If you own or run a company, you understand the importance of building up a rapport and relationship with your clients. A vital part of this is when they contact you, either for the first time, or on a regular basis. You'll want them to feel personally welcome, rather than impersonally greeted. Using an automated or outsourced phone answering service can sometimes make such moments entirely impersonal, even mechanical. Here is what you should expect as a starting point from such a resource...