Answering Services
1st Formations is proud to offer professional answering services in partnership with our sister company, Bizik, a leading business support provider in the UK. Bizik offer telephone answering, managed live chat and dedicated business telephone numbers to clients.
Telephone Answering
Bespoke Telephone Answering
Rely on Bizik's friendly UK-based receptionists to handle your calls promptly and professionally. A dedicated team will be assigned to represent your business and follow your call handling instructions, as if part of your in-house team.
What's included?
As part of this package you get a free Business Telephone Number and 20 receptionist minutes per month. Any additional minutes are charged at £1.50 per minute.
Dedicated team of experts
Bizik recruits experienced UK-based receptionists who will answer your customer calls promptly and professionally. Its careful hiring and training programme ensures the team is familiar with your business and equipped to provide outstanding service.
Professional call handling
During your onboarding, Bizik will collect your bespoke call-handling instructions and company information so their receptionists can use their experience and knowledge to handle your calls. Bizik trains its receptionists to sound like part of your team, ensuring natural, authentic conversations that perfectly represent your brand.
Diary management
With diary management, you can free up your time and stay on top of your schedule. Bizik's leading technology allows them to integrate with your calendar so the team can schedule appointments and manage your diary. You'll also receive real-time updates, so you know where you're expected to be and when.
Online account management
Bizik's Telephone Answering Online Portal lets you manage your team's availability and call forwarding instructions anytime, anywhere in the world. Additionally, you'll get access to helpful tools like a reporting dashboard, message history - and much more.
Business Telephone Number
Enhance your professional image
Make your business appear bigger and more established with a dedicated Bizik Business Telephone Number. Bizik offers unique London or regional telephone numbers and calls will be forwarded to your number of choice.
The Business Telephone Number Service costs £9.99 +VAT per month.
Managed Live Chat
Convert more leads into loyal customers
Capture more leads with Bizik's Managed Live Chat. Bizik will provide you with customisable Live Chat software that integrates with your website and a team of professional, UK-based agents to handle your chats on behalf of your business.
What's included?
As part of this package, you get 15 chats per month. Any additional chats are charged at £3.70 per chat.
Friendly, UK-based agents
Working as an extension of your team, Bizik's UK-based live chat experts are ready to resolve customer questions and enquiries in real-time. Bizik will prioritise customer service for you and eliminate the costly and challenging task of recruiting a dedicated team of Live Chat agents.
Full customisable software
Bizik allows you to maintain brand consistency with personalised Live Chat. You can add your logo, change colours, and customise buttons on your Live Chat to match your brand. You can also optimise the widget for mobile devices and change its position to your liking.
Smart data capture tools
Bizik's agents are on hand to assist your customers, working alongside great technology to maximise sales. Bizik's clever Live Chat software allows you to capture visitor details through pre-chat forms and post-chat surveys. You can also set up proactive chats that can pop up on critical pages on your website.
Online portal
Access your transcripts, data dashboard and more with Bizik's Live Chat Online Portal. You can collect valuable data by setting up bespoke forms and surveys to collect additional data. You'll be able to see everything in real-time and even jump in to respond to chats yourself.