I would imagine they can do a better job than most of us at certain things, like help with various computers, phones, tablets, routers, apps, email problems, etc. I am still not good with Windows 10 support, and I am lost if someone has a Belkin or ASUS or TP-Link router. The call center techs do this all day every day, plus they probably have scripts and cheat sheets for all the major devices and software. So they aren’t guessing when the customer says the lights on the router look like a planet, a sparkler, a candlestick, and a tadpole.
From: That One Guy /sarcasm Sent: Wednesday, February 03, 2016 11:23 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Call center pricing interesting, i anticipated lower level tech, more sales. sounds even better with actual tech support On Wed, Feb 3, 2016 at 11:16 PM, Ken Hohhof <af...@kwisp.com> wrote: I’m trying to imagine having the phones covered 24/7 for awhile and then taking it away after the night owls and lonely hearts get used to being able to call in the middle of the night. Call center support must be a one-way street, you can’t go back. Because customers can accept being treated like dirt, but don’t ever give them something nice and then try to take it back. From: Jeremy Sent: Wednesday, February 03, 2016 10:54 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Call center pricing Yep, $24K a year. They will do some basic sales, but you have to realize that these are tech support guys...they aren't really salesmen. They are willing to answer some questions, and will schedule an install when someone calls in and says "I want to be installed on X day"...but when the customer needs to 'be sold' don't expect any big numbers. Still, when you add it up. 1,000 customers at $2,000 a month...you will never hire ONE employee at minimum wage to answer your calls at that rate. Not to mention that employee will only work 8 hours a day. This route, you end up with a call center that has 15 or 20 techs that can take calls simultaneously, and it runs 24 hours. If you can't tell I've already sold myself and am working on switching right now. On Wed, Feb 3, 2016 at 9:11 PM, That One Guy /sarcasm <thatoneguyst...@gmail.com> wrote: so for 1k customers youd be looking at 24k per year? whats a 2 dollar service get you? basic tier 1 tech support (powercycle and a ticket)? basic billing stuff, take payments under specific circumstance, and a ticket? Presales info? On Wed, Feb 3, 2016 at 10:08 PM, Jeremy <jeremysmi...@gmail.com> wrote: $2.00 per customer per month. On Wed, Feb 3, 2016 at 8:28 PM, That One Guy /sarcasm <thatoneguyst...@gmail.com> wrote: what kind of dough gets paid for call centers capable of answering our industries phones? -- If you only see yourself as part of the team but you don't see your team as part of yourself you have already failed as part of the team. -- If you only see yourself as part of the team but you don't see your team as part of yourself you have already failed as part of the team. -- If you only see yourself as part of the team but you don't see your team as part of yourself you have already failed as part of the team.