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What is a call center?

A call center is centralized office where large volumes of requests are received and transmitted by telephone. A call center is a place set by a company to administer incoming product support or to answer the queries of the customers. It is a physical place where customers and telephone calls are handled by a BPO service provider usually with the help of computer automation. Typically, a call center has the capability of handling considerable volumes of calls, screen calls, forward them to qualified agent who can handle calls and log them.

Types of call center:

Call center are of two types, these are outbound call center and inbound call center

The other types of call center are web enabled call center, CRM (customer relationship management) call center, telemarketing call center and phone call center

What are the key responsibilities of outbound call center personnel?

• Make outgoing calls to prospective customers to promote product and services
• Update relevant information in the database as and when required
• The agent is expected to stick to the highest standard of quality and compliance.
• Be friendly and courteous to the customers.
• Make sales to the required target.

What are the key responsibilities of inbound call center personnel?

• Handle inbound calls relating to customer queries on a product or service.
• To offer customized services that are designed to meet the requirements of the business.
• To integrate customer care services.
• To understand the business, product and services
• Help in maximizing the efforts of direct marketing.

How does a call center function?

A typical call center functions in the following way, a caller dials a toll free number that is connected to a customer support center. When the call reaches a call center, a trained call center agent answers the call and has access to wide database of information. The dedicated telecommunication links connects the remote call center to the parent organization through voice links and online database access. Therefore even if the caller may be calling a local US number but the calls will be diverted to an offshore BPO service provider.

What are the application areas of call center?

• Sales support
• Technical queries
• Database development
• Complaint handling
• Relationship and accounts management
• Lead generation and follow up
• Telemarketing
• Credit and billing
• Market research

How to start a call center?

Starting a call center is a complex, time consuming and expensive business. The steps to start a call center may vary depending on whether you want to start an in-house or outsourcing call center. Similarly the equipment and manpower requirement is also different for an inbound and outbound call center. Both large and medium sized companies are realizing the benefits of call center. Starting a call center of your can be a lucrative business. Here are some points to consider while starting a call center.

• Study the call center industry and select a location.
• Examine the four basic types of call center.
• Determine the process, permit and licenses required in order to comply with the rules and regulation of your area.
• Compare the prices of equipment such as Internet and telephone.
• Define the company’s strategy and methods that you will apply to measure the productivity, quality, customers and employee satisfaction.
• Create a business plan and outline the business goals, financial needs, staffing plan and logistics
• Choose a business mentor. There are experts who offer business advice to entrepreneurs, their advice can be beneficial.

Most of the in-house call center function as part of the business and provides services for that business. While an outsourcing call center is the one that provides BPO services to other companies. By knowing the basics of call center industry one can successfully venture into call center business. The next important goal is to follow the plan, improve it, expand it and fine-tune it.

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has sought to calm fears in Latin America about a planned new military agreement with Colombia.

Some countries in the region have expressed alarm over the US plans to use Colombian bases to combat drug traffickers and rebels.

But Mrs Clinton said the accord would respect Colombian sovereignty and other countries would not be affected.

It would not lead to a significant increase in US troop numbers, she said.

Speaking after talks in Washington with Colombian Foreign Minister Jaime Bermudez, Mrs Clinton said the agreement would not lead to the creation of US bases in Colombia.

"It does provide the United States access to Colombian bases but command and control, administration and security will be Colombia's responsibility," she said.

"Any US activity will have to be mutually agreed upon in advance. The United States does not have and does not seek bases inside Colombia."

She also said there would be "no significant permanent increase in the US military and contractor presence in Colombia" and that other countries would not be affected.

"This is about the bilateral co-operation between the United States and Colombia regarding security matters within Colombia," she said.

Regional benefit

Under the deal, the US military will be able to operate on Colombian soil to tackle drug-trafficking and terrorism.

Mrs Clinton said the threats were very real and that the US was "committed to supporting the government of Colombia in its efforts to provide security to all its citizens".

Mr Bermudez said developing "more effective mechanisms of co-operation" would benefit both Colombia and the region.

"We have suffered, and we have learned from the lessons as a result of this suffering," he said.

A number of countries in the region have condemned the plan and Argentina has called the agreement "not helpful".

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has expressed fears the move would amount to preparation for an invasion of his country by US forces.

Twenty-one Indian companies, including Infosys Technologies, TataConsultancy Services (TCS) and Wipro, are among the top 100 BPO firmsin the world, according to a new study.

Five of the Indian firmsfiguring among the 10 best outsourcing service providers are: Infosys(No.3), TCS (6), Wipro (7), Genpact (9) and Tech Mahindra (10),according to the study - '2008 Global Outsourcing 100' - compiled bythe International Association of Outsourcing Professionals (IAOP). Accentureand IBM head the list published as an advertising feature by IAOP inthe current Fortune 500 issue of Fortune magazine. The other 16 Indian companies in the list are HCL Technology (11), Mastek (16), WNS Global Services

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) could look at rolling back its expansionary monetary policy, which it started as the nation's economy was hit by the global financial meltdown and a local industrial downturn. "The current monetary and fiscal stance is not the steady state. The Reserve Bank needs to roll back the special monetary accommodation," RBI governor Duvvuri Subbarao said in his JRD Tata Memorial lecture organised by the Associated Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Assocham) on Friday. However, RBI will continue to pursue an accommodative monetary policy until economic conditions improved, he added, while signalling a need to reverse expansionary policies. The challenge for the Reserve Bank was to maintain a comfortable liquidity situation while at the same time anchoring inflation expectations, he added.

