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Spanish Language Contact Center Solutions and a Checklist of Crucial Features

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August 31, 2011

Spanish Language Contact Center Solutions and a Checklist of Crucial Features

By David Sims, TMCnet Contributing Editor


If you’re looking for Spanish language contact center solutions, there are some considerations you’ll want to keep in mind as you see what different vendors have to offer. A call center company recently offered a great rundown of some of the major features to keep in mind in order to acquire new customers and service clients within the Hispanic marketplace.


By now, most sizable companies know that the Hispanic market is growing faster than almost any other and that acquiring and taking care of Hispanic clients is a priority. By implementing Spanish language contact center solutions, you can grow existing accounts and increase revenues. Also, when looking for a multilingual call center product there are some important things to keep in mind.

First are Spanish-speaking specialists. A good multilingual call center will have Spanish-speaking specialists to develop and enhance your scripts that can help to simply communicate your message and sell more of your products. They should have customer care agents trained to help you improve relationships, cross-sell and up-sell effectively.

Second is screening and hiring. The company you’ll want to go with will have a combination of speaking, reading and translating skills that are all assessed, while applicants for the multilingual call center jobs will be prescreened for their Spanish grammar and language skills.

Third is employee training which is used to ensure continued fluency. Spanish language contact center solutions should include classes that are conducted in Spanish. As part of the training, the agents need to work with multilingual training specialists in role-play exercises, as well as written and oral translation.

Fourth is scripting. The Spanish language call center should have trained staff members review each script to guarantee consistency across all Spanish language dialects.

Last month, TMCnet reported that more than 35 million people living in the United States speak Spanish as their primary language, requiring Spanish language contact center solutions to continue to evolve and progress at a rapid pace.

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David Sims is a contributing editor for TMCnet. To read more of David’s articles, please visit his columnist page. He also blogs for TMCnet here.

Edited by Jamie Epstein







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