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5 tips for creating better phone audio content

aaaphone — Sat, 01 Apr 2023 22:02:04 +0000

Customer engagement is a crucial aspect of any business. It’s what AAA Phone On Hold audio content is all about. Engaging customers while they are waiting on hold can help reduce frustration. Not to mention increase loyalty, and even boost sales. Here are 5 ideas for engaging customers while they are listening to your on hold messages:

1. Use humor: Incorporating humor into your message on hold script can aid in putting customers at ease. Humor can create a more positive experience. You could include jokes, puns, or lighthearted trivia questions related to your industry or brand. Of course, humor is not appropriate for all businesses. Use discretion when considering adding humor to your on hold messages.

2. Offer tips or advice: Use your messages on hold to offer helpful tips that may be relevant to your customers’ needs. For example, if you provide services to small businesses, you could offer advice on how to improve their marketing or streamline their operations.

3. Promote special offers: Your on hold messages can help promote special offers or discounts. For example, you could offer a discount code that customers can use on their next purchase. Or, offer a free consultation for new customers. Perhaps you can mention products most customers are unfamiliar with.

4. Provide detailed product or service information: Messages on hold can provide customers with more details about your products or services. You can educate them about your offerings while also building trust.

5. Solicit feedback: Use your on hold messaging to solicit feedback from customers. You could ask them to take a survey or leave a review on your website or social media channels.

By engaging customers while they are on hold, you can create a more positive experience. This will help build stronger relationships with your customers. It’s important to be creative and find ways to make your messages both informative and entertaining.

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Your customers deserve more than they bargained for

aaaphone — Thu, 24 Feb 2022 16:07:39 +0000

If you deliver on a “promise” to provide a specific service or product, your customer is satisfied. But, what if you over-deliver? The goodwill and word of mouth advertising that can be generated may be extremely valuable for your company. can you think of a reason your company shouldn’t do that?
Normally, clients approach you with an idea of what they want from you. They go the dentist and know what they’re going to get… they come to a marketing firm with an idea of what you can do for them. They walk into an apparel store – it’s clothing; you’re an accountant, they expect to have their figures taken care of and be on their way.

You may not want to offer specific promises outright, but it’s good for your employees to know that the promise is implied. So, why not offer more than your customer expects?

You don’t want to set up unrealistic expectations by under-promising and over-delivering, as it could set up unrealistic expectations. Say for example, a customer continually drops paperwork or projects off past deadline and your staff stays late to complete his or her project – this puts a strain on your resources and sets up an unrealistic expectation for your client. You need to balance delivery with expectations.

As an alternative, remind your customer of stated deadlines and let them know that if you can meet or exceed expectations, you certainly will, but don’t make guarantees. Couch your statements by saying things like, “It typically takes two days to do this project, but I’ll see what we can do,” or “We will do our best to deliver by Monday.”

When undertaking the under-promise over deliver-premise, make sure about the following items:

You’re transparent in your dealings with your customers. Make certain they understand the process, how long it takes and what they’re paying for.
You’re consistent. Explain your firm’s procedures and treat all customers equal. While loyal customers may subconsciously have a higher priority you don’t want to make exceptions or create expectations.
You’re honest. If something goes wrong, own up to it.

Your company culture should be one of always performing at the highest level and of going above and beyond customer expectations whenever possible. You may send out monthly newsletters, but what if something industry-specific happens between newsletters and it’s information that would help your customers? Implement a policy of sending your client database a quick email to let them know. For example: a new insurance regulation may affect a certain segment of your clients. Or, if your client is a pet groomer and you’ve heard of a pet food recall, why not drop them a note with the information? These small touches can help your customers know they are more than just a number because you’re looking out for them when they don’t expect it – you’ve over-delivered and exceeded their expectations – and that makes for happy customers and long-term relationships.

You can also make your customers happy by not ignoring them while they’re on hold. Providing valuable information in your messages on hold helps callers make better buying decisions. Your telephone audio content (on hold messages, auto-attendant messages, virtual answering messages) can say a lot about who you are and what your company is all about.

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Customer Feedback Means Everything

aaaphone — Sun, 23 Aug 2020 21:21:46 +0000

As a family owned and operated company, we take our business personally.

