A Telephone Answering Service Case Study Summer is an incredibly busy time for Weyden Dozier. His company, Dozier Prop Works, offers propeller and fiberglass hull repair services to recreational boaters. Dozier’s business is nestled on the bank of a major waterway and reservoir popular with fishermen, water skiers, and vacationing families. To cope with the […]
TAS Case Study: Timing Matters Beer drinkers may not know that an answering service can affect the cost and quality of their favorite brews. Consider barley. Farmers must harvest the crop when the moisture content is just right. Brewers will only accept the highest quality barleys for malting. If the moisture content is off or […]
TAS Case Study Alice Lamar is a successful composer for television. She is well known for her work on children’s programming, especially animated features. “I work closely with the creator of one show, who also happens to be the executive producer. He has a clear vision for how every episode should turn out. He’s obsessive, […]
A TAS Case Study Chuck Pierson, owner of Pierson Truck Center, credits his afterhours answering service for his business’s growth. Pierson Truck Center is located just off the exit of a busy four-lane highway, across the street from a popular truck stop. Because truck drivers work all hours, Pierson offers 24-hour service for tractor-trailer operators, […]
Another TAS Case Study Lamoure Engineering offers a variety of professional services, from designing water systems for cities and rural townships to land surveying. Dan Lamoure, PE, is the president of the company founded by his father Gene. “We’ve always been a small, family company,” explains Dan. “For the past twenty years, our hometown has […]
Janice Guttmann, a financial services provider with ten years of independent practice, is on the leading edge of her profession. Outsourcing office services was only recently highlighted by a national magazine as a best practice for financial professionals with high-margin businesses. But Janice has been outsourcing for six years already. When asked why, Janice was […]
An Answering Service Comes to the Rescue Danita Foster, an accomplished professional, made a decision that changed her life. After her second child was born, she decided to leave her job as a corporate communications officer for a public utility and stay at home full-time. “It was so hard to leave my first child and […]
Rental Property Success Allan and Peg Miller purchased their first investment property two years after graduating from college. Today, they own a small property management company that includes twelve units in three buildings. Surprisingly, they credit the success of their small company to their telephone answering service. We bought our first rental property when we […]
Mike Kessel and Casey Raymond are members of a small, but proud minority of professional home inspectors. Their only business is performing home inspections. Many home inspectors only offer the service as a sideline, which is how Mike and Casey began. “We were both working as salesmen for a plumbing distribution company,” said Mike. “Casey […]
Answering Service Begins Answering 24/7 Jack Doll jumped as the ringing of his telephone woke him from a deep slumber. He looked at the clock as he fumbled for the phone. It was 4:35 a.m. Whoever it was, it couldn’t be good. “Hello?” Jack said. “Mr. Doll? This is Sergeant Kirk Bendickson from the police […]