Playvox

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Is gamification the right choice for your contact center? Are your employees excited to come to work each and every morning? Employee engagement is one of the most challenging aspects to master in the contact center. Improving results – Reduce average handle time and increase CSAT.

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Gamification Contact Center Employee engagement Average Handle Time 79

Playvox

APRIL 4, 2023

Every workplace has its pros and cons, but contact center agents have one of the toughest jobs out there. Just like agents are protecting your company, contact center leaders and managers need to protect them and their mental health. Burnout Burnout is at the heart of poor emotional well-being in a contact center.

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Contact Center Agent burnout Morale Coaching 78

Playvox

JULY 14, 2023

Providing an ever-improving customer experience while boosting contact center agent productivity is paramount for your business. During the best of economic times, it’s a smart business practice. Here’s the blueprint for achieving greater agent productivity in your call center.

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Contact Center Coaching Schedule adherence Abandon rate 74

Customer Relationship Metrics

JULY 26, 2017

It’s just the nature of the contact center industry. Or is it time to put humanity into your contact center? It’s time to put humanity into your contact center.” Managing a contact center is fast paced and furious. You feel like no matter what you try, it’s not going to work.

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Contact Center Calibration Construction Customer centricity 211

Hodusoft

OCTOBER 19, 2023

10 Effective Ways to Reduce Costs in Your BPO Contact Center Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) contact centers play a vital role in today’s modern businesses. They help manage customer interactions by serving as the initial point of contact. million in 2022 to US$34, 570.73 from 2023 to 2028. from 2023 to 2028.

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Contact Center Interactive Voice Response Contact center software Self service 52

ShepHyken

JANUARY 22, 2021

Sh e shares best practices supervisors can use for monitoring call center agents in a work-from-home scenario. COVID-19 has led us to believe that we need to rethink, amend, and strengthen our contact centers with robust technology to stay ahead of the pandemic. Real-time Remote Monitoring. Here’s how!

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Best practices Call Center Average Handle Time virtual call center 219

NobelBiz

APRIL 18, 2023

Optimizing team productivity is the key to achieving this goal, and this comprehensive guide will walk you through the steps necessary to unlock your call center’s full potential. What is hyper efficiency in a contact center? Check our guide on what KPIs to follow if you want to have excellent customer service.

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Contact Center Interactive Voice Response Management Gamification 52

Fonolo

AUGUST 12, 2021

High call center agent productivity is every call center manager’s dream. Not only does it lead to higher profits and lowered costs, it also results in better employee engagement and improved customer experiences. How to Foster Agent Engagement in a Hybrid Contact Center. Average Handle Time (AHT).

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Call Center Abandon rate Average Handle Time Construction 148

Serenova

MAY 29, 2020

The strain to balance taking care of employees to protect them from the coronavirus while maintaining business continuity continues for contact center leaders. As contact volume, customer anxiety and agent stress all still soar, what you once managed can now feel overwhelmingly un-manageable. Every time.

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Best practices Contact Center Interactive Voice Response Average Handle Time 84

Serenova

MAY 29, 2020

For most contact centers, surviving the first months of COVID-19 required swift operational reboots that began with major work-from-home (WFH) transitions. The strain of balancing the need to protect employees from the coronavirus while maintaining business continuity continues for contact center leaders.

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Best practices Contact Center Interactive Voice Response Average Handle Time 83

NobelBiz

MAY 2, 2023

Welcome to this insightful blog post, where we discuss building a successful outbound lead generation strategy for contact centers. If an outbound campaign works with a list of 500 leads and only 50 persons answer back, the Contact Rate for that particular campaign will be 10%. And no wonder. And no wonder. Learn more here.

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Contact Center Average Handle Time Call Center CRM 52

SharpenCX

MAY 26, 2020

It’s common for some business leaders to view their contact center teams as an afterthought. This isn’t helped by contact centers’ notoriously high turnover rates. Call center jobs are, too often, chalked up as entry-level roles. Starting with the Source of Quality CX — Your Contact Center Agents.

