Ten Ways to Build Client Trust

Clients work with professionals whom they trust.  Building trust is an ongoing process.  Here are 10 ways to build trust with both old and new clients.

1.         Keep your agreements with your clients – If you promise delivery on a particular day, make sure to deliver when it was promised.  Even something as small as the time you have scheduled an appointment is an agreement.  Each time you break an agreement with a client, you break the trust.

2.    Create realistic client expectations – Help the client to understand exactly what you will do for him or her.  Put boundaries around what is included in your service and what is not.  What will create extra charges?  How and when will you be billing the client?  Living up to the expectations you create helps your clients to take you at your word.

3.    Help client to understand the process – If your client understands how you and your office works the client can then know what to expect and when to expect it.

4.    Explain your plan and strategy – Not only does the client need to understand your office procedure but also what the plan and strategy is for his/her particular case.  This will help client to know what to expect and when to expect it.  Trust comes when the client feels confident and comfortable with the plan and the strategy.

5.    Never over promise – It is tempting to promise whatever the client requests without consulting a schedule or asking if it is doable.  Over promising often causes broken agreements and thus broken trust.

6.    Carefully explain the client’s role – When a client is clear on what his or her role is then the client gets clear on what progress can be made without his or her involvement and what needs his or her input before moving on.  Getting really clear on what the client needs to do to move his or her case forward, helps you work as a team and builds trust.

7.    Discuss potential pitfalls – Nothing disturbs the trust of a client more than when something unexpected happens. (If it is good of course you can celebrate! Whew!) Guard against something negative happening as a surprise by discussing the potential pitfalls with the client.

8.    Review the agreement in detail – Any agreements that the client is going to have to make should be discussed in detail.  Trust is built over a long period of time but it can be broken easily.  A surprise that results from an agreement the client made but is unaware of breaks that trust quickly.

9.    Avoid making the client feel stupid – No one likes to feel stupid.  If clients feel that you think they are stupid they will no longer entrust you with their ideas or thoughts. Clients who don’t feel valued by the professional may stop trusting that person.  Professionals probably don’t set out to make a client feel stupid.  In fact it may be an attitude, an inadvertent comment, or a look that gives the client that impression.  Be aware of your inner thoughts. They show up without your noticing.  Use careful language.

10.    Don’t allow interruptions at meetings – If you take interruptions during meetings with clients it makes them feel they are not important to you.  Eventually you erode the good will and trust that you had with them.

Tips For Call Center Reps

If you are stuck at a desk all day you may find you
are more prone to getting tired, having stiff achy
muscles and many complain of sore backs, hips,
shoulders and so forth.

Knowing what you can do to help yourself is helpful.
Here are some tips sitting properly at your desk;

1. Both feet should be flat on the floor. This
prevents the front of the seat pressing into the backs
of the thighs and impeding the circulation to the
feet. In this position, the body weight is evenly
distributed over the thighs and the buttocks.

2. Correct seat depth. There is room for a clenched
fist between the back of the knee and the edge of the
seat, and the back is against the backrest.

3. The backrest provides lumbar support, (lower back.)
When a person is sitting on a horizontal seat, the
lumbar region tends to adopt a rounded curve, imposing
a twisted or uneven load on discs. A correctly
adjusted lumbar support will maintain the natural
curvature of the back.

4. The armrests should be adjusted to provide support
that relieves unnecessary tension in the neck and
shoulders. The arms may be supported by the armrests,
the desk top or both.

5. Adjust the height of the desk so that the
forearms/wrists can rest on the desk top.

Knowing that you can prevent much of your discomfort
it beneficial; if your workplace does not have proper
chairs, you may need to address it to the health and
safety committee. It’s in everyone’s best interest to
make sure you are comfortable at your desk.

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What You Need To Know About Inbound Call Centers

Call centers provide phone-based services to clients
or customers either in the private or public sector.
Call centers have become an important communication
channel to acquire new customers as well as to support
existing ones. During the past few years, the number
of call centers and the number of employees or agents
has been growing rapidly demonstrating the increasing
importance of call centers.

The direction in which the contact between the
customer and the agent is distinguished through
inbound and outbound call centers. In inbound call
centers, the agents receive calls from outside
customers, and therefore these call centers are driven
by random customer call arrivals. In order to achieve
customer satisfaction, short expected waiting times
are important. The performance can also be measured by
waiting times, availability of service, or customer
abandonment.

How Inbound Call Centers Work

Inbound call centers are there to receive calls from
existing or potential clients. Normally, the quality
of communication in these kinds of call centers, is
perhaps more important than that of outbound call
centers, wherein the agents initiate contact with
potential clients. In case the client is the one to
contact the call center, one thing can be certain: the
client requires aid or information that the agent must
be able to supply.

Typically, the client’s query can be answered by the
first agent who takes the call. In that process, there
is no waiting or lag time, and the client is assured
that the company has the answers he or she needs.
However, it is impossible to have an expert answer
every single call due to the utter volume of inbound
calls that a usual call center receives. For this
reason, most inbound call centers rely on a tier
system in order to deal with several incoming calls.

Also called the multi-tier support, the tier system is
a foundation of call centers handling inbound calls.
In this instance, the client who has a specific
question or complaint about a product he or she has
purchased from the company, the first tier employee
can transfer the call to a technical support
specialist.

However, most inbound call centers that use the
multi-tier support system have a total of three tiers
with the third tier consisting of developers or
engineers of the technology or the product. Through
this, the majority of customer requests and questions
can be dealt with effectively and quickly. Basically,
if the client is satisfied with the responses and if
there are no waiting time, the call center is doing a
good job. The importance of satisfactory communication
should not be underestimated.

