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Are You Using 1999 Metrics to Measure 2019 Customer Care?

BlueOcean

It’s 2019, which means contact center metrics from 1999 are almost old enough for their first legal beer (and already knocking them back in Canada.) Those metrics were born in an era when customer service was a race, where whoever got to the finish line first (i.e. How do we use that data to improve the customer experience?

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Harnessing the Power of Data to Improve First Contact Resolution

The Northridge Group

When this problematic scenario begins playing out with an increasing number of customers, quick action is needed to prevent a crisis. Repeat calls drive up operational costs, create a negative customer experience, and can lead to increased customer churn. The value of reducing repeat calls. billion to U.S.

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Technical Reps or Agent Techs? The inter-changing roles of technical support and customer service

TechSee

Once the ROI of these remote technical support and customer support teams became abundantly clear, many enterprises decided that these temporary teams would become permanent. Focus on reducing customer effort. The drivers for changing roles in contact centers. Focus on agent engagement. Focus on CX and CX metrics.

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Winning in the Experience Economy – Working up the CX Maturity Curve

NICE inContact

In part 1 of the blog, we looked at the foundations of building a robust Customer Experience (CX), starting with contact centers. The CX processes tend to be more customer focused rather than internal focused embracing key methodologies like Lean/Six Sigma, value stream mapping and others.

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From Making Sandwiches to Making the CX Journey Better: An Interview with Customer Experience Expert, Nate Brown

Vistio

Nate is a perpetual student of the world’s greatest experiences and the people who create them. After authoring The CX Primer, he was dubbed the “CX Influencer of the Year” by CloudCherry in 2019, and a top global CX thought leader by ICMI, Exceeders, Netomi, Martech and many more. I just love this work. I love that answer.

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From Making Sandwiches to Making the CX Journey Better: An Interview with Customer Experience Expert, Nate Brown

Vistio

Nate is a perpetual student of the world’s greatest experiences and the people who create them. After authoring The CX Primer, he was dubbed the “CX Influencer of the Year” by CloudCherry in 2019, and a top global CX thought leader by ICMI, Exceeders, Netomi, Martech and many more. I just love this work. I love that answer.

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Quality, Productivity, and Striking the Right Balance

Customer Service Life

This article was originally published on the ICMI Blog on March 19, 2019. In a traditional call center, we might use average handle time to understand how many calls agents are handling per hour, but this is a tricky metric when we look at newer channels like email, chat, text, social, etc. Measuring Productivity.

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