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<title>Why Call Centers Fail: 5 Mistakes to Avoid When Outsourcing Customer Service</title>
<description>The trend of outsourcing customer service is catching on, primarily because organizations can save precious human and financial resources in the process. But some call centers are shooting themselves in the foot by neglecting the very benefits that consumers count on. Here are five common call center mistakes and how to avoid them.
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<pubDate>2009/11/13</pubDate>
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<title>Seven Roles for Telemarketing Calls Within a Marketing Mix</title>
<description>There remain a number of distinct roles for telemarketing within todays marketing mixes.</description>
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<pubDate>2009/11/12</pubDate>
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<title>Call Center Outsourcing Trends: How Outsourcing Call Center Functions Drive Business 2.0</title>
<description>As businesses begin to understand how outsourcing call center functions can save precious operating resources, the latest trends in the industry should shift from customer service to lead generation. Heres a glimpse into next-generation call center outsourcing operations and their potential to drive Business 2.0 into a new mindset.</description>
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<pubDate>2009/10/20</pubDate>
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<title>PPC Management Offers New Practice-Building Strategy for Attorneys</title>
<description>Law firms can use Adwords management strategies to build client rosters without violating laws that regulate where and how attorneys can practice law.</description>
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<pubDate>2009/09/22</pubDate>
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<title>Mobile Text Can Breathe New Life into a Telemarketing Approach</title>
<description>Adding mobile techniques to telemarketing calls can revive a telemarketing campaign. While there are still regulations to followed, companies can breathe new life into telemarketing exploits by reaching out to the ever-growing number of mobile phone users and employing up-to-the-minute tactics.</description>
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<pubDate>2009/09/21</pubDate>
<date>Mon, Sep 21 2009</date>
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<title>Old School and New School Working Together: Telemarketing and the Web</title>
<description>Telemarketing and Internet marketing both gather different types of information, and can be used together to make each one more effective.</description>
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<pubDate>2009/09/10</pubDate>
<date>Thu, Sep 10 2009</date>
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<title>Call Center Outsourcing: Customer Service Vendors Integrate CRM Data with Success</title>
<description>The call center outsourcing industry is poised to make 2009 a banner year. As new trends in customer relationship management (CRM) integrate with customer service outsourcing activities, companies become leaner and prospect relationships become personal. Heres more on the convergence of CRM with customer service outsourcing and what it could mean in a challenging economy.
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<pubDate>2009/09/03</pubDate>
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<title>The Art of Appointment Setting: Making No a Good Thing</title>
<description>Superior appointment setting services seek, above all, to get prospects to say "yes" to a meeting. But "no" answers can also be used to good effect, helping marketers better understand what their prospects want--and do not want.</description>
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<pubDate>2009/08/20</pubDate>
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<title>Why Most Telemarketing Calls Fail: 4 Ways to Make Them Airtight</title>
<description>Telemarketing calls have earned such a bad reputation simply because so many companies blow the opportunity. Without a clearly defined purpose and added value, theres no reason for the customer to hear the pitch. Heres more on why most telemarketing calls fail and how to set a fix in place.</description>
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<pubDate>2009/08/20</pubDate>
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<title>Monitoring A New Threat to Telemarketing Calls</title>
<description>A possible new regulatory challenge to telemarketing calls could add yet another hoop for telemarketers to jump through. In todays increasingly regulated and restricted telemarketing field, knowing the rules is half the battle. Any company that uses telemarketing sales techniques needs to be aware of this coming change.</description>
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<pubDate>2009/07/28</pubDate>
<date>Tue, Jul 28 2009</date>
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<title>Scientific Sales: Why Telemarketing Sales Companies Should Employ the Scientific Method</title>
<description>The scientific method is one of the most important intellectual developments of all time. It only makes sense that companies should employ it in sales campaigns. Using these methods can systematically evaluate and improve telemarketing calls.
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<pubDate>2009/07/16</pubDate>
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<title>5 Ways Outsourcing Call Center Services Ups Profit Potential</title>
<description>Outsourcing call center services is expected to become much more popular through 2014. Why? The best-practices and compliance issues related to managing an in-house call center have become too complex. Delegating these activities to an expert third party frees up valuable resources that are already stretched paper-thin. Here are five ways outsourcing makes that happens.</description>
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<pubDate>2009/07/08</pubDate>
<date>Wed, Jul 08 2009</date>
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<title>Telemarketing Sales: 5 Tips for Making the Cold Call Effective Again</title>
<description>Just as the speculation of the cold calls demise reached a fevered pitch, next-generation marketers offered new insights into telemarketing sales. When done right, first contacts to qualified prospects can mean a windfall in response. Heres more on the rebirth of the cold call and five ways to make it a contributing factor in building a brand.</description>
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<pubDate>2009/06/22</pubDate>
<date>Mon, Jun 22 2009</date>
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<title>The Economic Impact of Call Centers in Distressed Communities</title>
<description>Hiring a North American call center can have an impact beyond the quality of customer service.