The Role of Technology in Inbound Call Centers

Aside from the multi-tier support, technology also has
a role to play in facilitating the company’s method in
dealing with inbound calls. The data received from
inbound calls are normally recorder and reported
making the call center effectively predict the type of
information and the number of agents in each tier that
will be needed in the future. Through this, the time
at which the calls are transmitted between agents
continues to develop and calls can be answered faster.
The technology that minimizes the waiting time and
answers and transfers calls quickly often leads
directly to increased customer satisfaction.

However, the use of technology will always be a
support instead of a substitute for human interaction.
The agents or the employees remain the backbone of
inbound call centers and the only means of ensuring
customer satisfaction and preservation is through the
quality of communication.

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What You Need To Know About Virtual Call Centers

By definition, virtual call centers are call centers
wherein the organization’s representatives are
dispersed geographically, rather than being located at
work stations in a building operated by the
organization.

Employees of virtual call centers can be situated in
groups in a number of smaller centers though most
often they work from their own homes. Virtual call
centers are effective arrangements for several
employees.

From the organization’s standpoint, it can also be
beneficial in terms of cutting the costs of housing
and equipment, thus normally leading to lower employee
turnover rates.

Benefits of the Virtual Call Centers

For starters, the virtual call center can provide the
benefit of extended service hours. There are companies
who are searching for 24-hour communications with the
customer. With a virtual call center, it is easy to
manage workers based on their time zones and work time
preferences. Additionally, for some employees, this
can include the offset hours of the day.

The benefit of recognizing productivity improvements
is also existent. For several individuals, working
from home is more comfortable and more productive than
being in a sometimes noisy office environment. The
virtual call center can provide a place of employment
that both the employee and the employer can benefit
from.

Nowadays, the latest trend in employment seems to be
working from home. It is appealing for a number of
workers and through virtual call centers, it is even
possible. Virtual call centers remove the barrier of
staying home to work allowing several employees from
all over the globe to be utilized. Additionally,
through the use of IP-based services, virtual call
centers can be based anywhere in the world providing
no geographical limitations.

Advantages of Virtual Call Centers

The final question would be, why should a company even
consider setting up a virtual call center? There are
several advantages to this kind of setup that uses the
concept of telecommuting and combines it with
top-notch networking technology.

Company would be glad to know that operating a virtual
call center is less expensive and more cost-effective
compared to running a center that is
centrally-located. This can be for that reason that
once the system is in place, the administration and
coordination associated with running a large office is
eliminated. Employees can obtain the right to work,
meetings can get started in no time, and the overall
energy can be devoted to the task at hand, thus
providing excellent customer service.

Empowering call center agents through a virtual call
center to work remotely from a location near their
home lessens the time and energy agents use each day
not working. This only means that agents can be more
efficient and provide the company, they work for, more
value. Additionally, virtual call centers allow
companies efficiently stagger agents in diverse time
zones to react to variations of call volume without
having to synchronize several centers around the
country.

To improve customer satisfaction and loyalty, it is
important to know what the customers need. Normally,
customers want to talk to call center agents who are
helpful, knowledgeable and friendly. They also desire
to have their questions addressed in a timely way, if
possible through first call resolution. By helping
ensure that the best agent to answer a given question
is available, the company can guarantee that customer
satisfaction will improve. Setting up a virtual call
center provide companies a new level of flexibility to
hire the best agents; those who have specialized
knowledge or possible live in advantageous time zones.

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There’s No Place like Home: The Home Call Center

Many call centers hire remote agents - individuals who
work at home. Normally, phone calls are directed to
the remote agents, who answer them as if they were
working physically in a call center. Nowadays, remote
agents are expected to handle more than just phone
calls but e-mail or instant message inquiries as well.
However, the work mainly depends on the company the
remote agent is working for. Most call centers do not
directly employ their staffs; instead, they rely on
other companies for the recruitment, training and
management of those people answering phone calls.

The Equipments for a Work-At-Home Call Center Agent

In order to become a remote agent or a work-at-home
call center agent, there is a variety of equipments
required. First on the list of equipments is the
computer. It may be advisable to have a computer
running on Windows operating system with at least 300
MHz processor. Additionally, there might be a need for
an additional 600MB of free space on the hard drive
and at least a RAM of 256 MB. These are just the basic
overview of the specifications since the specific
requirements regarding the speed and memory of the
computer may vary from employer to employer.

Next is Internet access. Most of the communication
that will happen, as well as the actual call center
work will be done on the computer and it is necessary
to have an email address. Additionally, it is
advisable to download a VoIP application or any
instant messenger depending on the company’s
preference. In order to assist customers in an
efficient and timely manner, it is a requirement to
have a high speed Internet access via DSL or cable
modem of at least 128K.

Telephone, especially the traditional corded phone is
necessary. VoIP or cellular phones are usually not
acceptable, as well as cordless telephones. In
addition, it may be required to have the call waiting
feature from the phone disconnected since many
employers may require an agent who can solely take
work-related phone calls. This can also minimize the
chance of receiving calls that are not work-related
during the shift.