What this means is, we care about every client and treat each one as a person. Because, PEOPLE make your business what it is. It’s not the building, or the products, or the prices. Sure, these things factor into your customers’ decision to buy from you, but ultimately it’s PEOPLE who truly make the difference in the success of your business.

To us, the greatest compliment is when a client gives us positive feedback. In today’s online world with social media sucking up so much time and energy mostly focused on negative comments, it’s a real bright part of our day when someone takes time to say something nice.

Just the other day, a client we’ve had for more than 4 years took time to let us know how he felt about our services:

“Thanks for updating our message. The tonal quality, pitch, and audio engineering are spot on. Bravo!”

– Buster Brown
Technical Sales Engineer
Youngstown Oxygen & Welding Supply

And, yes… his name really is, Buster Brown.

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COVID-19 update 7/15/20

bruce — Wed, 15 Jul 2020 17:32:19 +0000

We live in extraordinary times. Businesses are having to adapt the way they interact with their customers in order to slow the spread of the virus. Many companies are also learning how to navigate in a rapidly changing economic environment.

Here at AAAPhoneOnHold, we are committed to providing the same high level of service our clients have come to expect over the years. Although we have been hurt by the economic effects of this crisis, most of the companies we serve are considered essential (doctors, welding supply companies, etc). In addition, the vast majority of our products/services are delivered electronically, which means there is virtually no risk of spreading the virus because we don’t have in-person contact with our clients.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advises the following measures:

Cover your mouth and nose with a cloth face cover when around others

You could spread COVID-19 to others even if you do not feel sick.
The cloth face cover is meant to protect other people in case you are infected.
Everyone should wear a cloth face cover in public settings and when around people who don’t live in your household, especially when other social distancing measures are difficult to maintain.
- Cloth face coverings should not be placed on young children under age 2, anyone who has trouble breathing, or is unconscious, incapacitated or otherwise unable to remove the mask without assistance.
Do NOT use a face mask meant for a healthcare worker. Currently, surgical masks and N95 respirators are critical supplies that should be reserved for healthcare workers and other first responders.
Continue to keep about 6 feet between yourself and others. The cloth face cover is not a substitute for social distancing.

Wash your hands often

Wash your hands often with soap and water for at least 20 seconds especially after you have been in a public place, or after blowing your nose, coughing, or sneezing.
It’s especially important to wash:
- Before eating or preparing food
- Before touching your face
- After using the restroom
- After leaving a public place
- After blowing your nose, coughing, or sneezing
- After handling your cloth face covering
- After changing a diaper
- After caring for someone sick
- After touching animals or pets
If soap and water are not readily available, use a hand sanitizer that contains at least 60% alcohol. Cover all surfaces of your hands and rub them together until they feel dry.
Avoid touching your eyes, nose, and mouth with unwashed hands.

Know how it spreads

There is currently no vaccine to prevent coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
The best way to prevent illness is to avoid being exposed to this virus.
The virus is thought to spread mainly from person-to-person.
- Between people who are in close contact with one another (within about 6 feet).
- Through respiratory droplets produced when an infected person coughs, sneezes or talks.
- These droplets can land in the mouths or noses of people who are nearby or possibly be inhaled into the lungs.
- Some recent studies have suggested that COVID-19 may be spread by people who are not showing symptoms.

Watch for Symptoms

Reported illnesses have ranged from mild symptoms to severe illness and death for confirmed coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases.

These symptoms may appear 2-14 days after exposure (based on the incubation period of MERS-CoV viruses).

Fever
Cough
Shortness of breath

For more information about how to slow the spread of COVID-19, please visit the following link to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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Please stay safe and follow all recommendations from the CDC and the World Health Organization.

We are going to get through this, but only if we do it together.

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NEW SERVICES!

bruce — Mon, 23 Sep 2019 19:50:45 +0000

In an effort to create greater value for our clients, we now offer the following services:

Stream popular music in-store through your overhead sound system
Stream popular music on hold
Digital Signage
VoIP (voice over internet protocol) phone service

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3 Reasons On Hold Messaging is Not for Everyone

bruce — Sun, 14 Apr 2019 21:44:48 +0000

Most businesses would like to think that their products/services are for everyone… but, they’re not.

