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How to Handle High Call Volume: 10 Strategies for Success in Sales and Contact Centres

JustCall

This sudden influx of calls can be anything – from customers reaching out and potential leads dialing in to support requests. When a call surge hits, your sales and customer service teams bear the brunt. Drowning in calls during peak season? This optimized staffing is essential in dealing with high call volumes.

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Call Center Occupancy Vs Utilization: Their Importance and their Differences 

JustCall

Some of them are: Call arrival rate, for frequency of inbound calls. Call abandonment rate, which shows how many customers hang up before speaking with an agent. Average handling time, to indicate how long an agent takes to complete a customer call.

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7 Proven Ways to Manage Contact Center Agent Staffing Shortages

Playvox

Being short-staffed causes gaps in the schedule and results in a situation where there are simply not enough agents to handle volume. One of the first places this shows up is higher average speed to answer (ASA). Increased abandon rates. Customers will only wait so long in the queue before they give up.

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The Ultimate Guide to Creating a Successful Predictive Dialer Campaign for Your Business

NobelBiz

Predictive dialers occupy a cornerstone place in every outbound calling strategy as they shorten the time between answered calls, enabling your team to connect with your customers and reach new leads faster. This ensures that customers are connected to the right agent.

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How to Calculate Occupancy Rate in a Call Center

Fonolo

Why 80/20 is the Wrong Service Level for Your Call Center. Why Your Call Center Needs to Watch Abandon Rates. ‘Occupancy Rate’ is the percentage of time that agents spend handling customer inquiries vs. waiting for calls (idle time). How to Calculate Occupancy Rate.

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Advantages & Best Practices for Managing Callbacks in Contact Centers

NobelBiz

This is a metric that assesses the efficacy and quality of customer service and has a direct impact on customer satisfaction. The callback feature of the Interactive Voice Response (IVR) guarantees that the consumer is reached again by an agent who is qualified to address his queries. Hence, a higher conversion rate.

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21 Call Center KPIs for Complete Performance Visibility

Babelforce

It’s useful to know, but – time spent talking doesn’t necessarily indicate service quality. #2 2 Average handle time (AHT). AHT is the average time it takes agents to handle a call, from when they pick up to when they finish after call work. 3 Call abandonment rate.