The Do’s Of Telephone Etiquette for a Remote Agent

It is necessary to have excellent phone skills when
working as a remote agent. Take time to listen and
understand what the customers are saying. By doing
this, the customers would feel respected and
important, which can increase satisfaction and
retention. Additionally, always be aware of the tone
of your voice - be upbeat and enthusiastic. Usually,
negative response from a caller results from the
agent’s tone of voice. It is important to sound happy
and inviting to achieve positive reactions from the
customers. Asking questions can prevent dead air when
you are looking for or typing information for the
customer. This skill normally takes time to develop
but you can start by asking simple questions about the
caller’s needs and show that you care about his or her
queries.

Through practice and diligence, anyone can be a
successful remote agent. However, it is important to
undergo training and collect knowledge, which are
useful in handling phone calls successfully. Remember,
training materials should always be kept on your
workstation to help you refresh your memory and ensure
that you are not only following the policies set by
the company but also be able to handle any calls that
come you way.

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Call Centers of France

Generally, the main functions of call centers are
telemarketing or marketing, information and client
support services that give assistance in the
resolution of technical problems. From the Collective
Agreement for Service Providers of France, call
centers are made up of agents who are organized by
type of services and grouped in teams at centralized
offices. Additionally, call centers manage client
relations and prospecting exclusively by telephone,
using IT technology or telecommunications, for either
incoming or outgoing communications.

For the past years, the word contact center or centre
de contacts has changed call center or centre d’appels
in order to cover the several means of communication
that have been integrated. In France, contact centers
have become an essential part of client relations.

France’s Position in the Call Center Business

United States is the world leader in call centers with
more than 3.8 million jobs and 60,000 call centers.
Canada and Brazil also have significant presence in
the Americas, as well as South Korea and India within
Asia. However, France is relatively well situated,
with identical amount of call centers as in the United
Kingdom.

Although the sector in France has attained a certain
level of maturity, the margin for progress in such
sector remains significant. For the next few years,
the key factor for growth will be the evolution from
the existing trend of general sub-contracting, to
specific sub-contracting.

There are several major generalist service suppliers
that have surfaced in France. On the other hand, there
are still a large number of smaller actors located in
geographical markets, niche functions and sectors that
will continue to manage. The following is a list of
the 4 major sub-contracting groups in France.

1. The Generalists, which combine industrial scope
with a wide range of services;

2. Groups offering a wide range of services but not
limited to specific markets because of their size;

3. Groups with large-scale service providers, limited
to a specific sector client or position;

4. The Specialists, which include a wide range of
actors whose services, are aimed at specific market
segments. There are also function specialists that
operate in assistance, telephone debt recovery or
telesales, and local centers that can benefit from
geographical immediacy to a precise local economy.

France is ranked 4th in the world for setting up
administration services and call centers in terms of
global set-up costs. There are three sectors in France
with probably the most call centers and they include
Telesales, ICT and Outsourcing and Banking. By
incorporating the needs and constraints of call center
projects within contractual and structured policies,
the French local authorities combined with the AFRC or
Association Française de la Relation Client have been
able to build up high-tech facilities for the call
center sector.

The Workforce in France

The call center human resources account for about 60
to 80 percent of total working costs for client
services making them an important consideration. In
general, call centers apply fairly low-wage
guidelines. There are 75 percent of client relations
agents in France who earn less than 31,150 net per
month. Additionally, 70% of employees in France are
working full-time and contrary to common mistaken
beliefs, call centers mainly employ long-term
employees with CDI contracts.

After India, France is also the country that employs
the most qualified staffs. There are over 60% of
centers in France that employ people with at least two
years of higher education.

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The New Way of Helping Consumers: Customer Service Call Center

Call centers have been the human crossing point for
years in several areas including order-taking, catalog
sales, post-sale service, and telephone solicitation.
With the booming of e-commerce, call centers are
becoming more important since they play roles in
organizations without the need for other physical
presence or human contact.

Nowadays, customer services have taken many forms.
Consumers expect that they will be able to obtain the
same quality of services and answers through whatever
medium convenient for them; e-mail sending, filling
out forms, telephone calls or even through online
services.

So, what are the requirements of establishing a
customer service call center? To answer that question,
exploring the elements, connections, and overall
skills involved is necessary.

The Elements of a Customer Service Call Center

Having a good customer service and knowing the
elements are not that difficult to determine. In some
way, it can also be helpful if one places himself or
herself on the consumer standpoint. Elements of a good
customer service normally include the requirements for
the agent. It does not necessary end with good
communication skills but a complete understanding
about the product or the service as well.

Aside from those qualities, someone who is able to
listen to the consumer’s situation and needs is also
necessary. Additionally, the agent should also be
empowered and intelligent enough to resolve the
situation effectively. But most importantly, the
element of a good customer service is someone who can
treat a consumer with respect.

The Methods of Connecting With the Consumer

The methods of communication with the consumer can
help determine the issue of staffing levels and
technology. However, besides the volume of requests
for information or calls, it is important to also
consider other issues. Such issues may include the
difference in time zones between you and the customer,
consumers who are using the company’s services or
products at some time other than business hours and
the total variation in the volume of calls.

Nowadays, customers may also require the staff to be
available in a number of ways, such as: on the phone,
by fax, by e-mail, by VRU or Voice Response Unit, by
interactive ways on the Internet, or even in person.
Taking into account all these factors can help in
determining the staffing levels and the technology
going to be used as a method of customer
communication.

The Overall Agent Skills

Basically, agents are required to achieve some sort of
exemplary caliber regarding communication skills.
Although, agents must also be screened for their
writing abilities since there are customer services
requiring e-mail responses. Agents should also be
proficient in utilizing the equipments. By orienting
them about the proper use of several tools in the
office, bungling transfers, sending e-mails to wrong
addresses and other fumbles can be easily avoided,
thus maintaining the company’s credibility. Most
importantly, the agents should have the knowledge
about the company’s products and services. It may be
helpful to provide them with materials that can help
them answer the questions from the customers.

