CTI (Computer Telephony Integration) for Salesforce

CTI is a technology that enables computers to interact with telephones. It includes the use of computers to manage telephone calls like the routing of a telephone call to the right department from whom you want information.

Salesforce.com is a cloud-based customer relationship management (CRM) software solution for sales, service, marketing, analytics, and building the customized application.

Also check: Salesforce and Computer Telephony Integration

Why we need CTI for Salesforce.

• Organizations spends extra time on recording the calls of customers like call durations, to whom the call is made etc.
• Miss-dialing to target customers is irritating.
• Maintaining database for several years was challenging.
• Problem in identifying caller’s information while on call.
• Call routing was difficult.

Advantages

• CRM database system automatically logs the durations of call which helps to eliminate time consumption in maintaining the record.
• CRM tool discard the possibility of miss-dialing because it maintains the customer’s database with their necessary credentials.
• Maintain database for many years which helps in accessing phone no., emails and much more information about customers or clients and subsequently enables you to follow the leads.
• Matching the number of a caller with a customer record based on CRM and displays it for reference when talking to the caller.
• Forward call of customer to the appropriate person or department.
• Recognize a voice, either for authentication or for message forwarding.