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Peter DeHaan Discusses Writing and Publishing on Pencils&Lipstick Podcast

Prolific Author Shares Insights from “Successful Author FAQs” in Candid Interview with Host Kat Caldwell Author Peter DeHaan was recently featured as a guest on the Pencils&Lipstick podcast, where he shared his experiences about writing and publishing with host Kat Caldwell. The wide-ranging conversation explored DeHaan’s journey as an author and delved into his book, […]

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Peter Lyle DeHaan Releases Book Offering 60 Prescriptions for Healthcare Call Center Excellence

The Healthy Medical Call Center Now Available to Help Boost Staff Retention, Quality Service, and Patient Satisfaction Acclaimed call center author Peter Lyle DeHaan announced the release of The Healthy Medical Call Center: 60 Prescriptions for Leadership, Quality, and Patient Satisfaction, the fifth installment in his much-admired Call Center Success Series. The book is now […]

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New Book: Call Center Connections

Offers Key Insights for the Call Center and Contact Center Industry Running a call center is challenging, but it can also be rewarding. In his latest book Call Center Connections, call center veteran and publisher of Connections Magazine, Peter Lyle DeHaan, PhD, provides practical insights and tips to help call center professionals excel in their […]

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My First Published Article

I’ve been a writer for most of my life and a published author for over thirty. My first article appeared decades ago. The title was “All About Pagers.” It appeared in the now-defunct tech magazine, Radio Electronics. Here’s a link to a scanned image of the cover and article. If you open the link, you’ll […]

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Sticky Sales and Marketing

Peter Lyle DeHaan’s Latest Book Peter Lyle DeHaan’s newest book is Sticky Sales and Marketing. It is book two in the anticipated Sticky series. In Sticky Sales and Marketing, Peter Lyle DeHaan, PhD breaks down sales and marketing strategies in a coherent story-driven process and highlights what works and what doesn’t. Through personal stories and […]

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Startel Interviews Peter DeHaan

Earlier this year Vince Vitale, marketing director at Startel, interviewed Peter Lyle DeHaan about the future of the call center industry and learned about his best content marketing tips. The result is a two-part series. The first piece, titled “Peter Lyle DeHaan: Contact Center Futurist,” appeared online in March this year. In it, DeHaan looked […]

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Peter Lyle DeHaan Releases Healthcare Call Center Book

Peter Lyle DeHaan, founder and publisher of AnswerStat, announced the publication of his latest book, Healthcare Call Center Essentials, on June 6, 2022. “In a very real sense, this book has been two decades in the making,” said DeHaan, “It started when I launched AnswerStat magazine in 2003. I’ve taken what I’ve learned about medical contact centers since then […]

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Telephone Answering Service Valuation Methodology

By Peter Lyle DeHaan, PhD Determining an appropriate valuation for a telephone answering service (TAS) looms as a challenging task, one that many outside the industry don’t fully appreciate. This paper details TAS distinctives and explains how to best determine the value of a TAS. EBITDA A common valuation method for most businesses is to […]

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Sticky Customer Service

Do you lose customers about as fast as you gain them? It doesn’t have to be that way. The Sticky Customer Service book will show you how. Customer service isn’t a once-and-done effort. It takes ongoing work to truly meet your customers’ expectations. In Sticky Customer Service, unearth practical, action-oriented insights to help you turn […]

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Answering Service Marketing, Then and Now

Sales and Marketing Tactics Change, but the Need to Close Sales Doesn’t By Peter Lyle DeHaan, PhD In the early days of the telephone answering service industry, most all clients were local. This was because a physical off premise extension of the customers’ phone line needed to be installed in the answering service. If the […]