{"id":185,"date":"2022-05-02T19:14:06","date_gmt":"2022-05-02T19:14:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alwaysanswer.com\/?page_id=185"},"modified":"2023-01-06T16:50:18","modified_gmt":"2023-01-06T16:50:18","slug":"blog","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/alwaysanswer.com\/blog\/","title":{"rendered":"Blog"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"185\" class=\"elementor elementor-185\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9e9fcd0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9e9fcd0\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-bac8e50\" data-id=\"bac8e50\" 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Deadlines tighten, client questions multiply, and call volume ...<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"pp-posts-button elementor-button elementor-size-md\" href=\"https:\/\/alwaysanswer.com\/blog\/why-accounting-firms-struggle-with-client-calls-during-busy-season\/\" title=\"Why Accounting Firms Struggle With Client Calls During Busy Season\" aria-label=\"Read more about Why Accounting Firms Struggle With Client Calls During Busy Season\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"pp-button-text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRead More\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"pp-button-icon elementor-button-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pp-post-wrap pp-grid-item-wrap elementor-grid-item post-23065 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-case-study category-legal-answering-service tag-247-answering-service tag-legal-answering-service\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pp-post pp-grid-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pp-post-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"pp-post-thumbnail-wrap\" href=\"https:\/\/alwaysanswer.com\/blog\/law-firm-reduce-missed-calls\/\" title=\"How Law Firms Reduce Missed Calls Without Hiring Staff\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"800\" data-src=\"https:\/\/alwaysanswer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Untitled-design-2-1.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-22793 lazyload\" alt=\"Award-Winning Answering Service Agent\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/alwaysanswer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Untitled-design-2-1.png 1000w, https:\/\/alwaysanswer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Untitled-design-2-1-300x240.png 300w, https:\/\/alwaysanswer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Untitled-design-2-1-768x614.png 768w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1000px; 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