For most small business owners, setting up dedicated customer telephone support has always seemed like an expensive and lofty goal. Between hiring and training call center staff, purchasing telephony equipment, and managing the infrastructure – providing quality phone support often required significant investments that weren’t feasible. As a result, many small businesses have had to rely solely on impersonal voicemail boxes or make customers submit their issues through complex web forms.
Continue readingUnleash Explosive Growth with Call Tracking Business Phone Numbers!
Hey there, business owners! As a part of the solutions team at Halloo, which offers virtual phone numbers for businesses like yours, I’m excited to share the game-changing strategy of call tracking business phone numbers that can skyrocket your growth. So, grab your favorite beverage and let’s dive into this awesome tool that can take your business to new heights.
Top 10 Phrases Commonly Heard on Auto Attendant Greetings
When customers call your business, their first interaction is often with the auto attendant greeting. A well-designed auto attendant can leave a positive impression, set the right expectations, and efficiently guide callers to the appropriate department or person. In this article, we’ll explore the key phrases commonly used in auto attendant greetings and discuss how, when, and why each phrase should be applied in the context of a small business phone greeting.
Continue readingSustainability in the Windy City: Eco-Friendly Small Businesses Making a Difference in Chicago
Chicago is known for its impressive architecture, bustling food scene, and world-class museums. But did you know that the Windy City is also home to a number of eco-friendly small businesses? These businesses are making a positive impact on the environment by prioritizing sustainability in their practices and products. Here are just a few examples of the eco-friendly small businesses in Chicago that are making a difference:
Continue readingHow Text-to-Speech Can Improve Your Company Phone System
Are you tired of listening to the same old boring phone system messages that make you want to doze off? Well, fear not! Text-to-speech (TTS) tools are here to save the day and make your company’s phone system sound more professional than ever before. And, dare I say, even a little bit funnier.
Introducing Live Call and Chat Control in My Halloo
We’re thrilled to announce the addition of live call and chat controls to My Halloo. You will be able to receive and place calls directly through your browser using the build-in audio of your laptop or device.
Continue readingAdd Live Video to Your Website in Under 5 Minutes!
Looking for a more personal way to teach, sell, coach, advise, or connect with your customers? We’re thrilled to announce the new Halloo Video Chat Widget for your website.
Learn how to install this remarkable new tool in under 5 minutes on your site so that you can live chat, call or video with your customers with no special software or plugins required!
Continue readingThe Cream City – Milwaukee, Wisconsin
The largest city in Wisconsin and the fifth largest city in the Midwest, Milwaukee is perhaps best known for its plentiful breweries and the Milwaukee Brewers major league baseball team.
But Milwaukee is more than just suds and mudded baseballs; it has a vibrant city life as well as a laid back attitude. In 2014, it was listed as the 31st largest city in the United States with a population of 595,351.
Contrary to popular belief, it is not known as “Cream City” because of its dairy farms, but rather for the cream colored bricks that were first made in Milwaukee in the 19th century. Many of these bricks were used on the buildings of the time period. Continue reading
Birthplace of California – San Diego, California
The eight largest city in the United States and the second largest city in California, San Diego is known as the Birthplace of California. Immediately to the South is Tijuana, Mexico and the two cities are known as a metropolitan conurbation.
City of Bridges – Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh is the second largest city in Pennsylvania behind Philadelphia, but some would say it is much prettier. It’s located at the confluence of the Ohio, Monogahela and Allegheny Rivers and has 446 bridges making it quite picturesque and known as the “City of Bridges” as well as the “Steel City” for its multitude of more than 300 businesses related to steel.