American culture has for years embraced the notion that the more hours you work, the more effective you are. There are studies out now which dispute that fact. According to Lou Babuaata of Zen Habits prioritizing your Most Important Tasks, doing them first thing in the morning and then moving on with all of the […]
There are companies which have a Fiscal Year End that differs from the calendar year end. There are also those who prefer our Fiscal Year End follows the calendar year. Which means in short order we have to be prepared for Taxes, both personal and corporate. Instead of panicking at the last minute and causing […]
What price do you pay when your phones go unanswered, or you are in a hurry to get the caller off the line because you are in a meeting? How valued does the caller feel? What’s the impact of losing a customer one call at a time?
Multitasking. It’s a misnomer, because other than walking and chewing gum, most of the time what we call multitasking is actually not. It’s jump tasking. Meaning we start one task and get it to a certain point, and then we jump into another task and so on and so on. There are other instances of […]
You might wonder, does someone who works from home need a Virtual Receptionist? I can tell you that a Virtual Receptionist and a Virtual Assistant can be invaluable to a business owner running a business from home. If you are a one or two person shop, there are never enough hours in the day. Having […]
Photo by Real Stone and Granite Corporation – Look for kitchen pictures For about 10 years, almost none of the major builders were building homes in any large numbers, and now there is a housing crunch. It will be made more critical when the millennials get closer to the age where they are […]
Central Communications answers the call. For over 50 years now, we have served clients from Southern California to Florida. We help businesses across America with several different types of phone answering services. At Central Comm, once we sign up a customer they tend to stay. In Orange County, San Diego County and Riverside County, some […]
Let’s face it life can be stressful at times. Stress can be a useful tool that our bodies use to get us out of dangerous situations. But for most of us, stress is something which can harm out health and even our relationships with our co-workers and our family members. Most of the time stress […]
There are only a couple more weeks left of 2016. How are things looking around the office? Is there clutter everywhere? Are the important files and papers you need readily available? Perhaps it’s time for an end of the year cleaning?
“Good afternoon, Dr. Smith’s office, how may I help you today?” If you are Dr. Smith, we have just answered your phone. Perhaps you were with a patient and your receptionist was busy with another call. Maybe this call came in when you were taking a lunch break, or it’s after hours.