Tag Archives: Contact Centre

Training Reduces Staff Turnover

The average turnover in a contact centre is between 40% and 50%, a costly problem that is generally tolerated rather than solved. How can this be rectified? Continue reading

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Entrepreneur Spotlight: Howard Blake

TABJ’s Anna Guy speaks with the very passionate, very innovative founder of Blake & Associates, Howard Blake, about his experience growing the company, and in turn, South Africa’s economy. Continue reading

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Jobs at Blake

Blake has positions available for call centre agents. We offer you a platform where you can gain the skills and experience required to build a successful and rewarding career within the Contact Centre Industry. Blake is an exciting, innovative company … Continue reading

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Improving empathy in the call centre

Blake is a premium contact centre specialising in debt collection, and as such, having call centre agents who are able to demonstrate empathy is an important factor in maintaining good customer relationships. So what role does empathy play? Continue reading

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Pick-up in civil summonses for debt

Blake and Associates is respected as a highly successful contact centre, specializing in debt collection, as part of an end-to-end Customer Lifecycle Management process. A Fin24 article shows that according to the latest figures from Statistics SA, the total number … Continue reading

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The Quality Management Process

At Blake and Associates we strive to keep our finger on the pulse with regards to customer related trends as well as maintain high standards of quality and consistency in our call centers. This is achieved via a quality management lifecycle process. Continue reading

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Howard Blake – one man starts multi-million rand empire!

Howard Blake started off with a little more than a typewriter, a scooter, and sheer determination. Hard work and the will to succeed created the success story that is Blake Holdings – the multi-million rand international conglomerate. Continue reading

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Smart collections staff at Blake Call Centre

Blake has once again been awarded the floating trophy for best collection agency for the month of March. Blake passion and excellence shone through as another milestone was crossed – R6 million rand was collected in the month of February – a new record since the inception of the project 2 years ago. Continue reading

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Blake Collections exceeds expectations

RCS recently awarded Blake an incentive bonus of R273 869 for exceeding the collection targets set in February/March 2010. This achievement assisted RCS to significantly reduce their write-offs in the financial year. Continue reading

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Successful strategising for 2010

To survive and thrive, three pillars are required: passion, entrepreneurship and a diversified service offering.
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