Category: Call Center Services

5 Things You Should Know Before Outsourcing Business Processes

For many business owners and department managers, the idea of handing over any duties to a third party can be unsettling. After years of careful nurturing, it’s not easy to simply toss aside duties to strangers. No successful business is without risk, however, and when you’re overwhelmed and distracted from the tasks you care most… Read more »

Answering Service Vs. Virtual Receptionist: What’s the Difference?

When you’re in the market for administrative help, the sheer number of Google results you get when searching can be overwhelming. What might have started as a simple hunt for office support turns into a flurry of questions waiting to be answered. Do you need someone in the office? How experienced would you like them… Read more »

Why Unhappy Customers Are Killing Your Business, and How To Fix It

They say the customer is always right, but when you’ve got a grumpy guest on the phone, even the most patient among us can become frustrated. Unfortunately, though, unhappy customers are inevitable; even as you provide the best service possible, you’re bound to run into one sooner or later. While it might be impossible to… Read more »

The Phone Stages of Grief

A small business owner’s path to realizing they need an answering service is one walked by many. That journey is described by the Phone Stages of Grief. Running a small business can be stressful. If you aren’t busy worrying about whether you are making money, you are hustling to make sure you’re meeting deadlines, catching up on… Read more »

How 24/7 Can Positively Impact Your Business

We all want our customers to like us. Study after study has proven that customers buy from people (and companies) that they like. The problem that often arises is determining precisely the best way to gain the goodwill of your customers. Believe it or not, it is often seemingly minor changes that can have the greatest impact… Read more »

Make the Most of Your Staff’s Time With an Answering Service

Free Up Calendars And Make the Most of Your Staff’s Time With an Answering Service When you’re managing a company, your staff members are your most valuable assets. However, many managers misuse this vital commodity by frequently having staff focus on tasks that are not as important to the ongoing success of the company, or on… Read more »

Call Tracking is a Valuable Business Resource

Marketing is an inexact science, but one of the easiest and best ways to measure marketing performance is readily available and easy to use. Call tracking provides dynamic insight into customer needs and can help you increase sales while improving customer satisfaction. Here are a few of the best ways to use call tracking as… Read more »

Improving Your Customer Service

Customer Service is critical to most businesses, but too often companies miss the mark because they neglect the basics that make customers happy. Here are some ways that you can improve on your already stellar service with simple actions that customers really appreciate. Fast pickup Satisfied customers place more orders – and larger orders —… Read more »

Customizing Your Call Center

Handling customer calls is one of the key aspects of running a successful business. Keeping customers happy means that they will stay with your company longer, and could ultimately refer significant amounts of new business over time. Of course, as a company grows, it often becomes unrealistic for existing employees to handing the always-increasing number… Read more »

Outsourcing to Call Centers in the U.S.

Customer service is an absolutely essential part of almost every successful business. For many years, call centers have been one of the most efficient and effective ways to provide customer service, and during the 1990s and early 2000s, it became increasingly popular for companies to outsource their call centers to countries like India, where wagers… Read more »