Business Phone Services


by Rob Porter - Date: 2007-03-28 - Word Count: 487 Share This!

Are you a small to medium sized business owner who needs help running your business? If so, congratulations. Needing help isn't always associated with something good, but in this case it should be. If you are in need of additional staff, it is likely that your business has seen success or has exceeded your expectations. Before you automatically go out and hire a number of new, onsite employees, you examine outsourcing, namely the outsourcing of business phone services.

Outsourcing, although it often referred to as being negative, is actually positive. Outsourcing involves using the services of another individuals or company, instead of hiring additional onsite staff. This may be able to save you money in overtime, pay raises, and healthcare costs. That is why you are urged to examine outsourcing. As previously mentioned, you can have your business phone services outsourced. This outsourcing will likely be to an individual or company that runs a business phone service.

As you likely already know, business phone services are services that are centered on telephone calls, namely the telephone calls of your customers and clients. There are a wide variety of different business phone services offered. In all honesty, the services that you have access to will all depend on the business phone service that you choose to do business with. Despite a variation in services, there are a number of common services that are offered by many Business Phone Services. These common services are outlined below.

Call centers are often included as being part of a business phone service. Call centers will take your phone calls from your clients or customers. The action taken with these phone calls will all depend on the circumstances of the call. There are some call centers that will take customer orders, schedule customer appointments, and provide technical support. What is nice about call centers is that they do not have to be huge to offer your business the assistance that it needs. In fact, many businesses that provide services to business owners, just like you, don't just focus on call centers, but a wide variety of other business phone services as well.

An answering service is also described as a business phone service. Answering services are most commonly used by business owners when they are away from the office, whether it be for a few hours or a few weeks. The difference between an answering service and voicemail is that your customers will get to speak with real, live people! This, alone, has been known to benefit business owners in more ways than one. Although answering services are typically preferred over voicemail, many business phone service companies also offer voicemail programs for their clients too.

The above mentioned services are just a few of they many that are offered by business phone service companies. If you are looking for a particular service or feature, be sure that feature is included in your package before agreeing to a contact.


Related Tags: business outsourcing, call centers, business phone services

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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