Articles In Home > Business

Subscribe to Business Articles

Home Based Business [606] Marketing [2014] Sales [934]
Entrepreneurs [110] Advertising [1633] Customer Service [1178]
Ethics [56] Careers [1666] Public Relations [71]
Small Business [1718] Networking [72] Management [494]

Featured Articles

Why Butcher's Paper is the Ultimate BBQ and Butchery Essential
In the world of BBQ and butchery, butchers paper has become a trusted staple, offering a natural, versatile solution for handling, wrapping, and storing meat. read more...
By Todd Peovski | Nov-23-2024

Maximising Effectiveness with Fruit Fly Netting: A Guide for Australian Gardeners
Fruit flies are a persistent problem in Australia, known for damaging fruit crops and making a mess of home gardens. These pests lay eggs under the skin of ripening fruit, resulting in spoiled harvests and wasted effort. read more...
By Danny Woodhams | Nov-19-2024

5 Helpful Strategies to Minimise Capital Gains Tax in Australia
Capital Gains Tax (CGT) can have a significant impact on the profit you make from selling assets, especially if you’re selling property, shares, or other investments. read more...
By Lester Ong | Nov-11-2024

The Complexity of Medical Fitouts and Why Hiring Professionals is Essential
Designing and setting up a medical facility is no small task. Whether you’re starting from scratch or refurbishing an existing space, the process involves many technical details that go far beyond what you might encounter in a typical commercial fitout. read more...
By Dennis Youssef | Nov-02-2024

5 Common Myths About Windscreen Replacement Debunked
Windscreen replacement is a critical aspect of vehicle maintenance that often comes with misconceptions. Road conditions can vary dramatically in Sydney, so understanding the facts about car windscreen replacement sydney is essential for every driver. read more...
By Anna Lampasona | Oct-15-2024

352 The Importance Of Opinion Research Surveys As A Marketing Tool
Opinion research is a superior way to meter the success of your customer service. Rather then employing temporary workers to handle the outbound call load, most call centers can perform opinion research services for a lower price then an in house staff. read more...
By Nick DAlleva | Jul-28-2010

362 Outbound Telephone Surveys Performed By An Answering Service
Telephone surveys are a great way to followup with customers, perform customer research, and more. A call center can offer businesses an organized way to perform outbound surveys. read more...
By Nick DAlleva | Jul-28-2010

377 What Is A Call Center And Other Questions Answered In This Overview
A call center is capable of handling multiple inbound and outbound communications from customers across all types of communication lines including live chat, email response, fax response, and more. read more...
By Nick DAlleva | Jul-28-2010

423 Call Center Outsourcing Works for Small Business and Large Business Alike
Outsourcing sales and customer service to a call center is an inexpensive way to add additional staff members to manage your growing small business or reduce costs for your large company. read more...
By Nick DAlleva | Jul-28-2010

385 Advantages of Outsourcing Order Processing Needs to a Call Center
Most contact centers today can manage order processing by interfacing with your e-commerce website and directly entering customer orders. By outsourcing your order entry and order processing needs to a call center, you can save money and increase efficienty and retention because of the 24 hour service call centers offer. read more...
By Nick DAlleva | Jul-28-2010

389 Business Call Centers Help Businesses Cut Costs
By outsourcing your secretarial, sales, and customer service responsibilities to an answering service, your business can save money while growing your customer base. read more...
By Nick DAlleva | Jul-28-2010

378 Is After Sales Contact Important
After sales contact is a crucial part of strengthening the relationship between you and your customers. Outsourcing after sales contact to a call center is a cost effective way to maintain great customer relationships without detracting from your new customer acquisitions. read more...
By Nick DAlleva | Jul-28-2010

396 Learn More About An Advanced Call Center Service
In the telephone answering service industry, the term Advanced Call Center refers to anything beyond basic phone answering and message taking. An advanced call center service can be a complete outsource solution offering everything from live chat to outbound telemarketing to order processing. read more...
By Nick DAlleva | Jul-28-2010

503 Choosing The Best Headphones For Your Secretarial Staff
One of the most important decisions an office manager can make is choosing the right headphones for their secretarial staff. Though choosing cheaper headphones is a more economical decision, buying a more expensive headphone is usually a more 'sound' decision. read more...
By Nick DAlleva | Jul-28-2010

