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What does it take to create an amazing call center? Many businesses have tried answering services and been turned off for reasons ranging from they don’t understand my business to pricing issues to rude operators. But, the reality is, small business owners need a break from their business. Finding an efficient live operator answering service to answer calls is a priceless commodity. Throughout this article, I will highlight a few necessities business owners should look into before committing to a service.

First, and most important, test out the answering service before you commit to any contracts. Many services offer a free trial period…one word – “priceless”. The only way to know if a service will work for you is to test them out. Watch out for services that offer a trial then have long contracts you must sign. This is reminiscent of a “bait & switch tactic”. Services will answer your phones amazingly during the trial, get you to sign a long contract, and then drop the ball. Bad news is, you’re locked in to a horrible service.

This brings up the second point, watch out for long contracts. Many answering services are known to switch owners often and hire grossly incompetent operators which result in a serious disruption of quality services. The ideal answering service contract is on a month-to-month term. This forces the call center to be in the hot seat every month. If you have a problem, leave them without penalty.

Thirdly, ask for references. Make sure you get at least 3 references and make sure those references vary by industry. This will prove if the answering service is able to adequately manage calls for many industries. Don’t be shy to ask these references the questions most important to you, for instance, 1) how are their hold times, 2) how is their customer service, 3) Are there hidden charges, 4) how long have you been a customer, etc. Also, make sure you call these references after hours so you can see how they manage calls first hand for other businesses.

Fourth, price is NOT paramount. More often than not, the cheaper the answering service, the worse the service is. Imagine if you have a $15.00 an hour employee compared to a $6.00 an hour employee. Who do you think will care about your calls more? Which employee is more dedicated to their job? Which employee is “job” oriented, and which one is “career” oriented? Along the same vein, it is not a bad idea to ask what the average operator gets paid. If you are looking at a few answering services and the price is right for one but the service is more impressive with the other, go for the more expensive service. Remember, main goal of using an answering service is to expand your business. If you have an unreliable service, regardless of how much money you believe they are saving you in the short run, they are ultimately costing you thousands of dollars in lost revenue.

Todd Cardin is the regional sales manager for Specialty Answering Service’s Philadelphia office (http://www.specialtyansweringservice.net). This article may be reproduced as long as it remains intact.

One day, you suddenly realize that your computer started to work
noticeably slower than it used to. You decide to run
de-fragmentation of your hard drive and add more virtual memory
to the system. No luck! May be, it’s probably some viruses, you
reckon turning on your virus scanning software. Even after
running the anti-virus program you notice that the problem won’t
resolve. Not understanding what’s happening frustrated you pick
up the phone. It’s time to call your tech-support. Sounds
familiar? You are not alone! Each day, thousands of users are
facing similar problems caused by malicious software called
Spyware. According to Dell technical support, nowadays 12
percent of their support calls involve problems related to some
kinds of Spyware. Microsoft reports that fifty percent of all
computer crushes are caused by Spyware, viruses and Trojans.

What is a Spyware?

Spyware – also named Malware or Adware – are malicious software
programs, which most of the time get installed on your computer
without your knowledge. These programs are capable of doing many
outrageous, sinister things to your computer such as changing
computer settings, tracking your online behavior, monitoring and
controlling your computer, recording your keystrokes, displaying
unwanted advertisement and reporting needed information back to
the person behind it.

The main types of Spyware are:

Key loggers: This type of Spyware copies everything you type to
a file and send it to the hacker. The more sophisticated type,
which is used for identity theft, copies the information you
provide when you are connected to a secure website.

Browser hijacker: It modifies browser settings without your
permission. This Spyware is capable of changing your start page,
search page, search tool bar and redirect your url to specific
pages.

Email redirector: Surreptitiously copies all your incoming and
outgoing emails and sends to the hacker.

Dialers: This spyware install themselves to your dial-up settings
and dials numbers without your knowledge, often to out of country
numbers.

Collectware: The purpose of this Spyware is to track your surfing
habit and transmitting the statistical data to the hacker. This
information later gets sold to advertisement companies.

Adware: This Spyware downloads all sorts of banner advertisements
every time you take some action such as typing a word on your
search tool.

Why my antivirus program does not block a Spyware?

Although, Spyware uses same tactics like “Trojan” virus,
technically it is not a virus. A virus is a program written to
create trouble or possibly harm your computer system. Viruses are
capable of replicate, evolve and cause severe damages to your
computer files, registry or even hardware. Spyware, on the other
hand, does not harm your computer intentionally. Any nuisance
like system slow down is the collateral damage, which occurs
while the Spyware serves its mission of monitoring your
activities and making unwanted changes to your user experience.

People rarely read the fine prints of the user agreements while
downloading a file, a program, a game or other free stuffs from
the Internet. Unethical sites use this to their advantage and
add tiny Spyware with the file you are downloading.

The anti-virus programs can not be sure, whether this program is
installed deliberately by you or it’s a malicious Spyware. This
makes identifying and blocking a Spyware difficult for an
Anti-virus program. However, things are started to change! Major
anti-virus companies are planning to integrate anti-spyware
programs to their existing products very soon.

How did I get infected with a Spyware?

There are numerous ways how you might end up with having a
Spyware on your system.

- When you download and install programs, games, smilies, pictures, screensavers from dubious sites, there is a big chance that you might install a sneaky Spyware along the way.

- Some websites and pop-up windows try to download and install Spyware while you are there. According a recent analysis of sex-based websites, up to 80 percent of these sites are now being used to upload Spyware, worms and Trojans to unsuspecting visitors.

- Some add-ons to you browser that is supposed to enhance your browser experience may secretively install Spyware.

