At some point, as a business owner, you are going to encounter an upset customer because something went terribly wrong. The most important thing to remember, when you receive a phone call or come face-to-face with an upset customer who is on the edge of exploding, is to remain calm. By remaining calm and allowing them [...]
In recent years there have been a few different trends affecting the demand for answering services here in the United States. The first one is the onshoring of U.S. businesses’ call centers and inbound phone call services. The costs of doing business overseas in countries like India, China, and the Philippines is no longer cost-effective, as [...]
The United States is a “melting pot” of people that originally emigrated from different foreign countries, including the United Kingdom, France, and Spain. While English quickly became the predominately spoken language, this is slowly starting to change due to a number of reasons. Among those is the growth of global businesses over the past few decades. [...]
As you start off the new year, it is important to set both short term and long term goals and objectives you want to achieve to grow your small business this year. Part of normal business growth is hiring new employees to perform a variety of business functions and tasks. However, finding the right people with [...]
In recent years, there has been this “on-again” and “off-again” business model to provide employees with more flexibility in their work schedules. Many companies of all sizes have experimented with telecommuting and virtual offices in the past. Some organizations continue to allow their employees the perks of these options, while others have either done away with [...]
In recent years, one common trend for businesses is to shut down during the week between Christmas and New Year’s because this is one of the slowest times of years for certain industries. Just because your business is closed for the holiday season, it does not mean you have to return to find your voice mail [...]
As a real estate agent, it is not uncommon to spend the majority of your day on the telephone talking to people. Your business relies on your ability to be personable and friendly to home buyers, and for sellers to sign a contract with you to represent them during their real estate transaction. With so much [...]
In today’s marketplaces, people can easily switch between brands, products, and services at the drop of a hat, so to speak, especially if they receive poor customer service. In fact, customer service experiences are the leading factor when people are deciding whether to do business with a particular operation. While the quality of the products or [...]
Are you aware that it costs more to find new customers than implementing solutions to retain existing ones? In today’s highly competitive markets and industries, it is challenging to keep customers happy, but the payoff for doing so is it will keep them purchasing products and services from your business. The key to making customers happy [...]
There are right and wrong ways to respond to negative customer feedback. It is important to develop the proper methods to ensure the success of your business. Today, customer feedback is a vital part of business development. Thanks largely in part to social media and customer feedback sites, people today are better informed about business practices [...]
