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11 Must Know Call Center Terminologies- A Guide!

Hodusoft

It allows callers to interact with a computerized voice or touch-tone keypad to access information or perform certain actions, such as routing to a specific department, making a payment, or checking an account balance. Queue – A queue in call centers refers to the line of calls waiting to be answered by agents.

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4 Quick Fixes That Reduce Call Abandonment Rates Overnight

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What if their network dropped the call in the first five seconds? Are any of those missed calls really a reflection of your agents’ abilities? You can avoid all these potential regrets by creating routing rules that pull in unoccupied agents when call volume or wait time crosses a certain threshold. Okay, okay.

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4 Quick Fixes That Reduce Call Abandonment Rates Overnight

aircall

What if their network dropped the call in the first five seconds? Are any of those missed calls really a reflection of your agents’ abilities? You can avoid all these potential regrets by creating routing rules that pull in unoccupied agents when call volume or wait time crosses a certain threshold. Okay, okay.

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Predictive Dialer vs Auto Dialer: What You Need to Know

aircall

It needs four things to work — a computer to run the software, a person to answer the phone, a voice modem, and an active telephone line. An auto dialer uses predictive dialing to make calls while a sales or support agent finishes up a call. From there, the auto dialer sends the call to a live operator or a recorded message.

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The Complete Guide to Visual IVR

Fonolo

This technology is at play when an automated voice answers your call and gives instructions like: “Press one for customer service; press two for accounting,” and so on. Abandonment leads to higher repeat calls (which can strain the call center system) and, of course, dissatisfied customers. So, we understand IVRs.

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How to Build Effective Call Center Routing Strategies: Use Logic & Actions for Omnichannel Routing to Reduce Effort in Your Customer Experience

SharpenCX

Do callers need to enter information (and authenticate it) in your IVR, like a bank account number? Shortlist the factors that matter most to your customer journey, then determine what to account for as you set your routing rules. Or, is it more important to keep their wait time low? Time Controls. Capture panels.

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How to Reduce Customer Queue Time (Without More Hiring)

aircall

In fact, two out of three will hang up the phone if a human hasn’t responded to their call within two minutes. And you don’t need me to explain the consequences of those abandoned calls. But what can you do to drive queue times down when your hiring budget isn’t going up?