Your customer acquisition team starts with a major strike against them – and it’s not even their fault! Years of irrelevant sales calls from crummy salespeople soured consumers to outbound calls. In short, bad apples have spoiled the bunch.   However, we’ve found that successful outbound sales acquisition is well within the realm of possibility […]

We’ve seen plenty of PR nightmares arise as businesses, with the best of intentions, attempt to prune their own acquisition budgets. The most common problem is that as businesses slash customer procurement costs, they also erode their customer experience – creating a financial wash or even a net loss when the dust settles.   An […]

Studies by Bain & Company show the effort to increase customer retention by 5% produces 25% additional profits through upsells, cross-sells, and customer referrals. It’s not a stretch to say your ability to retain customers reflects your ability to grow your bottom line.   So, how do you get the most out of your existing […]

Cheap isn’t our idea of a virtue. If you’ve ever driven a low-cost lemon off a used car lot or bought a shoddy home appliance, you’re all too familiar with the reasons why. Yet when the stakes are even higher, i.e. a business searching for a contact center to represent their brand and increase their […]

When we talk about memorable customer experiences, we tend to value what’s human. We celebrate the human touch in a conversation. We take pride in the personable way an agent facilitated a fix or solution. We strive for personalized interactions that wow customers. Yet customer service, like every business function, is being transformed by automation […]

You’ve heard the old expression: do what you do best and outsource the rest. It makes sense – hand off anything that isn’t core to your business so you can focus on what matters most. But what does that look like for your business? How do you determine which functions are not only unnecessary to […]

TLC Associates to hire 100 additional agents at two New Mexico call centers to support a major telecommunications brand.   CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA, June 26th, 2019 -– TLC Associates (TLC), one of the fastest growing outsourced contact center companies, is adding over 100 agents between their Las Cruces and Alamogordo call center facilities in New […]

Every July you watch fireworks, barbeque, and relax by the pool. And if your business sells to consumers, you’re hopefully ramping up your customer service to handle the seasonal spikes from Christmas sales. Wait any longer and you’ll put your overall customer satisfaction at risk. On the other hand, if you prepare your holiday season […]

As a society, we’ve embraced a digital existence, but not all businesses have made the full transition. For example, though brands now accept social media customer service as a means of engaging customers, they often fail to approach their overall CX from a digital mindset. Adapting to this framework not only helps businesses to better […]

Should my business outsource its contact center? At TLC, we hear this question a lot. It’s a dilemma that many companies face as they seek to grow and improve their business operations, but it can be tricky to answer. While there can be clear benefits to outsourcing your customer service or contact center, such as […]