Guides to AI receptionists for Australian businesses
Straight answers to what owners ask before they put an AI on the phones.
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How to set up an AI receptionist
The 11 steps of the Alony wizard in order, and what to check before a real caller hears your agent.
What is an AI receptionist, and how does it work?
What happens inside a call, how a call flows, what an AI receptionist can and can't do, and how it differs from a phone menu, voicemail and an answering service.
How much does an AI receptionist cost in Australia?
How AI receptionists, answering services and staff are priced, with a dated table of listed prices and a source for each.
What a missed call costs your business
A calculator and the method behind it, using your own numbers, and a look at which popular statistics can and can't be traced.
How to choose an AI receptionist
A fourteen-point checklist for any provider, with Alony's own answers.
Can you keep your business number?
Your agent gets its own number. Forward your existing number to it to keep the one customers know. Plus what happens when the minutes run out.
AI receptionist greeting examples
Five greetings in Australian English that name the business, say it's an AI, mention recording and offer an urgent path, plus length and pacing rules.
How these guides are written
These guides explain AI receptionists for Australian small businesses: what one is, what a missed call costs, what the market charges, how to choose and how to set one up. Alony writes them, so each guide also says where Alony is not the cheapest or not the right fit.
Prices and figures carry their source and the date we read them. See pricing for Alony's plans. Spot a mistake? Email admin@alony.ai.
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