Team CallRail

Here at CallRail, we value work-life balance. In fact, ‘Turn it off’ is one of our company’s culture statements. We take care of ourselves, our families, our friends, and our community. We know it’s okay to close the laptop and turn off the phone and really enjoy a moment, an evening, a weekend, and a…

According to Girls Who Code, 74% of young girls express interest in STEM fields but only 26% of computing jobs are held by women. In our Women in Tech series, we dig into what motivates some of our most driven employees to lead successful tech careers. With one look at Janan Barge, you might never…

Our product roadmaps are already defined by our company’s ethos — our customers are just waiting for us to recognize it. Their pain points, frustrations, and repetitive tasking are our infinite roadmaps. The world of technology is full of opportunities, innovation, and demand, and when we solve one customer’s problem, another will arise before we…

Happy Pride! Pride Month is celebrated each year in June, honoring the historic 1969 Stonewall Uprising in Manhattan. Fifty years ago today, trailblazers at the Stonewall Inn took a stand against brutality, discrimination, and oppression. These riots were pivotal to the gay rights movement, catapulting the fight for equality to the political front lines —…

Though they are small — small businesses are a big deal. According to the United States Small Business Administration (SBA), more than 50 percent of Americans either own or work for a small business. The SBA also notes that small businesses create about 2 out of 3 new jobs in the U.S. each year, powering…

Take one glance at the unlikely duo of Christina Bourne and Dan Smith, and you might be left wondering how these two ended up in the same meeting room, much less working together here at CallRail. Where Christina is plain and direct in her speaking, Dan is more enigmatic and metaphoric. Christina is a product-marketing…

I remember when it was easy to make user-centered decisions. The year was 2015, and at the time, CallRail only had about a few hundred users to its name. Cue the dream sequence, everyone! Four years prior, our CEO Andy Powell needed a call tracking software for his startup, Bimmershops. At the time, call tracking…

For many years — long before I was working at a tech company, or before I knew about marketing attribution or what ‘MarTech’ meant — my career was in the non-profit field. I worked in a lot of different capacities from the time I was about 18 until I was 32, in roles that took…

I joined CallRail in 2014 as a customer support specialist. On my first day, I was a bundle of nerves and excitement as I sat down at my new desk. I was finally working downtown at a promising startup, but I had no experience in the tech world. How was this ex-salon manager going to…

Editor’s note: We’re going to be running a series of posts and personal essays in 2019, giving you an inside look at the people who create, design, support, and market CallRail. Today, we’re kicking things off with this story from UX Content Strategist Andrew Astleford, and how he made the leap from working in journalism…