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Contact Center Customer Service Coaching Customer Experience 128

NICE inContact

AUGUST 22, 2019

In Part One of this two-part series, we sought to demystify the forecasting and scheduling components of contact center workforce management. In Part Two, we will seek to address intraday management and employee engagement as components of a WFM program. Real-time adherence. Employee engagement.

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Contact Center Management contact center workforce Employee engagement 54

NICE inContact

AUGUST 22, 2019

In Part One of this two-part series, we sought to demystify the forecasting and scheduling components of contact center workforce management. In Part Two, we will seek to address intraday management and employee engagement as components of a WFM program. Real-time adherence. Employee engagement.

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Contact Center Management contact center workforce Employee engagement 54

Monet Software

APRIL 24, 2020

High-speed internet, cloud-based applications and other technologies have opened a new vista for the call center—the remote agents. Most contact centers have had to quickly transition to working from home as a direct effect of COVID-19. No longer is the company limited to the talent pool surrounding the contact center.

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Contact Center Management call center workforce Average Handle Time 62

Serenova

AUGUST 25, 2020

There are two constants in the contact center. Customer expectations are evolving, and contact center leaders are working to elevate the customer experience. For this reason, workforce management has become a core focus of discussion amongst leaders looking to take their contact centers to the next level.

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Contact Center Schedule adherence Management Coaching 81

Monet Software

JUNE 10, 2021

8 Tips for Optimizing Schedules and Enhancing Contact Center Workforce Engagement.at the Same Time. Many contact center managers, however, don’t realize how much more value their scheduling activity can deliver to employees, beyond letting agents know when to show up for shifts. We all love a win-win.

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contact center workforce Average Handle Time Schedule adherence Inbound sales 122

CCNG

MARCH 30, 2022

This can also impact employee engagement and retention. Here’s how it works Each time the supervisor completed a pre-determined management task, the manager would click a button, and a green light would appear on the software platform. It was a dismal failure. If they saw red dots, that meant the work wasn’t completed.

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Coaching CCNG Average Handle Time Contact Center 195

Fonolo

JANUARY 31, 2022

When we hear the word “productivity”, we often picture the volume of work a contact center agent can get done in their day. This may have been a good indicator of success a few decades ago, but today’s experts agree that delivering a quality customer experience carries more weight than the amount of time spent on the phone.

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Call Center Average Handle Time Agent burnout Contact Center 87

SharpenCX

JUNE 28, 2023

Improving your customer service metrics requires a deeper look at which KPIs make sense for your contact center and the strategies you use to achieve them. What Call Center Metrics Should You Measure? This metric can help you determine if your contact center is operating efficiently. What needs to change?

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Call Center Metrics call center software Contact Center 67

Fonolo

AUGUST 17, 2021

The Contact Center Guide to Managing Spikes in Call Volume. Luckily, a successful call center is within reach. With some careful thought and these helpful tips, you can optimize your call center’s performance: 1. It’s also a good idea to have your more experienced agents working during peak call times.

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Call Center Abandon rate Average Handle Time First call resolution 156

Fonolo

APRIL 7, 2022

“This call may be monitored for call center quality assurance.”. Anyone who’s ever called a contact center would recognize this familiar line —and for good reason. Quality management is also a great way to find holes in a call center agent’s skill set and address them head on with specific training.

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Call Center Contact Center Average Handle Time First call resolution 87

SharpenCX

JULY 26, 2023

Every call your contact center receives brings heaps of data with it: customer information, customer preferences, product insights, customer satisfaction scores, and much more. What is Call Center Data? Call center data is any information that comes from customer interactions in your contact center.

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Call Center Contact Center Contact center software Coaching 67

Fonolo

MARCH 17, 2022

After all, they are not the ones who have to navigate call center software, ensure customer satisfaction, and take all the phone calls. But strong call center management is essential in managing call center operations, quality monitoring, and employee engagement — among a long list of tasks that ensure the center meets its day-to-day goals.