Listening and judgment skills are also important.
Customer satisfaction is easily the most important
goal of any call center. It is critical to train
agents who are deeply enthusiastic about their job and
are able to provide terrific services.

Customer service is probably the hardest and most
challenging aspect of any businesses. By developing
the proper system for handling customer service,
fortunately, can help the company establish its name
on the market.

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9 Steps for Coaching Call Center Agents

The call record method is, in my opinion, one of the best approaches to coaching agent phone calls and ensuring quality. Here’s a 9-step plan for effectively coaching call center agent phone calls:

1. Randomly record 2 –3 telephone calls. Random recording is important. Do not record 3 calls back to back or on the same day, as your employee may be having a bad day and this may be reflected in all of one afternoon’s calls, but is not necessarily reflective of their typical performance.

2. Review the calls and note strengths and opportunities. Before meeting with your employee, listen to the calls and note what they did well and identify 1 –2 opportunities for performance improvement.

3. Play one tape and let your employee listen. During the playing of the tape, you do not need to respond.


4. Have your employee respond to the tape. After the tape is played, ask your employee to respond. Most employees will be overly self-critical. Your employee will likely note many opportunities for improvement and struggle to articulate what they’ve done well.

5. Coach the call. Use the “sandwich” approach. Tell your employee what s/he did well, followed by constructive feedback, and then end with positive feedback. When offering constructive feedback, share only one opportunity for improvement. The employee has likely observed and stated several improvement opportunities so there is no need to bring these up again Try to mention one thin g the employee did not bring up and offer this as your constructive feedback.

6. Gain commitment for performance improvement. Ask the employee, “What specific steps will you take over the next 5 days to improve in this area?” Write down what the employee states and repeat it to her. Summarize the session by reiterating strengths and offering a vote of confidence that she can improve in the identified area.

7. Repeat steps 2 – 6 with a second and perhaps third tape if necessary. The point of numerous recording is that an employee may respond defensively stating that was just a “bad” call. If that is the response, you may choose to review a second or third tape.

8. Follow-up before the next agent coaching session. Check with your employee in between coaching sessions to keep the commitment top of mind. You can touch base with your employee via email or a personal conversation.

9. Discuss improvement in next coaching session. Before listening to calls in the next coaching session, ask your employee how she’s progressing toward the goal of the last session. Look for improvement on calls reviewed in this session.

This 9-step call center agent coaching model is simple, clear and it both praises employees and offers support for improvement opportunities.

When you follow this 9-step process, you will set clear performance expectations, coach effectively and consistently and at the same time you will be motivating your employees.



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The Call Center Job

There are some skills and attributes that make a good
call center representative.

Here are the general requirements for this job;

Main duties

The following is a summary of main duties for some
occupations in this unit group:

* Direct distributors, contact potential customers by
phone or through personal contacts, demonstrate and
sell products directly to individual customers or at
sales parties and deliver purchased goods to
customers.

* Door-to-door salespersons solicit sales and sell
merchandise to residents of private homes.

* Street vendors set up and display merchandise on
sidewalks or at public events to sell to the public.

* Telephone solicitors and telemarketers contact
businesses or private individuals, by telephone, to
solicit sales for goods or services or conduct market
surveys

* Demonstrators arrange sales demonstration
appointments, and show, describe and sell goods or
services at wholesale, retail and industrial
establishments, and at exhibitions, trade shows and
private homes. Employment requirements

* Some secondary school education is usually required.
High school graduation may be required by some
employers.

* Self-employed street vendors and door-to-door
salespersons may require a municipal merchant's
permit. Additional information

* Progression to related supervisory positions is
possible with additional training or experience.

Where applicable, call centers set up training and
resources to gain and keep the skills of their works
up to date and competitive.

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The Basic Knowledge About Call Centers

Call centers are centralized offices used for the
purpose of receiving and transmitting a large volume
of requests by telephone. They can provide services
that can increase the productivity of several
businesses. But for small businesses, call centers can
provide the advantage of increasing their bottom
lines.

Business services call centers provide normally
include order collection, customer care,
telemessaging, customer service options and a lot
more. These services are also offered with
multi-lingual options. May it be French, Spanish,
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can easily handle clientele from all across the globe,
thus increasing the businesses.

Usually, call centers are operated by companies aimed
in administering incoming product support or
information from consumers. There are open workspaces
for agents, which include computers, telephone set or
headset connected to a telecom switch and one or more
stations for supervisors.

Technologies Used By Call Centers

In order to improve the company’s operations and
reduce the costs, while providing standardized,
uniform and streamlined services to customers, the
centralization of call management is used. Apart from
that, call centers utilize a wide variety of different
technologies allowing them to manage large volumes of
work. Such technologies facilitate processing and
queuing of calls, maintaining consistency of the work
flow for agents and creating cost savings for other
businesses.

VoIP or Voice over Internet Protocol is one of the
technologies call centers use. This kind of technology
is a protocol optimized for the transmission of voice
through the Internet or other packet switched network.
Outsourcing is another technology used by call
centers, which is actually the subcontracting of a
process including the manufacturing or designing of
products to a third-party company.

There are others who theorized that with the
advancement of the society, future call centers would
include technologies, like speech recognition and
speech synthesis. These kinds of software are now in
development and allow computers to handle first level
of customer support, natural language processing and
text mining to further improve customer handling,
agent training, productivity and customer
satisfaction.

