It may sound strange to you, but your customers have plenty of things to teach you. When it comes to call centers, customers have concerns, expectations, and wishes. By listening to your customers and providing you with useful data, a call center will help you learn a variety of things that will make your business grow [...]
Hiring a call center may be something you’ve been against in the past, but now you’re trying to grow your business and just can’t seem to keep up. You’ve begun to miss phone calls, either during the business day or after hours when you simply can’t be there to pick up. Call centers help you expand [...]
From generating new leads and sales to making yourself easily accessible to your customers, most small business owners can find they are stretched too thin to properly manage every aspect of their operations. Rather than missing out on sales or worrying that your customers’ problems are unresolved, you can rest easier when you get help from [...]
Businesses that can’t retain customers usually aren’t around for very long. For most companies, convincing customers to keep coming back is just as important as finding new customers, if not more important. What can businesses do to keep their customers coming back, instead of constantly scrambling to find new ones to replace them? Let’s take a [...]
Facebook and other social media platforms are becoming valuable tools for businesses and their customers to use as a means of communications. Many businesses already have a Facebook page, which they can use to share valuable information with their clients. They might post FAQs, how-to videos, or announcements about upcoming sales and special offers. The possibilities [...]
“This call is being recorded for quality assurance purposes.” It’s a phrase you hear almost any time you call a customer service line. Even many small businesses have taken to recording their ingoing and outgoing calls. While recording phone calls can offer businesses some great advantages, there are also several pitfalls that need to be avoided. [...]
Remembering a phone number to a business often is tied directly to how the business markets the number. One way to do this is with a vanity phone number, which is an easy to remember phone number that is converted into text. The text part of the number is directly related to a product or service [...]
In today’s mobile device driven society, one that has not changed is the desire to be able to speak to a live person instead of an automated answering system. Sure, automated systems are great when you want to find out if a payment to your account has posted or the balance in your checking account. However, [...]
It is no secret that providing great customer service helps distinguish businesses from the competitors in their respective markets and industries. In fact, it can be the deciding factor when a potential customer is “on-the-fence” about making a purchase when all other things are equal in regards to the quality and pricing of products and services. [...]
As your small business grows, you have opportunities to expand your operations and make your business bigger. There are several different expansion strategies you can use to help keep your business growing and still be able to deliver exceptional customer experiences. Establish a customer support call center. Retain the services of an experienced outsourced telephone answering [...]
