SmartAction

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Artificial Intelligence (AI) provides an unprecedented opportunity to revolutionize the call center experience for the 59% of your customers who prefer telephone communication. We’re not talking about the time-consuming interactive voice response (IVR) of the past that provided a less-than-optimal customer experience.

Contact Center 90

Contact Center Interactive Voice Response Virtual Agent Management 90

JustCall

AUGUST 19, 2021

Did you know that more than 58% of customers believe that waiting on hold for 1 minute is too long? Long Wait times result in many abandoned calls, and customer dissatisfaction. The average wait time for a call center or contact center customer is 20 seconds. Let's see how?

Call center experience 52

Call center experience Call Center Abandon Call Abandon rate 52

Fonolo

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

After assessing how the pandemic had changed the call center in 2020 , we decided to peek over the parapet at 2021. We asked the contact center industry’s top influencers and business leaders what they thought the most significant contact center trends in 2021 would be. Contact Center Trends 2021.

Contact Center 176

Contact Center Gamification Call Center Average Handle Time 176

Fonolo

MAY 16, 2023

Correctly interpreting call center analytics and KPIs is key to improving your operations and your customer’s experience. Today, contact centers are increasingly viewed by businesses as the key to understanding customers. Every contact center uses them.

Call Center 91

Call Center Analytics Abandon rate First call resolution 91

Fonolo

JUNE 3, 2021

Call queues and hold times are a traditional part of the call center experience. But tradition doesn’t always stand the test of time ? That’s where call-back technology comes in. Contact Centers Are Using More Call-Backs Than Ever. Call-backs are fully customizable to your brand.

Technology 136

Technology Abandon rate Interactive Voice Response Call Center 136

Fonolo

JUNE 22, 2023

The contact center industry boasts some of the most intelligent and innovative CX technologies out there. Visual IVR – now known as Fonolo’s Web Call-Backs – was one of the first self-service technologies to have a hugely positive impact on the customer experience. Why Use Visual IVR Instead of IVR?

Interactive Voice Response 91

Interactive Voice Response Abandon rate Self service Call Center 91

Fonolo

JANUARY 23, 2018

The call center experience is under great scrutiny from today’s consumers. Tolerance for long wait times has been getting lower and lower. If the wait is longer than a few minutes, callers will complain to your agents (leading to longer handle times) and they will vent on social media (see onholdwith.com).

Call Center 141

Call Center Abandon rate Contact Center outsourcing 141