Nicereply

AUGUST 3, 2021

For many companies, outsourcing is the best next move. Yet it can be daunting to begin the process of finding the right business process outsourcer (BPO)—one that you trust to be the voice of your company, to represent your brand and solve your customers’ problems. Some outsourcers don’t offer any account management.

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Blueship Call Center

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

You might wonder if you should work with an outsourced firm or employ an in-house staff for customer assistance or lead generation on your website using outsource live chat support. Do you have the resources to devote to ongoing coaching and training? This is a crucial factor for any firm.

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Quality Contact Solutions

MAY 4, 2021

It’s not any different if you’re trying to find an inbound call center outsourcing partner. Finding an inbound call center outsourcing provider doesn’t have to be complicated or overwhelming. Here are seven inbound call center outsourcing tips for finding the right partner to support your business. Why do they call?

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SharpenCX

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

All of this boils up and it can be tempting to wash your hands of it and just outsource customer service. And while outsourcing is a great solution, for some, it’s not for everyone. And, coaching often falls from the priority list when you don’t have a direct relationship with those handling your customer interactions.

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Amplifai Coaching Category

JANUARY 12, 2021

Call Center Coaching Effectiveness has long been a challenge for both BPO/Outsourcers and direct contact centers alike - here are the top 10 causes we repeatedly see contributing to stagnant customer experience, waning employee morale, and disappointing performance improvements.

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COPC

OCTOBER 13, 2021

This blog entry was written in conjunction with our upcoming Optimizing Post-Pandemic Contact Center Outsourcing Relationships pre-event workshop during Execs In The Know’s Customer Response Summit. 2020 was indeed a unique year for vendor managers and their outsourced partners. Chat transactions. Competitive sourcing.

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24-7 InTouch

MAY 11, 2021

The contact center industry has a diverse, global footprint, and brands choosing to outsource their customer service face the challenge of determining which geography is the right fit for their needs. . A lot of factors influence a brand’s decision when choosing a geographic location for outsourcing their customer support.

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HGS

SEPTEMBER 30, 2015

Managing Knowledge Transfer During Contact Center Outsourcing Transition. Whether it’s an in-house contact center moving to an outsourced environment for the first time or a migration of business from one outsourcer to another, knowledge transfer can be a big risk factor for both a successful transition and steady state operations.

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Blueship Call Center

MAY 25, 2023

Outsourcing a portion of your company’s activities to a service provider or third-party partner is known as business process outsourcing (BPO). A group of outsourced employees who manage incoming and outgoing client calls for other companies makes up a BPO call center. What are call center outsourcing services?

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CCNG

JANUARY 25, 2023

Coaching and Development – “Adapt Based on the Environment” The way your teams learn has now changed, so the way you coach, monitor, and develop your teams needs to change too. Are you setting your team leaders and your teams up to fail by not creating the capacity to coach, develop and communicate?

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BlueOcean

AUGUST 20, 2020

Over the years, we’ve written many articles singing the praises of on-site visits with potential customer care outsourcers. And most outsourced customer care companies are leveraging wide-spread work-from-home models with facilities operating at a fraction of their previous capacity. The right outsourcer gets it.

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Expivia

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Outsourcing is not for everyone, and we have been very open about that, in fact, we did an entire episode on 10 reasons why you should NOT outsource. These 7 falsehoods though are topics that organizations that are new to call center outsourcing to think are reasons why they would NEVER outsource.

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Expivia

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Outsourcing is not for everyone, and we have been very open about that, in fact, we did an entire episode on 10 reasons why you should NOT outsource. These 7 falsehoods though are topics that organizations that are new to call center outsourcing to think are reasons why they would NEVER outsource.

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Anexa BPO

JUNE 28, 2021

And that’s exactly why – today more than ever – outsourcing companies are taking center stage in the ultra-competitive world of customer service. They utilize effective approaches including clear communication, remote coaching and advice, and concise explanations of how to accomplish specific digital tasks. Welcome to the future.

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Taylor Reach Group

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

The old Contact Center Outsourcing (CCO) model is broken. Clearly, this is not a recipe for customer success and is a contributing factor to why it is so difficult to deliver superior service in an outsourced environment. By: Colin Taylor. And why would they?

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Taylor Reach Group

JANUARY 5, 2018

Outsourcing your Contact Center can be a scary proposition. Whether you’ve been providing great service in-house or you’re making outsourcing part of your initial business plan, you can’t afford to let service slip. 1) Make the right choice: The first step, choose your new outsourcer carefully. By: Peg Ayers , MBA, CCXP.

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The Northridge Group

APRIL 22, 2024

In Part 3 of our series, we hear from Leslie O’Flahaven, professional write, coach, and speaker. Here are just a handful of the claims about how AI will fix customer service: AI will cut labor costs by replacing outsourced and in-house agents. To say the contact center world is ecstatic over AI may be an understatement.

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Global Response

MAY 15, 2023

Providing Ongoing Training and Coaching Speaking of actionable feedback, providing ongoing training and coaching for agents is a key element of call center quality control. Timely: Provide real-time feedback and coaching. The closer to the interactions the coaching and feedback happens, the more effective it will be.

