Fonolo

MAY 11, 2022

Fonolo is pleased to announce this year’s CX Award winners, EECU (Educational Employees Credit Union) and Oregon PERS (Public Employees Retirement System). Educational Employees Credit Union (EECU). EECU was founded in 1934 with the mission of providing low-cost financial services for educators in the community.

Abandon rate 91

Abandon rate Education Contact Center Call Center 91

Fonolo

OCTOBER 24, 2019

Are you prepared for unpredicted spikes in call volume? Call-backs are an insurance policy for your call center: When call volume spikes, your call center can avoid disaster and handle the unexpected traffic with ease. Lower Abandonment Rates. Lowering Abandon Rates.

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Abandon rate Call Center Contact Center Education 75

Fonolo

MAY 11, 2022

Fonolo is pleased to announce this year’s CX Award winners, EECU (Educational Employees Credit Union) and Oregon PERS (Public Employees Retirement System). Educational Employees Credit Union (EECU). EECU was founded in 1934 with the mission of providing low-cost financial services for educators in the community.

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Abandon rate Education Contact Center Call Center 67

Fonolo

JUNE 13, 2018

Every call center faces the problem of unpredictable spikes in call volume. Unfortunately, the effect of this on the customer experience is significant: 60% of customers will abandon a call after just one minute of waiting on hold. Are you prepared for unpredicted spikes in call volume? Plus so Much More!

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Abandon rate Call Center Wait times Education 64

Fonolo

MAY 2, 2019

After the grounding of all Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft, calls to Air Canada’s customer service prompted a recording that said call volume had “temporarily exceeded the company’s capacity to answer or even place callers on hold.” Are you prepared for unpredicted spikes in call volume? We talk about: Managing Spikes in Call Volume.

Abandon rate 57

Abandon rate Call Center Wait times Education 57

Fonolo

OCTOBER 3, 2019

After the grounding of all Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft, calls to Air Canada’s customer service prompted a recording that said call volume had “temporarily exceeded the company’s capacity to answer or even place callers on hold.” Are you prepared for unpredicted spikes in call volume? We talk about: Managing Spikes in Call Volume.

Abandon rate 52

Abandon rate Call Center Wait times Education 52

Dialer 360

MARCH 22, 2023

In 2023, call centers are continuing to play a crucial role in customer service and support for all sizes of businesses. With the increasing importance of providing excellent customer experiences, call centers have become an essential component of many companies’ customer service strategies.

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Fonolo

MAY 14, 2019

More and more call centers are offering a call-back option as an alternative to putting customers on hold. At Fonolo, we see this trend through the increased demand of our own call-back solution. The image below shows the proportion of call centers offering call-backs in each country: The US leads with 60% penetration.

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Surveys Abandon rate Call Center Contact Center 57

Fonolo

JULY 17, 2018

The customer service team often experiences spikes in call volume, and with that, an increase in hold times and abandon rates. With Fonolo’s call-back solution, FSCU noticed a notable reduction in abandon rates. Additionally, members are much happier with the improved calling experience.

Abandon rate 69

Abandon rate Customer Experience Contact Center Call Center 69

Revation Systems

JUNE 15, 2020

1% Fairview Health Services has notably improved the contact center's abandonment rate (now at less than 1%). This resulted in long call center wait times and higher abandonment rates. It also jeopardized patient safety because transfer agents couldn’t bring participants together in one call.

Healthcare 62

Healthcare Abandon rate call center solutions Education 62

Fonolo

APRIL 11, 2019

Much like ensuring that our young are safe from harm’s way, yet still have the freedom to explore and grow, contact center leadership must ensure that their departments are safe-guarded while still maintaining the capability to grow internally and externally both in service and in excellence. Use Advanced Analytics.

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Contact Center Abandon rate Analytics Call Center 87

Fonolo

JULY 31, 2018

Its New York-based call center is supported by 10 customer service representatives who manage inquiries related to purchases, sales, claims, deliveries, and general customer service questions. As a result, abandon rates, frustrated customers, and strained resources were becoming reasons for concern.

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Abandon rate Customer Experience Call Center Enterprise 52

Fonolo

MAY 22, 2018

Luckily, more and more call centers are offering a call-back option, as an alternative to waiting in the queue. We, at Fonolo, see this trend through the increased demand of our call-back solution. Which Vendors are Currently Providing Call-Backs? What’s the Benefit of Call-Backs?

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Surveys Abandon rate Call Center Contact Center 59

Fonolo

JUNE 21, 2018

Peak times tend to be a touchy topic for call centers. Almost every center experiences them, and most don’t know how to handle the volume without adding more agents. Every contact center is different, which means that peak times can take on various forms. Webinar] How to Successfully Handle Call Volume During Peak Times.

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Contact Center Abandon rate Management Call Center 52

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. ECSI’s abandon rate was 26%!

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Abandon rate Contact Center Education Accountability 54

Fonolo

MAY 29, 2018

If you’re deeply invested in the customer service industry, you already know this one fact: June will be an exciting, educational month thanks to the 19 th Annual Customer Contact Week, held this year from June 18-22 at The Mirage Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada. Top Call Center Metrics You Need to be Tracking [Live Discussion].