- The most cynical method of infecting you with Spyware is when you receive a sudden pop-up ad, which claims that your computer is contaminated and you have to run certain program to cure your system. If you are credulous enough to run this program, it just installs a Spyware instead of eliminating any.

How to fight back?

If you carefully follow the instructions outlined below, your chances
of getting infected with Spyware are pretty slim.

Update your Windows
Allow your version of Windows to update it automatically. Ensure that
you have all the latest security patches installed.

Use Firefox as your default browser
Since Internet Explorer is the main target for many Spyware, you will
be better of with Mozilla Firefox. Moreover, it is a better browser
than IE in many aspects.

Be extremely careful with your downloads
Try not to download anything from a unknown site. If you still feel
like getting a shareware or freeware program check it out on one of
these online Spyware database. Spychecker (http://www.spychecker.com/)
is one such service, and Camtech 2000’s Spy Chaser
(http://camtech2000.net/Pages/SpyChaser.html)
is a nifty downloadable database of nearly
1000 spyware-infested programs.

Use an Anti-Spyware application
Download and install one of the following anti-spyware programs:
Ad-aware (http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/),
Spybot (http://www.safer-networking.org/en/spybotsd/index.html)
and Microsoft AntiSpyware. Although, Microsoft’s Anti-Spyware

(http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/default.mspx)
is still at beta stage, I am using it and very happy
with its performance.

Get a Firewall
If you are using Windows XP with Service Pack 2, you are probably
fine! In other cases, if your computer is connected to the Internet
directly you should get a firewall and install it. Zone alarm

(http://www.zonelabs.com/store/content/home.jsp) is a
great firewall you can download for free.

A recently conducted survey of the Top Network Security threats in
2005 reveals that two-thirds of IT managers and administrators
believe that Spyware will be the number one threat to network
security. So don’t take any chance! Make sure that you are protected!

Nowshade Kabir is the founder, primary developer and present
CEO of Rusbiz.com. A Ph. D. in Information Technology, he
has wide experience in Business Consulting, International
Trade and Web Marketing. Rusbiz is a Global B2B Emarketplace
with solutions to start and run online business.
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Most of Firefox’s advantages are MSIE’s disadvantages, and vice-versa. This article will look at some of the advantages and disadvantages of Firefox in relation to MSIE.

Advantages

Security

Security is often cited as the primary reason for users switching from MSIE to Firefox. Security is of utmost importance for software that interacts with remote computers, in an era of high security risk activities such as online banking.

Firefox has fewer security holes and a tighter schedule of disclosing them. The enhanced security in Firefox is due to a multitude of factors the system’s inclusion of more source code reviewers and a better bug reporting system and exclusion of VBScript/ActiveX, often the source of vulnerabilities.

Meanwhile, Microsoft has been clamoring for years to try to clamp down on the MSIE security holes. It acquired an anti-spyware product, which it released under the banner of Microsoft AntiSpyware. It also promises its new Windows Vista platform will be more secure. However, Microsoft’s track record to date has done little to boost the confidence of today’s user.
Standards compliance

Firefox has vaulted ahead of MSIE with improved support for standard web protocols, such as its superior stylesheet compatibility.

Since MSIE had a leading marketshare, the company had less interest in conforming to web standards, and instead focused on proprietary protocols, with the goal of maintaining their market position. That is, the focus of Microsoft was to try to convert as much of its userbase to writing webpages and web applications that required a proprietary MSIE-approach, so that down the road, users would be less able to move off a Microsoft platform.
As a result, Microsoft neglected for years to improve support for basic open standards. For example, transparent PNG graphics did not work all the way through to MSIE version 6.

Multiple operating system platforms

Firefox is available for users who runs Windows (Windows 98 through to Windows XP), Mac OS X, all the leading versions of Linux, as well as some lesser-used operating systems. In comparison, Microsoft has dropped development for Mac, and other non-Windows systems. Furthermore, Microsoft has ceased new development even on their own versions of Windows, making the new MSIE only available to users who have a license for Windows XP.
Firefox also has a similar user interface among the different operating platforms. For deployments that have a mix of operating platforms (such as Linux for the techs, Macs for the graphic designers, and Windows for the accounts department), moving to Firefox for everyone thus brings technical support costs down.

Time-saving browser innovations

Internet communication and interaction is a core component for most modern businesses. Efficient use of web browser time translates to increased profits, so innovations to help workers do their tasks faster are welcomed.
Firefox leads MSIE in this regard, with out-of-the-box features such as integrated Google search in the toolbar, placing the find-within-page box at the bottom of the browser window so as not to obscure the text, and so on.

Disadvantages

Retraining

Any switch of software incurs a retraining cost. However, a switch from MSIE to Firefox requires only a mild amount of retraining.

The switch from MSIE to Firefox is designed to be easy, with proper import of bookmarks and other settings.

Browser interfaces are becoming standard, so understanding how to get up and running is not usually a problem. There are some only minor adjustments. For example, “Internet Files” in MSIE is called “Cache” in Firefox. One can use a downloaded MSIE theme so that the Firefox user interface even more closely resembles that of MSIE.

Incomplete migration

In a business with Windows computers, if the switch from MSIE to Firefox is incomplete, it can cost more to offer technical support for both browsers. This argument would only apply to shops whose Windows computers are all Windows XP. Since the new MSIE is only available for Windows XP, if there are different Windows versions (such as Windows NT or 2000), then the technical support team already needs to support different types of MSIE browsers.

Another consideration, however, is that even an incomplete switch from MSIE to Firefox could result in less technical support, since the Firefox users would be less likely to need help with fixing their computer after an MSIE-related security breach.

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