The Dynamics of Call Centers

To provide a number of services to business consumers,
there are categories of calls often separated into
outbound and inbound. Outbound calls happen when
agents place calls to potential customers mostly with
intentions of providing service to the individual or
selling. These calls are substantially different from
inbound calls, where consumers call the call center in
order to acquire information, ask for assistance, or
report possible malfunction.

Furthermore, the staffs working at call centers are
organized into a multi-tier support system to handle
calls efficiently. In such models, the first tier
normally consists of operators that direct inquiries
to the appropriate department and give general
directory information.

The second tier is forwarded with calls and handles
consumers in need of further assistance. If the second
tier of support cannot resolve the issue, the call is
then forwarded to the next tier. There are cases,
where the existence of three or more tiers is required
to resolve issues. Usually, the third tier of support
includes highly skilled support staffs, product
engineers, or product developers.

Due to the highly technological nature of the
operations of call centers, close monitoring of the
activities of the staff is widespread and easy. This
can be quite beneficial and enable the company to
better plan the time and workload of its employees.

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Quality Service Through Customer Satisfaction

Customer satisfaction plays an important role in
determining the success of call centers. This factor
is closely related to profitability. Through the use
of consumer surveys, marketers are informed about
consumer satisfaction regarding the products.

Several surveys helps in predicting consumer behavior,
determine how well the product will do in the
marketplace and assess the customers’ opinions. While
there are entire organizations devoted to market
research, there are individual companies that can
perform their own market research as well.

The Usual Results of a Consumer Survey

Long reports usually come back to the company that
requested the information. These reports can be very
detailed and provide conglomerated answers as well as
individual responses to questions. As a simpler
alternative, short surveys provide a graphical
representation of the data. Through such kinds of
surveys, it is easier to comprehend and grasp the
required information.

There are several reasons why companies conduct
consumer surveys though one thing remains the same:
the data is of no use unless the company uses it. Some
companies analyze their data and do not like the
answers, thus neglecting the survey and choose not to
do any actions about it. However, there are still
others who believe in the consumers’ opinions and use
the data to make modifications that will be
well-received among customers.

Answers from surveys can reflect the company’s actions
- positive answers are equal to the company doing
well, therefore enabling the company to continue its
practices. Consumer surveys provide wonderful insight
regarding consumer opinion. The only thing they cannot
do is to provide qualitative data. If the company is
looking for more in-depth answers, there is a need to
conduct focus groups or personal interviews with
customers.

Sampling a Consumer Survey

For the consumer survey to be truly precise, the
samples of people asked should be large and random
enough. For instance, a readership survey is not truly
random since individuals would have to be a reader of
a magazine in order to participate in a survey.
However, such a survey would have to be accurate
enough to measure the opinions of a closed group of
reader. As such, the accuracy of the information is
relative to the reason meant for it.

Designing a Customer Satisfaction Survey

It is unnecessary to act on hunches about how the
customer feels. Elimination of guesswork and following
of simple recommended principles can help the company
know where it stands with them. The following is a
list of how to design a Customer Satisfaction Survey.

* Use the 5-point satisfaction scale. The use of
question scales must include descriptive labels in
relation with numbers. Additionally, the top end of
the scale should mean that the customers are truly
impressed with the service.

* Inquire on overall satisfaction at the beginning of
the survey. Through the use of this method, the
company will be able to gauge the customers’
impressions of the product or service even before they
begin judging the specific facets of those
relationships.

* Be consistent with the wording of the questions. It
is critical to provide consistency in researches
regarding customer satisfaction.

* Maintain focus and shortness in the survey. Always
focus on the achieving a read on the customers’
relationship with the company. It is important to
avoid the temptation of asking everything that the
company wants to know. Remember, the more ground the
company tries to cover; the more likely it is for the
respondents to abandon the survey.

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1. Be assertive - not aggressive or passive. My definition of assertion is simple: "Say what you mean, mean what you say, and don't be mean when you say it." Let this rule guide your conversations with all customers and you will always be confident, cool, and in control AND you'll always be professional.
2. Speak more slowly. You'll be amazed at how much more clearly you can think and how much control and confidence you experience when you consciously slow down your rate of speech. Speak slowly and methodically when your emotional triggers are launched and you'll maintain poise during difficult conversations.

3. Wait 1-2 seconds before responding. Responding immediately to difficult or tactical customers could result in you saying something you'll later regret. Before you respond, take a deep breath, wait at least 2 seconds, and think about the best response and the best approach.

4. Take a time-out. When you sense that your buttons have been pushed, take a break. You can tell the customer you need to put him on hold while you review a file, or whatever excuse sounds good at the time. The point is to get away from the customer for a few seconds so you can re-group.

5. Use positive self-talk. I'm going to sound like Dr. Phil on this one, but I'm quite serious. Instead of saying to yourself, "I don't get paid enough to put up with this ____." Say something more positive like "This guy really needs my help." Thinking more positively helps you respond more positively and professionally. Negative thoughts lead to negative words, and it spirals into a very negative situation.

6. Show your power before you use it. Often, a subtle suggestion of your "power" is far more effective than the outright use of your power. As a customer service professional you may have the power to terminate a phone call. You could say to your customer: "If you don't stop yelling, I will terminate this call." But, believe it or not, you are far more "powerful" if you say, "I want to help you, but when you yell and cut me off, you make it difficult for me to work with you." The latter statement demonstrates your power and your message most definitely gets across. The former statement uses up all of your ammunition and won't usually diffuse an irate customer.

