July - 2010 Articles





353 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 | Business

317 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 | Business

328 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 | Business

327 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 | Business

326 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 | Business

428 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 | Business

328 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 | Business

331 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 | Business

369 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 | Business

352 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 | Business

358 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 | Business

314 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 | Business

420 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 | Business

342 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 | Business

313 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 | Business

364 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 | Business

326 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 | Business

357 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 | Business

301 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 | Business

319 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 | Business

525 Buying The Right Pair of Kid’s Shoes
Kids deserve the best shoes that are comfortable, stylish and easy on your wallet. How does one shop for kids shoes without the hassel of bringing them along to the mall? read more...
By Nermin | Jul-28-2010 | Shoes

777 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 | Marketing

3083 Best coloring pages for girls
If you have a little girl that enjoys coloring pages then here is our handy guide as to the pictures she will enjoy the most. read more...
By Simon Jacobson | Jul-28-2010 | Parenting

1622 Colloidal silver an overview
Colloidal silver is the latest antibiotic which is found with immense potential for medical treatment against infectious diseases. Some interesting facts about colloidal silver are narrated here. read more...
By Juan Lucy Caswell | Jul-28-2010 | Medicine

2600 Benefits of using Colloidal silver based soap and spray
The benefit of using colloid silver based soaps are discussed here. read more...
By Juan Lucy Caswell | Jul-28-2010 | Nutrition