Hodusoft

APRIL 5, 2023

7 Best Practices for Managing Call Center Operations Call centers are crucial for many businesses, especially the ones that deal directly with customers. But setting up a call center is relatively easy compared to managing its operations day in and day out. Read on to know more.

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Fonolo

APRIL 17, 2018

In the wide world of call center metrics, “service level” has always held a special place. It gives the industry a universally understood way to talk about how quickly calls are answered by agents. Its origins go back over 5 decades, to the earliest days of call centers. Seeing the Bigger Picture.

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Expivia

APRIL 29, 2021

The success of your call center depends on the list of key performance indicators (KPIs) you follow. Without call center KPI tracking, you’ll never know if you’re running your call center effectively. Make sure you track and optimize them to ensure you run your call center successfully.

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Hodusoft

OCTOBER 14, 2022

5 Ways to leverage eCommerce Contact Center Software to improve CX. The e-commerce contact center has been realized as one of the most powerful tools in this battle. The blog explains the role of contact center software for e-commerce businesses and how its features can drive business success.

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bold360 Blog

APRIL 1, 2020

No matter what happens next, your employees and customers will continue to have questions they need answered (and fast), even as your call center struggles to maintain operational continuity. COVID-19 has caused massive disruption in the customer service and contact center space, on both the supply side and the demand side.

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Hodusoft

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

7 Best and Effective Inbound Call Strategies For Call Centers. The inbound contact center serves as the point of access for customers for queries, complaints, issues, and feedback. Inbound call center software helps businesses to optimize huge volumes of inbound calls in order to deliver excellent customer service.

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JustCall

AUGUST 19, 2021

The average wait time for a call center or contact center customer is 20 seconds. Call Queuing is the solution. What is a Call Queue? Call queues are an important component of call centers and contact centers. A call queue brings uniformity in call inflow management.

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Monet Software

JANUARY 16, 2020

To blend or not to blend—that is the question for today’s call centers. Blended agent assignments have been a staple of the contact center since the advent of automated call distribution (ACD) systems. As the omnichannel contact center has blossomed the variety of contact types to manage has multiplied.

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Monet Software

OCTOBER 8, 2020

Top tips for using call center analytics and reporting to make the case for your spending forecast. The contact center budgeting process is never easy. That’s why we created The Ultimate Guide to Budgeting for Your Call Center !) Sadly, not all call center investments are equally straightforward.

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OctopusTech

AUGUST 31, 2022

One thing that has remained constant for a long time is that users still prefer to solve their queries on a phone call rather than choosing any other medium and that’s where Interactive Voice Response comes in. What if there are high call volumes of your customers? . Not sure if an IVR system is right for your business?

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TechSee

JUNE 16, 2022

As companies embrace the digitization of customer support, the new standard is much more than a phone conversation with a call center representative or a visit from a field agent. With a career spanning over 20 years, Eric has an extensive amount of experience in Contact Center and 3rd party and onshore vendor management.

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Global Response

MAY 15, 2023

What do call center quality and your car have in common? Call center quality is often handled similarly—pushed to the backburner until there’s a glaring issue or a flashing red light indicating a major problem. What KPIs and metrics are most important for your call center?

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Fonolo

AUGUST 28, 2018

Nothing says summertime like lounging by the pool and reading contact center industry reports, amirite? We already covered this CCaaS MQ (See “ Is this the End of the On-Premise Call Center? ”) but it’s important enough to post about twice. This result was surprising because Avaya call centers are more common.

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Fonolo

MAY 3, 2023

Lowering call abandonment rates in contact centers is one of the most powerful performance levers available to call center managers. It’s also what Fonolo Call-Backs do best. What is an Abandoned Call? TIP: Most contact center software will generate a Call Detail Record (CDR).

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NICE inContact

OCTOBER 29, 2019

But like many companies that transition their operation from call center to contact center as they grow, Radisson realized there was a definite disconnect: it was using an out-of-date, on-premises Avaya system to manage its global network of contact centers and BPOs. million calls and 1.5

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Fonolo

MAY 17, 2017

Although there’s a plethora of intelligent call center technology to take advantage of, many organizations still only have basic functionalities in place. 10 Contact Center Technologies You Should Know. 10 Contact Center Technologies You Should Know. Why does contact center technology matter?

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Hodusoft

JULY 3, 2023

Average Handle Time: A Comprehensive Guide In the call center industry, time is a lot more valuable than money. When customers call your call center (or contact center), they need their issues and queries to be resolved as fast as possible. What’s the “standard” AHT for a call center?

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Outsource Consultants

JUNE 19, 2018

5 Valuable Metrics Contact Centers Can Provide Companies. For companies that outsource their contact center services, their contact center partners can provide a wealth of valuable data. Whatever the situation is for your company, your contact center partner should be able to provide you with this metric.

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Advantage Communications

JULY 10, 2019

When it comes to outsourcing your customer service to a call center, there are a range of metrics that call centers use to ensure they are delivering a superior customer experience (CX) for your customers.

