The Workflow
8 steps · click a step number to mark it done
Open Nextiva and have it ready before you start
Log into Nextiva and open the Onboarding Wizard to begin the setup process
Enter or port your existing business phone numbers in the Phone Numbers section to enable voice and SMS handling
Enable Unified Inbox and connect your email, Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp accounts by providing the required credentials
Navigate to Contact Center settings, turn on AI‑Powered Intelligent IVR, and create routing rules that use keywords and sentiment analysis to direct callers
Define a Skills‑Based Routing matrix that maps agent skill tags to the IVR intents you configured
Activate Real‑Time Transcriptions and Sentiment Analysis for inbound calls to automatically capture summaries
Save the configuration and run a test call, a test text, and a test social message; verify that all appear in the Unified Inbox and are routed correctly
Open the dashboard reports, confirm reduced average handling time and increased first‑contact resolution, and fine‑tune routing rules if needed