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

JustCall

Reports highlight that 83% of callers would avoid a company after a bad brush with the company’s IVR system. So, how do you manage call surges during unanticipated high-traffic periods? Let’s explore the top 10 tips high call volume call centers could use. High call volume: What is it?

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Coronavirus preparation for your call center

Xaqt

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE On Monday the Center for Disease Control (CDC) sounded the alarm bell that the spread of Coronavirus in the U.S. While no one knows what the actual impact of the virus will be, we expect that call centers across several industries along with public sector service agencies will be adversely impacted.

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7 Proven Ways to Manage Contact Center Agent Staffing Shortages

Playvox

Anecdotally, even the promise of substantially higher contact center agent salaries isn’t resulting in the number of qualified hires call centers need to fully staff up. With the holiday rush looming, an agent shortage could be detrimental to business. Increased abandon rates. Over and over.

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Your All-in-One Guide to Call Center Workforce Optimization

Fonolo

From organizing call center agents to employing the right technology and developing a customer experience strategy, there are plenty of moving pieces in the successful operation of a contact center. Getting all those nuts and bolts to run in perfect harmony is often referred to as call center workforce optimization (WFO).

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The 10 Essential Call Center Metrics You Can’t Live Without

Babelforce

In this post: Average Handling Time Customer Satisfaction Service Level First Contact Resolution Call Abandonment Rate Percentage of Calls Blocked Call Transfer Rate Wrap-up Time Customer Effort Score Average Idle Time. Top Ten Call Center Metrics. #1 5 Call Abandonment Rate.

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Advantages & Best Practices for Managing Callbacks in Contact Centers

NobelBiz

Call centers must implement an ideal client experience more than before to differentiate themselves. This is where the need for better management of callbacks in contact centers emanates. One solution to this problem is to increase the capacity of call center agents. What is a call center callback option ?

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21 Call Center KPIs for Complete Performance Visibility

Babelforce

But every so often you should do yourself a big favor and shake up the call center KPIs your measure. 21 essential call center KPIs. #1 Talk time is a simple metric; it’s the total time agents spend dealing with callers. It differs from handling time because it doesn’t include after call work or time on hold.