{"id":8312,"date":"2019-09-18T10:21:19","date_gmt":"2019-09-18T15:21:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/therealdaily.com\/?p=8312"},"modified":"2019-09-18T21:10:46","modified_gmt":"2019-09-19T02:10:46","slug":"run-phone-system-inside-slack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/real-estate-tech\/run-phone-system-inside-slack\/","title":{"rendered":"How to run a phone system inside of Slack (no phone required)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you\u2019re already running everything in your business though Slack, you might want to keep an eye on <a href=\"https:\/\/ottspott.co\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Ottspott<\/a>, a startup currently registering early adopters in beta.<\/p>\n<p>Ottspott is a phone system that runs inside Slack. You don\u2019t even have to own a telephone set \u2013 you can make and receive all of you calls through your computer browser, without leaving Slack.<\/p>\n<p>No coding or technical skills are required. Sign up takes less than a minute, and your entire team is integrated into the system \u2013 no need to invite team members or have them sign up individually. You simply select a phone number from a list of 9,000 cities in 40 countries, and Slack takes care of the rest. Included are major tech cities such as Dublin, Amsterdam, London, San Francisco, and New York. Ottspott is a great tool for global businesses that want to keep local phone numbers for their customers.<\/p>\n<p><iframe width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VOpIsr6jFNs\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Ottspott can help you with internal communications, as well as calling clients and customers.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>You can label calls for efficiency (for example \u201curgent\u201d or \u201csales\u201d), and you can have calls automatically forwarded to the appropriate member of your team. Your Gmail contacts are integrated with Ottspott to provide caller ID. You can also create folders of contacts to share with your team. Ottspott can even facilitate conference calls using Slack\u2019s slash commands.<\/p>\n<p>Ottspott notifies you instantly when you receive or miss a call, or when you get a new voicemail. You can then click-to-call from these notifications or from within voicemail, so you don\u2019t need to dial the number.<\/p>\n<p>You can also use OttSpott\u2019s analytic metrics to measure your sales team\u2019s phone performance.<\/p>\n<p>And what if you\u2019re away from your computer? No problem. Ottspott has a built-in voicemail system, and can also forward calls to your cell phone or landline.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(TECH NEWS) Ottspott is a phone system that runs inside Slack. 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