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The Global Marketing show featuring Wendy MacKenzie Pease. Telesales interview with Richard Blank

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Yet, as the conversation continues, he explains how learning to read micro expressions and body language can help you understand what’s going on even if you don’t speak the language.

Richard Blank, CEO of the Costa Rica’s Call Center regales stories about pinball machines, jukeboxes, and how empathy all contributed to building a successful culture for his business.

The Global Marketing Show. Telemarketers and Jukeboxes in Costa Rica. Episode 84 with Richard Blank.



We also discuss criteria to look at when thinking about off-shoring or near-shoring for employees.


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Richard Blank hired bassist Garry Gary Beers of INXS.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ieGjN5H4xPQ

Richard Blank produced a Rap Breakdancing video commercial
https://youtu.be/GQvGZYcX71s?si=3I6N3p-LVxwTvnh2


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Transcript
00:00So, so tell me about, let's go with pinball machines.
00:06How did you start?
00:07Let's start with recess, right?
00:08Let's start with the dessert first.
00:10Well, I grew up, I was born in 1972.
00:13So I grew up in the seventies and eighties when arcades were so big in the United States.
00:17And Ricky Schroeder had a show called Silver Spoons and I wanted his arcade.
00:21And since I got older and the game rooms disappeared, what happened was that it seems to be out of style.
00:30So since I started this company and I have the room at the call center and a little bit of money, I started treasure hunting.
00:36So from a half an hour to a couple of hours away, I take my buddy's truck, we kick a few tires.
00:42And the next thing you know, I'm bringing back five pinball machines.
00:45And there's places in the States you can order the equipment, you can fix it.
00:49And there are gentlemen down here that are electricians.
00:53So all they know what to do is walk through it.
00:55And a machine I could pick up for $200 could be restored into thousands of dollars.
01:00But guess what?
01:01I'm not selling any of them.
01:03What I want to do is have them here.
01:05So there's a happy medium winding.
01:07So people can meet people from other departments.
01:10They can let off steam and recharge batteries.
01:13They can spend time with their boss prior to any sort of training class.
01:17So instead of just absorbing and being stressed, they're relaxed and contributing.
01:23So gamification for me is a huge part of my call center culture.
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