Subbarao said that the increased fiscal deficit, which the Centre this fiscal year projects at 6.8 per cent of the gross domestic product, would pose "more than a proportionate challenge" on the monetary side.

Subbarao said that the monetary stimulus from the central bank came through a sharp reduction in the policy interest rates and the cash reserve ratio (CRR) - the share of bank deposits that must be kept as cash with the RBI by commercial banks - and a lower statutory liquidity ratio (SLR) that requires banks to park funds in specified bonds.

Finding new customers is an expensive business which is why it pays to invest in hanging onto your existing clients. Good service can also give small companies a lead over their bigger rivals. Great service can do wonders for your business.

Talk to your customers

Research shows that businesses spend six times as much on recruiting a new customer as they do on retaining an existing one. Every business - no matter how small - should have a strategy for dealing with customers. Listening to customers can help in all areas of your business from developing new products to finding out more about your competitors.

• Decide how and when to communicate with customers - by newsletter, telephone, e-mail or questionnaire, at point of sale or delivery, or as a post-sale follow-up;
• Encourage staff to record feedback from customers;
• Keep talking to your customers - their opinions will alter over time;
• Tell customers of any important changes that will affect them. If you warn them of a possible problem in advance they will be able to adapt more easily.

According to the Government's Small Business Service some of the things customers find most annoying include:

• Talking to a recorded telephone message, being held in a queue or paying premium rates for advice;
• Having their consumer rights ignored - such as being refused a refund for faulty goods;
• Bureaucracy;
• Rude or over-friendly staff - both are equally irritating;
• Staff who refuse to tell you their name;
• Broken promises;
• Inflexible delivery times.

Let staff take control

Have a measurable standard of service and make sure that staff work towards it. Invest in training so that everyone is aware of the importance of customer care. Remind staff to put themselves in the customer's shoes: would you like someone you've just met to call you by your first name, how would you feel if your order went missing?

Encourage employees to use their initiative and let the rest of the business know when something has worked well - or if it hasn't. Taking immediate action - for example sending a disgruntled customer a bottle of champagne - can prove more cost-effective than waiting to write them a formal letter

Reliability is good for business - 1,000 brands from 26 countries present their 2010 Spring/Summer collections at the 13th CPM – Collection Première Moscow Strong demand for information still present in Russian garment retail Attractive sales markets with potential are more in demand today than ever before. This also applies to the international garment industry.

Russia is still among the countries that look forward to a bright future based on the economic forecasts. Russia experts agree:Anyone wishing to benefit from tomorrow's economic upswing should lay the fundamentals for his business today. With their first participation at the 13th CPM – Collection Première Moscow, the German premium label Marc Cain delivers a clear statement to the Russian market: 'Marc Cain is betting on markets with potential," explains Distribution Director Norbert Lock. "While we do already have numerous customers in Russia, it is a good time to expand our customer base. We are swimming against the current. Russia remains an important market and CPM is an ideal platform for presenting our label and reaching out to new customers from across the country."

This is the recession time in almost all parts of the country and in this recession period, we can easily notice that the stock market is falling and the thousands of jobs are being lost. In this bad patch, No one wants to invest in this market to open a new business. But if you watch this market closely then you will find that this is also one of the best time to make profit if you are watching the market closely.

To start a new home business at this period of time is really a risk factor and very scary but at least you should have a back up plan like home business so all of the sudden if you loose the job then you have the option of home business.

Here, I am providing you 5 relatively plan for money making home business. I am not sure whether these ideas will give you the profit or not but according to me these are the best possible choices. And the 5 ideas are as follows:

• 1. Internet Marketing Services
• 2. Home Staging Home Business
• 3. Medical Billing
• 4. Virtual Assistant
• 5. eBay Trading Assistant

1. Internet Marketing Services : Internet marketing services is a high growing Those who are aware of good online business presence needs to know how effectively market his or her site or blog on the Internet. Hundreds of people look for an Internet marketing firm for assistance. This is where Internet marketing specialist role comes all they need is to share thier ideas. It can also be SEO businnes like how to increase the traffic of your website / blog.

2. Home Staging Home Business : It's a very low cost business. You don't have to spend lot for that. All you need is to learn or gather information about interior designing on the weekends. Then you can be a good Interior designer. This buiness is more useful for the females than males. Who knows, if this business grow rapidly then you will be decison maker whether you should continue your present job or not. Real estate agents & houose lenders may also be very useful contacts for anyone who are engaged in this kind of recession resistant home business.


3. Medical Billing : I think that it would be very promising if you chose medical billing career. You have the option of both either as a home business or as a work from home medical billing job. In a poor economy situation, lots of medical providers still looking for handling their billing details & health care. This is where you have the potential to make huge money.


4. Virtual Assistant : The Virtual Assistant is known as VA industry. It's a industry which is growing very fast and it's becoming a useful for those who want to run their own new home business.

5. eBay Trading Assistant : eBay Trading Assistants help hundred of people to sell their items at ebay and earn a lot. You can also sell the unused items at your home. Just simply visit the site and login with your name and bank details. You can also sell those items which are found only at your place.

Hope you liked my 5 ideas. if you have also some ideas to share then you can share it throgh your comments.