Answer the Phone

Back when I owned my Duct Cleaning business, I employed an Answering Service. In this era of voice mail, people find it comforting to have a real live person answer the phone; it's reassuring-particularly if you're in a service business. Potential customers felt confident in my service due to the "script" I provided to the Answering Service.

The folks at the Answering Service were instructed to say "the owner is busy on a job right now and will get back to you today as soon as he has a free moment." I always called people back as fast as possible and I won a lot of business.

1-800-We Answer Answering Service provides this service and more. They can set up a voice mail system for you, install your business phone system, do telemarketing for your business, even provide you with an address to receive mail. They can be a virtual office for you.

Now I don't need an Answering Service for the Hot Dog Truck, but if I ever get back into a sales or service business I'd get hooked up with one for sure.

Answer Me!

As a Hot Dog Truck operator, I don't have much need for a telephone answering service.



Back in the days of selling stuff, a telephone answering service helped give me the appearance of being a bigger company than I was. There are answering services, like 1-800 We Answer Answering Service, that answer the phone for you, provide you with a mailing address, do telemarketing and more. It's like having your own office and sales support staff at your disposal. They'll even design and install your business phone system for you!

So if you want to give your business a professional edge and not subject people who call you to "voice mail hell," get a telephone answering service.

They're not just for Doctors you know!