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All About Phones

Telephone communication is still one of the most important communication channels your business can open. That’s probably because everyone has a telephone. And everyone uses telephones. Phones are how we connect with the businesses we love, and having your phones answered 24/7 by a live operator is why we’re in business. As a telephone answering service, we love phones and everything that has to do with them. We wouldn’t be here without phones. From learning about the history of telephones to dissecting the technology behind how phones work in a call center, we’re phone fanatics! Below you’ll find posts from the Specialty Answering Service blog that includes everything you ever wanted to know about phones, and then some. We’ve also selected a few resources we think deserve attention.

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You may recall from your 6th grade science class that the first telephone was invented in 1876 by Alexander Graham Bell. However, you may be surprised to learn that the first answering machine, called the Telegraphone, was created shortly after in 1898 by a man named Valdemar Poulsen. The Telegraphone was very…

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2019 is coming to an end, which means we're heading into a brand new decade. This change has us all feeling nostalgic, so we decided to do some research on novelty phones. Unless you were born within the past 15 years or so, you're probably familiar with landline phones - the ones…

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Here at Specialty Answering Service, phones are our livelihood. We believe having a live receptionist answering your calls does more than elevate a business - it becomes inseparable from great customer service. This idea carries over to film and television where iconic phones become part of the story. Whether it's Batman's Batphone…

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As an answering service, we're obviously way into phones and the technology behind how they work. Since Super Bowl LII (go birds!) is coming up, we tried to see how we could incorporate phones with football. We thought about the technology that allows the quarterback to talk to the coach via his…

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Let’s say that you're an equipment manufacturer with multiple products. You have a division that builds rockets, another that builds washing machines, and another that builds garage door openers. Each product has its own toll-free support number for customers to call for assistance. Each of those numbers rings to your in-house telephone answering service, where…

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You might be thinking about adding call tracking to your marketing model, but aren’t certain if it’s for you. Here are 3 points to consider. By identifying phone call lead sources and monitoring online activity during internet campaigns, sales consultants can reach out to prospective customers to increase their conversion rate and…

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Remember when you were little and you used paper cups and a string to create a makeshift telephone? While our society is attached to the Smartphone like some sort of technological conjoined twin, way back when, before the invention of the electromechanical phone came the tin-can telephone – aka the lover’s phone.…

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Now that you are using the world's most professional answering service, what do you do with your old phones? Here are 25 uses. 1. Use the cord as a picture hanger. 2. Uncap the ends from the receiver, fill with marbles, put the ends back on, and use as a dumbbell. 3.…

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Ride with us through The History of Ringtones, and check out the funky single-option sound ringers of days gone by, right up to the host of symphonic ringtones available on current models. Check out the website at  https://ringtones.specialtyansweringservice.net to start your journey. As you scroll down the website, you’ll listen to sounds…

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Did you ever wonder what your telephone number spells? Well, you aren’t the only one! We did, too. So, for all of those number geeks out there, pump your number into our super awesome phone number spelling converter machine and see what crazy combination of letters your phone number makes. Just enter your telephone number into…

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