diff --git a/src/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.OpenTelemetryProtocol/CHANGELOG.md b/src/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.OpenTelemetryProtocol/CHANGELOG.md
index b4845a9dfbc..71a6ff7afec 100644
--- a/src/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.OpenTelemetryProtocol/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/src/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.OpenTelemetryProtocol/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,8 +4,10 @@
 
 * Allow configurable gRPC channel options
   ([#1033](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-dotnet/pull/1033))
-
-* Renamed extension method from `UseOtlpExporter` to `AddOtlpExporter`.
+* Renamed extension method from `UseOtlpExporter` to `AddOtlpExporter`
+  ([#1066](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-dotnet/pull/1066))
+* Changed `OtlpExporter` to use `BatchExportActivityProcessor` by default
+  ([#1104](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-dotnet/pull/1104))
 
 ## 0.4.0-beta.2
 
diff --git a/src/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.OpenTelemetryProtocol/Implementation/ActivityExtensions.cs b/src/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.OpenTelemetryProtocol/Implementation/ActivityExtensions.cs
index fca8ad968bf..8f6abf4b564 100644
--- a/src/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.OpenTelemetryProtocol/Implementation/ActivityExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.OpenTelemetryProtocol/Implementation/ActivityExtensions.cs
@@ -201,12 +201,15 @@ private static OtlpTrace.Span.Types.Link ToOtlpLink(ActivityLink activityLink)
                 SpanId = ByteString.CopyFrom(spanIdBytes.ToArray()),
             };
 
-            foreach (var attribute in from tag in activityLink.Tags
-                                      let attribute = ToOtlpAttributes(tag)
-                                      where attribute != null && attribute.Any()
-                                      select attribute)
+            if (activityLink.Tags != null)
             {
-                otlpLink.Attributes.AddRange(attribute);
+                foreach (var attribute in from tag in activityLink.Tags
+                                          let attribute = ToOtlpAttributes(tag)
+                                          where attribute != null && attribute.Any()
+                                          select attribute)
+                {
+                    otlpLink.Attributes.AddRange(attribute);
+                }
             }
 
             return otlpLink;
diff --git a/src/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.OpenTelemetryProtocol/OtlpExporter.cs b/src/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.OpenTelemetryProtocol/OtlpExporter.cs
index 0c48d793702..32e955b807e 100644
--- a/src/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.OpenTelemetryProtocol/OtlpExporter.cs
+++ b/src/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.OpenTelemetryProtocol/OtlpExporter.cs
@@ -16,14 +16,9 @@
 
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Diagnostics;
-using System.Threading;
-using System.Threading.Tasks;
-
 using Grpc.Core;
-
 using OpenTelemetry.Exporter.OpenTelemetryProtocol.Implementation;
 using OpenTelemetry.Trace;
-
 using OtlpCollector = Opentelemetry.Proto.Collector.Trace.V1;
 
 namespace OpenTelemetry.Exporter.OpenTelemetryProtocol
@@ -32,7 +27,7 @@ namespace OpenTelemetry.Exporter.OpenTelemetryProtocol
     /// Exporter consuming <see cref="Activity"/> and exporting the data using
     /// the OpenTelemetry protocol (OTLP).
     /// </summary>
-    public class OtlpExporter : ActivityExporter
+    public class OtlpExporter : ActivityExporterSync
     {
         private readonly Channel channel;
         private readonly OtlpCollector.TraceService.TraceServiceClient traceClient;
@@ -50,31 +45,30 @@ public OtlpExporter(OtlpExporterOptions options)
         }
 
         /// <inheritdoc/>
-        public override async Task<ExportResult> ExportAsync(
-            IEnumerable<Activity> activityBatch,
-            CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+        public override ExportResultSync Export(in Batch<Activity> activityBatch)
         {
             var exporterRequest = new OtlpCollector.ExportTraceServiceRequest();
-            exporterRequest.ResourceSpans.AddRange(activityBatch.ToOtlpResourceSpans());
+
+            var activities = new List<Activity>();
+            foreach (var activity in activityBatch)
+            {
+                activities.Add(activity);
+            }
+
+            exporterRequest.ResourceSpans.AddRange(activities.ToOtlpResourceSpans());
 
             try
             {
-                await this.traceClient.ExportAsync(exporterRequest, headers: this.headers, cancellationToken: cancellationToken);
+                this.traceClient.Export(exporterRequest, headers: this.headers);
             }
             catch (RpcException ex)
             {
                 OpenTelemetryProtocolExporterEventSource.Log.FailedToReachCollector(ex);
 
-                return ExportResult.FailedRetryable;
+                return ExportResultSync.Failure;
             }
 
-            return ExportResult.Success;
-        }
-
-        /// <inheritdoc/>
-        public override async Task ShutdownAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken)
-        {
-            await this.channel.ShutdownAsync().ConfigureAwait(false);
+            return ExportResultSync.Success;
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.OpenTelemetryProtocol/OtlpExporterHelperExtensions.cs b/src/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.OpenTelemetryProtocol/OtlpExporterHelperExtensions.cs
index bc71ebc89bc..260a256be62 100644
--- a/src/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.OpenTelemetryProtocol/OtlpExporterHelperExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.OpenTelemetryProtocol/OtlpExporterHelperExtensions.cs
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ public static TracerProviderBuilder AddOtlpExporter(this TracerProviderBuilder b
             var otlpExporter = new OtlpExporter(exporterOptions);
 
             // TODO: Pick Simple vs Batching based on OtlpExporterOptions
-            return builder.AddProcessor(new SimpleActivityProcessor(otlpExporter));
+            return builder.AddProcessor(new BatchExportActivityProcessor(otlpExporter));
         }
     }
 }