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Managers play an integral role in ensuring high quality customer service, from hiring and training call center agents to monitoring performance, keeping tabs on vital call center metrics and keeping agents motivated every day. MORE
Employee departures can be tough to handle in the fast-paced environment of a call center. However, even in agent turnover , opportunities to improve your organization’s efficiency and profitability abound. MORE
Most call centers struggle with efficiency at one time or another. And because efficiency is directly tied to minimizing overhead costs in the call center, it’s a prominent challenge. MORE
Call centers around the world are faced with the ever-intensifying challenge of meeting consumers’ expectations. As calls flood the lines during peak periods, such centers need powerful tool sets to handle them all. MORE
Average handle time, or AHT, is an important call center metric. MORE
Cultivating a productive call center environment involves optimizing many different facets of its operations. From facility design to computer systems and software integrations, all aspects of your call center that impact its internal atmosphere can affect employee performance. MORE
Solving a caller’s problems quickly can significantly improve their perception of your organization’s overall quality and competency. However, achieving the fastest possible resolution speed – over the course of a single call – can prove to be more complicated than it seems. MORE
When employees exhibit disgruntled behavior, it’s concerning for managers. Not only are managers concerned for their employee’s well-being and happiness, but disgruntled employees can contribute to a stressful working environment for the whole team. MORE
Call center managers are tasked with myriad responsibilities, and they maintain responsibility for ensuring that their call center operation runs smoothly and efficiently. MORE
At the heart of every growing organization are its employees. The very people who keep businesses functioning and evolving are all too often overlooked to primarily focus on satisfying paying customers. MORE
Call centers and contact centers operate within the same general field of customer support and outreach. However, the two are not exactly the same. Call centers came first, focusing employees on handling large streams of customer calls at once. MORE
Managing a call center caught up in the uncertainty of a worldwide pandemic is no small feat. However, there are a number of important guidelines and tips you can keep in mind to help ease your center’s workforce into remote working and mitigate contagion risks. MORE
Business Process Outsourcing has come quite a long way in the last few years, allowing companies to achieve unheard of levels of sophistication in their market offerings without adding the strain of a vast assortment of new disciplines onto their internal teams. MORE
There are numerous issues for which call center managers and leaders must account in running a successful customer support operation. MORE
From essentials like average handle time to broader metrics such as call center service levels , there are dozens of metrics that call center leaders and QA teams must stay on top of, and they all provide visibility into some aspect of performance. MORE
The role of a call center manager is complex and challenging. MORE
According to a recent survey by Contact Babel of contact center professionals, over 90% of businesses record their calls, but only 34% are analyzing them with a speech analytics solution. MORE
As industrial and economic globalization trends continue to develop in the world’s present market, the use of outsourced talent to accomplish a wide variety of tasks ranging from the rote and repeatable to the complex and mission-critical grows ever more ubiquitous. MORE
Given the often-hectic nature of call-based customer support, it is not at all uncommon for conflicts to arise with confused or otherwise frustrated customers. MORE
As recent research shows, the U.S. call center industry is alive and well. According to the data, the industry saw a total of 32,000 new positions added in Q1 2019, with several major companies expanding their call center operations. MORE
Accommodating regulatory guidelines and remaining compliant with strict mandates can be tough for any call center organization to do. As communication technologies continue to evolve, so too do the various threats that target them. MORE
Providing key metrics and clear numbers is primordial in any industry, and it becomes particularly challenging in the field of call centers. This is why managers have developed a number of techniques to quantify results and improve efficiency over the years. MORE
As more of the US workforce is being divided into essential and nonessential roles and businesses are transitioning to work-from-home positions, employers and employees alike have another rapidly growing problem to monitor – fraud. MORE
Obtaining useful metrics on daily operations in your call center can help to improve many aspects of your business. However, there is quite a bit more to making effective use of call center metrics than merely amassing data and generating reports. MORE
Operating a growing call center operation involves logging and assessing myriad moving elements at once. It can be close to impossible to manage these critical success factors without help from specialized software. MORE
