Contact Center Partnerships are like Stocks: You Shouldn’t Invest in Just One.

Imagine your college-aged son just told you he invested his entire life savings into a single company. Like most parents, you’d probably think “That’s absurd!” and would hastily tell him he’s being reckless and risking too much. You’d recommend that he diversify – spreading his savings across different companies and asset classes – to avoid the considerable risk he’d be taking if that sole company were to underperform.

So, if it’s important to diversify your assets, why are you not diversifying crucial vendor relationships?

If you’re only using one contact center or your contact centers are not performing overlapping work, then you are subjecting your business, and your customers, to a high amount of risk.

What would you do if:

Chances are, if any one of these unexpected events occurred you and your team would be stuck pulling long hours for days, if not weeks, just to compensate – not to mention you’d likely make a lot of customers unhappy in the process.

Don’t take this risk. Prepare your team and your organization to withstand the unexpected by applying a portfolio approach to outsourcing.

With a handful of partners you can tap when you need them, you don’t have to worry about one partner experiencing an unanticipated hiccup in their service. Rather, your ticket volume would simply shift and be dispersed among your other contact center partners who are ready and able to handle your increased volume. We call this creating redundancy within your network.

Interested in learning more? Schedule a 15-minute discovery call  with ArenaCX today. We can help you understand where your business might be vulnerable and help you get connected to the right BPO partners.