3 Customer Retention Tips to Keep Your Customers Coming Back

Businesses that can’t retain customers usually aren’t around for very long. For most companies, convincing customers to keep coming back is just as important as finding new customers, if not more important. What can businesses do to keep their customers coming back, instead of constantly scrambling to find new ones to replace them? Let’s take … Read more

How to Personalize Your Customer Service Experiences

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What makes a business great today is not the quality of the products or services they sell but, rather, the level of customer service experience provided. Let’s face it. The overall quality of products and services has gotten to the point where it is pretty much even between competitors. As a result, businesses have to … Read more

The Importance of Quality Customer Care

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One way small and medium businesses set themselves apart from larger and corporate competitors is by providing their customers with quality customer care. Most people are not simply looking for the lowest prices but, also, which businesses provide the best customer service and care both during and after the sale. They do not mind paying … Read more

Services Your Virtual Receptionist Can Provide

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A virtual receptionist functions much like an actual receptionist in your office would. They answer phones, schedule appointments, update your calendar, schedule meetings, make phone calls to customers and clients, provide customer and technical support, route phone calls to other staff members, read and respond to emails, and more. However, there is one major exception: … Read more

What Type of Customer Service Do You Provide: Reactive or Proactive?

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No matter what type of industry or market your business is in, or whether you sell products or services, the distinguishing feature that sets businesses apart is the type of customer service experiences you provide current and new customers. Most businesses have followed a reactive customer service approach for years, while others have started to … Read more

Tips to Decrease Customer Wait Times

Customer Wait Times

No one likes waiting in lines or on endless hold to speak to someone. The longer a customer has to wait, the more upset they can become, unhappy with your business and its products and services. There are different things you can do to help reduce overall wait times and make experiences more pleasant. Identify … Read more

The Rapid Growth & Demand for U.S. Answering Services

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In recent years there have been a few different trends affecting the demand for answering services here in the United States. The first one is the onshoring of U.S. businesses’ call centers and inbound phone call services. The costs of doing business overseas in countries like India, China, and the Philippines is no longer cost-effective, … Read more

Bilingual Answering Service: Breakdown of Languages Used in the United States

Bilingual Answering Service

The United States is a “melting pot” of people that originally emigrated from different foreign countries, including the United Kingdom, France, and Spain. While English quickly became the predominately spoken language, this is slowly starting to change due to a number of reasons. Among those is the growth of global businesses over the past few … Read more

The Benefits of Your Own Personal 24/7 Live Agents

Personal 24/7 Live Agents

As you start off the new year, it is important to set both short term and long term goals and objectives you want to achieve to grow your small business this year. Part of normal business growth is hiring new employees to perform a variety of business functions and tasks. However, finding the right people … Read more