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Outbound Sales – 10 Ways to Close the Deal

    Outbound Sales is a critical part of any business wanting to bring in the leads, however it can also be the most daunting, gut-wrenching, soul-destroying part of a salesperson’s job. Let’s face it, it involves rejection, and a lot of it. If you manage a sales team who need to close deals, this →

Guide to Workforce Management of Transient Workers

    All my bags are packed I’m ready to go I’m standin’ here outside your door I hate to wake you up to say goodbye But the dawn is breakin’ It’s early morn The taxi’s waitin’ He’s blowin’ his horn Leaving on a Jet Plane – Jon Denver Brings a tear to the eye, →

Managing the ‘No’ of Sales Calls

Do you manage a Call Centre or any outbound sales team? Sometimes it must feel like you’re in the trenches. Taking shots zipping at you from angry customers to whom your team are making sales calls, soothing and cajoling upset and unmotivated staff who, let’s face it, are often halfway out the door onto their →

Problem Solving in the Workplace – Get Creative

And every demon wants his pound of flesh But I like to keep some things to myself I like to keep my issues strong It’s always darkest before the dawn And I’ve been a fool and I’ve been blind I can never leave the past behind I can see no way, I can see no →

Creating a Stress-less Call Center Environment

Did you know that that approximately 80% of what we perceive or experience is based upon our physical environment? (Sherry Burton Ways). Managing a call center is a stressful job, as is sitting in the chairs making and receiving calls all day. The pressure is unlikely to go away – customers need to talk to →

People are not rats. The secrets of staff motivation.

Humans are complicated. They have feelings and motivations and agendas that will often have nothing to do with their day job. You put a bunch of them together to walk around on the same patch of carpet all day, add to that complexity different personalities, values and energy levels, and a whole lot of other →

Call Centre Metrics in the New World

Quality Scores. First Call Resolution. Service Level. Average Handling Time. Right Party Connect. There are many very important call centre metrics to give you an idea on volume- of hours, of calls, of waiting time. If you track your call centre against these you can make sure that for every hour, you are servicing the →

Inbound Call Centre Agents and Difficult Conversations

Are you looking for ways to improve motivation for your team? You know it can be a hard slog working as an inbound call centre agent, you may have done the hard yards yourself. When your job is to talk to customers all day, you’re going to face all sorts of characters and situations. The →

What Does a Great Call Centre Culture Look Like?

A great working culture can be the tipping point between success and failure for your call centre, ensuring your employees are fulfilled and productive. Your culture also plays a key role in attracting top talent. Building a culture that inspires and unites the team happens with every decision made in regards to hiring and in →

Call Centre Interview Questions – Hire Humans that Beat the Bots.

There’s only one kind of dance, the robot And the robo-boogey Oh and the ro, two kind of dances But there are no more humans Finally robotic beings rule the world Flight Of The Conchords – Robots The robots are here. Well, technically, they have been here a while, but they are really becoming the →