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Have you planned office cover for Christmas yet?

Clare Runham

December is a very short month, and can prove to be a pretty stressful one when you also realise your staff have booked off holiday!

We help our clients with little jobs, such as organising the printing, preparation and posting of Christmas cards to their customer base and even wrapping presents! But don’t just help out with admin as Virtual Assistants, we also provide a valuable call answering service to help in busy periods when clients are under-resourced.

Make use of Santa’s little helpers

Unlike most Virtual Assistants, we’re a team, not an individual. We have the technology and numbers to deal with hundreds of phone calls, acting as ‘Virtual Receptionists’ for plumbers, electricians, accountants and mortgage providers in other businesses in and around Kent.

From your clients’ perspective, once we have agreed a script and process with you, they won’t know the difference between us or staff at your own premises. In fact, some of our clients admit we sound a little more polished than their own team!

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On a daily basis, we seamlessly integrate to take calls, process orders and book appointments on an on-demand basis. Clients can simply forward their calls to our Virtual Receptionists whenever they need that additional support.

Make it a Christmas fairy tale

Missing phone calls makes a bad first impression on potential new clients, and isn’t exactly a great way to please existing customers either! In fact, in research we conducted this year, 34% of calls are missed by small businesses .

By agreeing a tight script, we take calls for our clients as if we were working right there alongside you, but because we work remotely from our offices in East Malling, there’s no additional overheads or additional cups of tea to make!

But surely there’s a catch?

For our call answering services, we charge a monthly fee (from £25) and then £1 per call. The more calls you expect, the cheaper the calls. There’s also no ongoing contract.

How’s that for an early Christmas present? Call our office on 01732 757870, or visit our page on our Virtual Receptionist services .

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