Medical Call Center Services: Best Practices for Success
When you need urgent access to care, you need urgent access to care immediately. That’s why medical call centers are such powerful resources. Of course, many of the calls and questions they handle are routine patient support. Yet many medical call centers have trained nurses on staff to assist in emergencies 24 hours a day. […]
How to Improve Customer Service (and How a Call Center Can Help)
In today’s world, customers expect not only excellent products but also excellent service. Quality customer service matters; just look at the numbers: 83% of customers are more loyal to businesses that respond to and resolve their complaints. And by increasing customer retention by a mere 5%, companies raise their profits between 25% and 95%. Improving […]
How to Pick the Right Inbound Call Center Company
Your phones are ringing constantly, and your in-house team is struggling to keep up. Wait times are ticking upward, while customer satisfaction is ticking downward. It’s time to call in reinforcements. But which inbound call center company do you choose? Ultimately, you want to partner with a cost-effective call center that aligns with your company […]
Navigating Regulatory Compliance: The Advantage of Call Centers in the USA
You’ve decided to outsource customer service to a third-party provider. Now you just have to choose which one—and where. Today, we will explore how call centers in the USA have an advantage when adhering to regulatory compliance. We’ll look at several key regulations that affect call center compliance. We’ll also discuss the hidden costs and […]
The Case for US Call Centers Over Offshoring
As onshoring—or domestic outsourcing—continues to grow in popularity, many companies are wondering if it’s worth investing in domestic outsourcing help, especially considering that it’s generally more expensive than offshoring. Is the investment worth it? For many companies, onshoring has a number of benefits compared to offshoring, including: higher levels of collaboration due to more similar […]
What Your Net Promoter Score Really Means—and How to Measure It
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 […]
Multilingual Support: Expanding Reach with Retail Call Center Services
One of the biggest concerns with outsourcing customer service is whether or not agents will be able to speak English well enough to provide effortless and easy communication—and avoid misunderstandings—with customers. While this is obviously essential, what about your customers who don’t speak English as a first language themselves? Not only do these customers have […]
CCaaS vs. Traditional Call Centers: Why Cloud-Based Contact Centers Are the Future
Is your traditional call center still serving your business goals? Many businesses think that they are—until they consider other options. Traditional call centers are typically very dependent on in-person resources—both in-person agents as well as offices, hardware and physical tools that allow you to monitor and manage customer service calls. However, modern Contact-Center-as-a-Service models (CCaaS) […]
Call Center Compliance & Regulations: Legal Considerations When Outsourcing Your Call Center
Although call centers provide essential support and benefit to your business—including increased customer service availability, improved productivity and efficiency, stronger service levels and more—if a legal dispute or non-compliance issue is uncovered, your call center can end up costing you more than you imagined. As such, it’s essential to tread carefully when it comes to […]
The Ethical Considerations of Working with Call Center Outsourcing Companies
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 […]