As the holiday season approaches, businesses are advised to prepare their phone systems to capitalize on increased demand and to enhance customer experience. Carolina Digital Phone offers six tips: configuring Hunt and Ring Groups to enhance call coverage; using Auto Attendant to share holiday messages and important information; providing seasonal Music on Hold to reduce customer frustration; encouraging staff to update their voicemail greeting with festive messages; setting Time of Day rules to cover employee absences and vacations; and providing support for Remote and Hybrid workers not able to go fully off-grid during the holiday period....

Supporting local businesses has crucial advantages; it bolsters the local economy, as money spent locally is reinvested in community services and indirectly supports other local merchants. Local businesses furnish employment opportunities and exceptional, personalized customer service. They foster trust, encouraging relationships in contrast to faceless corporations. Local entrepreneurs who create diverse marketplaces benefit from community support, while local industries often promote sustainability by minimizing transportation emissions. Moreover, these businesses contribute to building a tightly-knit community through sponsoring local events and charities. Buy local; it's not just a purchase but a decision to positively affect your community economically, environmentally, and socially....

Elevate your business communication to the next level with Carolina Digital Phone's Hosted VoIP and Call Queue system. This game-changing technology ensures that every inbound call is handled efficiently, enhancing customer satisfaction while providing a scalable and cost-effective solution. It's the innovative edge your business needs in today's competitive marketplace....

When it comes to choosing the right phone system for your business, you definitely want to make a smart decision that allows you to take the shortest path to value and ROI. To ensure this outcome, here are 3 BIG mistakes and how to avoid them: Mistake #1 When Choosing the Right Phone System for Your Business: Not Focusing on SERVICE Frankly, this article could begin and end with this mistake alone, because it is so important to know about and avoid.   Here is how the trap is set: a smooth, fast-talking phone company sales rep (or sometimes a whole bunch of them)...

One of the most common — and also the most important — questions that we get asked by our (soon-to-be) customers is: “How do we get a VoIP business telephone line from Carolina Digital Phone?” Below, we highlight at a high-level what the process generally looks like from initial consultation, through to adoption and implementation — ultimately allowing our customers to take the shortest path to value and ROI: Phase 1: Perform a Needs and Goals Analysis  We begin by asking our customers what they like — and also what they dislike — about their current landline business telephone line system (or VoIP...

Before we look at how to MASSIVELY improve customer service with VoIP, let’s take a moment to reflect on an old saying in the business world that goes: “if you don’t take care of your customers…then someone else will.” And these days, this advice is more crucial than ever. Consider the following: 89% of consumers are more likely to make another purchase after a positive customer service experience. [source] 68% of consumers say that they would pay more for products/services from a company that offers good customer service. [source] Consumers who rate a company’s service as “good” are 38% more likely to recommend...

Your organization has decided to switch from an expensive and limited landline phone system to a cost-effective, agile, and future-proofed VoIP phone system. Good move! Now, you need to select the right partner to take the shortest path to value. Here are five reasons why organizations choose Carolina Digital Phone as their Charlotte VoIP phone system provider:  1. We Offer a Complete All-in-One VoIP Phone System Our all-in-one VoIP phone system delivers a full range of features that significantly improve productivity, performance, efficiency, and customer experience. When you join many other organizations in choosing us as your Charlotte VoIP phone system provider,...

Thousands of organizations across all sectors have already made the switch from an expensive, restrictive, and inflexible conventional landline phone system, to an agile, scaleable, feature-rich, future-proofed, and cost-effective VoIP phone system.  If your organization has wisely decided to upgrade to VoIP (or you are considering it), then naturally you want the installation and implementation process to be smooth and straightforward, and that you take the shortest path to value. To ensure that you get prepared and hit the ground running from day one, here are 20 VoIP setup-related questions:   VoIP Setup-Related Questions About Your Organization’s Goals  These questions will help refine and...

School districts across the country are facing serious financial hurdles in the months and years ahead. Declining enrollment rates, mounting staff retirement costs, and widespread teacher shortages have added a whole new (and wholly unwelcome) meaning to the phrase “doing more with less”. Fortunately, there is a proven and cost-effective way for school districts to unify school district communications: upgrade from a conventional landline phone system to a VoIP phone system.  Here are four key reasons why an all-in-one VoIP phone system enables school districts to tie their school communications together:  A VoIP Phone System Connects All Staff Members and Locations Throughout...

Your school (or school district) has decided to upgrade from a costly and inflexible landline phone system to an agile, feature-rich, affordable, and future-proofed VoIP phone system. Smart move. Or, as your students might say: “it’s a no-brainer!” Now, you need to carefully choose a vendor that is going to make your experience straightforward, safe, and successful. From initial implementation to ongoing support. Well, here is another no-brainer: that vendor is Carolina Digital Phone! Here are 5 reasons why we deliver the best phone system for schools: 1. We have in-depth experience serving schools. Unlike most other vendors, we deeply understand that...