Longview, Texas — Centris Information Services announced the opening of its second Mexico-based call center to be located in Aguascalientes Mexico. “With the addition of this new call center we will enhance the diversity of our call center network providing better reliability – addressing weather and telecommunications related challenges that may occur from time to time.” […]
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What is PCI Compliance?
The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) is a set of requirements designed to ensure that ALL companies that process, store or transmit credit card information maintain a secure environment. Essentially any merchant that has a Merchant ID (MID) needs to be PCI Compliant.
How would YOU rate your Contact Center on a 1-10 scale?
Operating a Contact Center is a challenging and complicated business as we all know. We all deal with numerous challenges (internal and external) daily. Sometimes we just have to take a short break to see where we stand and what we can do to make a difference.
5 Outsourcing Predictions for 2013
The world environment is constantly changing and those changes may affect your company’s decisions for the next 12 months. Let’s take a look ahead at some of the expected trends in outsourcing industry for 2013. 1. Social media connections keep rising. The business of relating and connecting to customers through social media keeps expanding rapidly. […]
How outsourcing customer service can benefit your consumer goods and retail company
Economic recession has affected nearly all industries across the globe. Particularly, consumer goods and retail companies are actively looking for ways to cut down costs in order to increase revenue. Experienced CEO’s are now seriously considering outsourcing parts of their business but, is outsourcing the right move for your company? We all agree that now […]
Top 10 Tips for Outsourcing Success
Do What You Do Best and Hire the Rest Entrepreneurs and small businesspeople are always looking for creative ways to accomplish more of their business goals for less money. One strategy that can help you save time, money and frustration as you start and build your business is to outsource as much work as possible […]
Hispanics Account for More than Half of Nation’s Growth in Past Decade
The 2010 Census counted 50.5 million Hispanics in the United States, making up 16.3% of the total population. The nation’s Latino population, which was 35.3 million in 2000, grew 43% over the decade. The Hispanic population also accounted for most of the nation’s growth—56%—from 2000 to 2010.
Is Customer Service Worth Paying for?
It’s nearly impossible to get customer service these days without waiting in line, on hold, or for a technician to show up within an eight-hour window. But now companies are promising shorter wait times, 24-hour access and other privileges – to those customers willing to pay for it.
Social media in the call center
As a call center professional, you have come to expect, accept, and perhaps even thrive on the fact that this is an ever-changing business environment. This is a world where getting to the end of your task list is something similar to reaching the end of the rainbow to find the pot-of-gold. For many of us, […]
How to Market to People Not Like You?
Book Review Kelly McDonald reveals diversity marketing strategies and how to approach different demographics in her new book, HOW TO MARKET TO PEOPLE NOT LIKE YOU: “Know It or Blow It” Rules for Reaching Diverse Customers. McDonald introduces diversity marketing by targeting those who are different from a core audience, rather than those who share […]