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Creating a Call Center Script

At the beginning of my creative career, I volunteered as an overnight deejay at a college radio station. I loved playing the music and interacting with insomniac listeners, but I got a real kick out of reading the news. I would tear copy straight off the wire service printer and if I was lucky, I had a producer turn that raw newsfeed into informational text that I read into the microphone. The text was broken up into reasonable sentences that were designed for easy delivery over the air. When my producer didn’t show up for my shift, I did this myself I’d mark up the page, insert pauses, and emphasize the words and sentence clauses that I wanted to stress. If I couldn’t be understood over a fuzzy and weak AM signal, then what was the point of taking five minutes at the top of the hour to deliver the news? I had a lot of fun and I learned how to “speak” all over again. Whenever I do any live speaking today, I use the same exact techniques that I learned while the “On-Air” sign was flashing above the studio. I mark up my speech or the text passage I’m reading because I know that impact is everything. If I lose my breath in the middle of a sentence, then it’s too long. If the last word of a sentence drops out inaudibly, my message is lost. If I stumble on an unfamiliar word or name, my audience loses confidence in my message.

Live telephone operators who work in call centers and answering services need the same help that any live speaker needs. It’s the job of the call center operator to communicate the client’s business image to the caller, and this begins with the first few seconds of the phone call. Many small business owners’ needs never go beyond representatives answering their lines with “XYZ Company, may I help you?” and improvising the rest of the conversation to obtain the information that the client requests. When clients upgrade their accounts to more complex services, it’s important that they create a script that works for both the company signing up for the service, the operator reading the script, and the customer. Your sales representative is more than willing to help you create the best script to fit all of your sales or information inquiries.

Creating a call center script begins with the “answer phrase” and the same principles continue through the entire process of creating a logical script. H ere are some important items to keep in mind when you are creating your script:

• Avoid tongue twisters. Make your greeting as easy to pronounce as possible. “Doctor Perkowicz Peoria Plastic Surgery Plaza” isn’t easy to say, even for the native English speaker. Make sure that your operators know how to pronounce every part of your answer phrase, and the rest of the words in your script. Keep phrases brief and avoid repeating consonant sounds that will sound awkward over the phone or might lead the operator to stutter.

• Go global. A “Good Morning/ Evening” greeting can work for some businesses, but not for all of them. If your company is doing business across time zones, think about using a simple “Hello, XYZ Company” for your customer on the other end of the globe.

• Humanize your greeting. Have an impartial friend or a trusted customer listen to your greeting, especially if it’s a long introductory message of more than a sentence or two. Do you sound like a recording? If you give that impression to a caller, the person on the other end of the line might just hang up because she wants to talk with a live person, not a machine. Keep all parts of your script brief and give the operator relaying your message time to breathe and sound like a live person when you create your script.

• Less is more. There’s a temptation to try and pack all the information about your company into your call center script, including providing an operator a copy of your frequently asked questions list (FAQ) so that he or she can quickly scan the file and answer 99.9 % of your callers’ questions. However, this skill takes practice and training on the part of the operator and patience on the part of the caller. Long pauses to look up information, add expensive minutes to the call and are frustrating experiences for the operator and the caller alike. Extensive account training is available through most call centers, if your budget permits. If this resource is not an option for you, limit the information available to the operators to a few facts about your product or service, and let them know that it’s okay to ask callers if someone from the right department can return their call and answer their questions in depth.

• Test. Call your account weekly and test to make sure that the operators are following your instructions, are handling your scripts the way that you expect, and are able to easily access the information that they need to take your calls. After the honeymoon period with a new account, operators often grow lax and shorten your script, or improvise far beyond the call of duty. This can be detrimental to your business. Make sure that you follow up with your call center to make sure they are serving your needs.

• Tweak, and tweak again. Review your script from time to time, and see if it’s still leading to action. Ultimately, your script should lead to a sale, an appointment a request for more information or further contact from your office. Check your call logs and any statistics your sales representative provides you with on a monthly basis. If you notice a downward trend in your results, work with your sales rep to change your script.

These suggestions are only the beginning of creating a successful call center script for your organization. Work with your sales representative and listen to their suggestions, add your own, do your market research and your script will be a success. Clear communication starts with clear instructions from you, and clear voices on the answering end of your phone lines. Your call center will work with you to make sure that all of your needs are filled over and above your expectations.





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Quality and Quantity: The Call Centers of India

India has always been the preferred outsourcing
location for most global organizations. This is
because call centers in India offers a wide variety of
advantages that other countries normally do not offer.

Currently, having call centers in India has become the
norm for several global companies. India has been able
to effectively meet the growing international demand
for call center outsourcing services by giving
cost-effective services and consumer-oriented call
centers.

There are several international organizations that are
also setting up call centers in India due to the large
number or qualified workforce and cost-effective call
center outsourcing services.

The Workforce and Specialized Outsourcing Services

Probably one of the reasons why many organizations
choose India as an outsourcing location is the
workforce. The call centers in India contain a large
number of competent, trained, IT literate, experienced
and skilled professionals. Additionally, India also
has the largest English-speaking population after the
United States.

The large and well-educated workforce in India has
also been one of the main advantages India has over
other countries. The increasing number of college
graduates and successful training industries help
India in continuing with the production of
well-educated and tech-savvy workforce. All these
factors ensure that India’s resources will keep on
increasing year after year.

The large manpower India has is also willing to work
for a lesser price. Normally in a call center
operation, the manpower accounts for 55 to 60 percent
of the total cost. However in India, the manpower is
available at a fraction of the cost overseas.

