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How to Start a Business in Chicago
As a Chicago answering service, we work with a lot of small businesses. One thing that we hear from a lot of the business owners is that it is a complicated process to get a business started in the city of Chicago. To help out any aspiring small business owners, we...
How to Professionally Answer a Business Call
Working in an overflow answering service, there is one thing that you learn pretty quickly - how to answer a business call. When you are on the phone all day, you learn pretty quickly to pick up on the cues as to how your delivery...
Plumbers – Get More Clients with a Plumbing Answering Service
Running a successful plumbing company is not easy. You have to manage your employees, stay up on all of the latest tools and trends, stay on top of your inventory, and keep up with payroll and taxes. But none of those things...
The Benefits of a Call Center for Real Estate Agents
A good real estate agent works hard. And you have to be available to your clients all the time in order to offer them the service that they expect. The trouble is, no matter how busy you are, and how many clients you have, there are only 24 hours in a day. And...
Why You Need a HIPAA Compliant Medical Answering Service
As a hospital, medical office, or dental office, there is no question that you need a HIPAA-compliant medical answering service - both for the protection of your patient's privacy and to protect your liability. So as you are searching for the right medical office...
3 Simple Phone Tips To Make A Prospect More Likely To Buy
I know that you have heard the saying that people are more likely to buy from someone they know, like, and trust. But how do we develop that kind of a relationship when we start with a phone call? Of course this does take time, and there are no simple tips that will...
Talking On The Phone The Right Way – 5 Tips From The Customer Service Trenches
We hear from some of our customers that they find it difficult to have an effective phone conversation with their customers. It is understandable. Much like texting can go wrong because you cannot pick up on the tone that someone is using, phone conversations are...
Tired of Training New Customer Service Staff?
One thing that we hear from a lot of our small business answering service clients is that they love that they have to spend so much less time hiring and training staff. And all over the country, small business owners are realizing how hard it is to hire the right...
The Missing Ingredient To Your Advertising Campaign
How Can an Answering Service Help You Get More Out Of Your Advertising? Customers are the lifeblood of any business, no matter how big or how small so taking care of them is very important. For some businesses that means being available from 9-5 Monday through Friday...
Don't Let Voicemail Happen
80% of people will hang up rather than leave a voicemail. Let us make sure that you don’t miss any calls… or any customers.