Tuesday, March 11, 2014

How To Choose A Small Business Phone System

By Lisa Williamson


Some people may be cynical about using a small business phone system. However a company of any size in Boston MA can benefit from being more efficient. As with any investment in your company it is about making the right choice and knowing what is most appropriate for the needs of you, your customers and your employees.

The first thing to consider is who is using the phones in your company. The people who have to use it are going to be using it every day. Therefore you need to be sure that it is user friendly and that anyone who has to transfer calls or use any other feature of the system can be confident while doing so.

A lot of people are used to dealing with automatic menus when calling up a company. For small companies who are just starting out it is often an effective way of establishing your business. Equally it can also mean that you can filter out any unnecessary phone calls as you can use automated messages to deal with any enquiries that keep coming up.

A good example is in a call centre. People who have to answer calls often have to deal with a large volume of enquiries. In some cases these are enquiries that could be dealt with automatically without the need to talk with a customer service agent. Therefore having an automatic attendant can help deal with those enquiries and make it easier for customer service agents to deal with more detailed enquiries that require human interaction.

However phone systems are not just useful for people who work in call centres. For example you may get a phone call from someone who needs to talk to someone in your office. Offhand you do not know if they are in or not or if it is their day off. This can result in someone being on the phone for an unnecessary amount of time and they can get frustrated, potentially losing you business in the process.

However there are also practical benefits outside of call centres. For example presence technology is useful because it indicates to people who is available at any given time in an office. This helps to prevent people getting unnecessarily transferred to people who are not around and can save time in the process. An annoyed customer is less likely to come back to your company if they feel your business is not being as efficient as it could be!

For people on the shop floor there are benefits as well. With the ability to share data you can tell quickly what is available in the stock room by a checking a screen rather than physically going to the back room. This saves a lot of time and prevents frustration for customers as well as ensuring people spend as much time as possible serving their customers.

You can find numerous local phone system installers in Boston by looking up companies via your regular search engine. This will give you the chance to get more information on what they have to offer. It is best to compare at least three companies and to check for feedback from previous clients. This will help you choose the right system for your company.




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