Reply to: Serious question (for a change)

[PAH]

Dim, try the local ads, there are plenty of single mums who are more than happy to talk dirty over the phone to one of your 'customers'

They always look better over the phone too.

It's relatively easy to find someone to take/make calls. It's getting someone you trust not to harm any reputation you may have or want that's the hard part.

[shoes]

franchise it?

[MarillionFan]

This work has been carried out by the Mrs and a friend. Now the friend wants to quit and with Mrs has too much on her plate. My time is torn between contracting and plan b, and to be honest the SAP gravy train is very juicy.

DimPrawn ()

Dim, try the local ads, there are plenty of single mums who are more than happy to talk dirty over the phone to one of your 'customers'

Hth

[Clippy]

I'm going to call them and see if:

A. They can understand my business needs
B. I can understand a word they say.

I wonder if there is a similar service in some (cheap) American/Canadian backwater.

Actually I've just had an idea......thanks for the heads up by the way. The last thing I want to do is hire a permie UK bod. Never!

This is Billy Bawb how may I heeeeeelp yooooou!

[Lucy]

Get a bench-sitter to do it. £10 an hour is better than nowt.

[DimPrawn]

I'm due to outsource a whole load of donkeywork to Get Friday, has nothing to do with customer service though.

I'd probably hire some nice sounding americans for that if they were cheaper than over here which they probably are.

I'm going to call them and see if:

A. They can understand my business needs
B. I can understand a word they say.

I wonder if there is a similar service in some (cheap) American/Canadian backwater.

Actually I've just had an idea......thanks for the heads up by the way. The last thing I want to do is hire a permie UK bod. Never!

[Jog On]

http://allianceofukvirtualassistants.org.uk/

http://www.virtualassistants.co.uk/

Depends what you need them to do, I'm outsourcing research at the moment.

[Jog On]

I'm due to outsource a whole load of donkeywork to Get Friday, has nothing to do with customer service though.

I'd probably hire some nice sounding americans for that if they were cheaper than over here which they probably are.

[PAH]

Nice try, but UK customers being dealt with Indian staff? I don't think so.

Yeah, if it's good enough for Barclays it's not good enough for us.

I've tried a couple of plan B's over the years. Now I just stick to what I know and hope soon there will be stuff worth investing in, that offers a decent return, and isn't as risky as a trip to the casino.

My Plan B: Refer to Plan A.

[Jog On]

TTK Services Pvt. Ltd is a company of the TTK Group, a conglomerate with a turnover of over Rs. 6 billion and presence across India and several overseas markets.


Nice try, but UK customers being dealt with Indian staff? I don't think so.

You can get them anywhere in the world

[realityhack]

Nice try, but UK customers being dealt with Indian staff? I don't think so.

I'm sure you can get these kinds of enterprises with local call handlers - do a search - use that groo, er, goolg, erm, yahoo.

[realityhack]

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Apparently not.

[Xenophon]

Nice try, but UK customers being dealt with Indian staff? I don't think so.

Yeah, that will never catch on.

Oh, wait...

[DimPrawn]

Thought about virtual assistants?

https://getfriday.com/index.php

TTK Services Pvt. Ltd is a company of the TTK Group, a conglomerate with a turnover of over Rs. 6 billion and presence across India and several overseas markets.


Nice try, but UK customers being dealt with Indian staff? I don't think so.

[Jog On]

Good call.

Thanks - I should really become an affiliate for Get friday

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