11 December 2017

Relieve Stress by Having a Telephone Answering Service Over the Holidays

telephone answering serviceThe stockings are hung by the chimney with care, your holiday to do list is almost complete, but your holiday stress is through the roof. If your business is busy, busy, busy during the holidays, it can be hard to catch your breath, let alone enjoy the joy of the season. Fortunately, there’s a simple solution that can help keep you and your customer service employees sane. Here’s why you should use a telephone answering service over the holidays.

You’ll keep your customers happy

If you can’t keep up with the demands of customer service during the holidays, your business will suffer. Your customers are bound to get irate and upset if they can’t get help when they need it, so make sure you always have enough staff to help them by using a telephone answering service. This will mean that no call will go unanswered, even if the telephone service doesn’t actually handle the customer service themselves. Just make sure you or your employees follow up with each call promptly, or you could still have angry customers.

You’ll keep your staff less-stressed

If your employees suddenly have to handle excessive telephone calls coming in–on top of their regular workload–they’re bound to become unhappy little elves. Ease the stress by using a telephone answering service to pick up slack or to cover while you host an amazing office party for your hard-working employees. This will help keep your employee morale high during what’s likely one of the busiest times of the year for your business.

You’ll worry less about missed calls

If you’re worried that you might be missing important calls, or even that you’re not providing your customers with enough access to you and your business, a telephone answering service can be the peace of mind you need. Instead of coming into work to find dozens (or more) of messages from annoyed customers, you can find detailed records of what your customers actually need. You may find that the answering service has actually taken care of whatever the customer wanted to begin with. This means less stress for everyone and less worry for you.

For more information on how a telephone answering service can help your business during the holiday season or any other time, visit Answer 365 today.