Managing Your Phone Bill

Posted on: 5 October 2020

Do you run a business where you take phone calls from customers? If so, you may be running into a situation where you struggle with managing the phones. It can be a good idea to use an answering service to handle the phones for you due to the following benefits it can provide. 

Cut Back On Employee Costs

It's possible that you need to have a full-time employee on standby to answer phone calls due to the nature of your business. For example, if you are a dentist, you can't exactly stop working on a patient in order to take a phone call. You may be a plumber that runs your own business and simply be out of the office more often than not and can't answer the phone at a moment's notice. You can reduce your employee costs by using an answering service to take each call that comes in. 

Ensure Calls Are Answered By A Real Person

Nobody ever likes leaving a voicemail message, especially when calling a business for the first time. Customers want to feel like their calls are being answered by a real person and that their questions will be answered. That's why only having a voicemail setup for your business can be problematic. When you use an answering service, every call is answered by a real person. Even though that receptionist doesn't work directly for your business, it gives the appearance that someone local answered the call and will address their concerns. 

Answer Calls 24/7

Some businesses have a need to receive calls at all times a day. For example, if you are an emergency locksmith service, that call could come in during the middle of the night when you need to react quickly. Are you prepared to answer every single call that comes in no matter what hour of the day it is? All these calls can be handled by an answering service. Even if you do not need to take the call at 3 am, you'll have peace of mind that phone calls are being answered after you leave the office and head home for the day. 

Receive Detailed Messages

You'll no longer have to call into a voice mailbox and try to write down call back numbers for messages that you have. Answering services will type out messages for you and even send them to you in your preferred format. If you prefer to receive a text or email, that can happen so that the service works best for you. 

For more information, speak with a professional at an answering service.