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<pubDate>2009/06/16</pubDate>
<date>Tue, Jun 16 2009</date>
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<title>Tactics for Targeted Telemarketing Sales</title>
<description>The right tactics allow telemarketing companies to overcome the many challenges facing telemarketing callers today. By using refined audience targeting and tailoring calls to specific clients, telemarketing companies can help any business increase sales. Navigating todays risk-filled telemarketing environment requires strict adherence to new laws and these best practices.</description>
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<pubDate>2009/06/04</pubDate>
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<title>Telemarketing Calls and Internet Marketing Are a Profitable Combination</title>
<description>Telemarketing has earned a bad reputation, but its gained a powerful ally: the Web. Using Internet responses to generate lists for telemarketing calls can freshen up those old call lists and help businesses reach a relevant audience. Together, telemarketing calls and Internet marketing make a powerful team, one truly greater than the sum of its parts.</description>
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<pubDate>2009/05/21</pubDate>
<date>Thu, May 21 2009</date>
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<title>Call Center Services: Fact, Fiction, and Finding Focus</title>
<description>Although many business realize that they must make the call center a part of their brand strategy, most are unsure of how to make that happen. Call centers can pose a liability if not implemented properly. Heres more on separating fact from fiction and how to evaluate call center services.</description>
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<pubDate>2009/05/19</pubDate>
<date>Tue, May 19 2009</date>
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<title>Appointment Setting Services: Reaping the Benefits of Outsourcing to Experts</title>
<description>As business activities become increasingly specialized, the outsourcing trend has taken on new significance for lean businesses. Appointment setting services are no exception. Organizations can ride the expertise of a third-party provider and increase the ROI of virtually every campaign. Heres how to benefit and how to buy.</description>
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<pubDate>2009/04/30</pubDate>
<date>Thu, Apr 30 2009</date>
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<title>How to Choose an Overseas Telemarketing Firm Without Getting Soaked</title>
<description>Outsourcing your telemarketing campaign to an overseas company can be a great way to save money.  Before you start your quest for cutting costs and lowering overhead, its important to read these six tips. </description>
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<pubDate>2009/04/20</pubDate>
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<title>The Challenge and Opportunity of Telemarketing Laws</title>
<description>While telemarketing laws have posed new challenges, there are also opportunities for telemarketing companies which can adapt to these laws. From building on previous relationships to raising the professionalism bar, companies can take away helpful tips for continuing telemarketing campaigns in spite of tough new laws regulating telemarketing. Boosting sales is always a priority, and these tactics help keep it that way.</description>
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<pubDate>2009/04/13</pubDate>
<date>Mon, Apr 13 2009</date>
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<title>Appointment Setters: Dont Underestimate the Work-At Home Crowd</title>
<description>A capable appointment setter can work effectively out of a home office. However, its important to verify the quality of the work being done, as opposed to hiring an appointment setter who does more home than work.</description>
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<pubDate>2009/04/01</pubDate>
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<title>Top Tips for Laser Precision in Appointment Setting</title>
<description>Appointment setting with a purpose should be the goal of any lean business looking to maximize results from third-party, outsourced call services. Strategy, training, measurement, and examination all play a vital role in a process that might mean the difference between satisfactory and fantastic. Heres a brief rundown of how the top appointment setters get to the top and stay there.
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<pubDate>2009/03/30</pubDate>
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<title>Four Telemarketing Targeting Tips for Selling in a Recession</title>
<description>Many companies cut back on marketing when tough times strike, but this isnt always the best place for trimming fat. By using better targeting to get more out of telemarketing calls, companies can boost sales, which is especially helpful during a recession. These four tips help companies get more out of telemarketing sales.</description>
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<pubDate>2009/03/27</pubDate>
<date>Fri, Mar 27 2009</date>
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<title>Appointment Setting Best Practices</title>
<description>Expert appointment setters, though they may vary widely in style and personality, usually have mastered several important sales techniques. Look for this mastery when hiring an appointment setting firm.</description>
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<pubDate>2009/03/13</pubDate>
<date>Fri, Mar 13 2009</date>
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<title>Telemarketing Sales: Five Tips to Help Smart Businesses Make Each Contact Count</title>
<description>While many CEOs believe that telemarketing sales are strictly a numbers game, marketing-savvy professionals know better. Best practices in the industry can drive numbers up exponentially. In fact, there are a host of tricks and techniques that will not only increase ROI, but make customers for life. Here are five tips for increasing front and back-end sales with every communication attempt.</description>
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<pubDate>2009/03/13</pubDate>
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<title>Dial up Customer Satisfaction: Use a Live Answering Service to Competitive Advantage</title>
<description>Smart companies are using the current economic downturn to outmaneuver competitors in every way possible. Heres a simple idea that saves money and delivers return on investment: hire a live answering service.</description>
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<pubDate>2009/03/09</pubDate>
<date>Mon, Mar 09 2009</date>
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<title>Successful Telemarketing Sales: Seven Key Elements of the Training Challenge</title>
<description>An oft overlooked cost of developing a telemarketing staff is the extensive training involved; here are seven key elements involved in that training. From learning how to appropriately speak with professional clients to following a script without sounding like it, there are many skills that professional telemarketing callers need to gain before making that first phone call.</description>
