Streamlining Customer Interaction for Business Success.
Whether on the phone placing an order or in the checkout line,
people hate to wait. Rarely am I physically present to make a
purchase in a place of business where the facilities are not
optimized for fast service. In those cases, it is often a lack
of manpower that keeps customers waiting. We've all been there.
There are fifteen cash registers at the grocery store but only
five cashiers. Unfortunately for many companies who do business
over the phone, the same thing can happen but in the opposite
fashion. Many companies have more than enough employees to
handle incoming calls, but simply lack the phone system to keep
them from holding. This can result in a loss of business as many
people, especially those who might be ordering goods or services
from the company for the first time, will only wait a few
minutes before hanging up and looking elsewhere. Think about
it...if you are in the grocery store with a cart full of
groceries, it's not as though you are going to abandon the cart
and drive to another store where you will have to pick out all
the items again. On the phone, however, things are different.
Unless your business is highly specialized with little
competition or you are the customers choice because of
geographical location (i.e. scheduling appointments for
services). you can lose a caller who has been holding too long
to a competitor. Recently, advances in phone system technology
have made it so that multiple lines can be added to a business
at a very reasonable price. Additionally, office phones
themselves have options that let customer service
representatives know who has been holding and for how long, so
that they can minimize waiting times for customers. For a
company who relies on the phone for any portion of it's sales,
having a modernized phone system is paramount for continued
success in business. Streamling customer interaction is more
than a consideration, it's a necessity.
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