Yes, technology has even made its way into the advertising world. It's hard to find a place in world where technology has not been and changed things.
Call tracking is a marketing analytics tool which lets advertisers use unique tracking numbers on each advertisement that they place. This allows advertisers to see which advertisement is producing the best results and best ROI. It also provides the customer a comprehensive set of reports and graphs on their calls and campaigns to help in analyzing the data. This is an emerging technology which has been around since the 90s. It has been evolving slowing with the advancing technologies in the sector.
Call tracking works by passing a call from the phone company through a proprietary phone system which monitors, records, databases, and tracks the incoming call. These systems are typically hosted in a large data center which has backup generators and firewall protections against disaster or attack. These servers can each handle dozens if not hundreds of simultaneous calls going through them.
Once the call has gone through the phone system it is them forwarded out to the client who is paying for the service. This call transfer all happened seamlessly in seconds without the caller noticing a thing. The call then gets answered by the client and the conversation takes place with the system listening in and
recording the call. The system must play a recording notice to be in compliance with the law. Once the call is complete the system will report all the call information and the call recording to the online user interface and to the relevant reports. This is the key milestone in the process because the customer is looking for this call data to provide valuable ROI metrics.
Call tracking works on one of two setups; TDM or VoIP. A TDM setup operates on standard digital phone T1 circuits. A VoIP setup is run by sending phone call packets via the internet and is not plugged into the PSTN (public switched telephone network) directly. A new type of system emerging is a phone system with a VoIP software backbone but with a direct fiber optic connection into the phone company. This type of hybrid system has all the benefits of a VoIP system with all the new features that VoIP provides but none of the poor call quality that VoIP tends to offer.
To recap, the incoming call passes through the phone company through a special call tracking phone system and them is seamlessly transferred to the client. The phone conversation takes place and when the call is done there is lots of valuable data, phone call analytics, and a call recording for the client to analyze.
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In closing call tracking is new technology that works for you. Utilizing a call tracking system allows you to focus more on the facts.
Daniel Bernal is V.P. of a direct marketing firm.
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