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Call Center Software and Telemarketing Issues
By Rick Ferguson
Just how important is having a top-notch call center with the right software, technology and agents in place to the overall effectiveness of your company?
Imagine this scenario.
A customer has a pressing question pertaining to your business that needs to be answered immediately.
Thus, they call your business and are routed to your call center.
Now that customer is placed on hold, or in queue, for twenty minutes.
And when they finally do get to talk with one of your call center representatives, they find him or her to be ineffective. The call center rep can provide no answers to any questions, and the customer is left with a less-than-glowing opinion of your company at the moment.
This less-than-ideal scenario reveals the importance of having properly managed and highly trained Customer Relationship Management (CRM) professionals in place.
Oftentimes, the call center is the liaison between the customer and a company's management. In other words, the call center is the place for customers and representatives to interact. Customers pose questions, and your agents provide quick answers and other valuable information. A customer enters the call uncertain of something and leaves with absolute clarity.
As this relationship clearly shows, your call center agents maintain a highly critical role in the happiness and retention of customers. With that said, it is equally or even more important for your company's management to place a high emphasis on developing and maintaining a smooth, efficient and productive call center.
From providing your agents with the proper training to meet customer needs to equipping them with the latest technology to improve their capabilities, maintaining a call center requires a lot of homework.
With so many CRM vendors online these days, many executives have been left overwhelmed when trying to find the most productive and cost-efficient ways to improve their contact centers.
Visiting a top CRM resource like CRMXchange is a great way to avoid such confusion and to ultimately stay on top of the latest developments in the industry when aiming to equip your call center agents with the necessary tools to succeed.
From hosting a directory of top CRM vendors to providing a great collection of helpful and insightful resources, including white papers, expert columns and even Webcasts, CRMXchange offers all the information you need to know to get your call center off the ground and running or to keep it on a continual course of improvement.
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