Why Do You Need A Telephone Answering Service?

Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Everyday, people place huge volume of calls to various businesses. This is very common. It is also common, though not ideal, that calls go unattended. Unattended or unanswered telephone calls can affect businesses in a very bad way. Companies that are missing calls a great deal can lose countless business opportunities, and in order to prevent such losses, business owners use a telephone answering service.

Telephone answering services are being used by several companies, big and small, across the globe. Answering services rise to popularity because they allow companies to improve customer service. When customers call in, the last thing they want to hear is an automated voice prompt, a busy tone or worst, nothing. When a customer calls a business that they regularly transact with and the call goes unanswered, the customer gets really upset. Feeling upset can make the customer decide to end a business relationship. For some people, this scenario may seem exaggerated but this is how it goes in the corporate world. Most professionals would reason that if they are spending money for a service or product, they should get the attention that they deserve whenever they want it. Hence the cliché Customer is King.

It is always the objective of companies to keep their clients satisfied, but this is a real challenge especially if service is demanded 24/7. Holidays, vacations, meetings, breaks, etc may cause employees to be unavailable. This is why having a telephone answering service in place is very important. An answering service compensates for the employee's unavailability.

All type of businesses can benefit from telephone answering services, but there are those that can benefit greater than the others. Businesses providing medical services may get the most benefit from using an answering service. This is because sickness and injuries are not bound by factors like holidays and lunch breaks. Medical professionals have a need for such a service as it could help save lives.

Lawyers also require telephone answering services. Like accidents and ailments, crimes can happen anytime, anywhere. This means that criminal lawyers should be reachable all the time. Of course lawyers are also human, and being human means they have lives outside their profession. In case they are out of their office, on vacation or with another client, an answering service can help significantly.

Regardless of your profession, an answering service can help you one way or another, especially when your job requires you to be on call all the time. If you are a professional who is always on the go, or a business owner who is running a very busy company, take advantage of telephone answering services and make your professional life easier.

6 comments:

katty February 3, 2011 at 7:46 PM  

Having a phone answering service is definitely something every small business owner should consider. Many companies have proven that it may boost and increased business sales. Anyways, thanks for discussing the importance of having answering service. Keep on posting!:)
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kathy September 29, 2011 at 12:51 AM  

Thank you for such valuable post. Reading this made me realize that unanswered call can be the down side of a business, whether small or big. And I agree that answering calls will make your client keep their business relationship with you. It will only be possible if you can answer all incoming calls of your clients or business partners. But because of bunch of calls some were unable to be entertained. With the help of telephone answering service they will answer all your calls thus will save your time and effort on worrying because of this calls. It is very useful.

Andy October 28, 2011 at 9:11 AM  

Businesses that are receiving a large volume of calls on a daily basis and are struggling to answer ALL of their calls need to look into outsourcing their business calls. Not doing so can give a company a bad image and send out the wrong message that customer service isn't a top priority.

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melanie May 2, 2012 at 8:00 AM  

Some great reasons for telephone answering services here already, but have you thought about the fact that there is more time for more productive meetings etc when the phone isnt constantly ringing :)

aLL abT Shabby's LiFe ;) January 8, 2013 at 7:58 AM  

Telephone answering is a way for businesses to reduce overheads as well as increase employee efficiency and boost sales. It is a great all-round way of improving a business

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