Bilingual virtual receptionist
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How a Bilingual Virtual Receptionist Can Help your Business

While many American businesses will be working with predominantly English-speaking customers, that’s not always the case. As of 2023, 68 million people in the US speak another language at home, and in some areas, another language is almost as frequently used as English itself.  As a result, many businesses would benefit from having a bilingual…

Holiday customer service
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Should My Nonprofit Use an Answering Service?

Answering Service for Nonprofits Every nonprofit is unique. From the local animal rescue to a nationwide organization helping foster children….to everything in between…the range of services and operations is broad and niche. Despite the different topics and fields of interest, however, there are lots of similarities in how nonprofits operate that serve as common ground…

What Is a Remote Receptionist and How Does It Work?
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What Is a Remote Receptionist and How Does It Work?

Most businesses that grow to a certain point all reach the same realization: They’re getting too many calls, and they need a remote receptionist. This is an exciting time, because it means that your business is thriving and that you’re at the next level of scaling.  It can also be nerve-wracking, especially if the business…

5 Surprising Things an Answering Service Can Do For Your Business
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5 Surprising Things an Answering Service Can Do For Your Business

Answering services have been
around for many, many years.
Perhaps you’ve even used one
in the past for message taking or
call forwarding.

It’s essential that answering
services keep up with the
rapid pace of the business
world, evolving as it does.
The tasks agents manage
now might shock you.

Here’s a list of five surprising
things answering services
can do for businesses today.

6 Ways to Leverage PATLive’s Web & Mobile Apps for Your Business

6 Ways to Leverage PATLive’s Web & Mobile Apps for Your Business

At PATLive, we’re all about helping businesses save time and provide great customer service, and, now with our new web and mobile apps, we have new ways to customize your call handling instructions so we can deliver an even better experience for your callers. In this post, we’re going to look at six ways you…

PATLive Serves as an Extension of Your Team with New Web and Mobile Apps

PATLive Serves as an Extension of Your Team with New Web and Mobile Apps

PATLive’s team of U.S. virtual receptionists answer calls 24/7/365 for thousands of businesses nationwide, offering a wide range of services on calls such as call transfers, message taking, lead collection, appointment scheduling, order processing, event registrations, and more. And with PATLive’s flexible approach to call handling instructions (and new web and mobile apps), businesses can customize exactly how their calls are answered.   With the number of people working remotely at never-before-seen highs, there…

Can Your Small Business Afford A Call Answering Service?
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Can Your Small Business Afford A Call Answering Service?

We know better than anyone that small businesses often come with tight budgets, even as you’re starting to grow. You may be swamped with expenses that you never considered before starting up your own venture like invoicing software, liability insurance, and even pest control for your office if you have one.  A small budget quickly…

Hiring Outsourced Labor: A worker doing their job in their virtual office.
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How Remote Workers Stay Connected with a Virtual Receptionist

We’re months into the COVID-19 pandemic, and plenty of businesses still have as many of their employees working from home as possible. Even outside of the pandemic, a large number of businesses have been increasing remote work opportunities for their staff. While there are plenty of great advantages that come with remote working, some businesses…

5 Seamless Ways to Get Your Calls to a Virtual Receptionist
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5 Seamless Ways to Get Your Calls to a Virtual Receptionist

Virtual receptionists can make your life much, much easier. They can answer all of your calls or any call overflow that you have (it’s up to you!), and high-quality services are able to take messages, capture leads, register customers, and even process payments. Your customers call you, and when you want us to, we’ll be…