Sloane
Fastest growing free AI answering service for business
10 followers
Fastest growing free AI answering service for business
10 followers
Sloane is your free AI answering service — customizable for your business to handle calls, book appointments and answer questions 24/7.
As a business owner, you've likely started using your personal cell phone for calls and texts. That means your personal number, name and other information gets saved to hundreds of databases around the world. Before long, you're receiving 30 calls a day from either random salespeople, surveys, political ads or even scammers. That's what happened to me.
I tried everything to get people to stop calling me. I paid for third-party services that delisted me from databases. I turned my phone to silent all the time. I let my voicemail storage max out. But nothing worked. I felt powerless. The only option I thought I had left was to ditch my personal cell number altogether and start clean. But there was NO way I was doing that!
‼️ What You Don't Know
Over the last three years, data brokers around the world have proliferated at a rate never seen before. Innovations in AI call factories have dramatically reduced the cost of originating calls internationally. Routing systems for spamming people's phones once required custom infrastructure but today these systems can be purchased off the shelf for pennies. Foreign-based companies exploit loopholes in antiquated State and Federal law. If the FCC shuts them down, they pop up under a different name weeks later.
🌆 The Professional Image Problem
Other problems became apparent as well. People called my company and they expected someone that wasn't me to answer the phone. When they realized it was the business owner answering, and it was clear that I was on my cell phone, I could tell they felt uncomfortable. Am I interrupting him? What's that noise in the background? Did I call the right number? It was obvious to me some customers were thinking all these things. Often their next reaction was to rush off the phone. Not good for business, to say the least.