Monday, November 26, 2007

What makes a Call Center Great?

Call center, a physical place where customers are handled by an association, usually with some amount of computer automation. Characteristically, a call center has the ability to handle a considerable volume of calls at the same time, to filter calls and forward them to someone qualified to address their concerns, and to log calls. Call centers are used by directory assistance companies, telemarketing companies, online market companies, product help desks, and any large business that uses the telephone to sell or service products and services.

There are three factors that are dependent with each other that makes a great Call center. These factors are Efficiency, Customer satisfaction and Revenue generation.

Efficiency, the ability of being effective without wasting time or effort or expense. When a customer contacts your center, they would want a fast, efficient answers to their questions, they want the same thing every customer desires and that is customer satisfaction.

Customer satisfaction occurs when a call center deliver what the customer wants, when and how they want it. Persons highly skilled in customer service understands that the customer doesn’t always articulate what they want, Sometimes you must dig for it, investigate. Once you have determined the reason why the customer contacted you in the first place, you will be able to determine ways to help him/her. The more you know about the customers concern, the better you will be able to help them, resulting to one satisfied customer.

Revenue generation is the lifeblood of any organization, good revenue generation will not happen without satisfied customers and the more efficient the call center, the more time is available for generating revenue. Efficiency can’t be achieved without Good revenue generation and Customer satisfaction. For example, when a call center fails to seek a customer on the first attempt, revenue isn’t maximize because customer who really wanted the service/product must call back to get what they wanted. This creates inefficiency by duplication of effort, it also represents poor service as it makes the customer do more work to get what they wanted when they initiated the first call. Our company, Global Response produce quality agents that gets the job done with little waste of time and energy. Inspired and driven to satisfy customers’ needs, resulting to additional and continuous revenue for our clients.

1 comment:

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