On hold messaging is only for people who want to stay connected with their customers, even when they have to place them on hold.

Here are 3 reasons why message on hold services may not be for you:

1. If you don’t think it’s important to keep your customers informed about who you are, what you do and why you’re in business, then don’t use an on hold message provider.

2. If you don’t mind abandoning your customers and leaving them in silence while they wait on hold, then don’t use messaging on hold.

3. If you derive some sort of sick pleasure from having your valuable callers wonder if you’ve hung up, because they don’t hear anything when you place them on hold, you should forget about on hold messaging.

4. If you want 30% of callers to hang up and never call back after you place them on hold, by all means, don’t use a message on hold.

Seriously, AAA Phone On Hold may not be the service you’re looking for. There are plenty of good message on hold providers, but we actually care about our clients. Why? Because, we are truly a family owned and operated business. If we don’t treat you right, that means less food on our table (and we LOVE to eat).

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5 Tips for Writing Effective On Hold Messages

aaaphone — Thu, 07 Mar 2019 16:36:24 +0000

Once you’ve decided to take advantage of all the benefits of on hold messages, the next step is to write a script. But, what should it say and how can you avoid sounding cheesy or boring?
You want to get your message across without giving the “hard sell.” At the same time, you want to provide valuable information to the caller.
Here are 5 tips to help you make the most of your message on hold script:
1. Mention the name of your business in every paragraph. Of course, callers usually know who they called, but a big part of branding is your company name. And, since callers can’t see your logo over the phone, it’s important to remind them of who you are. Example: “XYZ Repairs has been serving the metro area for over 20 years at the same convenient location.” Or… “Here at XYZ Repairs, our customers are our most valuable resource.” Or… “If you need repairs fast, let the experienced technicians at XYZ Repairs give you a free quote.” Note that these examples can be used at the beginning or end of a paragraph.
2. Avoid the use of negative statements. Some on hold messages use phrases like, “We’re sorry for the delay. One of our operators will be with you momentarily.” Instead, say something like, “Thank you for your patience. One of our operators will be with you in a moment.” Also, try not to use ‘scare tactics’ to get callers to buy your product. Unless you sell burglar alarms, it’s best to keep your messages on hold positive.

3. Use a little humor to lighten the mood. Unless you are a funeral service or some other very serious business, it can help to keep the mood upbeat while customers are waiting on hold. For example, a pediatric dentist we service used a few jokes in his messages on hold, such as, “What did the dentist see at the north pole? A MOLAR bear.” Of course, you don’t need to insert an actual joke with a punch line in your message, but making humorous statements can make your caller’s wait more enjoyable. After all, laughter is the best medicine.
4.Write a script between 3 and 6 minutes in length. You can usually fit approximately 115 to 135 words per minute into your on hold messages. A good rule of thumb is not to exceed 750 words in a 6 minute script. So, if you write 6 paragraphs, each with 125 words, you’re doing good. Each paragraph should be separated by about 5 seconds of just music, to give the listeners a break from the talking. And remember, each paragraph should be unique… mentioning a different product or service. Which brings us to our last suggestion…
5. Try not to repeat yourself. Since your callers may be on hold for a few minutes, don’t bore them by repeating the same information over and over. Remember, most message on hold players run your message in a loop, so it doesn’t start from the beginning every time a caller is placed on hold. This is especially helpful in the case of callers who phone you on a regular basis.
These are just general guidelines to help you write an effective script for your on hold message.
Of course, you may not wish to write the script yourself. In that case, let the professionals here at AAA Phone On Hold create a message on hold script that’s right for your business.