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Abandon rate Contact Center Call Center Education 52

Fonolo

AUGUST 29, 2019

This year’s soundbites are rich with well-researched insights that a) act as a warning; and b) can help your contact center win. Replacing hold-time with a call-back is a no-brainer: It eliminates something that customers universally dislike, while lowering abandon rates. Use analytics to change your call centers culture.

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Fonolo

JULY 15, 2021

There are many different call center metrics used to measure activity and efficiency. Key Performance Indicators, or KPIs, can be tracked through integrated phone systems and call center cloud-based technology. Different call centers might have different goals, and thus have different metrics to prioritize.

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Call Center Abandon Call Abandon rate Average Handle Time 159

Calltools

JANUARY 22, 2020

Type of dialer used for calls: Optimizing your dialer can help your agents make more calls per hour. Connection rates: Improving your lead list can help to reduce the number of calls you make that do not connect your agent to a decision maker. Avoid diving straight into a sales pitch.

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Telemarketing Scripts Abandon rate Abandon Call 52

TASKE Technology

MAY 12, 2014

The systems that we use in our call centers are feature-rich to help us maximize the opportunities to keep operations efficient, particularly those that directly affect our response to customers. used of these features is the ability to re-queue calls. One of the most commonly?used

Abandon rate 40

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TASKE Technology

MAY 12, 2014

The systems that we use in our call centers are feature-rich to help us maximize the opportunities to keep operations efficient, particularly those that directly affect our response to customers. One of the most commonly used of these features is the ability to re-queue calls.

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Abandon rate Call Center Education Service level 40

Taylor Reach Group

JUNE 20, 2017

Recently, our expert panel of Contact Center Consultants had a discussion on the role of chat in the Call Center. This discussion examines chat in the Contact Center, highlights the many advantages of Live Chat, presents some caveats and looks to the future of this technology in the Call Center and Contact Center.

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Contact Center Consulting Consulting Healthcare 62

Fonolo

MARCH 17, 2020

Talking to Don Romano is an education. The company’s patented call-back technology empowers customers with an innovative alternative to waiting on hold. Fonolo’s award-winning solutions are trusted by a growing list of call centers that aim to enhance the customer experience.

Automotive 67

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Global Response

MARCH 27, 2023

AI can help speed up many backend operations when it comes to call centers, ensuring that your agents reduce call handle time and thus speed up operations overall. For example, you might measure: Speed via time in queue, average call length, average handle time, or so on.

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Customer Service Chatbots Self service Personalization 62

aircall

MARCH 31, 2021

Call analytics are useful tools for predicting call volume and minimizing wait times. That said, predictions are nothing more than educated guesses. As much as you might plan for the proper call center staffing, anomalies can and do happen. But, during the busiest of times, a call queue can save the day!

Abandon rate 62

Abandon rate Interactive Voice Response Call flow Wait times 62

Fonolo

OCTOBER 26, 2023

How to Eliminate Hold Time in Your Call Center What’s reasonable, of course, depends on your customers and their channel preferences. In the call center, it’s often hard to determine what the right service level is – and service levels are naturally different on different channels.

Advertising 81

Advertising Feedback Call Center Wait times 81

JustCall

MARCH 23, 2023

Customer feedback channel: IVR systems collect customer interaction data from the conception of a call. An IVR should be able to integrate entertainment, education, and sales initiatives. Features like real-time messaging and call-monitoring should be mandatory. This can help a business identify user behaviors and requirements.

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Interactive Voice Response Self service Abandon rate Telemarketing 98

Fonolo

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Call center and customer service teams have a variety of KPIs to choose from, but as each company and support department is different, their benchmarks will vary. Read on to learn about a few measures that are commonly tracked in call centers and customer service departments. They may just work for you, too.

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Calltools

APRIL 20, 2022

Successful outbound calling campaigns include more than just well-trained agents. Dialing software is one of the most essential tools for outbound contact call centers. For instance, contact centers should avoid using software such as power dialers in modern dialing campaigns. Then make an educated decision.

Real estate 52

Real estate Abandon rate Contact Center Telemarketing 52

Fonolo

MAY 13, 2019

This becomes even more pressing in a complex customer service department like Miele Canada’s, where it sees inbound and outbound calls and messages on anything from technical support to general inquiries and concerns, from a complex customer network made up of individuals, organizations, and retailers. Tracking Your Call Center Data.

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Customer Service Technical Support Education Contact Center 96

Noble Systems

OCTOBER 21, 2020

ACDs are commonly used in call centers to help companies handle large volumes of calls. As the first line of interaction for customers calling a company, the ACD software is a vital piece of an organization’s technology. The ACD is the heart of system, answering calls and then figuring out what to do next.

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First call resolution Call Center Interactive Voice Response call center software 57

Pointillist

MAY 23, 2018

The first step to journey discovery is to integrate all your sources of customer data (digital, web and mobile analytics, CRM, call center, point of sale, voice of the customer, and others). Educate stakeholders on the essentials of journey mapping. Identify and engage core stakeholders and partners.

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Analytics Journey mapping Customer centricity Multichannel 90

Enghouse Interactive

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

The most important observation was the impact associated with the type of self- service requests – digital-based interactions grew significantly more (at an average rate of 65%) than voice-based requests, illustrating the reality that contact centers – as configured – were ill-equipped to deal with the increased demands. .

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