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

Pros and Cons of Local Answering Services

November 16, 2022
Pros and Cons of Local Answering Services
Hiring an answering service can be a great way to streamline your communications and free up your own time from all those calls. These days, people tend to lean toward local services because they feel they’re more connected, more personable, and more trustworthy than large, multi-national chains or nationwide businesses. However, that isn’t the case at all. In fact, many larger companies are just as capable, if not more so, when it comes to delivering that personalized service.
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How to Optimize Your Local Service Ads

November 14, 2022
How to Optimize Your Local Service Ads
Local Service Ads, or LSAs, are an important part of your marketing arsenal. The process of getting your account approved and set up can take a lot of time and effort, which means that when it comes to actually putting the ads out there, you could be a little out of breath, as it were. You have to be active, stay focused, and optimize your efforts at every turn.
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5 Criteria to Find the Right Answering Service for Your Franchise Business

November 11, 2022
5 Criteria to Find the Right Answering Service for Your Franchise Business
Maybe you’re just starting out in the franchise. Perhaps you’ve been growing lately and realized your existing resources aren’t cutting it. And yet with a limited budget, it’s hard to find the best solutions unless you know where to look. Thanks to the modern answering service, you can get a full team of agents to field calls, chats, and more and it will cost a fraction of what you would spend on hiring people to do the work in-house.
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5 Criteria to Find the Right Answering Service for Your Consulting Firm

November 9, 2022
5 Criteria to Find the Right Answering Service for Your Consulting Firm
In the business of consulting, you have a lot on your communications to-do list. There are clients to call, emails to send, video consults, and meetings—the list can seem endless at times. Fortunately, you no longer have to try to handle everything on your own. With the assistance of a professional answering service, your consulting firm can streamline communications and save time for everyone.
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5 Criteria to Find the Right Answering Service for Your Mid-Market Business

November 7, 2022
5 Criteria to Find the Right Answering Service for Your Mid-Market Business
So, you’ve finally started outgrowing the small business market—congratulations! Of course, with that growth comes the occasional growing pains. If your mid-market business is one of the growing organizations in the business world today, you have a lot of resources available to help with whatever you need. That includes help answering the phone, along with support for other communications and admin needs.
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5 Criteria to Find the Right Answering Service for Your Solo Business

November 4, 2022
5 Criteria to Find the Right Answering Service for Your Solo Business
When you’re running a solo business, getting help in the right places can make a big difference in your success. Just because you’re working in the business by yourself doesn’t mean that you have to do everything alone. There are several ways to get assistance in your various business efforts, including support for things like answering the phone.
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5 Criteria to Find the Right Answering Service for Your Laser Clinic

November 2, 2022
5 Criteria to Find the Right Answering Service for Your Laser Clinic
Laser clinics are growing in popularity for all kinds of aesthetic and medical needs. Depending on the type of clinic that you have, you may see clients from different walks of life. Of course, one thing is certain: you’d better be available to answer the phone when someone calls. Otherwise, they’ll move on to a clinic that is.
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5 Criteria to Find the Right Answering Service for Your Bakery

October 28, 2022
5 Criteria to Find the Right Answering Service for Your Bakery
You might not think that your bakery could benefit from an answering service, but you might want to think again. Think about how many things you have to do in a day. From the actual baking and preparing the foods and menus to running the business itself, it can be a lot. Today, however, there are a host of resources that can help small businesses of all kinds, including bakeries, restaurants, and others that need a little bit of support.
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5 Criteria to Find the Right Answering Service for Your Catering Company

October 26, 2022
5 Criteria to Find the Right Answering Service for Your Catering Company
There are a lot of options out there today for a modern answering service. That can be a blessing and a curse. For a busy caterer like yourself, figuring out the best option can seem like it’s far too time-consuming, but it doesn’t have to be. You will need to think about what you want from an answering service and which features would make it the most cost-effective option for your needs.
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5 Criteria to Find the Right Answering Service for Your Solar Business

October 24, 2022
5 Criteria to Find the Right Answering Service for Your Solar Business
The solar industry is exploding, which means your business probably is, as well. What can you do when you’ve got client jobs to handle and calls coming in left and right? You could hire a receptionist, but even they would only offer so much support. Fortunately, the advances in technology have completely reinvented the “answering service” of old and created an entirely new business model that almost every business can benefit from.
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