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3 Tips for Successful Ad Campaigns

aaaphone — Tue, 05 Feb 2019 18:18:57 +0000

Most business owners do not explore new marketing strategies until they experience a sharp decline in their revenue. Advertising campaigns are not evergreen. They evolve and grow, improve and degenerate.
Most work at home, or small business owners shell out a substantial amount of money for a good ad campaign and then let it run dry. The first strategy for success is found in the way you view the advertising campaign’s purpose. A good advertising campaign needs to do three things, said a maths tutor who also knew much about web design and Microsoft Excel training.
First, it needs to collect data on the market. Who is buying. What is hot, and what is not.
Second, it needs to collect vital information about the people who make a purchase from your website. This can be compiled into a profile that helps you determine how to best reach your target market. It is a market research tool that helps determine what types of advertising works, at what times of the year. For example, online shopping increases dramatically just before Christmas, but only if the payment gateway is fast and easy to use. However, if the user must leave the website to use the payment gateway, like PayPal.com uses, then the statistics do not change. However, the payment gateway does not effect sales in the summer.
Third, you’ll notice that no aspect of an advertising campaign is to sell the product – that is your website’s job. A successful marketing campaign manager never measure’s an advertising campaign’s success based on sales. Large corporations will tell you that a successful advertising campaign may run for months before the results appear on the income statement. This is true, but there needs to be balance. It’s a good idea to keep 80% of the marketing budget in the tried and true marketing methods (such as on hold messaging). The other 20% of the marketing budget is free for exploration of new advertising mediums.
Remember that your messages on hold should contain much of the same information that’s on your other advertising. This helps create synergy in your marketing.

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How Automation, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Will Impact Business in 2018 and Beyond

aaaphone — Wed, 16 Jan 2019 16:24:21 +0000

We are living in exciting and innovative times with futuristic technology literally at our fingertips. But for the longest time, small to medium sized businesses were not serviced by the latest tech trends enterprises have been able to benefit from. That is, until now. In this article, we’ll explore these technology trends and how they will impact business in 2018 and beyond.
So, what kind of things can this ‘smart’ tech do? Just 4 months ago, an AI machine managed to complete a University level math exam 12 times faster than it normally takes the average human. How? Through the art of machine learning; where computers learn and adapt through experience without explicitly being programmed.
Furthermore, Facebook made headlines earlier this year when their chatbots created their own language. Some Fake News stories say that the engineer’s pulled the plug in a panic after they were getting too smart. However, the truth is that for Facebook’s purposes the chatbots needed to stick to English rather than developing their own short hand. However, their machine learning chatbots did create their own language outside their explicit programming.
This evolving area of computer science is the future for service businesses, and it’s already affecting the way we live and work today. In fact, research firm Markets and Markets estimates that the machine learning market will grow from $1.41 billion in 2017 to $8.81 billion by 2022!
So buckle up because these technology trends will affect every part of your business, from marketing, to operations all the way through to payroll. Here’s how:

Marketing Gets Smarter with AI and Machine Learning

AI and Social Media Marketing
In April 2017, Salesforce conducted a study of marketing leaders worldwide, and the results were mind blowing. Respondents said they expect to see improvements in efficiency and advancements in personalization over the next five years. More than 60 percent of marketers also envision leveraging AI to create dynamic landing pages, websites, programmatic advertising and media buying.
However, what people were most excited about is AI’s potential impact on social media listening and lead nurturing. In the not so distant future, AI will become increasingly sophisticated and a powerful tool for social media marketing.
The main way AI will affect marketing is through nurturing leads through social media. But how? Through personalized, real-time content targeting that produces 20 percent more sales opportunities. With behavioral targeting methods, AI will be able to locate and start the nurture process, for example, a marketing stack that employs AI algorithms might learn that a specific buyer who checks into LinkedIn on Monday mornings has recently started looking for a new CRM tool. The software can then suggest (or even create) targeted posts to be published on the days and times that they’ll see them: one that asks their requirements of the software and another follow up piece with a comparison of the CRM ecosystem.
Currently, savvy marketers that are using social listening as as way to nurture leads don’t have the necessary enhancement of AI, so it is time consuming, manual and not in real-time. So how do you start to get ready for this type of future content marketing distribution?
Firstly, you will need to have your buyer personas well defined. Taking a solid look at your CRM will give you tons of hints for content that will get qualified leads to respond. By taking a step back and analyzing your channel’s content (like emails, phone calls and social media messages) you will start to get the right kind of insights that will prompt a lead to take the next step into the second phase of your sales funnel. For instance, a C-Suite executive might respond best to data-driven whitepapers and infographics to peak their interests, whereas a fellow marketer might be more suited for an interactive case-study or video.
The only way to get these kinds of insights is to do a deep dive into your CRM platform and conduct a thorough review of customer details – using semantic analysis to understand the level of buying intent behind the words your qualified prospects use.
Hot tip: Starting to run your analysis now and developing strong personas will be key to implementing AI algorithms to your social media in 2018 and beyond.
Marketing and Machine Learning
Put simply, machine learning is about understanding data and statistics. It’s a technical process where computer algorithms find patterns in data, then predict probable outcomes – like when your email determines whether a particular message is spam or not depending on words in the subject line, links included in the message, or patterns identified in a list of recipients. This is a perfect example of how machine learning can be applied in marketing to optimize for successful campaigns.
Businesses can also use machine learning to up-sell the right product, to the right customer, at the right time. In 2018, marketers will continue to rely on machine learning to understand open rates when it comes to email – so you know exactly when to send your next campaign to increase click through rates and ROI. The next big thing? It might sound small but ticket tagging and re-routing can be a massive expense for small businesses – costs that can be saved with machine learning. Having a sales inquiry automatically end up with the sales team, or a complaint end up instantly in the customer service department’s queue, is going to save companies a lot of time and money, and this is all being made possible with modern technology.
And while solving issues in record time and delivering successful email campaigns is great, this is just the beginning. Here’s what else to expect in 2018:

