A Blueprint for the Next Generation of Human + AI Customer Communication By William Shivers | CallCentersForHire.com We’ve spent enough time asking whether artificial intelligence will destroy the call-center industry. It’s time to start designing what comes next. I call...

What Is an Apex-Agent? By William Shivers | CallCentersForHire.com For years, we’ve been asking the same question: Will artificial intelligence replace the salesperson? I think we’re asking the wrong question. What happens if we stop putting the salesperson and artificial...

Sales Has Taught Me Something Technology Hasn’t Changed By William Shivers | CallCentersForHire.com I’ve spent virtually my entire adult—and even part of my pre-adult—life around sales, leads and call centers. Over more than three decades, I’ve watched technologies arrive that...

Google Is Calling Businesses for Customers By William Shivers | CallCentersForHire.com For decades, the relationship was simple. A customer wanted something. The customer searched for a business. The customer picked up the phone. The business answered. Then the conversation happened....

By William Shivers | CallCentersForHire.com For more than 30 years, I have watched the call-center industry change. I have watched technologies come and go. I have watched companies move from traditional phone systems to predictive dialers, from paper records to...

If you’ve spent any time in the call center, BPO, or performance marketing industry, you’ve built relationships. Maybe it’s a buyer who trusts your recommendations. Maybe it’s a vendor who always takes your call. Most people sit on these relationships...

Virtual assistants have moved well beyond scheduling calendar appointments and answering emails. In 2026, businesses across insurance, financial services, real estate, legal, home services, e-commerce, and dozens of other industries are using virtual assistants to handle customer follow-up calls, CRM...

A few months into the IRS bringing employees back into offices across the country in a phased approach, Commissioner Charles Rettig said agency facilities will return to “full staffing” by July 15, and will prioritize tax return refunds and customer...

Companies caught short by the pandemic are hiring from a pool that was already prepared to handle a surge in phone traffic away from offices. A workplace injury two decades ago when she was newly pregnant left Robin Ervin with...

Quarantines will end. Remote work could be here to stay. As the coronavirus pandemic forces millions of Americans to shelter in place, many are forced to do their jobs from home for the first time ever. And when all this...