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The Complete Guide to Visual IVR

Fonolo

Visual IVR – now known as Fonolo’s Web Call-Backs – was one of the first self-service technologies to have a hugely positive impact on the customer experience. What is Visual IVR? The original interactive voice response system (IVR) might be better known to customers as a phone menu.

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

SharpenCX

It’s the story of abandoned calls. Customers abandon calls when they’re frustrated from long hold times and unanswered questions. Meanwhile, managers and leaders are disappointed by plummeting metrics and the inability to satisfy every customer. According to Voice Response, Inc., Sound familiar?

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10 Effective Strategies to Reduce Call Center Demand

Fonolo

Without the right preparation, even the most established operations can find themselves struggling with call demand, and trying to stay afloat when faced with an onslaught of customer queries. When it comes to lowering call center demand, first call resolution (FCR) is the most important call center metric to focus on.

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3 Ways to Slash Abandoned Calls to Your Contact Center *Now*

Babelforce

What abandon rate should your contact center aim for? Obviously you want your rate of abandoned calls as low as possible. The basic formula for call abandonment is: It’s pretty simple as call center metrics go – but there are some variables to think about. But – how do you get to that number?

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3 Ways to Slash Abandoned Calls to Your Contact Center *Now*

Babelforce

What abandon rate should your contact center aim for? Obviously you want your rate of abandoned calls as low as possible. The basic formula for call abandonment is: It’s pretty simple as call center metrics go – but there are some variables to think about. But – how do you get to that number?

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3 Tips to Reduce Cost Per Contact in the Call Center

Fonolo

The Executive Guide to Improving 6 Call Center Metrics. Cost per contact is exactly as it sounds; it’s the amount that any interaction with a customer costs your company over a specific period of time. Come up with solutions to improve these metrics and you should see an overall improvement in your cost per contact.

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11 Must Know Call Center Terminologies- A Guide!

Hodusoft

It works by using predetermined rules and algorithms to route calls based on factors like the caller’s phone number, the agent’s availability and skills, the time of day, and the language preference of the caller. Queue – A queue in call centers refers to the line of calls waiting to be answered by agents.