Outsourcing Insights

Our blog, Outsourcing Insights, is written by members of our leadership team and provides practical, expert advice for contact center professionals — all designed to help your company grow!

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August
2023

AI vs Human in the Business of Customer Care.

By Lafayette Moran | VP, Business Development August 2023 In a world where AI is disrupting the traditional customer service landscape, brands are leveraging it to reduce the need for live agent interaction. However, there are still many instances where customers require human…

19
May
2023

What to listen for in sample call recordings from a BPO?

Reviewing call sample quality is more than just taking recordings and analyzing random calls. May 2023 According to Forbes, 96% of customers will leave if they receive poor service. While most are willing to endure a few less-than-ideal interactions, they won’t keep doing business if…

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January
2023

Deploying A BPO Disaster Recovery Plan Built for Your Business

“Hope” is not a plan to mitigate inevitable risk! By Randy Rollins , VP of Information Technology, Transparent BPO A well-worn mantra circulates throughout information technology circles: “it’s not a matter of if something will go wrong, it’s a matter of when something will go wrong.”    Something…

04
November
2019

Convenience: The #1 Way to Improve Your Brand’s Customer Experience

This post — part four of our Expert Interview Series — features author, speaker, and customer experience consultant, Shep Hyken. A recent Forrester study reported that customer experience (CX) in 2019 is a mixed bag. Some companies are seeing modest gains while others are suffering from what…

Convenience: The #1 Way to Improve Your Brand’s Customer Experience

30
September
2019

How Market Saturation Affects Contact Center Site Selection Decisions [infographic]

This post — part three of our Expert Interview Series — features Brett Bayduss, Partner, Site Selection Group. Market saturation is one critical factor brands must consider when making contact center site selection decisions. The employee attrition, wage inflation, and hiring challenges due to increased competition…

How Market Saturation Affects Contact Center Site Selection Decisions

05
August
2019

From Checklists to Competencies: Transforming Quality in the Contact Center

This post — part one of our Expert Interview Series — features Rob Gofourth, Vice President, Operations Strategy & Performance, Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina. Providing better customer experiences should be every contact center’s number one concern. With customer satisfaction with contact centers in steady…

From Checklists to Competencies: Transforming Quality in the Contact Center