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Why we named our startup “Abstrakt”
Never did we think “Abstrakt” would become the name initially. Some of the requirements were ambitious and some of them were kind of silly. Honestly, to put it plainly, some of those decisions have caused us some problems. But when you’re starting a company, hindsight is always 20-20. Finding the perfect name is nearly impossible,…
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Will call intelligence software take over call centers
It is possible that call intelligence software (AI-based) could be used to handle some tasks currently performed by call center agents. However, it is improbable that this software will completely take over the agent’s role altogether as many people still want to talk directly to a human. AI technology did handle about 20% of customer…
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Lose the Distractions & Get to Work
Taylor Stevens, Client Success Lead at NextPatient, joins us to talk about the transition to the startup world and how… The first piece of advice is communication. If you aren’t on the same page as your Founder(s), it makes your … Plus we talked all about how & when to grow your team …
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Best Practices for B2B sales in an Economic Downturn
B2B sales in a financial crisis is a different beast Were you around for the 2008 financial crisis? If you were in B2B sales then you remember how drastically different things were then just a year ago. Selling in an economic downturn is never easy, but companies and salespeople can thrive. The tactics look different…
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Call Scorecards and QA: Why they should never be fully automated
With Abstrakt, we originally thought that it should fully automate call scorecards, quality assurance, and call reviews. With the evolution of technology (especially in 2023), automation is all around us. We are partially right. Let’s explain why. Automation has a place, but also why we believe there will always be a human element – at…
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Real-Time Call Coaching vs. Conversational Intelligence
How are you different from other conversational intelligence platforms? Instead of making you book a demo Abstrakt to find out the exact difference, we are going to share the dirty details here. First, we’ll address the elephant in the room. You may see on our website that we say “Conversational Intelligence Redefined”. This is because…
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Q&A with Spencer Fossen, VP of Customer Success at Abstrakt
Today we’ve got the inside scoop on the one and only Spencer Fossen, VP of Customer Success at Abstrakt! Spencer has moved up the sales ladder going from sales rep to account executive to business development manager to head of growth. Most recently he’s made the jump to customer success and is crushing it. Read…
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Real-time call coaching tools for increased productivity in 2023
2022 was the year of overwhelm Constantly behind on work and grinding more for diminishing results. That’s where real-time call coaching tools come in. That’s the nice thing about a new year, isn’t it? It’s a clean break from the past and an opportunity to sweep out the old for the new. But there are…
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Why You Should Be Automating Quality Assurance with AI
Quality assurance (QA) is a critical component No matter what call center, insurance company, or financial services institution you’re a part of quality assurance is critical. But it’s also time-consuming and repetitive work. Let’s explore how AI can help automate QA and improve your team’s efficiency. Most people immediately jump to the conclusion that artificial…
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ChatGPT and how it’s affecting the B2B sales world
ChatGPT is all the rage at the moment You can’t go anywhere without hearing about it. So we had to try it. It actually articulated the value of real-time sales coaching software surprisingly well. When asking ChatGPT what real-time sales coaching software is, here is the response: “Real time sales coaching software can be valuable for sales…
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Starting from scratch & building your future
Making the decision to join an early-stage startup is already risky, but to join and build a thriving Customer Success function (with no CS background)… that’s bold. But that’s what Matt Hensler, Founder & Executive Consultant at inswing, did. He pivoted from marketing to customer success. However, his agency background of knowing how to provide…
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Lessons learned starting Abstrakt
We are quickly coming up on the three-year anniversary of Abstrakt (which is crazy to say) and let me tell you that being in the conversational intelligence software space is not easy. Lately, I have realized that even at the size we are now the story of why the company started and how it got here are…