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Tuesday, November 2, 2010

Find Out Now How An Inbound Call Center Could Save You Money And Time

By Matt Smith

If you are just starting your business there might still be some things you have to take care of. Most business would require to have some type of number for their customers to call, should they have any questions. If you get several calls per day you may need to hire someone to answer these calls, this could take up a lot of your time. You have to consider though, if hiring employees for your business is something you can afford as you are starting. This is how a telephone answering service can help you save.

If you have decided to hire employees to answer the calls for you then you would need to provide office equipment for your employees. Some of the basic things that they would need is a desk, chair, a computer and of course a phone. These things can become expensive, and you might not yet have to funds for this. With a business answering service, you will not need to purchase any of these things.

Normally after purchasing your office equipment, you would also need to start hiring employees. Now this does take up a lot of your time. You would have to advertise to get people to apply with your business. Next you would need to invest time in training your new employees along with spending time and money on the paperwork required to hire these employees.

If you acquire employees for your company you would also need to pay employee taxes for these hires. Along with the taxes you would need to provide employee benefits such as health care coverage and perhaps include 401k. These might not be things you could afford when your company is just starting up.

Utilizing a telephone answering service, there is no need to worry about any of these things. This service will already provide their qualified staff who will be ready to take your calls. This company will be responsible for hiring their staff as well as training and providing them with benefits.

This service can handle any type of calls you may receive and screen them for you. They can handle the small things that your customer needs and forward the important calls that you may need to answer. If your customer calls in to place an order, this service can complete the order for you. This leaves more time to do the things that you need to do, while your business is running smoothly.

If your business requires that calls be answered even after the office is closed, then you would probably need to hire more employees. You would need a morning crew as well as night crew, which will end up costing you more. You might also have to pay overtime to your workers if they stay there answering your phone lines for you. An answering service can work day and night to answer these calls for you, even after the office is closed.

These are just some of the reasons a phone answering service can help you save. This type of service can provide you with a full detailed report of all the calls that came through along with what happened during the call. They can provide recordings of the call, this allows you to still be in control and know everything that goes on with your business.

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