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The Case For the Anti-Script: A Multifactor Analysis of Script Adherence

Balto

“The anti-script doesn’t mean that you should wing it on every call… what anti-script means is, think about a physical paper script and an agent who is reading it off word for word… you’re taking the most powerful part of the human out of the human.” Share on Twitter. Share on Facebook.

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Why Do Agents Go Off Script? Mistakes vs Improvisation

Balto

When agents intentionally go off script, it’s because they are improvising to get a better call outcome and should be encouraged. In early 2021, Balto conducted a first-of-its-kind survey of over 1,000 agents to find out why they make mistakes on calls. Why Agents Go Off Script. Figure 3: Why do agents go off script?

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Why the Biggest Contact Centers Have the Least Effective Call Scripts

Balto

Call scripts are used in contact centers of all shapes and sizes — across the industry, they are considered an easy way to help ensure all of a contact center’s agents are driving calls to the same goals. But if you manage a center with hundreds or thousands of agents, then trying to keep everyone on the same script is challenging at best.

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Call Scripts in 2022: What In-Person, Virtual, and Hybrid Agents Really Think

Balto

As contact centers incorporate new technology and practices to keep up with shifting industry trends and competitors, call scripts remain one of the most widely used tools in the industry. So how useful is the classic script for agents alongside a shift to a remote or hybrid work environment? Figure 1: Script Usage By Work Environment.

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Contact Center Trends 2021: The CX Watershed

Fonolo

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. Increasing Empathy.

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First of its kind – CCMC’s 2021 Customer Delight Study Top Takeaways

Connecting the Dots

In considering the 2021 Customer Delight study results, John Goodman concludes businesses the following is happening to optimize customer experience investments: Take the lid off talk time – look at 90 extra seconds as an investment in extra margin or an additional 10 points of loyalty. Find a survey guide here.

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ChurnZero’s Greatest Hits from 2021 Feat. Top 10 Articles and Other Noteworthy News

ChurnZero

Leading the way, Google released their Year in Search for 2021. Who would have thought that 2021 would be the year the world searched for “y2k” more than ever before? Here’s ChurnZero’s greatest hits compilation of our top content, milestones, and happenings from 2021. Top 10 Articles from 2021. Other Noteworthy News.

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