The floor of any call center is the organization’s mission-critical space intended entirely to serve the very purpose for which the center exists – handling calls. MORE
At last month’s LISTEN event, we were excited to award three customers with LISTEN Awards for their achievements in speech analytics success. MORE
Great customer service agents form the backbone of every successful call center operation. However, enthusiasm, commitment and top-notch performance on the job are not cultivated in a vacuum. MORE
Most business invest time, effort and scrutiny on the customer experience. However, its internal equivalent – the employee experience – receives far less attention than it deserves in many organizations. MORE
There are many characteristics that successful call center representatives share, some being more important than others. MORE
Scheduling forms the foundation of every successful call center operation. Ensuring your organization has enough hands on deck at all times keeps callers from waiting too long or abandoning calls altogether before their questions can be answered. MORE
Call center QA and monitoring teams are responsible for ensuring the quality of interactions between call center representatives and consumers. It goes without saying that this is an incredibly complex undertaking, particularly in large organizations with thousands of call center agents having many thousands of interactions with consumers every day. The problems that plague the […]. MORE
Managers play an integral role in ensuring high quality customer service, from hiring and training call center agents to monitoring performance, keeping tabs on vital call center metrics and keeping agents motivated every day. MORE
Microsoft’s Richard Peers predicted that by 2020, 85% of all customer service interactions would be handled without the need for a human agent. Although his prediction was not completely accurate, there has been a significant move in that direction. MORE
Callminer
OCTOBER 11, 2018
From essentials like average handle time to broader metrics such as call center service levels , there are dozens of metrics that call center leaders and QA teams must stay on top of, and they all provide visibility into some aspect of performance.
Callminer
MAY 27, 2020
At the heart of every growing organization are its employees. The very people who keep businesses functioning and evolving are all too often overlooked to primarily focus on satisfying paying customers.
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Callminer
JUNE 18, 2020
Employee departures can be tough to handle in the fast-paced environment of a call center. However, even in agent turnover , opportunities to improve your organization’s efficiency and profitability abound.
Callminer
SEPTEMBER 5, 2017
Call center QA and monitoring teams are responsible for ensuring the quality of interactions between call center representatives and consumers. It goes without saying that this is an incredibly complex undertaking, particularly in large organizations with thousands of call center agents having many thousands of interactions with consumers every day. The problems that plague the […].
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MARCH 2, 2020
Solving a caller’s problems quickly can significantly improve their perception of your organization’s overall quality and competency. However, achieving the fastest possible resolution speed – over the course of a single call – can prove to be more complicated than it seems.
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Callminer
JUNE 9, 2020
Average handle time, or AHT, is an important call center metric.
Callminer
APRIL 20, 2020
Business Process Outsourcing has come quite a long way in the last few years, allowing companies to achieve unheard of levels of sophistication in their market offerings without adding the strain of a vast assortment of new disciplines onto their internal teams.
Callminer
FEBRUARY 19, 2020
There are numerous issues for which call center managers and leaders must account in running a successful customer support operation.
Callminer
MAY 26, 2020
Operating a growing call center operation involves logging and assessing myriad moving elements at once. It can be close to impossible to manage these critical success factors without help from specialized software.
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Callminer
FEBRUARY 5, 2020
Obtaining useful metrics on daily operations in your call center can help to improve many aspects of your business. However, there is quite a bit more to making effective use of call center metrics than merely amassing data and generating reports.
Callminer
MAY 12, 2020
Call centers around the world are faced with the ever-intensifying challenge of meeting consumers’ expectations. As calls flood the lines during peak periods, such centers need powerful tool sets to handle them all.
Callminer
MAY 11, 2020
When employees exhibit disgruntled behavior, it’s concerning for managers. Not only are managers concerned for their employee’s well-being and happiness, but disgruntled employees can contribute to a stressful working environment for the whole team.
Callminer
FEBRUARY 2, 2018
Call center managers are tasked with myriad responsibilities, and they maintain responsibility for ensuring that their call center operation runs smoothly and efficiently.
