Are you considering outsourcing your contact or call center? The BPO industry is booming no matter what vertical you're in and has proven benefits across the board. But the market is saturated with options to choose from. How can you confidently find the best one?

We believe the ideal qualities of a call center outsourcing partner fall into the following categories:

•Data

• People

• Technology

• Good Value

• Excellent Service

Below is a detailed breakdown for what to look for in a great contact center outsourcing company.

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INTRODUCTION

So you’ve decided to outsource your call center. You are now tasked with finding a company to take on this monumental responsibility, and there is an endless pool of contestants to choose from. How do you decide which is the right provider for you? This worksheet download is here to help guide you in your search, and hopefully make an overwhelming process a little bit easier.

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Lead generation typically entails a lot of trial and error, but with these 5 easy steps you can be generating leads for you and your business like a pro! The infographic below gives you 5 easy steps to get and keep mortgage leads! 

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For drug manufacturers and pharmaceutical companies, patient recruitment is the "elephant in the room". It is the primary cause of missing deadlines and early termination for a clinical trial if the trial fails to meet recruitment goals. Dealing with delays can be expensive, on top of already expensive clinical trial costs. As of 2015, just to develop and gain approval of one new prescription drug would cost a pharmaceutical company upwards of $2 billion dollars. 

Here are 3 steps to developing a successful patient recruitment strategy. 

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In the realm of Contact Center Outsourcing there are a lot of misunderstandings and myths that seem to swirl around the topic. We're here to discuss 11 of those common misconceptions, from cost to quality, we want to clear the air some, and prove that outsourcing your call center may be the answer to growing your business after all.

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It pays to have excellent customer service. Literally. Keeping your customers satisfied, happy, and loyal is 6 to 7 times cheaper than trying to gain new ones. Additionally, companies that offer superior customer service have an opportunity to make even more than those that don't. About 70% of customers say that they would be willing to pay as much as 5-25% more for a product or service if it guarantees that they will have access to the best possible customer service.

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A successful content marketing strategy, has a hidden partner. Can you guess what it is? Let me give you a hint. What do you do when you have a problem shipping something? Or when you need to update your credit card information? You pick up your phone, right? At the end of the line is an agent at a contact center. Contact centers and content marketing are surprisingly but inextricably linked. Their connection is vital for developing successful content, leads, sales and customer relationships. 

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We put together a Contact Center Technology Glossary to get you started on some of the terms and software you might see in a modern contact center's technology arsenal. So whether you run your own call center or utilize contact center outsourcing, these call center terms should keep everything straight between all of the acronyms.

Contact centers are pretty good with keeping up with new technology.

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"You better start swimming, or you'll sink like a stone. For times they are a-changing," Bob Dylan's 1964 lyrics still speak true to this day, and much has changed since the song debuted in the 1960's. The Baby Boomers that once made up a majority of the workforce are moving into retirement, and Millennials are taking their place. With this turnover in generations, also comes a change in perspectives, expectations, and culture. Contact center management, who have so long been rooted in micromanagement through agent performance and metrics, are going to have to alter how they manage their employees, or risk losing them. It has been shown that Millennials don't take too kindly to micromanagement, and are looking for a more fluid, creative, and trusting workplace. 

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