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Phone system for admissions and enrollment teamsA future student is asking about your program. At 10 PM.
Prospective students research in the evening and inquire at several schools at once. TalkerIQ gives admissions teams a phone system that keeps up: every inquiry gets a call and a text within minutes, an AI agent answers program and deadline questions around the clock, and advisors spend their day with students who are ready to apply.
One inquiry, from form to enrollment
- 10:04 PMRequest-info form submittedMedical assistant program · 10:04 PM
- 10:05 PMText in under a minute"Thanks for your interest! Any questions about the program?"
- 10:07 PMAI answers questionsSchedule, cost, financial aid options, next start date
- 10:09 PMAdvisor call bookedTomorrow 4 PM, after her shift
- Next dayAdvisor helps her applyWith the full conversation in the CRM
How can admissions teams respond to inquiries faster?
By calling and texting every inquiry automatically within minutes and answering common questions any time of day. TalkerIQ is a phone system for admissions and enrollment teams with AI built in: an AI agent texts and calls new inquiries, answers questions about programs, start dates and costs from your knowledge base, books campus visits and advisor calls, and sends deadline reminders — while advisors focus on applicants.
- Calls
- New inquiries within minutes
- Answers
- Program, cost and deadline questions, 24/7
- Books
- Campus tours and advisor calls
- Texts
- Deadline and document reminders
- Plans from
- $29/user/mo billed annually
Sound familiar?
Inquiries come in all night. Our advisors start the morning with a stack of forms, and the students we call at noon have already talked to two other schools.
Prospective students often enroll with the school that answers their questions first — and most of those questions are the same ones, asked every day.
Inquiries wait until morning
Students fill out forms in the evening; by the time an advisor calls, interest has cooled.
Advisors answer the same questions all day
Start dates, tuition, schedules, financial aid basics — repeated on every call.
Applicants drop off between steps
Missing documents and missed deadlines stall applications without regular reminders.
How it works
From inquiry to enrolled student.
Inquiries arrive automatically
Website forms, lead sources and your CRM send new inquiries to TalkerIQ through integrations or webhooks.
AutomaticText and call within minutes
A text from your admissions number goes out right away, followed by a call — inside allowed hours.
AIQuestions answered any hour
The AI answers from your program catalog and FAQs, in English, Spanish and other languages.
AITour or advisor call booked
Interested students book a campus visit, info session or advisor call on the spot.
AI + your teamReminders to the finish line
Deadline, document and orientation reminders keep applicants moving until they start.
AI
Speed to lead
Every inquiry hears from you while they're still interested.
New inquiries trigger a text and a call within minutes, any time of day. If the student doesn't answer, smart retries follow up at better times and on the channel they respond to — and advisors see every touch in one timeline.
- Instant text and call from your admissions number
- Smart retries by best time and channel
- Cadences you design in plain English with Spark
One inquiry, followed up
- Rep calls · no answerVoicemail dropped in one click; disposition loggedDay 1 · 10:04
- Follow-up text goes out"Sorry we missed you — reply with a good time"Day 1 · 10:05
- AI retries at the best timeSmart retry picks evening; local number shownDay 2 · 18:20
- Lead replies by textAI SMS agent answers pricing questions instantlyDay 3 · 08:12
- Meeting bookedOn the rep's calendar, CRM deal stage updatedDay 3 · 08:15
- Rep joins with full contextCall recordings, texts and AI summary in one timelineDay 5
AI admissions assistant
The same questions, answered instantly and accurately.
The AI agent answers calls and texts from your knowledge base: program length, schedules, start dates, tuition and how financial aid works at your school. Anything beyond that — or any student who wants a person — goes to an advisor with a summary.
- Answers from your catalog and FAQs, not guesses
- Hands off to advisors with the conversation summarised
- Multilingual for students and families
Admissions number · text thread
Advisors & enrollment
Advisors spend their time with students who are ready.
Advisors work their pipeline from a power dialer, with every call recorded and summarised and dispositions synced to your CRM. Managers see contact rates, booked appointments and talk time per advisor on a live wallboard.
- Power dialer for follow-up lists
- Recording and AI summaries on every call
- Live wallboard for admissions managers
Support queue · liveSample data
Agents
Calls per hour
What changes
What changes when every inquiry gets an answer.
to first contact
Reach students while they are still researching.
answers
Common questions handled any hour, in many languages.
advisor time
Advisors focus on students ready to apply.
stalled applications
Reminders keep applicants moving to the start date.
