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Why Managing Attention Is Key to a Successful Survey (And How to Do It)

Aug 17, 2020 | IVR (interactive Voice Response), SMS, Surveys, WhatsApp

Uncompleted surveys are a huge waste of money and the better your completion rate is the cheaper your project is going to be. The key is to manage the attention of survey participants, and it’s not as hard as it sounds. In this blog post I want to share a few insights...

Here’s an underrated feature that works wonders for your IVR campaign

Jun 15, 2020 | IVR (interactive Voice Response), Surveys, Technology

In the last 8 years, engageSPARK has worked with hundreds, if not thousands, of organizations in their IVR (interactive voice response) campaigns, and we’ve seen a lot of benefits to using this mode. Some advantages include (1) driving more urgency for a...

Ten Tips for COVID-19 Data Collection via Mobile Phone Surveys (SMS and IVR)

Apr 30, 2020 | IVR (interactive Voice Response), SMS, Social Impact, Surveys

Data is of utmost importance in facilitating sound decision-making and resource allocation, especially during a time of crisis such as COVID-19. But with social distancing measures, researchers are finding it hard to collect data in areas where internet and...

New Features: Personalize your SMS and IVR surveys with conditions and automated contact updates

Apr 28, 2020 | Announcements, IVR (interactive Voice Response), SMS, Surveys, Technology

We just made SMS and IVR Surveys easier and more powerful with these two new features: You now may update contact attributes (custom fields[1]) based on your contacts’ responses to SMS questions and IVR questions. You are able to set conditions in SMS surveys...

The Magic of Improving IVR Survey Response Rates by Calling Again (Automatically)

Feb 20, 2020 | IVR (interactive Voice Response), Surveys

If you’re doing Voice IVR Surveys and you’re response rates aren’t where they are supposed to be, this article is for you. This time we’ll talk about call retries: why we consider them part of the best practices for IVR Surveys and how they can...
Make the Most Impact with Interactive Voice Response (IVR) in Developing Countries

Make the Most Impact with Interactive Voice Response (IVR) in Developing Countries

Oct 2, 2019 | IVR (interactive Voice Response), Social Impact

Do you have that nagging feeling of wanting to make a difference in the world and in people’s lives? Are you part of an organization whose goal is to make the world a better place? Do you want to educate the less fortunate? More importantly, do you want to know how...
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