Wednesday, January 5, 2011

A Detailed Outline to Understand Call Center Outsourcing

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Call centers have proved their salt and worth in every sphere of business. Be it launching a product or after sales services, their services are impeccable and cost effective. In these competitive times and volatile economic scenario, business owners struggle to keep up with the pace of ever changing market trends and latest technologies. One of the two ways they can survive is either to spend hefty amounts to continuously upgrade themselves or to Outsource Call Center Services.

Partnering with the ‘right’ call center helps you to

1) Increase the productivity

2) Handle the workflow without hampering the productivity

3) Give your team the desired time to concentrate on ‘critical business issues’.

4) Cut down the costs without compromising on quality and other standards.

5) Tackle heavy inflows of customer queries.

6) Streamline your business operations

7) Manage operations better

8) Improve market penetration

9) Speed-up turnaround times

10) Control Accounts

Along with this you get technical support, IT support and administration services as well. For a better understanding of call center services, these can be divided into two major parts:

A) Inbound Call Center Services - Answering Services, Order Taking and inquiry handling, customer Service and technical support Services; toll Free Services, reporting of website response, help desk and remote receptionist support.

Benefits of Inbound call centers are as follow:

- Increase in profits

- Reduction in costs

- Boost in in-house team calling productivity

- Increase in appropriate appointments

- Increase in customer database

B) Outbound Call Center Services - Appointment Scheduling, Product/Service Promotion, Market Research & Survey, Mortgage Lead Generation, Sales, E-mail Marketing and Follow Up and Voice Broadcast

Benefits of outbound call centers are mentioned below:

- Extraordinary quality and consistent work

- Significant Reduction in incurring costs

- Better access to market, even in remote areas

- 24X7 support for you and your customers

These fruits of partnering with call centers are definitely alluring but selecting a call center for your business is a decision which should be taken with extreme care.