E-Commerce Reaches New Heights

You’ve been shopping for a new pair sunglasses on Amazon, then before you know it, your Facebook feed is filled with multiple eyewear ads and related trends for Summer: this is machine learning. In-fact, this example of analyzing data based on a user’s purchase history or online shopping behavior is the future for e-commerce.

Retail companies are also tracking what ads or images you’re most likely to stop scrolling on, in order to target you with specific content. For example, if you always click on ads that contain happy women and some text, then a machine will log this as preferred content so that you are only targeted with ads that fit this description. Machines can also track what time of day you are most active on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and/or Pinterest, in order to present these ads to you at an optimal buying time.
Then when it’s time to purchase, machine learning is applied to reduce the risk of credit fraud in small businesses. How? Machines learn from historical datasets that contain fraudulent transactions and can identify patterns that represent a typical fraudulent transaction – similar to the way spam emails are detected and deterred. Machine learning will start to affect other parts of your business funnel as well, just take a look at the rise of Chatbots.

Integrating Chatbots

There was a time in which chatbots were only thought of as manmade pests on the internet, but through machine learning, they are getting smarter and businesses are embracing them en mass.
In 2018 and beyond, chatbots will play a key role in the future of customer service. Why? Chatbots can help achieve a faster customer service resolution, as well as provide quick histories of each customer for impeccable customer service. There are some key benefits that chatbots have over solely human interactions:

Giving 24/7 customer service: The great things about machines? They don’t sleep! Coupled with the fact that chatbots are getting sophisticated enough to recognize human emotions such as anger, confusion, fear and joy. So should a chatbot encounter negative sentiments from the customer, they can seamlessly transfer to a human to take over and finish assisting the customer.

The era of being ‘on hold’ is gone: A huge barrier to providing excellence in customer service is long wait times. How many times have you tried to get customer service from Comcast (or any TV/Internet provider) and you are getting progressively more frustrated with the wait times? This can all be eliminated with chatbots!
Quick access to customer data makes service more personal: One thing that humans will never be better at than chatbots is quickly digesting customer data and history to provide context to customer questions. Chatbots excel at collecting customer data from support interactions. They can serve as virtual assistants that can feed customer data to your customer service officers so they have a full history of each account quickly. Even though we are right at the start of chatbot adoption, there’s no doubt that this technology is going to be a key contributor to business success in 2018.

This emerging tool for businesses already has significant buy-in from thought leaders around the globe. In fact, Larry Kim, Founder of Wordstream, is all in on chatbots as he has started his own company where his bots are currently in beta. With this move, it will be interesting to see how businesses will leverage robots throughout other aspects of their business. The final trend we’ll explore is Automation and how it affects businesses today.

