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Recently I decided to take a two-week break from my time at Smith.ai to work remotely and get some much-needed R&R. Unfortunately for my friends and family, this quiet time also meant having to spend my time in a virtual cell phone dead zone. Leave it to the engineers at Smith to come up with a solution to my call answering needs. Introducing: Smith.ai voicemail to MP3.

Tracking customer data and using it effectively is paramount to the success of your business. You likely use a number of practices, strategies and technologies to retain current customers and recruit new ones. Whether you want to improve efficiency and streamline your business, gain insight into your website traffic, or keep track of your daily interactions with clients, Smith.ai is happy to help!

As a growing small business with an answering service, you likely have customers calling for a variety of reasons. At Smith.ai we take pride in managing your calls in ways that help you optimize efficiency and workflow. One way we do that is by getting the right information to the right person or people.

When considering call answering services, having a friendly, live Smith.ai receptionist to greet your customers and connect them with you is hard to beat. At Smith.ai we want to optimize your workflow.

One question we frequently get is, “How can I keep my existing phone number?” Maybe you already have business cards printed, your number on a truck, or all your long-term clients already have it saved in their phones — and that number goes directly to your cell phone.

If you have been looking for a telephone answering service online, chances are you’ve become a bit discouraged by what you find. Many companies do not post the true cost of a virtual receptionist or virtual answering service, leaving you to sign up and cross your fingers instead. We don’t think researching the question of “answering service cost” should be so complicated. That’s why we put that information up front.

We like to keep things simple at Smith, and there is a reason for that. We believe that small businesses have enough to worry about without having to spend all their time setting up tools. That’s why our prices are clearly spelled out, and we weren’t afraid to directly compare ourselves to others. We think that being upfront helps you save money and time, which is exactly what our services aim to do.

At Smith, we love options! Not just because they keep our engineers busy, but because they allow us to build the perfect solution for our Pros. Since we’ve launched, we’ve had the incredible opportunity to build a variety of customizations to meet some unique call answering needs. Because the list just keeps growing, here is where you can go to find them all:

Do you love cloud-based calling, but wish you could have a real person to answer the phone? Smith.ai has the solution. Many businesses use virtual phone solutions such as RingCentral or Google Voice for cloud-based VoIP calling — Smith makes it easy to add a receptionist to answer those calls.