Communications has a great solution which has proven itself in very large implementations and worthy of a look if you want to prepare your contact center, sales and marketing to work with today&#8217;s customers.<\/p>\n<p>See:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/app.slidebean.com\/p\/fRRVTyyJhh\/sales-deck#1\">Slide Deck <\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/288041394\/f927ab10ed\">Video Presentation<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>You may also want to check out our past coverage on <span>Kent Charugundla&#8217;s&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/call-center\/tunnel-is-the-professional-way-call-centers-text-customers.html\">Tunnel<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>And that answer ironically is, not to answer &#8211; by voice anyway&#8230;&nbsp; If you have kids, are a kid or know kids (I believe that covers all of you&nbsp;) you realize the amount of time we spend talking on the phone has been reduced as we spend more time texting. 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