Automation Now and in 2018

Though Machine Learning and AI are hot topics in the tech world, it is not to a point that small to medium size businesses can leverage it in the immediate future. But there is still hope for them with automation. Powered by the Cloud, this type of technology has already revolutionized Marketing and Sales workflows and interactions but it is also starting to touch the various other parts of a business. For example:
Operations Automation
Once you win an important sale, you’ve got to deliver the product or service you’ve promised to the client. What does that process look like for most businesses now? You all will have a kick off meeting and hope to cover all the promises that marketing and sales has given to your client. However, with the use of operations automation and a powerful CRM you will be able to read the interactions and see all the various touch points a client had with your company before that kick off call even happens. This will give all service businesses a head start in providing great client relations and managing expectations. This category of SaaS products is called Service Operations Automation, or ServOps for short.
Accounting Automation
If there is one data-entry heavy department it would be Accounting. The problem is that as humans, we are fallible and much slower at data entry than a machine. Innovations with bank feeds, rules based categorization and integrated payments have dramatically reduced the workload of clerical and bookkeeping staff and given business owners more timely access to accurate financial information for their businesses. Research, done by Xero, suggests that by 2020, automation will be commonplace in accounting, and a significant number of finance professionals will be using the next level of analytical tools to help them add value to business models across the globe.
Payroll/HR Automation
Finally, the Cloud and Automation has come to the Payroll and Human Resources sector. These important areas of a business too often suffer because small businesses aren’t big enough to afford a full time HR department. What’s the alternative? Having only part-time efforts of founders and principals which can often lead to serious risk to the business. For instance, Zenefits will automatically submit forms to the federal Internal Revenue Service on the behalf of companies. With new automation technology, compliance is automated by platforms and the effort of keeping time-off approvals in sync with PTO balances and payslips becomes a thing of the past.
In the near future, we will see the rise of great technology, powered by the Cloud, Automation, AI and Machine Learning. This truly is the start of the Golden Age of Information Technology and it is time for businesses to take a hard look at their organizations and find ways to start integrating these tech trends.

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5 tips for holiday promotions

aaaphone — Sat, 01 Dec 2018 02:34:44 +0000

While sending holiday greetings and thank you’s are important this time of year, you also want to shake up your marketing tactics. Here are a few tips to consider as part of your holiday marketing plans:
Even though your marketing efforts should be a year-round effort you might want to consider shaking things up for the fall and winter holiday seasons. Many businesses, other than those in retail, experience a bit of a slump during the holidays so you want to make certain your customers remain engaged and connected throughout the season and into the new year.

Make certain your website is ready for the holidays: If you operate an online business you will likely decorate your site with holiday decorations. Changing the look and feel of your site is a simple, usually overlooked touch that invites visitors to stop in and look around a while. The change can be as simple as asking your web designer to decorate your logo in a holiday theme – and it’s something that can be reused annually. Don’t forget your social media pages or your on hold messages, either; and you can easily customize your Facebook and Twitter pages for the season.
Incentives and giveaways: It’s not only the online and mall retailers that can draw the shoppers in with promotions and giveaways. No matter what your business or industry, there is a season-appropriate discount you could offer your customers. How about a buy-one-get-one-free deal or a percentage off with purchase. And remember, even if you’re offering your holiday incentive deals in your mailings and on the website, you should be updating your on-hold message to let your potential customers know what’s going with your promotions.
Use email to market: Don’t bombard your customers with email but remember it is a great, low cost way to keep in touch. The most effective use of email marketing – and this holds true throughout the year – is to market to those you already have a business relationship with or those who have expressed an interest in learning more about what you have to offer. Because your customers are pressed for time and likely stressed keep the email short and to the point, use a subject line that clearly states your intention, “Thank you for your support, here’s a special offer for you,” and decorate your emails with a holiday theme.
Incorporate a holiday theme with your marketing strategy: Offer a “25 days of Christmas,” or a “12 days of Christmas” theme. Feature a new service or product every day or once a week for the holidays. Tease the customers with what’s coming so they are on the look-out for your emails to see what the next featured item will be.
Have enough help on hand: If your marketing strategies are effective you want to make certain you have enough staff on hand to deal with the influx of new business your marketing efforts will reap. Consider hiring temporary staff to keep the phones answered and orders processed.

Above all when you’re undertaking your holiday marketing campaigns, have fun! This might be the time to unveil a new service or product, ramp up the excitement through your marketing efforts – your bottom line will thank you!

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