Archive for the ‘Uncategorized’ Category

Answer Center America to Attend the 2010 GROWCO Conference

Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010

This past year, Answer Center America was recognized by Inc. Magazine  as one of the fastest growing companies in the United States. We were No. 1,870 out of the top 5,000 fastest growing across the United States. This recognition was a huge success for ACA and we hope to move even higher on the list this [...]

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Time to Outsource?

Friday, February 19th, 2010

Here’s an interesting article from Crain’s Chicago Business.  Being a Chicago based call center, I keep an eye out for news that hits close to home.  As this article proves, local Chicago businesses are realizing the benefits of outsourcing thier customer service agents.  Red Box announced today that they will be closing their office in [...]

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Conference Bridge Services: Necessary Solutions for Businesses and Remote Employees

Friday, February 19th, 2010

Studies show that the number of Americans who work remotely at least one day per month has increased from approximately 12.4 million in 2006 to 17.2 million in 2008-a 39% increase in two years and a significant 74% increase since 2005.*
If this trend continues as expected, more and more people opting to work from [...]

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ACA on Fox 32’s Job Shop Segment

Monday, February 8th, 2010

Catch ACA on the Fox 32 ‘Job Shop’ segment. Our CEO Janet Livingston talks about upcoming employment opportunities for 2010 and helps Fox 32 dispel the myth that no one is hiring this year.

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Entrepreneurs in Action

Monday, February 8th, 2010

Our founder and CEO, Janet Livingston, sat down with Crain’s Chicago to talk about the history behind Answer Center America and what’s to come in the future.  See for yourself.

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Five Factors to Consider When Choosing a Medical Answering Service

Monday, February 1st, 2010

Inbound and outbound contact centers handling healthcare related information must approach these calls with a high level of care and accuracy. Any medical professional, faces critical decisions when choosing the right call center for their patients. After all, the information being handled is affecting the lives and health of individuals. To sum it up, there [...]

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Helping Haiti: How Call Centers Make a Difference

Monday, January 25th, 2010

On January 12th, 2010, Haiti experienced their strongest earthquake since 1770, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.  The quake was recorded at a magnitude of 7.0 on the Richter scale, leaving 3 million inhabitants of Haiti’s Porte-au-Prince area in desperate need of emergency aid, food, shelter, and care.  Haiti’s earthquake was especially severe due to [...]

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Starting 2010 off on the Right Foot

Monday, January 25th, 2010

We’ve kicked off 2010 with a bang. The ACA team is continuing to grow with each passing week.  In response to the fact ACA has more than doubled this past year, we’re focused on sustaining the culture of a small business.  We’re a company that rewards results and innovation; not the number of hours spent [...]

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24/7 Answering Service

Wednesday, January 20th, 2010

A 24/7 Answering service is pretty self-explanatory.  When a business or individual is on-call all hours of the day every day of the year, it is sometimes necessary to outsource this answering service to a provider who has the staff to supply a human response.  What is not really obvious about this service is that [...]

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Water Main Break? No Problem, We’ve got an Answering Service!

Wednesday, January 20th, 2010

Customer service can be a real problem for companies in off hours.  Take the example of a water main break.  A problem that occurs more than we would hope. And, when it happened in Lincoln County last Saturday, the Daily Leader covered it with a story about how an answering service dealt with the myriad [...]

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