What Your Net Promoter Score Really Means—and How to Measure It

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If you’ve worked in or alongside Customer Experience teams for any length of time, you’ve likely heard of NPS, or Net Promoter Scores. But while the standard NPS survey is simple, interpreting your NPS score and figuring out how to use it for company growth and improvement is anything but. NPS is a metric that […]

Enhancing Healthcare Through BPO Solutions

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Healthcare support comes with unique demands: the need for increased privacy and regulatory compliance a high-touch, highly personalized client experience high stress, highly emotional client needs complicated and detailed industry knowledge unique billing codes, processes and payment systems the need for round-the-clock support To add to that, internal healthcare teams across all types of positions […]

The Ethical Considerations of Working with Call Center Outsourcing Companies

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Outsourcing is a common business practice—but is it a good one? While outsourcing offers many benefits for the company outsourcing, including more affordable labor, scalable teams, increased service hours, flexibility and more, there’s not always as many clear benefits for the workers providing those services. Some companies may wonder if working with an outsourcing company—especially […]

Clienteling for Gen Z: Understanding the Needs of a New Generation

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The newest generation is on the block with some major purchasing power and a thirst for luxury, eco-conscious and socially-responsible brands. It’s Gen Z, of course. And if you’re thinking, “Isn’t Gen Z a bit too young for luxury and clienteling?,” think again. Gen Z is defined as those born between 1997 and 2010, which […]

How to Maintain Control When Outsourcing to a Call Center

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If you’ve ever had an outsourcing partnership go “off the rails”—or you’re afraid of that happening—then you might be wondering how to maintain more control when outsourcing.  Control tends to be especially important when it comes to outsourced call centers. When you’re asking another team to manage customer communications, interactions with frustrated clients and more, […]

Which Call Center Model is Right For You?

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Inbound, outbound, blended, hybrid—navigating the different types of call center models can require its own dictionary.  Luckily for you, we’ve created that dictionary right here.  If you’re looking to outsource your call center needs, but aren’t sure which model is right for you—or even what models are available—we’re here to help. In this article, we’ve […]

Nearshore Outsourcing: When Does It Make Sense?

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Do any of the following scenarios sound familiar? You’re growing faster than you can manage and service levels are starting to decrease as a result. You’re outsourcing already to an onshore partner but need to scale faster (or more affordably). You need specialized help and your in-house team can’t meet all of your needs. Your […]

BPO Call Centers: 8 Features To Look For

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Are you looking to:  boost productivity and efficiency among your team?  improve customer satisfaction and results?  free up internal teams to focus on core business?  streamline your processes and workflows? If so, a BPO call center partner can help. Not only can a great BPO call center manage day-to-day operations of customer service and support, […]

5 Tips To Reduce Your Call Center’s Average Handle Time (AHT)

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Are your call center interactions taking too long? If so, it might be time to start reducing your average handle time. Although average handle time might seem like a small—and primarily internal—metric, it can make a big difference on customer satisfaction. Faster handle times mean: more customers can get helped more quickly increased volume in […]

How To Create a Winning B2B Customer Service Strategy

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Although customer service is often focused on in B2C companies, it’s just as important—if not more so—in B2B companies. In fact, up to 80% of B2B purchase decisions are impacted by a buyer’s experience with the B2B customer service, so it’s an essential quality of your brand or company to consider. However, B2B customer service […]