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BlueOcean

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

So, we’ll take a comprehensive look at the cost of ownership of your in-house contact center – both intangible and tangible expenses – and how it compares to the cost of outsourcing. If you’ve never outsourced before, it’s tempting to look at that number and think, well, we can hire contact center agents at a much cheaper rate than that!

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Anexa BPO

JUNE 28, 2021

And that’s exactly why – today more than ever – outsourcing companies are taking center stage in the ultra-competitive world of customer service. They utilize effective approaches including clear communication, remote coaching and advice, and concise explanations of how to accomplish specific digital tasks. Welcome to the future.

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CCNG

MAY 11, 2022

Although the roles and responsibilities of call center agents have evolved since the dawn of the industry decades ago, the "human" element will always be the bedrock of call center services within business process outsourcing (BPO). However, most agents genuinely want to help the customer but many simply lack the proper training and coaching.

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TLC Associates

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

That’s why I’m a firm believer in doing what you do best and outsourcing the rest. Yet before anyone decides to work with an outsourced contact center , I recommend they compare outsourcing against insourcing to determine the right fit for their business and their goals. The same goes for businesses. How Complex is the Task?

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BlueOcean

MAY 5, 2023

We’ve said it before and we’re not afraid to repeat it until the cows come home: using a boilerplate RFP in the process to find a new customer care outsourcer is a quick road to failure. The best outsourcer understands how to combat this. However, coaching agents in the hybrid world looks vastly different than in-person.

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BlueOcean

DECEMBER 18, 2023

For most of the history of the contact center industry, the standard for QA has been for a team lead, coach, or supervisor to review and score three contacts per agent per week. Coaches would get to know the agents on their teams. One percent of one percent… at best. These efforts weren’t useless – they were, as noted, the standard.

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OrecX

AUGUST 15, 2018

As a BPO or call center outsourcer, you are potentially taking over a role your clients cannot manage on their own or don’t want to handle any longer. Here are the top 18 call recording features to consider when purchasing a recording solution, if you are a BPO or call center outsourcer: Call and Screen Recording. Quality Monitoring.

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Outsource Consultants

MARCH 9, 2018

The biggest challenge when working with a call center outsourcing partner is making sure they’re providing consistent, ongoing performance. The following are six major KPIs to use as a starting point to effectively manage your outsource call center. Considering adding a new outsource call center partner in 2018?

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Global Response

JUNE 27, 2023

If you don’t have time to dedicate to this process, outsourcing can help. You can outsource some or all of your hiring processes, including analyzing team needs, crafting job descriptions, recruiting and building your team, onboarding, and so on. If you’re not clear about what you want, it makes it difficult to find the right fit.

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CSM Magazine

JULY 19, 2023

Significant resource planning efficiencies help European customer service outsourcer release valuable time back into customer care. Established only 10 years ago in Motherwell, Scotland, Ascensos has expanded its operations significantly and is today a leading European contact centre outsourcer in consumer retail.

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Global Response

JULY 23, 2023

How to Fix It: Thankfully, there’s a fairly simple fix to this problem: consider working with onshoring or nearshoring teams rather than outsourcing to distant, offshore teams. How to Fix It: The key to avoiding this problem when outsourcing is to eliminate it from the beginning. That’s what we’re here to explore.

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Global Response

MAY 1, 2023

Understanding this in advance gives you time to scale or outsource to meet demand without compromising service levels. You should also have SOP for how agents can maximize downtime, either through training, coaching, reporting or some other function, so that slower periods are still creating business value.

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TLC Associates

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

Some brands are considering an outsourced contact center as part of their sales process, funneling qualified leads to their sales team. If you’re in that camp, here’s how to outsource your sales support and achieve exceptional results. What does that mean for an outsourced partner? Align the Goals of Your Sales and Support Team.

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Sykes

JUNE 13, 2017

An outsourced technical support partner is free from an internal team’s inherent bias or assumptions. But you also need a clear understanding of their recruitment, training, and coaching processes. That’s where an outsourced customer care partner can really take your pain away and help you shine.

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Global Response

DECEMBER 21, 2023

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. Here are some key factors to look for to choose the right outsourcing partner: Expertise and experience.

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Outsource Consultants

APRIL 12, 2021

If you’re looking to refine your already exceptional BPO training or trying to “catch” your competitors, here are the top three priorities for managing your training with your outsource call center vendor: BPO Vendor Priority #1 — Train with the Right Tools. What gets you over the hump? What customs or norms should be covered?

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Taylor Reach Group

JANUARY 11, 2018

The Contact Center outsourcing industry is a significant piece of the customer service and support landscape. Each day millions of calls, emails, chats, SMS messages and social media interactions are handled by Contact Center agents employed by these Contact Center Outsourcing (CCO) firms representing thousands of organizations and brands.

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Uniphore

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Target the root cause of turnover in outsourced service centers with technology that empowers. Employee turnover is a major pain point for business process outsourcers, with attrition rates often at 30% or higher. Technology can improve training and coaching. At the same time, BPO employees are needed now more than ever.

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Fonolo

APRIL 29, 2021

Here are some other call center roles you may consider hiring: Trainers/coaches. Call center outsourcing: an alternative to in-house services. For this reason, many businesses choose to outsource their call center operations. Your Guide to Call Center Outsourcing in 2021. Quality assurance. IT support.

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