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The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of Spam Tag Remediation
By Allison Owen VP of Client Engagement Spam tagging is one of the most frustrating challenges legitimate businesses face when trying to connect with their customers. While consumers demand and deserve protection from unwanted calls, many lawful, necessary calls still...
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of Spam Tag Remediation
Spam tags are crippling legitimate business connections. This article exposes why appeal services fall short and outlines the steps to solve call blocking issues.
Safeguard Your Brand: Why AFFIRM Reputation Monitoring is Essential
Maintaining a brand's integrity and ensuring effective customer communication is paramount for success in today's...
Why Your Business Needs SENTRY Call Blocking
As a business owner, you spend resources building trust, cultivating a positive brand reputation, and ensuring every...
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STIR/SHAKEN: What Your Contact Center Should Know
The countdown is on. The FCC’s STIR/SHAKEN mandate, designed to cut down on fraudulent robocalls, goes into effect June 30, 2021. All the talk about impending regulations has many contact centers wondering how it may impact their operations....
STIR/SHAKEN 101 for Contact Centers
With the looming STIR/SHAKEN deadline on the horizon, businesses, carriers, and contact centers are all looking to get their operations in order. Now that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has announced they plan to penalize those not in...
STIR/SHAKEN Update: Act or Get Blocked, Says FCC
The STIR/SHAKEN deadline is rapidly approaching - and the FCC will require phone companies to do their part in the fight against robocalls. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) recently announced that filings to the Robocall Mitigation...
Is Branded Calling the New Retail Reputation Standard?
Brand reputation matters and the COVID-19 pandemic has forever changed the landscape of consumer shopping behaviors. As brick-and-mortar stores adapted their practices for social distancing, consumers settled into a "new normal" of in-store pickup,...
Scammers Are Getting Social Savvy
According to statistics, by the end of 2018, 2.5 billion people worldwide are expected to be on social media, and if growth rates stay the same, about 86% of the US population should be a part of social media by the end of this year. Social media...
First Orion, Hiya, And Transaction Network Services Launch New Caller Registry to Streamline Important Interactions between Callers and Analytics Engines
For years, businesses have dealt with their legitimate calls being ignored or confused with spam, while consumers have been the recipients of millions of illegal and unwanted calls. To combat this issue, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)...
First Orion Launches All-New PrivacyStar
First Orion is excited to announce an all-new Privacy Star experience! What is PrivacyStar? PrivacyStar is a FREE app for iPhone and Android that helps tag, block, and stop scam calls for good. The automatic scam protection checks a database of...
Video: Scam Call Victims Speak Out
When we ran a consumer survey for our Annual Scam Report, we asked people about the types of scam calls they received. What we weren't expecting was over 900 comments about the creative ways scammers have tried to steal from those they call. We...
Protect Yourself Against Phone Scams
According to our latest survey, the scammers are working smarter - not harder - in 2020. While the volume of scam calls reported stayed on par with previous years, we saw the number of people falling for those calls skyrocket. Compared to 2019,...
First Orion, Hiya and Transaction Network Services (TNS) Launch FreeCallerRegistry.com to Streamline the Registration Process for Enterprises and Call Originators
We are excited to announce a new website that streamlines the telephone number registration process for businesses, non-profits, first responders, and any other call originator. The leading analytics companies, who instill trust in the phone call,...
