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Call Center Outsourcing - Do Not Hire Till You Consider These Ten Factors

Outsourcing your incoming calls to a call center service is a very important business decision. The call center service staff will be the primary point of contact for majority your customers.?The right call center service partner can significantly influence peoples' perception of your company, positively shape your brand and customer satisfaction. Following are the top ten factors you should consider before hiring a call center service: 1. Experience and track record: Experienced call center service providers have a good knowledge of your industry, potential problems and the ability to cope with them. Find a provider who has experience in your industry and an excellent market reputation. Ask the provider for references and call them to find out if they are happy with the service. 2. Price: Call center service prices are based on actual usage. Get quotes from different providers that include details regarding basic call charges, training and setup. Do not get enamored with ultra lo

Vcare Introduces Eustress Strategy to De-Stress Call Center Agents

Vcare Corporation has more surprises in store. Along with delivering qualitative and quantitative BPO services, performance and results, Vcare Corporation takes care of its valuable assets- its agents and workers. When in a recent survey, call center workers were found to be exposed to stress at critically measures, Vcare decided to provide some moment of relief and eternal sunshine to the agents. Given the amount of pressure, workloads and unusual working hours, stress is more than common now. Stress can be overwhelming for agents cognitive, emotional and physical behavior. To help them cope up with the detrimental stress levels, Vcare and its medical team came up with the concept of Eustress. To understand the Vcare Eustress Session, let\\\'s go through the basic but technical know-how of Stress. Stress is a response from an organism in a situation that is alarming. An agent has to go through peer pressure, quality monitoring and target calls. In his job, there is no messing up a

Pleasing a Complaining Customer: A Sorry is Not Enough

Be it east or west, customers have always been God of any enterprise and remain so. They are the root of our growth and prosperity. Companies are boasting of revenues and figures on their behalf. But sometimes when things go wrong and customers start complaining about the products or services we serve them. Would a sorry do? Would it be suffice? The answer is simple and frankly - A big NO. Customer Care, a good customer care always needs to go to extended length and a pleasing mile. In this era of globalization, where companies are seeking new horizons of growth and customers from every place of this world, customer services have become an integral part of business. Call centers are being hired to leave no stones unturned to please customers and resolve their queries and complaints. Call center outsourcing has done miracles and proved its salt in the battle of winning the hearts of customers. It has become the backbone of any business. Customer Care Support is fundamental pa