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Call Center Outsourcing Podcast

Call Center Outsourcing Podcast

Focus Services, LLC - BenJoe Markland 72 Episodes Aug 21, 2026

The Call Center Outsourcing Podcast by Focus Services explores the latest trends in call center outsourcing, AI-powered customer support, and global BPO strategies. Hosted by Jan Santafede and Felipe Escobar, it delivers expert insights on scaling customer experience, improving operational efficiency, and leveraging AI solutions for call center environments. Listeners learn how companies are transforming support operations through outsourcing, automation, and omnichannel customer engagement.

Episodes

IT Services Outsourcing: Strategic Guide for 2026
IT Services Outsourcing: Strategic Guide for 2026 Aug 21, 2026 271 A concise, strategic primer for business leaders on IT services outsourcing in 2026. This episode walks through core categories like infrastructure management, application services, cybersecurity operations, help desk, and data management. We cover strategic drivers beyond cost, outcome-based pricing, service-level agreements, contracts and governance, third-party risk management, data protection
Sales and Customer Service: Building Lasting Success
Sales and Customer Service: Building Lasting Success Aug 19, 2026 313 Sales and Customer Service: Building Lasting Success — In this episode we explain why integrating sales and customer service is essential for customer retention and revenue growth. Based on the blog at https://www.focusservices.com/sales-and-customer-service/, Jan and Felipe walk through communication, training, technology, metrics, culture, and scalability. Chapters cover why sales and customer s
Outsourcing of Customer Service: A Strategic Guide
Outsourcing of Customer Service: A Strategic Guide Aug 18, 2026 318 Outsourcing of Customer Service: A Strategic Guide — a concise primer on customer service outsourcing and contact center outsourcing best practices. Based on the Focus Services article (https://www.focusservices.com/outsourcing-of-customer-service/), Jan and Felipe walk through strategic value, cost structure, nearshore vs offshore considerations, quality assurance metrics like Average Handle Time
Contact Center Operations: Complete Guide for 2026
Contact Center Operations: Complete Guide for 2026 Aug 17, 2026 347 Contact Center Operations: What Businesses Need to Know in 2026 — a concise expert walkthrough of modern contact center operations, informed by the Focus Services blog (https://www.focusservices.com/contact-center/). We cover cloud-based platforms, Contact Center as a Service (CCaaS), omnichannel routing, AI integration and AI-powered analytics, workforce management and quality assurance, contact
Call Center Representative Hiring: A Complete Guide
Call Center Representative Hiring: A Complete Guide Aug 16, 2026 287 Call Center Representative Hiring: A Complete Guide — A concise, actionable walkthrough of modern call center representative hiring from Focus Services (https://www.focusservices.com/call-center-representative-hiring/). Jan and Felipe discuss how roles have evolved into multichannel, tech-enabled problem solving with AI-enabled solutions, remote work, and higher customer expectations. Chapters cov
Outbound Call and Inbound Call: Essential Guide
Outbound Call and Inbound Call: Essential Guide Aug 15, 2026 363 Outbound Call and Inbound Call: Essential Guide for Call Centers — A concise primer for leaders and managers on the fundamental differences between outbound call and inbound call operations. Based on the blog at https://www.focusservices.com/outbound-call-and-inbound-call/, this episode walks through operations, key metrics like average handle time and first call resolution, technology such as IVR
BPO Call Center Solutions: A 2026 Strategic Guide
BPO Call Center Solutions: A 2026 Strategic Guide Aug 14, 2026 352 BPO Call Center Solutions: A concise 3–5 minute strategic overview of modern business process outsourcing for call centers in 2026. We frame the $280 billion BPO market, define BPO call center models, describe core services such as inbound customer service, outbound sales, multichannel support, back-office processing, and technical help desk. The episode covers strategic advantages, AI-enabled ope
Agent Customer Care: Training & Best Practices Guide
Agent Customer Care: Training & Best Practices Guide Aug 13, 2026 285 A concise guide to building world-class agent customer care. We cover why agent customer care matters for revenue and retention, the four pillars of agent training, onboarding excellence, essential skills like soft skills and problem solving, de-escalation techniques, AI-enabled agent assistance, performance management and quality assurance, omnichannel customer service readiness, and industry-spe
Customer Service and Operations: A Strategic Blueprint
Customer Service and Operations: A Strategic Blueprint Aug 12, 2026 343 Customer Service and Operations: A Strategic Blueprint — a concise guide to aligning customer service and operations to improve resolution times, reduce costs, and boost customer satisfaction. Based on the Focus Services blog (https://www.focusservices.com/customer-service-and-operations/), this episode walks through a CS Ops framework, AI-enabled workforce optimization, omnichannel customer servi
Center Contact Excellence: Strategies for 2026 Success
Center Contact Excellence: Strategies for 2026 Success Aug 11, 2026 283 This episode is a concise primer on building modern center contact operations. It covers foundational operational components, quality assurance metrics such as first-call resolution and average handle time, AI-powered solutions including intelligent virtual assistants and sentiment analysis, omnichannel support, global scaling, workforce management, security and fraud prevention, cloud-based infra
Technical and Customer Support Best Practices for 2026
Technical and Customer Support Best Practices for 2026 Aug 11, 2026 373 Technical and Customer Support Best Practices for 2026 — a concise, actionable conversation based on the Focus Services blog (https://www.focusservices.com/technical-and-customer-support/). Jan and Felipe cover multi-channel expectations, balancing artificial intelligence with human expertise, key infrastructure like knowledge management systems and helpdesk software, metrics such as First Contact
Service Contact Center: Complete 2026 Strategy Guide
Service Contact Center: Complete 2026 Strategy Guide Aug 10, 2026 346 In this concise 3–5 minute strategic briefing, hosts Jan Santafede and Felipe Escobar outline a compact 2026 strategy for the modern service contact center.The episode summarizes architecture, multichannel integration, the technology stack (cloud, CRM, QA, WFO) and AI & automation use cases, along with measurable business impacts.Chapters cover workforce strategy, performance metrics and quali

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