The initial investment in training and infrastructure
is expensive making a person believe that the promise
of reducing the cost is false. However, the fact that
several global giants still set up call centers in
India is proof enough.

Aside from the workforce, current call centers in
India also have experience in offering a variety of
call center outsourcing services, including outbound
telemarketing services, CATI services, inbound call
center services, technical helpdesk services, email
support services, chat support services and disaster
recovery services amongst others.

They can also provide a host of IT-enabled services,
such as: helpdesk services, transaction processing
services, accounting services, remote network
management and end-to-end processing.

Expert product solutions, like risk modeling,
actuarial services, underwriting variation analysis,
and data mining are also available.

It is evident that call centers in India have
state-of-the-art technology, people, resources,
operational expertise and processes all utilized to
provide specialized outsourcing services.

Time Zone Advantages and Cost-effective Call Center
Services

Another reason why several global organizations
outsource call centers to India is because of its time
zone advantages. The twelve hour time difference in
India enables organizations worldwide to provide
customers with 24/7/365 days services. By taking
advantage of the time difference in India, companies
in the United States are able to ensure that their
customers receive round-the-clock customer support.

An important factor in outsourcing call centers is the
cost-effectiveness. Call centers in India offer
cost-effect services for customer support without
compromising the quality. With the low cost of
manpower available, call centers in the country have
been able to provide high-quality services at a cost
which is more than 50% less if performed in the United
Kingdom or United States. These reasons have
encouraged several companies around the globe to
outsource call centers in India since they can access
quality services at reasonable prices.

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Learn To Laugh

Call center agents will tell you, they talk to all
kinds of people. Depending on the type of call center;
you can be talking to a person in the same town or
someone from the other side of the world.

If you are answering the phone for a service, you may
get questions from a novice to the items you are
providing, and will have to answer questions to things
you assumed everyone knew.

Never assume anything in a call center.

Learning to laugh off the silly calls is good
medicine. You can use the funny and interesting
stories to keep you going in the field.

Yes it’s true, you will get the irate customers who
can be down right mean and nasty, however, you can
also get that customer who really makes your day.

An interesting perk with this job is in knowing that
you can talk to people from literally all walks of
life.

Sometimes the calls may seem repetitive, sometimes
they are completely "odd", and knowing that this is
part of the job helps you to prepare you for it.

Those who like their call center jobs talk of the
unique calls they’ve received. There are those calls
that leave you shaking your head and wondering ‘why?’

Learning to laugh in a call center lightens the burden
of stress that can sometimes be associated with call
center jobs. Your co-workers will share their stories
and you with them, together you can share a laugh and
remember that this can be more than a job, it can
really be a fun and fascinating career.

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Philippine Call Centers: Reinventing E-commerce

If India is moving up in the outsourcing market, the
Philippines is gaining a fair share in the
customer-contact call center business.

It might be low-margin and low-end but it is still
considered as an employment boom for the Philippines.

For the last five years, the call center business in
Makati City, Philippines has grown 100-fold with as
much as 200,000 workers; even BPO companies are
looking for ways to double their work force.

In previous studies, India was still that best choice
for American companies seeking outsourcing services.

However, those who are seeking cheaper options for
more basic services have discovered the Philippines.
With the long history of contact with the United
States, the Philippines are far more attuned to
Western culture than most Asian countries.

Employees at call centers not only find it easy to
relate to Westerners but are also quick in adapting a
variety of accents.

Additionally, most call center agents are intensively
trained to achieve the accent of the country they will
be calling.

Philippines have the lowest unit costs, highest
quality and lowest attrition rates of any call centers
in the world. The country is very well placed not only
to compete but possibly to dominate in the sector.

The Training and Responsibilities

Although call centers in the Philippines began with
simply providing e-mail responses and handling
services, these aspects have developed to almost all
types of customer interactions, including travel
services, technical support, financial services,
customer care, online business and business support.

Like most call centers, the calls handled by call
center agents in the Philippines are categorized into
outbound and inbound calls. Outbound services
available include telemarketing, advisories,
reactivation of accounts, loyalty program benefits,
sales verification and more.

On the other hand, inbound services cover a broad
range of services from all types of technical help,
transcription, inquiries, complaints and billing.

Philippine call center agents adhere to a strict
performance metrics and are typically assigned in
graveyard shifts. They usually interact with customers
from all around the globe mostly from the United
States.

In addition, call center agents from the country have
undergone training processes, which normally entail
phone screening, initial interview, examination and a
final interview.

Top Call Centers in the Philippines

In recent news, a major United States newspaper has
outsourced customer care to the Philippines. MediaNews
Group, one of the largest newspaper companies in the
United States, has chosen the APAC Customer Services
Inc. for the outsourcing of their customer care.

The call center employs about 4,000 college-educated,
English-speaking Filipinos in many contact centers.
The services will include subscriber retention,
delivery, billing inquiries and fielding inbound
customer calls.

Aside from the APAC Customer Services Inc., there are
also other call centers in the Philippines that have
gained global appeal. The LogicaCMG is one and is also
a major international force in the business and IT
services.

The company focuses on enabling the customers to build
and maintain leadership positions through the use of
deep industry knowledge.

Call center operations in the Philippines have been
credited by several Global BPO providers based on the
United States mainly due to its world-class
productivity and the ample supply of highly
cost-effective human resources. It is also projected
that Philippine call centers will have over 300,000
seats, fully employ up to 500,000 Filipinos, and yield
as much as $7.3 billion in annual revenues by 2010.