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Call Center Management call center software Average Handle Time 91

Vistio

MAY 4, 2022

Vistio does not try to boil the ocean like many contact-center-as-a-service and customer relationship management tools attempt; instead, its platform is a lightweight system of augmentation and assistance. Most importantly, Vistio helps solve the most important problem that contact centers have always faced: attrition.

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Average Handle Time Call flow Employee engagement Contact Center 52

ShepHyken

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

Actual customer contact agents, however, prioritize something else: the effort required to perform their work. Agents obviously value bright contact centers and great salaries, but their daily happiness hinges far more greatly on systems and processes. Are the tools easy to use?

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Abandon rate Journey mapping Average Handle Time Customer centricity 237

Fonolo

APRIL 7, 2022

“This call may be monitored for call center quality assurance.”. Anyone who’s ever called a contact center would recognize this familiar line —and for good reason. Quality management is also a great way to find holes in a call center agent’s skill set and address them head on with specific training.

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Call Center Contact Center Average Handle Time First call resolution 67

Expivia

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

Call center reporting is the only way to know how your contact center is performing. From daily performance reports to identifying seasonal trends, reporting is an art form in the call center that defines the past, present, and future of your organization. What Is Call Center Reporting? Daily Summary Report.

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Call Center Average Handle Time Benchmark Best practices 96

Fonolo

MAY 25, 2022

Operating a successful contact center is an expensive endeavour. From agent hiring and training to in-house IT support, marketing, and HR, call center costs quickly add up. Though some folks believe cutting corners on equipment is a great way to save your call center some cash, we beg to differ. Consider outsourcing.

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Call Center Technology First call resolution outsourcing 87

Monet Software

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

How to treat employee burnout and reinvigorate call center engagement for the long haul. Do you feel it spreading through your contact center workforce? If you’re seeing symptoms of burnout in your SMB contact center, or in online interactions with certain remote agents, it’s time to do something about it.

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Morale Agent burnout Contact Center Coaching 100

Fonolo

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

The Executive Guide to Improving 6 Contact Center Metrics. Ultimately, well-conducted performance reviews will improve your overall employee engagement, retention, and your team’s overall quality of service. Did you know that hiring and training is one of the biggest expenses for any call center. DID YOU KNOW?

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Call Center Management Average Handle Time Employee engagement 127

Serenova

AUGUST 25, 2020

There are two constants in the contact center. Customer expectations are evolving, and contact center leaders are working to elevate the customer experience. For this reason, workforce management has become a core focus of discussion amongst leaders looking to take their contact centers to the next level.

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Contact Center Schedule adherence Management Coaching 40

HireIQ

DECEMBER 23, 2019

Prehire assessments that test for skill aptitudes and knowledge are a good start, but if an agent can type quickly and gather information efficiently while still not being engaged on the phone with the caller, the experience will flop every time. Using intuition to guess which applicants will become CSAT superstars is a gamble.

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Contact Center Morale Metrics Analytics 52

Fonolo

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Most often, abandonment is a symptom of long hold times. Average Handle Time (AHT). This shows the average amount of time each call takes. This KPI could indicate that a call center manager needs to invest more time in training agents. Best practices for call center manager evaluations.

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Call Center Abandon rate Management First call resolution 81

Hodusoft

OCTOBER 22, 2021

Center agents have the facility to influence companies’ decision-making process alongside higher-ups because of this relationship. Additionally, to improve employee engagement and customer satisfaction, you can employ schedule adherence and conformance metrics. Examine key performance indicators (KPIs). Set personal goals.

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Call Center call center software Schedule adherence Wait times 122

Playvox

JANUARY 11, 2024

Call center workforce management is the art and science of having the right number of agents available at the right times to answer an accurately forecasted volume of incoming customer contacts at the service level standard set by a contact center while minimizing cost. WFM to the rescue.

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Call Center Schedule adherence call center workforce Management 52

SharpenCX

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Yet, 74% of contact center agents are still at risk for burnout. And, more than half of employees who choose to leave a job say their manager or company could have done something to prevent them from leaving. But rather than building a strategy core to the business, companies hold one-off events to boost engagement.

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Contact Center Coaching Metrics Average Handle Time 67