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What is one thing that start-up businesses with limited resources have in common with Fortune 500 companies that boast of zillions in their customer contact lists? It is probably the common conundrum of how to communicate and connect with their customers and clients in a meaningful, efficient and timely manner and how to ensure that each contact is handled both professionally and at a personal level. The 24x7 employee Apart from being a nodal center to receive a company's inbound calls and to make outbound calls, the call center has turned into a 24/7/365 employee performing an entire gamut of critical functions for the company to help it grow its business and build brands. They also relay information between the companies and their target audience. Call center agents communicate new product offerings and discounts on popular services of the company to the customers. In doing so, they portray themselves as direct representatives of the company and are properly trained in the processes and procedures involved. The complete menu of services on offer In their present-day avatar, call centers have evolved into one-stop shops with a wide array of services on offer and an entire collection of customized value-added functions. Listed below are some of the unique aspects of call centers that companies keep raving about: * Efficient and automatic call distribution: This feature ensures that customer calls are not caught up in queues waiting for their turn with a particular agent while other lines are free. Calls are automatically distributed to the waiting agents, improving the response time and ensuring client satisfaction. * Integration of computer and telephone: Agents are all armed with high-end digitized database that helps them provide answers and make suggestions to customers on a real time basis, ensuring proper dissemination of information required by the client. * Automatic dialers and telemarketing lists: These aids allow the call center agents to go through the customer lists with ease. They eliminating the need for any paper work and the stress of finding the target segment for the appropriate offers, hence, streamlining the communication process. Software provides excellent customer connect Call center services had cumbersome beginnings of an agent wielding a phone, a pen, a thick book of the yellow pages and an operations manual of the company. But the advent of the call center software that combined all of these clumsy tools into a super-convenient intuitive digital interface changed it all and allowed more time and energy to actually connect with the customers. * Pre-written scripts: Pre-written scripts keep the agent from fumbling and groping for information. They arm the representatives with a ready and easy account of the latest products and services on offer and prevents communication from going totally mechanical and turning the customers off. * Software for do-not-call compliance: Outbound calls need to comply with the local, state and federal laws. This system of checks and balances prevents companies from drifting into dangerous waters by helping them keep away from the Do Not Call lists. * Fulfillment Software: All the information and paraphernalia, ranging from application forms to credit card processors needed by call center agents are pre-loaded into their action template. The software takes care of the process from the beginning to the end. Call centers can prove to be highly satisfying catalysts in cementing ties between businesses and customers, and helping companies embark on a new growth path. http://www.tradeseam.com/smallbusiness/buying-guides/view-buying-guide/965/Call+Center+Services http://www.tradeseam.com/smallbusiness/business-resources/get-free-quotes/965/Call+Center+Services http://www.tradeseam.com/smallbusiness/leads/small-business-leads ------------------ ARTICLE END ------------------ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
