By Marcia Jenkins, Senior Operations Manager
There are lots of ways to measure your call center staff utilization. We all want our agents busy, but not too busy, right? Before we dive into what we’ve found is best, let’s talk about what staff utilization means and why it’s an important KPI. Continue reading
By Megan Fallis, Vice President of Marketing
Using a call monitoring form is essential to assess the quality of interaction between the front-lines and the customer. Call quality is fundamental to providing a consistent customer experience which is critical to each and every business. Continue reading
By Megan Hottman, Operations Manager and Brand Evangelist
This call center requirements checklist provides 10 essentials for evaluating potential call center partners. We know how time consuming and how tedious the process can be to find the best call center for your business, so we’ve made it simple for you. This call center requirements checklist includes points to consider and help guide the decision-making process.
Before you can even get started speaking with call centers, it’s important to understand why you’re looking to a call center partner to begin with. The clearer you are about your objectives, expectations, and desired outcomes, the easier it will be to weed out those who are not top contenders. Continue reading
Sandy Pernick, Senior Operations Manager
Note: When we use the term outbound telemarketing, we’re talking about placing cold calls to prospects to set business to business appointments. Some companies call this work Business Development. Others call it prospecting. Others call it lead generation. Keep in mind that these terms can be used interchangeably.
Clients are hesitant to lose control of one of the most important elements of their marketing and sales operation: setting appointments for their inside sales staff. This essential component will make or break new customer acquisitions so outsourcing appointment setting using a third-party firm can cause angst and uncertainty.
By Megan Hottman, Operations Manager and Brand Evangelist
Outbound telemarketing plays a vital role in the success and growth of companies. With the influx of technology, the mediums in which businesses communicate with customers varies. From text, to email, to targeted online ads, to mail, to radio, to instant messaging…. such an abundance of choices! While current marketing practices tend to leverage the most successful trends, outbound telemarketing isn’t new. Outbound telemarketing is a communication channel that is still very alive, extremely effective and here to stay.
There are many ways companies can leverage outbound telemarketing to help achieve organizational goals. Here are 10 ways our customers have used the outbound telemarketing services of Quality Contact Solutions. Continue reading