Fairpoint (Campaign Manager)

Key Facts

Industry Debt Management
Business need Lead response / pack chasing
Xarios solution Campaign Manager

About Fairpoint

The Fairpoint journey started back in 1997 when Debt Free Direct was established by Latham Chartered Accountants. The aim was to provide the widest possible range of solutions to the growing number of individuals with debt problems.

In 2008 Debt Free Direct became a brand managed by the Fairpoint Group PLC and the debt solutions business expanded to offer debt management plans.

Lead by a skilled management team and after a series of successful acquisitions in recent years, Fairpoint has grown into one of the leading financial service providers in the industry. With brands such as Clear Start, Allixium and Lawrence Charlton as part of their repertoire, the Fairpoint Group is an exceptional choice for the financially stressed consumer.

The Challenge

Fairpoint needed a dialler solution that would efficiently meet two main criteria; Lead response and Pack chasing. Upon receiving an enquiry from the website, Fairpoint needed an application that would automatically insert the enquiry into the current campaign and be added to the call queue as well as screen popping the customer's details so that the agent has all the information they need to respond to the query.

They required a solution that automatically managed the customer contact activity to avoid the agent manually chasing up leads, saving time and ultimately improving staff productivity.

The Xarios Solution

The Xarios Campaign Manager is a progressive dialler software programme written by Xarios designed to enable users to organise and execute outbound contact activities such as telephone dialling or SMS text or e-mail campaigns.

"By automating the  whole process and removing the need for our agents to manually follow up leads , our staff productivity has greatly increased."

Paul Stritch, Fairpoint

 Staff simply log in with an Agent ID configured on the phone system. Calls are made automatically and the dialling pace and campaign assignment are controlled by the system supervisor not the staff member. This automation can double the productivity of outbound staff.

What makes Xarios different?

Campaign Manager is a software application progressive dialler and doesn't require its own dedicated trunks or hardware. The Xarios team carried out up front consultancy and customised the Campaign Manager software to make it specifically relevant to Fairpoint in order to avoid an unnecessary and otherwise lengthy internal software development process.

"We have close contact in our relationship with Xarios so we're always being kept up to date with what the systems can do."

Paul Stritch, Fairpoint

They were then able to build in a rapid response feature, meaning that information loaded onto the website automatically populates the customer database which, in turn, updates the campaign manager database, screen popping the customer's information.