The Profitable Answering Service

The Profitable Answering Service

65 Actionable Strategies to Boost Profitability, Master Technology, and Outpace the CompetitionBy Peter Lyle DeHaan
Michael Caine
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Length3h 50m

About this audiobook

For telephone answering services struggling with shrinking margins, high staff turnover, and fierce competition, The Profitable Answering Service is the definitive guide to not just surviving but thriving. Call center veteran Peter Lyle DeHaan delivers 65 actionable strategies in this practical playbook to provide essential tools to transform your business from merely getting by to excelling.

Audiobook details

GenreBusiness and Economics
Length3 hrs 50 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateNov 20, 2025
LanguageEnglish

Table of contents

1Opening Credits
4033. Streamline Service Provision
2The Venerable Telephone Answering Service Industry
4134. Streamline Agent Hiring
31. A Century of Innovation
4235. Streamline Agent Training
42. Celebrate the Telephone
4336. Streamline Client Onboarding
53. Key Facts That Never Change
4437. Streamline Billing and Collections
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6Management
4538. Streamlining Accounts Payable
74. Customer Communications 101
4639. Streamline Administration
85. Technology Versus People
4740. Streamline Other TAS Processes
96. Common Mistakes When Running a Telephone Answering Service
4841. Optimization Process
107. Make Your Billing Strategy Work for You
49Website
118. Call Distribution Priority
5042. Does Your Answering Service Have a Great Website?
129. Effective Leaders Seek Input from Employees
5143. What Does Your Website Do for You?
1310. Be Careful What You Measure
5244. Seven Tips to Improve Your TAS Website
1411. How Well Do You Know Your Answering Service’s Clients?
5345. How to Make Your Website Shine
15Staffing
5446. The Essential Pages Every TAS Website Should Have
1612. How Much Do You Pay Your Entry-Level Staff?
5547. Discover the Keys to Search Engine Optimization
1713. How Often Do You Thank Your Answering Service Staff?
5648. DIY Search Engine Optimization
1814. Staffing Lessons from an Unlikely Source
5749. How to Have a Faster TAS Website
1915. Rethinking Remote Agents
58Mindset
2016. Tips for Managing a Remote Workforce
5950. Answering Service Fundamentals
2117. Scheduling Answering Service Staff
6051. Answering Services Help People Communicate
22Technical
6152. Don’t Put All Your Eggs in One Basket
2318. Dealing with Answering Service Technology
6253. Centralized or Not
2419. The Allure of Hosted Systems
6354. Why Do Some Answering Services Grow While Others Struggle?
2520. Two Main Types of AI
6455. The Power of No
2621. How Should You View Answering Service AI?
6556. Is the TAS Market Really Shrinking?
2722. Applying AI in Telephone Answering Services
6657. Seize the Present
2823. Match AI Technology to Answering Service Strategy
67Strategic Considerations
29Sales and Marketing
6858. Conduct a Year-End Review
3024. Answering Service Marketing, Then and Now
6959. Do You Have a Plan?
3125. Two Ways to Grow Your TAS
7060. Buy, Sell, or Hold?
3226. Consider Content Marketing
7161. Rethink Your TAS for the Long Term
3327. Where Are Your Clients Located?
7262. Having a Distributed Workforce
3428. Get More Clients
7363. Does Your TAS Have a Niche?
3529. How Do You Use Social Media?
7464. Dealing with Owner Life Cycle Changes
3630. How to Handle Pricing on Your Website
7565. What’s Your Exit Strategy?
3731. Should You List Major Accounts on Your Website?
76The Next Step
38Optimization
77About Peter Lyle DeHaan
3932. Look for Ways to Better Serve Your Clients
78Closing Credits

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