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Keeping Fit With A Call Center Job

Many agents who work in call center find they end up
feeling tired, out of shape, and some even put on
weight. The affects of this can be detrimental to you
and may cost the company money later if you aren’t
able to keep yourself healthy.

There are a few suggestions for ensuring good health
and fitness if you are at your desk all day;

1. If you are at a desk for more than 4 hours, you
need to at least get up and stretch your legs. Even in
between your breaks, you can stand at your station and
stretch your stiff muscles. Keeping the muscles strong
will help in keeping your posture good at the station
also.

2. Some call centers offer a fitness center or a
membership discount to a local fitness club. If they
don’t it may be something you could suggest. While
they consider this though, finding an activity that
keeps you active minimum of 30 minutes, 3-5 times a
week.

3. Eat and drink well. Sitting at your station and
drinking soda all the time isn’t a good health choice.
If your call center allows snacking, keep your snacks
healthy; don’t eat the junk in the candy machines.
Make sure you are packing healthy break and lunch
foods too.

4. Drink your water! It may make you need to potty
more, but, keeping your body well hydrated with water,
not coffee or soda, will clean out the toxins your
body wouldn’t other be able to get rid of.

Ensure you see your medical professionals regularly.
Don’t leave anything to chance. You can tell if you
aren’t feeling "well" or not. If you have a job where
you sit all day, it’s up to you to ensure you balance
that with the right activity and nutrition.

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Improve Sales by Outsourcing Call Centers

Outsourcing call centers are excellent methods of
generating sales and help current customers with
technical support and customer support issues for
several small, medium and large businesses.

Some larger companies have the time, resources and
money to put in place their own call centers but most
smaller and medium-sized businesses opt for a
streamline approach to call centers and choose to
outsource the needs of their call centers.

Helpful Tips on Outsourcing Call Centers

First off, if you are searching on ways to outsource a
call center, the business have to first decide on what
they are trying to achieve in the course of action.

Most businesses are looking for low cost methods to
either sell goods or provide support for customers.
The reason why most businesses choose to outsource
call centers is generally due to the low cost.

On the business side, outsourcing call centers takes
careful decision making and analysis, as well as
discussion and result on the outsourcing side.

For example, even before a business makes a decision
to deal with a call center with an outsourcing firm,
it must first see its business needs and comprehend
how the new service will either generate sales or
enhance customer satisfaction, thus developing
customer retention and limiting customer churn.

In case the business realizes what kinds of services
it requires, the business normally bids from call
center outsource services. The bidding process removes
several of the contractors that cannot meet the
qualifications, labor and technological requirements
of the business.

Once a call center is contracted for services with a
business, a deeper consultation takes place wherein
the business and the outsource work together in order
to create a solution that can either generate sales
for services or products or provide customers with
support for technical or billing products.

There are several call center outsourcing companies
available and as a business seeking solutions, it is
your job to contract with one of them and choose the
one that can deliver results you desire.

Since each outsource call center company offer a
different product, the best option is to analyze the
specific needs and perform plenty of researches to
locate a match with a company that can fulfill the
business’s needs.

How to Reduce Turnovers and Retain Manpower

A turnover or churn normally reflects the percentage
of customer service representatives that leave a call
center in a specified period. This is the most common
problem of call centers.

Additionally, this factor plays a role in reducing the
quality, increasing recruitment and training costs,
and reducing the marketability of a call center
operation.

In order to reduce turnovers, appropriate planning and
tracking and figuring out the main cause of the event
is necessary. You can start by hiring the right
people. This can be done by developing a profile of
the team members that have been with the company for
some time and are happy and productive. Always look
for characteristics that can match that profile
whenever assessing new applicants.

Improving the line managers is also a good help. Train
line managers on how to supervise his or her team
members for attaining superior productivity. Teach
them that they can manage without being controlling or
critical. Honing their soft skills, monitoring
performance and rewarding them for enhanced
productivity can usually diminish high turnover rates.

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Dealing With A Bad Call

Those who work in a call center will tell you of those
customers that are just plain mean. Some in fact will
attack YOU personally.

Why they do isn’t necessarily what you need to be
concerned about, there are people who are just prone
to being mean. What you need to know is how to deal
with the cruel comments and difficult situations.

An example of a bad call would be:

You answer the call to answer a billing question for
your local cable company. The customer immediately
says "what the *BLANK* do you people do all day? You
are all incompetent idiots...." Then before they
conclude their yelling, the customer calls you
something horrible.

What you do may depend on your personality type, but,
recognize you are still required to remain
professional.

Depending on the policies in your call center, it may
be necessary to hand the call off to a supervisor.
Some companies allow you to hang up when an abusive
caller calls, some companies do not.

If you’ve been attacked personally, DON’T take it
personally. Keep in mind, this customer doesn’t know
you at all.

For whatever reason, you have become the recipient for
their unhappy day. Do not take their words to heart.
It may be that you will need to take five minutes to
shake off their comments, but, realize it’s not you,
it’s them.

If you are feeling really bad about the call, it may
be necessary to sit with your supervisor and or CCM to
let them know how you feel.

Most calls to call centers are recorded, it may be
that your CCM and supervisor will listen to the call
to get a full picture of what happened. Just remember
though, it wasn’t your fault they were rude.

It’s your responsibility to answer their questions and
do your job. You are responsible for your reactions to
their call too.

Never let a bad call ware you down. Most customers are
good to work with and will thank-you for your help;
focus on that instead.

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