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CrazyCall

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

Contact centers are playing an important role in companies all over our hyper-connected world. In the past, call centers were the only way of connecting with the customer. To start, we have to look at the inbound contact center. Another practice contact centers can use sparingly is outsourcing.

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Pipkins

DECEMBER 5, 2019

In your contact center, do people ever just hang up? If you are like me, then you realize that queues are not infinitely long and that callers can and will abandon the queue when they grow tired of waiting for a representative. Optimize Your Call Center With Pipkins. A Modern Formula For Modern Call Centers.

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NICE inContact

MARCH 10, 2016

As a contact center manager, you’ve got a lot of metrics to choose from as your key performance indicators (KPIs). In this blog, we help narrow down this long list to help you focus on the metrics that, when improved upon, will really help your contact center thrive. Service Quality.

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TLC Associates

AUGUST 21, 2019

Your healthcare contact center team needs to have a good “bedside manner.” The following healthcare call center metrics will help you identify ways to improve your care outcomes. Your contact center agents are likely undertrained. Average Abandonment Rate. Net Promoter. Related Articles.

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Talkdesk

MARCH 12, 2021

In this guest blog post, Gans Subramanian, founder and managing director at B-Trnsfrmd , shares five reasons that make Talkdesk his CCaaS solution of choice. Founded to bring a paradigm shift into the realm of call center solutions, it became the first CCaaS unicorn startup in 2018. Speech Analytics.

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TASKE Technology

AUGUST 4, 2019

Last month, we talked about how KPIs can help you measure whether your contact center is meeting business objectives. We also covered a few KPIs that are generally accepted as core measures of service levels in a contact center: first call resolution, telephone service factor, and abandon rates.

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Stafford Communications

JUNE 2, 2020

When we say ‘service level’ in this context, we are referring to what is rooted in the classic call center measure: what percentage of calls is answered within a certain time period. Service levels clearly have relevance for ‘real-time’ exchanges like phone calls or chat sessions. Contact us today for more information.

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NICE inContact

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

With an outdated, on-premises Cisco call center system, Empire Today was facing a $1 million price tag to upgrade to modern functionality. The contact center lacked modern features and functionality and didn’t have skills-based routing or dashboards. I highly recommend CXone to any contact center.”.

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Altivon

JUNE 13, 2020

Contact Centers Demonstrate Value Amid COVID-19 and Beyond. Until very recently, only 13% of contact center agents worked remotely on a permanent basis. Here is a look at how US contact centers are responding to the unique demands of the current climate. Remote Work Before COVID-19: Survey Results From 2019.

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Fonolo

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

In our on-going effort to demystify call center metrics, ‘occupancy rate’ shouldn’t be forgotten. Occupancy rate is basically a measure of how “busy” call center agents are when they are at work. It is sometimes referred to as “utilization rate.”. What is Occupancy in a Call Center?

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Stafford Communications

JUNE 2, 2020

When we say ‘service level’ in this context, we are referring to what is rooted in the classic call center measure: what percentage of calls is answered within a certain time period. Service levels clearly have relevance for ‘real-time’ exchanges like phone calls or chat sessions. Contact us today for more information.

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Service level Abandon rate Healthcare Contact Center 52

TLC Associates

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

Yet before anyone decides to work with an outsourced contact center , I recommend they compare outsourcing against insourcing to determine the right fit for their business and their goals. By asking these questions about your business, you’ll simplify your decision and improve your ability to choose the right contact center.

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VHT

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

Improving ASA (average speed to answer) can have many positive impacts on your call center, and one method of improvement is through a callback system. ASA has a direct correlation to important call center metrics such as call abandonment rate, efficiency and customer satisfaction.

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NICE inContact

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

In our webinar, Boost Contact Center KPIs with Advanced Chat for CXone , you’ll can learn key findings as well as how chat has helped ECSI — customized digital solutions for higher education—transform its contact center , improve its KPIs (key performance indicators) and exceed customer expectations.

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Talkdesk

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

That’s what Ytica CEO and Founder Simon Vostry says about contact centers and he’s absolutely right. To discuss contact center analytics and how your team can use them to treat customers better, we invited Simon to co-host the Uncovering the Power of Reporting and Analytics webinar with us earlier this week.

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Fonolo

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

In the world of contact center metrics, service level has always held a special place. This metric is universally understood across the industry, and clearly conveys how quickly customer calls are answered by support agents. Its origins go back over five decades, to the earliest days of call centers.

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TASKE Technology

JULY 7, 2019

In fact, your contact center may have volumes of data about how many calls it gets in a day, how long callers waited to be answered, how many callers gave up waiting before they were answered, and so on. In other words, you can measure activity in the contact center to determine whether it is meeting higher-level business goals.

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VocalCom

JULY 8, 2019

Look at your abandonment rates. Check your call and chat abandonment rates to see if customers are hanging up or signing off due to long hold times. Another important number to consider is your shopping cart abandonment rate on all channels. Ask your customer service and sales agents.

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