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April, 2007

OSCT Project - The Automated Phone Assistant - Part 1

Saturday, April 7th, 2007

In this post, I stated my intentions to make an automated phone assistant for osCommerce, promising to update you on any developments.

Well, I’ve been playing over the last week and managed to get all three services outlined in that post working.

Today, I’ll discuss how I implemented the first of those services:

You call a telephone number and an automated response tells you how many pending orders you have and how much they are worth.

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OSCT Project - The osCommerce Automated Phone Assistant

Monday, April 2nd, 2007

You’ve got all the mods. You’ve implemented all the hacks. Your osCommerce store is more tricked out than a magician on steroids.

Now you’re looking for the ultimate in geekyness. Something that you don’t really need but is so cool you just have to have it. The thing that will make your osCommerce buddies crumple to their knees and proclaim you as their new master.

Imagine if you osCommerce store could do this…

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Why A Telephone Number Might Be Damaging Your Store’s Potential

Monday, April 2nd, 2007

One of the biggest mistakes online shops make is not displaying a telephone number, or hiding it away on the contact page.

If you plan to make more sales and jump ahead of the competition, make one simple change today.

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