Samir Sampat

Samir Sampat is a Marketing Manager with Smith.ai. He has experience working with businesses of all sizes focusing on marketing, communications, and business development.

Articles by Samir Sampat

10 Virtual Receptionist Benefits for Your Business

October 27, 2023
10 Virtual Receptionist Benefits for Your Business
24/7 virtual receptionists handle calls, qualify leads, and schedule appointments for your business. Compare AI vs. human options and key benefits.
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Legal Intake Professionals or Answering Services: Which Is Best?

October 25, 2023
Legal Intake Professionals or Answering Services: Which Is Best?
Legal intake phone services are specialized call-handling solutions for law firms that capture, screen, and qualify new client inquiries by phone — turning inbound calls into booked consultations and structured case data.
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The Differences Between Legal Assistants and Virtual Receptionists

October 25, 2023
The Differences Between Legal Assistants and Virtual Receptionists
A legal assistant and a virtual receptionist are distinct roles at a law firm — legal assistants support attorneys with substantive legal work, while virtual receptionists manage client-facing communication, intake, and call handling.
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How to Prevent Spam Calls and Robocalls with Virtual Receptionists

October 20, 2023
How to Prevent Spam Calls and Robocalls with Virtual Receptionists
Americans received 33 million robocalls a day in 2023. While many of those went to homes and personal cell phones, a significant number went to businesses. Those calls are more than a mere annoyance. They cost your team time, reduce productivity, and come with a financial cost. Thankfully, business owners and decision-makers are not powerless in the face of robocalls. With the help of virtual receptionists, you can reclaim your team’s time, attention, and productivity while protecting your business from security breaches.
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5 Best Practices for Efficient Legal Client Intake

October 19, 2023
5 Best Practices for Efficient Legal Client Intake
The client intake process is crucial. This is where you establish your expertise, create the client’s first impression of your firm, and begin to build the trust required to carry the relationship forward. It’s also where you begin transforming a lead into a paying client. The problem is that inefficiencies in your intake process can cost you time and money while eroding trust. In this post, we’ll cover five best practices your firm must employ to improve the efficiency of your client intake process and build a thriving legal practice.
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How to Set Sales Cadences That Lead to More Qualified Conversations

October 17, 2023
How to Set Sales Cadences That Lead to More Qualified Conversations
A good sales cadence can set the pace for the conversations that you’re having with prospects. If you’re thrown off by the word “cadence” you aren’t alone. There are many people, even those who’ve been in the sales field for years, who just aren’t familiar with this term.
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How to Use Advanced Filters to Find Better Sales Leads

October 15, 2023
How to Use Advanced Filters to Find Better Sales Leads
Although it’s a bit cliché, the saying that you “get what you give” is absolutely true. If you are on a quest for sales leads, finding the best ones will require your best efforts. Fortunately, there are a lot of tools and resources out there today to help you with that. One of the most common that comes up when you research using advanced filters for lead generation is LinkedIn Sales Navigator.
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5 Tips to Reduce Prospecting and Sales Research Time

October 13, 2023
5 Tips to Reduce Prospecting and Sales Research Time
Research eats up a lot of valuable time. However, it’s an essential element of all business processes, including prospecting and sales. Some sales teams try to eliminate research or cut corners to save time, but that is only going to create more issues. The ideal solution is to find ways to reduce the time your team spends on research related to sales and lead generation.
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How to Protect Your Billable Time with a Law Firm Answering Service

October 9, 2023
How to Protect Your Billable Time with a Law Firm Answering Service
Are you spending too much time fielding random phone calls and not enough time on cases for your clients? As a lawyer, your professional expertise is in the legal field, not administrative work. It can feel like a challenge to focus on your legal caseload when all the little details need your attention. The solution? Absolve yourself of the responsibility by investing in a law firm answering service.
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Why a Bilingual Answering Service Is a Must for Diverse Markets

October 7, 2023
Why a Bilingual Answering Service Is a Must for Diverse Markets
Today, more than 13.3% of the U.S. population is comprised of native Spanish speakers - about 42 million people. An additional 15 million people speak Spanish as a second language. If your business is in a market with a lot of Spanish speakers and you don’t have a single bilingual resource available, you’re missing out on a huge share of that market.
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