The details
The tools an admissions team actually uses.
Admissions numbers
One per campus, program or campaign. Numbers
Phone menu
Admissions, financial aid, registrar, current students. IVR
AI agent
Answers program questions and books, 24/7. AI voice agents
AI texting
Instant replies and booking by text. AI SMS
Knowledge base
Your catalog, deadlines and FAQs. Knowledge base
Website voice widget
Students talk to your AI from the program page. Widget
Reminder campaigns
Deadlines, documents and orientation by text. Bulk SMS
Power dialer
Advisors follow up faster. Power dialer
CRM sync
Calls and texts logged to your CRM. CRM integrations
A day with TalkerIQ
What happens to an inquiry that arrives at 10 PM?
A day at a career college with two campuses. Lena manages admissions; Omar is an advisor.
- A request-info form
Jasmine asks about the medical assistant program. A text from the admissions number goes out in under a minute.
- The AI answers her questions
Schedule, program length and next start date, from the knowledge base. She books a call with Omar for after her shift.
- Omar works his list
He calls yesterday's inquiries on the power dialer; the AI already spoke to most of them overnight.
- A parent calls in Spanish
The AI answers in Spanish, explains the evening schedule and books a campus tour for the family.
- Jasmine's advisor call
Omar opens the summary and helps her start an application. Reminder texts handle her document checklist.
- Jasmine starts class
Result: every inquiry contacted within minutes, advisors focused on applicants, and fewer students lost between steps.
Compare
Next-day callbacks, a call center or TalkerIQ: which enrolls more students?
Here is how each approach handles a new inquiry.
| Next-day callback | Outsourced call center | TalkerIQ | |
|---|---|---|---|
| First contact | Next business day | Hours | Within minutes, 24/7 |
| Answers program questions accurately | Yes, when reached | Script-dependent | From your knowledge base |
| Texts and calls from one number | Rarely | Varies | Yes |
| Books tours and advisor calls | Yes | Sometimes | Yes, on the spot |
| Multilingual | If staff speak it | Extra cost | Built in |
| Recording and AI summaries | Rarely | Varies | Every call |
See how the website voice widget works, or compare TalkerIQ plans.
People and AI
Advisors guide students. The AI makes sure none are missed.
People handle advising
- Program fit and career goals
- Applications and financial aid conversations
- Families and special cases
AI handles first contact
- Instant response to every inquiry
- Common questions, any hour, many languages
- Bookings and reminders to the start date
Where it fits
Built for every kind of school that enrolls year-round.
Trade & career schools
Respond to every program inquiry in minutes and keep applicants moving to the next start date.
Speed to leadColleges & universities
Answer admissions and financial aid questions 24/7 and route current students to the right office.
Phone menusOnline programs & training providers
Text and call inquiries nationwide with local numbers, AI answers and advisor follow-up.
Local presenceFAQ
Questions admissions teams ask
Still unsure? Talk to our team.
Reviewed by the TalkerIQ product team · Updated
Can the AI answer questions about our programs?
Yes. The AI answers from your knowledge base — program details, schedules, start dates, tuition and how financial aid works at your school — and hands anything else to an advisor with a summary.
How fast can TalkerIQ respond to a new inquiry?
Within minutes, at any hour, by text and call from your admissions number, within allowed calling hours. Smart retries keep following up if the student doesn't respond.
Can students book campus tours and advisor calls?
Yes. The AI books tours, info sessions and advisor calls directly onto your calendars and texts confirmations and reminders.
Does the AI speak other languages?
Yes. AI agents can talk and text with students and families in Spanish and many other languages.
Can we route current students and other departments?
Yes. Phone menus and routing send calls to admissions, financial aid, the registrar or student services, with business hours per department and campus.
Does TalkerIQ integrate with our CRM?
Calls, texts, recordings and AI summaries log to HubSpot, Salesforce and other CRMs, and webhooks and an API connect other systems.
What is the best phone system for admissions teams?
Look for speed-to-lead automation, texting, an AI agent that answers from your catalog, a dialer for advisors and CRM sync in one system. TalkerIQ includes all of these, from $29/user/mo billed annually.
How much does TalkerIQ cost for schools?
TalkerIQ is priced per user per month with no seat minimum: Starter $39 for the phone system and texting, Growth $79 adding dialers, bulk SMS and an AI receptionist, and Pro $149 adding 100 AI minutes per user, the AI outbound dialer and AI SMS. See pricing.
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