Tag Archives: Operations Consulting

5 parts of active listening in outbound telemarketing

By Megan Hottman, Brand Evangelist

outbound telemarketingI’m sure we can share at least one experience (or dozens!) where we’ve felt like the person on the other end of the phone just wasn’t listening to what we were saying. For me personally, I find it to be one of the most annoying and frustrating experiences when receiving an outbound telemarketing call. It’s not just that the person on the other end isn’t listening, the fact is, I automatically go into a spiral of assumptions…to name a few: “this person doesn’t understand what I’m saying” or “this person should take a nap they sound tired”. Continue reading →

Minimum Technology for Inbound Call Center Vendors

By Nathan Teahon, Vice President

Call Center VendorIt amazes me when I visit a call center for the first time and see how ill-equipped some call center management teams are when it comes to having the right technology to manage their teams.

While there are many standard features in Inbound ACDs and multichannel call management platforms, there are three technology features that are absolutely essential for call center vendors. Continue reading →

Quality is Most Important in Membership Remarketing

By Heather Dubas, Senior Operations Manager

Membership Remarketing RibbonsNot just anyone can be a telemarketing agent. It is a tough job that gets a bad rap (most frequently from my 93-year-old grandmother!). Not many people can make phone calls for 8 hours a day, 5 days a week and stay happy and content. That is why at Quality Contact Solutions we only take on “worthwhile” work. One of those “worthwhile” work types is membership renewal call services for associations. I will be the first to tell you that not only are association clients great to work with, so are their members! That is why quality must be the main priority for membership renewal telemarketing calls. Continue reading →

Overcoming Challenges with Telemarketing Services in 2018

By A.J. Windle, Director of Operations

Telemarketing Services Goal for 20182017 was a fun, busy, exciting, and ever-changing year in our telemarketing services company. Looking back on the year has allowed our team to focus not only on our accomplishments but also evaluate and improve on ways to overcome our clients’ challenges (the key reason we exist!).

Here at Quality Contact Solutions we partner with clients everyday who are looking for ways to help them overcome their business challenges. They turn to Telemarketing Services because they need a more productive channel than they are currently using. In some cases, they have aggressive growth goals and have heard what we can do. Some clients want to test a new strategy. Whatever the specific challenge is, at its root, is the necessity to retain and grow the business year over year. This was the biggest challenge of 2017 and with no doubt that focus will be continued in 2018. Continue reading →

Successful Outbound Call Center Project Management

By Ryan Apodac, Operations Manager and Training Leader

Managing an outbound call center marketing project is no easy task. Regardless of the countless number of project launches you have under your belt, every day is a learning opportunity. The one thing that should remain consistent from one project to the next is your utmost attention to detail. The cliché “Plan, Plan, Plan” is a simple summary of what it takes to be successful. Let’s discuss this more in depth Continue reading →