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A Medical Professional’s Guide to Virtual Appointments: 9 Steps to Get Started with Virtual Care
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the way people access healthcare. At the height of the pandemic, patients couldn’t get most of their basic medical needs met in person. That led to a boom in virtual healthcare. In fact, “telehealth use has increased 38x...
Appointment Scheduling: 3 Benefits to Businesses in 2022
According to Forbes, 75% of consumers say they would be more likely to visit a business in person if they have an appointment than without one. This means that customers today want the convenience of picking a time that works for them to visit a business. So as...
Telephone Answering Service: What It Is and Why It Isn’t Enough
Wouldn’t it be great if customers only called when you’re 100% available? Sadly, that’s not the case. Customers call when they need support, even if that means calling with a burning concern while you’re trying to put out a fire somewhere else in your...
5 Predictions on the Future of Customer Service
We owe a lot of the comforts we take for granted to the First Industrial Revolution of the 18th century. Developments in coal, the steam engine, electricity, and petroleum took off quickly. All of these products had customers. Customers who had to walk to...
Why Specialized Customer Service Is the Way of The Future
The research doesn’t lie. Nextiva’s customer service stats show that excellent customer service is essential for getting more clients and increasing your practice’s revenue. According to the data, businesses that provide positive customer experiences have 4-8% higher...
How Voicemail Is Slowly Killing Your Business
The life of a small business owner can be hectic. When you’re doing everything from daily administrative tasks to providing quality customer service, sometimes the phone is left to ring, and incoming customer calls are missed. But one or two missed calls...
4 Tips For Setting Yourself Up For Success With Virtual Appointment Setting
According to Zendesk, more than 50% of customers across all age groups typically use the phone to reach out to a service team, making it the most-used channel for customer service. The phone is still a crucial part of any business, and especially for healthcare...
5 Free And Easy Ways To Start Promoting Your Brand Online
Remember when marketing was putting your product or service on flyers and brochures? If you had the budget for it, you might have even invested in a billboard. Though these traditional forms of marketing still exist, we now have digital marketing. And the...
5 Small Business Tech Tools To Help Your Clinic Scale Faster
Today, 80% of small business owners are not taking full advantage of available technology. This is not an overly surprising statistic. It’s not because small business and clinic owners aren’t tech-savvy. Most are. The issue is the number of software options...
3 Tips For Scaling a Healthcare Practice in 2021
As the owner of a small healthcare practice, scaling your business can be difficult on your own. With so many different responsibilities to handle to successfully run your business, you aren’t left with much time to focus on scaling when you're distracted with...