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How to block unwanted robocalls and spam calls

(WETM) – We all know the feeling. The dreaded sight of a phone number you don’t recognize and the annoying decision of whether or not to answer it. There’s a good chance you won…

Is this the death of voice mail?

According to Vonage, people are leaving fewer voice mails, and retrieving fewer, too. And this could be the sign of an even greater cultural shortcoming.

Should My Telephone Answering Service Charge an Activation Fee?

Telephone answering service activation fees are quite common throughout the industry. But should you really have to pay one when you are setting up your answering service account<br>You’ve done your research and finally chosen a telephone answering service that you believe will represent your business well. After discussing your options with a sales rep you have determined the proper rate plan that you feel is fair for the volume of calls your new service will be processing. But now they want to…

Uptime Important When Selecting A Cloud Telephone Service Provider

Read why your business should expect 99.999% uptime from the cloud telephone service provider to guarantee reliability and continuity for your communications.

3 Voice Mail Techniques You Should Use

Voice mail, need I say more? If you are selling, you are hitting voice mail, you need to learn to master it and make it work for you. Better results than running from it.

Apple is going to fix our frustrating voice mail problem

Here's a Catch-22: It's really easy to leave a voice mail when somebody doesn't pick up, but few people want to actually listen to it. You have to type your password, listen to the

Does a Full Email or Voice Mail Inbox = Low Engagement?

You've dealt with it too many times to count. You want to leave an email or a voice mail for someone, and your wish is denied. Their inbox is full. And you start judging them. "get your #### together" "that...

Benefits of Using a Telephone Answering Service for your Customers

Undecided if your small business needs an answering service? There are many answering service benefits, and we outlined 5 answering service benefits.

How to Create a Winning Telephone Answer Script

What are the first words a prospect or customer hears when they call your business?

6 Tactics for Leaving Voice Mail Messages that Will Get a Call Back

6 tips for leaving effective voice mail messages. Simple ways to get people to call you back.

When is it smarter to use a telephone answering service in real estate sales?

Real Estate Professionals face many challenges, but being there to answer when money calls doesn't have to be one with a Telephone Answering Service.

Leave Voice Mails that Get Returned

7 Things to Include in a Voice-mail Message

When creating a voicemail message, there are 7 pieces of information that can help your caller. 1. Identify Your Voice It is important to identify the person and department taking the call (just in case the caller gets transferred to the wrong department). This should be done by providing the department name as well as...

5 Voice Mail Tactics to Get More Calls Back

A ton of people ask me on a regular basis whether or not they should even leave voicemails any more since they almost never get a call back. My response is yes – as long as they are good ones. If you’re leaving ‘touching base’ and ‘checking in’ voice mails then I would not waste … Continue reading 5 Voice Mail Tactics to Get More Calls Back →

Is Voice Mail Going the Way of the Dodo?

Is voicemail going the way of the dodo? Many companies are cutting it out completely, in favor of more modern communication methods.

How to Start a Telephone Answering Service

If you’re new to the industry or thinking about getting into, the book How Start a Telephone Answering Service contains valuable information.

Top 10 Benefits of Telephone Answering Services

As we all know availability, support and response is key to successful customer service. Learn the top things you didn't know about answering services.

How Telephone Answering Service Increases Profitability?

Find out how a Live Telephone Answering Service improves your efficiency and increases profitability. Streamline your business now by reading these 3 facts

How to Leave Effective Voice Mails

One of the hardest things for sales reps to handle is a prospect who is not responding to them after they have done a presentation to them. I’m sure you’ve got some of them in your pipeline right now. You’ve given them your 45 minute demo, answered their

How to Leave an Effective Voice Mail Message

Almost everybody leaves a voice mail message at one point or another, and many of us leave them on a daily basis. So why is it that so many people do a poor job of leaving a quality message? Follow these tips to learn how to leave an effective voice mail message<br>Leaving a voice mail may seem awfully remedial, but, um, you wouldn’t believe, um, how much our research has shown (…Huh? Yeah…I’ll be in that meeting in a second, I’m just…