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<pubDate>2009/02/13</pubDate>
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<title>Successful Telemarketing Sales: Seven Key Elements of the Training Challenge</title>
<description>An oft overlooked cost of developing a telemarketing staff is the extensive training involved; here are seven key elements involved in that training. From learning how to appropriately speak with professional clients to following a script without sounding like it, there are many skills that professional telemarketing callers need to gain before making that first phone call.</description>
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<pubDate>2009/02/13</pubDate>
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<title>Outsourcing  Your Call Center: When to Implement this Valuable Strategy</title>
<description>There comes a time in the life cycle of many businesses when the question must be answered: continue handling customer service calls in-house or used an outsourced call center? While its certainly no easy decision to make, taking stock of resource allocation and examining strategic direction are benchmarks that can help.</description>
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<pubDate>2009/02/05</pubDate>
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<title>Four Ways Telemarketing Calls Shorten Any Sales Cycle</title>
<description>From establishing name recognition to cleaning up bad customer data, telemarketing professionals are an invaluable resource for increasing sales. Telemarketing calls have changed a lot over the years. There are at least four ways telemarketing calls can be used to shorten a sales cycle, even in complex markets.</description>
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<pubDate>2009/01/22</pubDate>
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<title>Appointment Setters Take Advantage of Convergent Technologies</title>
<description>Appointment setters have ironically become trend setters in the business-to-business and business-to-consumer industries. Convergent technologies are increasing the abilities of appointment setting professionals exponentially, allowing personalized communications that cater to a variety of industries and interests. Heres more on the intersection of high-tech and customer interaction that catalyzes business synergy.</description>
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<pubDate>2009/01/15</pubDate>
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<title>Telemarketing Services Help Companies Stay on Offense during a Downturn</title>
<description>Using telemarketing to stay on offense can mitigate the effects of a downturn and boost growth in the long term. When competitors are cutting costs on marketing and customer service, companies that aggressively take up their slack can cash in. Telemarketing services help businesses stay in touch with--and gain--loyal customers.</description>
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<pubDate>2009/01/08</pubDate>
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<title>Telemarketing Calls That Establish a Passionate Business Relationship</title>
<description>Telemarketing calls should have one primary goal: to create synergy between businesses and customers that establishes a meaningful relationship and facilitates sales. Find out why telemarketing for the sake of the numbers game can actually hurt return on investment (ROI), increase turnover, and--worst case scenario--attract a hefty fine for chronic violators.</description>
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<pubDate>2008/12/19</pubDate>
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<title>Appointment Setting Services Deliver That Important Face-to-Face</title>
<description>Appointment setting services leave the initial contacts to the experts, enabling a business to concentrate on what it does best: closing the deal.</description>
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<pubDate>2008/12/19</pubDate>
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<title>Answering Service Tips</title>
<description>When a customer calls a business there is a certain level of professionalism expected. A harsh tone may alienate customers, making them choose to take their business elsewhere. The following tips help keep customers happy on the other end of the line and should be followed by any answering service.</description>
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<pubDate>2008/12/19</pubDate>
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<title>Professionalism is the Key to Successful Telemarketing</title>
<description>Attention to quality in telemarketing services will make telemarketing calls more effective</description>
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<pubDate>2008/12/19</pubDate>
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<title>How to Choose an Answering Service</title>
<description>Answering services enable a business to communicate with their customers at all times, even when the office is closed. Customers typically dont distinguish between companies and their answering services, so there are a few important things to consider before hiring one.</description>
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<pubDate>2008/12/19</pubDate>
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<title>How to Choose an Answering Service</title>
<description>Answering services enable a business to communicate with their customers at all times, even when the office is closed. Customers typically dont distinguish between companies and their answering services, so there are a few important things to consider before hiring one.</description>
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<pubDate>2008/12/16</pubDate>
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<title>The Call Center: Critical to Handling Challenges and Saving Sales</title>
<description>A good inbound call center is worth its weight in gold. This critical customer touch-point conveys the character of a business. Despite the bad reputation that early call centers earned, new technology, new techniques, and outsourcing have made call centers into the valuable assets they are today.</description>
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<pubDate>2008/12/08</pubDate>
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<title>Why Outsource Telemarketing Services? Just Add Up the Costs</title>
<description>The true cost saving of outsourcing telemarketing services goes beyond the cost of telemarketing labor and equipment.</description>
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<pubDate>2008/11/20</pubDate>
<date>Thu, Nov 20 2008</date>
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<title>Tribute to a Top Notch Appointment Setter</title>
<description>Top notch appointment setters work hard and get results, and deserve a thank you.</description>
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<pubDate>2008/11/05</pubDate>
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<title>Seven Tips to Help a Business Choose an Answering Service</title>
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