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Callminer
MARCH 30, 2020
Managing a call center caught up in the uncertainty of a worldwide pandemic is no small feat. However, there are a number of important guidelines and tips you can keep in mind to help ease your center’s workforce into remote working and mitigate contagion risks.
Callminer
APRIL 30, 2020
Given the often-hectic nature of call-based customer support, it is not at all uncommon for conflicts to arise with confused or otherwise frustrated customers.
Callminer
DECEMBER 13, 2019
Most business invest time, effort and scrutiny on the customer experience. However, its internal equivalent – the employee experience – receives far less attention than it deserves in many organizations.
Callminer
APRIL 24, 2020
As recent research shows, the U.S. call center industry is alive and well. According to the data, the industry saw a total of 32,000 new positions added in Q1 2019, with several major companies expanding their call center operations.
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APRIL 21, 2020
The role of a call center manager is complex and challenging.
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MARCH 6, 2020
Managers play an integral role in ensuring high quality customer service, from hiring and training call center agents to monitoring performance, keeping tabs on vital call center metrics and keeping agents motivated every day.
Callminer
FEBRUARY 24, 2020
Cultivating a productive call center environment involves optimizing many different facets of its operations. From facility design to computer systems and software integrations, all aspects of your call center that impact its internal atmosphere can affect employee performance.
Callminer
MARCH 27, 2020
As more of the US workforce is being divided into essential and nonessential roles and businesses are transitioning to work-from-home positions, employers and employees alike have another rapidly growing problem to monitor – fraud.
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MARCH 23, 2020
Providing key metrics and clear numbers is primordial in any industry, and it becomes particularly challenging in the field of call centers. This is why managers have developed a number of techniques to quantify results and improve efficiency over the years.
Callminer
MARCH 12, 2020
Accommodating regulatory guidelines and remaining compliant with strict mandates can be tough for any call center organization to do. As communication technologies continue to evolve, so too do the various threats that target them.
Callminer
MARCH 9, 2020
Scheduling forms the foundation of every successful call center operation. Ensuring your organization has enough hands on deck at all times keeps callers from waiting too long or abandoning calls altogether before their questions can be answered.
Callminer
MARCH 6, 2020
Managers play an integral role in ensuring high quality customer service, from hiring and training call center agents to monitoring performance, keeping tabs on vital call center metrics and keeping agents motivated every day.
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This whitepaper has provided some suggestions for KPIs that you may want to use. Once you’ve chosen your KPIs, make sure that you’ve communicated the importance of these metrics to all employees in your contact center, as well as how you expect them to be achieved.
Callminer
MAY 29, 2019
According to a recent survey by Contact Babel of contact center professionals, over 90% of businesses record their calls, but only 34% are analyzing them with a speech analytics solution.
Callminer
NOVEMBER 13, 2018
At last month’s LISTEN event, we were excited to award three customers with LISTEN Awards for their achievements in speech analytics success.
Callminer
DECEMBER 17, 2019
As industrial and economic globalization trends continue to develop in the world’s present market, the use of outsourced talent to accomplish a wide variety of tasks ranging from the rote and repeatable to the complex and mission-critical grows ever more ubiquitous.
Callminer
FEBRUARY 12, 2020
Great customer service agents form the backbone of every successful call center operation. However, enthusiasm, commitment and top-notch performance on the job are not cultivated in a vacuum.
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FEBRUARY 10, 2020
The floor of any call center is the organization’s mission-critical space intended entirely to serve the very purpose for which the center exists – handling calls.
Callminer
DECEMBER 5, 2019
Microsoft’s Richard Peers predicted that by 2020, 85% of all customer service interactions would be handled without the need for a human agent. Although his prediction was not completely accurate, there has been a significant move in that direction.
Callminer
AUGUST 1, 2017
Most call centers struggle with efficiency at one time or another. And because efficiency is directly tied to minimizing overhead costs in the call center, it’s a prominent challenge.
Callminer
OCTOBER 3, 2019
There are many characteristics that successful call center representatives share, some being more important than others.
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