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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.

Being a small business doesn’t mean that you can’t find big opportunities to improve things by outsourcing or forming partnerships. In fact, it’s often the small businesses that benefit most from these types of solutions, including the addition of a dedicated answering service.

Retail store owners have a lot to deal with on a daily basis, including all the calls that come into the store seeking information on your hours of operation, location, and other information that can only come from talking to someone at the store. What if you don’t have enough people at the store to handle the call volume? Or maybe you just want to invest in a service that will deliver 24-hour solutions so that you never miss a lead again.

Meet Smith.ai client Maria Jonsson of the Law Offices of Maria N. Jonsson, PC.

If you’ve got a small business in the car repair industry, you don’t have to be “always on” to ensure that you capture every lead and take care of every single client call. With the assistance of a professional answering service, you can deliver 24/7/365 support for leads, current customers, and anyone else that reaches out to your business.

When you’re two hours into a complex repair and rebuild and the phone just won’t stop ringing, what do you do? If you take the time to stop and answer every call, you lose valuable productivity and aren’t able to give your existing jobs the focus that they deserve. On the other hand, if you don’t answer the calls, you’re losing valuable leads (and potentially some existing business) because people can’t reach you when they need to.

Smith.ai shares 10 reasons your small business needs a virtual receptionist to handle your communication needs, whether they’re on the phone or via live chat.

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.

Graphic design is your main focus. You can’t dedicate time to clients and designs when you’re constantly being interrupted by the phone. And what about those clients with the last-minute questions coming in after hours? Are they getting in touch with someone about their designs or needs? You are a designer, so it makes sense to design a solution that works to fit your firm. That starts with hiring the right answering service to help along the way.