What an Answering Service Can Do For Your Business
Before examining exactly what an answering service can do for you, it is important to understand exactly what an answering service is. An answering service, which is also commonly referred to as a telephone answering service, is a service in which real people answer your phone calls. The people answering your phone calls are from another location, often their own business headquarters. Although an answering service can be used at just about any point throughout the day, telephone answering services are commonly used when you are outside of the office or unable to answer your own phone calls. Business owners are not the only individuals who use telephone answering services. That is why if you are looking for the best service possible, it is advised that you do business with a business answering service.
Now that you know exactly what a telephone answering service is, as well as a business answering service, you can better understand the benefits of subscribing to one. As previously mentioned, a business answering service results in all of your phone calls being answered by a real person. It is a known fact that customers want to speak to you when they are calling you. If you are unavailable, your customers may turn to someone else, namely your competition. Not being available to your customers and your clients, twenty four hours a day seven days a week, is one of the quickest ways to lose your client base. If this were to happen, your business may see a reduction in profits.
It is also important to note that your customers talk to their friends, family, neighbors, and coworkers. This communication most often occurs under negative circumstances. If you do not subscribe to a business answering service, your clients may be unable to reach you when they need to. As stated above, this often creates an unhappy customer. It has been said that an unhappy customer often leads to more unhappy customers, through communication. That is why it is advised that you, at least, think about subscribing to a business answering service, especially if you are unable to be available all of the time.
All small business owners are urged to examine telephone answering services, but there are some professions where telephone answering services are not only a good idea, but they are necessary. If you have your own medical practice or if you operate your own law firm, your clients need to have access to you at all hours of the day. A business answering service will enable you to give your clients the service that they deserve, while still allowing you to enjoy a life outside of the office.
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Rob Porter is president of 1-800 We Answer Answering Service, a nationwide provider of virtual office services including Answering Services, Mail Forwarding Services, Voicemail Services, and Fax Services
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