Tell callers who they reached.
Your business name, as callers should hear it.
Where live calls go.
- 1Replace [Team Phone Number]
On Try the Team Line (call workflow) and Connect to the Team Line (callback workflow). Votel flags both until a real number is entered.
- 2Set your business hours
Days, start and end time, and time zone on the same rule. Outside these hours Sara takes a message instead.
- 3Set the same hours on the callback-coming text
So callbacks only happen while your team is in.
Caller ID and texts.
- 1Choose the from-number
On both forwarding rules and both callback calls.
- 2Connect an SMS number
On the four texts: message received, callback coming, sorry we missed you, we got cut off.
Team notices.
- 1Select an email sender
On the five team emails.
- 2Confirm the support address
Team notices go to your account's support email. Make sure it reaches the people who return calls.
Start the receptionist.
- 1Assign the agent to your number
Inbound calls to that number start the call workflow; only those calls start the recovery workflow.
Let Sara answer common questions.
- 1Add a knowledge base
Hours, services and service area. Without it Sara says the team will confirm.
Prove it with test calls, then go live.
Text version of this diagram
Install the snapshot, set the Company Name, enter the team phone and business hours on both forwarding steps, choose the caller ID for forwarding and callbacks, connect an SMS number for the four texts, connect an email sender and confirm the support address, assign the agent to the business line, run the acceptance calls, then activate.
The call rings the team line and the team gets a call-connected email.
Six questions saved; missed-call email; message-received text; two callbacks at most.
After-hours email; message-received text now, callback-coming text and callback in business hours.
A we-got-cut-off text and a callback task.
A call-back-manually task and no third call.
Sara says she is returning the call and tries the team line.