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Proactively prepare your contact center for Black Friday.

Spearline

increase since the financial crisis in 2008. Ensuring they get to the best person to handle the call easily will help maintain your NPS scores as well as keeping Talktime down and first call resolution rates up. Last year the American market saw shoppers spend a total of $717.5 billion, a 4.3%

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Using Plain Language & Personalization in the Contact Center for Better CX

NICE inContact

You’re achieving higher first-call resolution (FCR) rates. You’re lowering call volume. For example, when the Cleveland Clinic simplified its billing statements in 2008, it was able to recover an additional $1 million a month. This all leads to cost savings in your contact center. million.

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What Happens to Customer Service When Unemployment Hits Historic Lows?

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US unemployment rate as fantastic news – it’s an astronomical improvement over the 10% unemployment rate after the 2008-09 Great Recession. Agents under pressure may struggle to achieve first-call resolution or succeed in creating a positive customer experience. That’s why most people see the current 3.6%

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Contact Center Trends 2021: The CX Watershed

Fonolo

The basic concept has been around for decades, but only in the last few years have we learned how beneficial it could be for both the call center and the caller. There are five significant reasons why call centers will deploy call-back technology this year: Improving First Call Resolution (FCR).

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Improving Sales & Support Initiatives in the Financial Services Industry

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Hints of economic decline can lead to a national recession, such as the Great Recession that occurred after the financial crisis of 2008. Aim for first-call resolution. Keep making improvements in your call center as new issues emerge. A trend in poor financial sales leads to a decline in the economy.

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