Resources for Small Businesses and Entrepreneurs

All business owners are seeking to satisfy the needs of their customers. But in the day-to-day hustle and bustle of running a business, it’s easy to lose focus on customer satisfaction. Why Is Customer Satisfaction Important? The importance of satisfying your customers can’t be underestimated, and consistent efforts must be made to achieve high customer

With Hurricane Dorian moving slowing toward the east coast of Florida and the coasts of the Carolinas, now is absolutely the time to prepare. You want to protect yourself, your home and your business. Having an emergency preparedness plan in place is crucial in light of dangerous weather. Protecting yourself and your home Have a

Here we are celebrating Labor Day, and already there’s another holiday to prepare for tomorrow! A lesser one, but here at VoiceNation, we love all things telephone, so we are celebrating! Now what exactly is this holiday? It’s not so much a holiday as it is a trend that has been noticed over the years. An actual, measurable

Hold the phone — you’ve missed yet another call. Was it a current customer clarifying your hours for an upcoming holiday? A prospect curious about product customizations? A new industry contact looking to set up lunch? You’ll never know. They didn’t leave a voicemail. But you’re sure left with something — the nagging feeling that

Customer retention is a company’s ability to keep the same customers over a certain period of time — in other words, it’s a measure of how well businesses can keep their customers coming back. On average, companies spend five to 10 times more money on gaining new clientele rather than making a sale to an

At some point, most people will have a purchasing experience they’re unhappy with, whether it’s due to an error on the company’s part or dissatisfaction with the quality of the product or service. This typically results in the consumer having to call customer service to get a refund, replacement or some other solution to rectify

Your phone rings, and it could be a huge opportunity to land a new client. Or, it could be a cold caller with an irrelevant offer, and your time will be wasted. Should you answer the call or let it go to voicemail? Benefits of a Virtual Receptionist Fortunately, virtual receptionists make it so you don’t have

You have enough to worry about when it comes to disaster preparedness: stocking and packaging enough food, water and appropriate clothing for yourself and others, maintaining an out-of-state contact and putting a plan for evacuating or sheltering in place. As a business owner, you also have to worry about obtaining adequate insurance for your business

Hear that? That’s the exasperated sighs of current and prospective customers hanging up after giving your business a ring — and getting silence in return. A missed call here or there is hardly your organization’s Armageddon. Yet a culture of missed calls breeds serious damage to your reputation. If unaddressed, those botched or abandoned phone

The 2019 hurricane season has already begun. Are you ready? Hurricanes can be devastating and unpredictable. Whether you’re in the eye of the storm, being impacted by strong winds and rain from the outer bands, or impacted by a stalled inland tropical storm, hurricanes wreak havoc. There’s still time to prepare using the following tips.