387 How To Get The Most From Your Answering Service
An answering service can be an effective tool for businesses with benefits including opening up new never before utilized communication channels. If you already employ an answering service, make sure you are getting the most return from your answering service investment. read more...
By Nick DAlleva | Jul-28-2010

404 From Answering Machine To Answering Service
When answering machines first became popular, they were heralded as the future of communications and the death of live communications. Today, that automated future once predicted by the popularity of the answering machine has been surpassed by the growing need for personal live communication that answering services can offer. read more...
By Nick DAlleva | Jul-28-2010

436 How To Reduce Business Operating Costs
Reducing business expenses is always a concern to both small and large businesses. Employing an answering service to manage your inbound and outbound telephone communications can help your business realize significant cost savings versus having your own in house receptionist, customer service, and sales staff. read more...
By Nick DAlleva | Jul-28-2010

419 Overseas Call Centers & American Call Centers
Today, there is more competition in the call center industry by overseas answering services offering a more budget conscious and technically equal service to any US based answering service. Before being drawn in by the always lower price of an overseas call center, there are a few points to consider to see if an overseas call center alternative is right for your business. read more...
By Nick DAlleva | Jul-28-2010

421 How To Properly Staff An Answering Service
Staffing an answering service is more complicated then staffing a traditional business because of the service's 24 hour nature. Your employees need to be reliable, skilled communicators, and available to work around the clock. read more...
By Nick DAlleva | Jul-28-2010

378 Press 1 - A Look At Automated Telephone Support
Some type of telephone automation in business communication is unavoidable. If you are contacting your bank and inquiring about your balance or if you are calling a retail store to place a product order, there are many technological advancements with automation that allow for almost complete autonomous support. read more...
By Nick DAlleva | Jul-28-2010

484 Is Voicemail Ruining Businesses
Though voicemail is often a more affordable option to hiring a live person to answer your phones around the clock, voicemail can be a turn off to current and potential customers. read more...
By Nick DAlleva | Jul-28-2010

405 Answering Service Operators - The New Work At Home Business
In today's technological age, there are more and more opportunities for work at home employment. The call center is a booming industry that often employs off site call center agents who are directly tied into the contact center software through VPN lines integrated with their offsite terminals. read more...
By Nick DAlleva | Jul-28-2010

384 Small Businesses Need To Look Big
Consumers will more often trust a large business then a small business because larger businesses usually offer lower prices, greater reliability, and warranties or help should problems arise. Using a telephone answering service can help small businesses look big because your phones will always be answered by a live operator no matter what time of day your customers contact you. read more...
By Nick DAlleva | Jul-28-2010

432 Cell Phones And Answering Services
Many small businesses are ran from home offices, job sites, and in cars. Cell phones are usually the preferred communication method for these small businesses which can be problematic because new customers and current clients are greeted by automation when you are unavailable. Using an answering service to answer your cell phone calls can help grow your business. read more...
By Nick DAlleva | Jul-28-2010

396 Brief History of the Telephone
All modern communication devices can be traced back to the invention of the telephone. The telephone, cell phone, and even the telegraph all have one thing in common, they allow communications across distances. read more...
By Nick DAlleva | Jul-28-2010

424 What Is An Answering Service
An answering service is a group of operators, secretaries, and customer service professionals who answer your businesses telephone lines when you are unable to answer them yourself. Through call forwarding, you can direct your calls to the answering service and the staff will answer your calls if they were in your own office. read more...
By Nick DAlleva | Jul-28-2010

370 Why Should I Use An Answering Service
A telephone answering service is beneficial for businesses as employing one can add a 24 hour secretarial staff without the additional equipment or staffing costs. read more...
By Nick DAlleva | Jul-28-2010

394 What Businesses Need Answering Services
Though telephone answering services can be a useful addition to any type of business, the most popular applications for answering services are for service industry contractors and those businesses in medical industries. read more...
By Nick DAlleva | Jul-28-2010

863 Master Your CRM – Marketing Automation
Marketing Automation is crucial to getting the most from your CRM software. Knowing if your program already has it and learning how to use it will help you out tremendously. read more...
By LeadMaster | Jul-28-2010

537 Business Card Printing
Your business card is one of the most important printed products you will order, and there are many different ways to make it stand out. For something so small, it’s an incredibly effective piece of advertising for your company. read more...
By craig | Jul-28-2010