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How to Stop Abandoned Calls From Ruining Your Customer Satisfaction and Toppling Your Other Call Center Metrics

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It’s the story of abandoned calls. Customers abandon calls when they’re frustrated from long hold times and unanswered questions. Spikes in abandoned calls take a toll on agent productivity and customer satisfaction. And often, they lead your customers to abandon your brand entirely.

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How to Improve Call Center Agent Productivity

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Average Handle Time (AHT). Average handle time is the average amount of time it takes an agent to wrap up a phone call or live chat. Lower average handle times usually mean higher productivity. The Executive Guide to Improving 6 Call Center Metrics.

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3 Tips to Reduce Cost Per Contact in the Call Center

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Use metric-tracking software to determine if your average handle time is increasing, first call resolution is falling, abandoned call rates are rising, or customer satisfaction survey results are going down. Empower your customers with self-service options. Have you heard of Visual IVR ?

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Manager’s Guide to Abandonment Rates in the Contact Center 

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This guide will walk you through everything you need to know in order to understand, measure, and reduce call abandonment in your contact center. What is an Abandoned Call? The definition of an abandoned call in a call center is a call where the caller hangs up before they speak to a customer support agent.

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4 Ways to Measure & Improve Call Center Productivity

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If the problem isn’t solved during the first call, the customer will call again and again, taking time away from other customers. How to calculate it: (Number of resolved calls on first contact divided by the total number of calls) multiplied by 100. Average Handling Time (AHT).

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Call Center Metrics & KPIs to Measure Agent Performance

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The average call abandonment rate (ACAR) indicates the number of customers that abandon calls if they wait on hold for too long. When calculating the ACAR, it’s important to neglect calls that were abandoned in the first few seconds since these calls are mostly made by customers by accident.

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Guide to Interpreting Call Center Analytics

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If wait-times are too long, managers will typically implement strategies to reduce hold times, like offering call-back options or other self-service tools like a well-constructed FAQ section. This metric can be an indication of long hold times or poor call routing, which can impact customer satisfaction.