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The Role of Pricing in Outsourcing your Call Center

Thursday, September 3rd, 2009
The Role of Pricing in Outsourcing your Call CenterOutsourcing a company’s call center or business processes cannot be discounted as anything other than an important aspect of modern business. Not only can it help a company acquire the latest technology and best business practices, it can also help you effectively reach your target market through outbound sales or help you deliver optimum service to your customers through an inbound customer service call center. But probably the most important benefit that a company expects from outsourcing is its ability to help the company save on production costs.

Most outsourcing call center companies are located in countries where English is taught as a second language like in the Philippines. [...] Read More

Five Call Centers in the Philippines That Are Perfect for Medium-Sized Businesses

Thursday, August 6th, 2009
Five Call Centers in the Philippines That Are Perfect for Medium-Sized BusinessesThe Philippines, being one of the most trusted outsourced service providers in the world, is filled with call centers which help provide employment to thousands of Filipinos. Every year, the number of call centers and business accounts increase steadily because of the Filipino employees’ reputation for giving excellent service at much lower costs. The biggest names in the call center industry are all here, which cater to multinational companies.
Among these giants are call centers which cater mostly to small and medium-sized businesses. This is great news for smaller companies who do not have the means to avail the services of big-name call centers such as Convergys or Dell. [...] Read More

Business Process Outsourcing and the Philippine Beat

Thursday, July 23rd, 2009
Business Process Outsourcing and the Philippine BeatThe business process outsourcing industry in the Philippines is not just the latest fad, but is genuinely the most lucrative field at present. Employing more than 2 million Filipinos, it is considered as one of the major movers of the country’s economy. Call center expansions are currently being made outside established commercial districts like Makati and Ortigas. Pampanga, Baguio, and Davao are some of the few places that have been added to the growing business outsourcing network.

As different markets are growing at various rates around the world, the concept and scope of outsourcing is still evolving. This could only mean that there is plenty of space for growth. [...] Read More

Live virtual assistants are cost-effective and more efficient, do you have one?

Friday, July 3rd, 2009
Live virtual assistants are cost-effective and more efficient, do you have one?The use of live virtual assistants has given much flexibility in the way our companies are being run, and is one of the more important aspects in the sound business strategy that is outsourcing. Thousands of virtual assistants in the Philippines alone provide ongoing and real-time support to numerous clients, for tasks ranging from just the administrative to other, more collaborative endeavors.  The good thing about having virtual assistants is that they are very good at what they do and are not just some mindless drones completing one simple task, and are also partnered with their employers not just for the projects they work on but for the company's entire vision. [...] Read More

Our Favorite Virtual Call Center Providers

Wednesday, July 1st, 2009
Our Favorite Virtual Call Center ProvidersWith today's need to cut costs and boost customer satisfaction, a good majority of businesses have turned to virtual call centers as a practical solution in the execution of their answering services. There are distinct advantages to converting to a virtual call center instead of keeping an in-house one, and with call center outsourcing proving itself as a powerful and efficient element in the running of our businesses, having a virtual call center becomes much more a necessity.

Aside from the already established truth that a virtual call center saves money, there are other key benefits to it, such as: flexibility in virtual assistant staffing, a more efficient routing of outsourced calls, lower turnover rates, an expanded labor pool, and even environmental conservation. [...] Read More

5 New Influential Philippine Call Centers of 2009

Thursday, June 11th, 2009
5 New Influential Philippine Call Centers of 2009The Philippines now ranks first to India as a call center outsourcing destination, with the country's capital city - Metro Manila, having the lion's share of the call center market. But recently, more and more cities in the Philippines have surfaced as credible call center outsourcing spots, cities such as Bacolod, Baguio, Cagayan de Oro, Cebu, Davao, Dumaguete, and Iloilo. The development of these alternative cities in infrastructure and their ability to support the expanding call center outsourcing industry is crucial to placing the Philippines at the forefront of the global call center outsourcing world.
Some of the factors that contribute to the Philippines getting close to surpassing all other competing countries in establishing itself as the best call center outsourcing destination in the world are: a huge pool of skilled workers and virtual assistants for easier call center staff scalability and lower employee cost, a higher level of education for better capability in handling more complex voice-based interactions and answering services with their clients, and improving telecommunications technology for easier connection with the rest of the world at a greatly reduced price. [...] Read More