“I’m Free”
How available are you? In the words of John Inman in ‘Are you being served,’ can you say with confidence ‘I’m Free?’ Of course it is always a great thing to be available to speak to your prospects or clients. While you may be able to talk to them but are you really available? You need to give them your full and undivided attention, to really discuss what they have...
Read MoreWe are 5 – Happy Birthday to us and a Very Special offer for you!
It’s hard to believe we are celebrating our 5th Birthday! It is shocking how fast 5 years has flown by. It is even more amazing that online statistics state that 95% of businesses fail within the first 5 years. We count ourselves among the 5% of survivors and having started up mid recession we are quite proud of our achivement. The 5% Club! To celebrate our 5th Birthday and a pat on...
Read MoreIt’s all in the “ist”
Call a Specialist! If you were sick and something was seriously wrong you would more than likely be referred to a ‘Specialist.’ Someone who is an expert in their field, whatever that may be. Perhaps a dermatologist or oncologist you may need to have an x-ray in which case you would see a radiologist. Great business people who are passionate about their field whatever it may be....
Read MoreMore Than Just Taking a Message.
I often attend networking meetings where my clients speak about the Answer-it service to other people (usually when introducing me to someone.) I quite often hear them say ‘they do more than just taking a message.’ Being on the inside it has made me stop and think about what we actually do beyond the mechanics of simply answering the phone on behalf of our clients and relaying a message...
Read MoreJust one moment I’ll try to connect you……
‘Call Forwarding ‘ or ‘Patching’ is something we get asked about…. This is something that we sometimes get asked about. Yes we can do this for our clients. However following the old adage ‘Just because you can doesn’t mean you should.’ The following is why. If you are using a service such as ours and your calls have been diverted to come through for us to...
Read MoreWelcome to 2012 from the Answerettes!
For the past few years at around this time I have tweeted some respected business people and asked them for their thoughts and opinions for the coming year. Well this year I got a negative response from @DuncanBannatyne this was what he told me his thoughts for 2012 were ’A very tough year ahead I am afraid’ Well it looks like it is heads down and noses to the grindstone for 2012...
Read More