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Do your Reports Spark Joy? Tidy up your Reports to Reduce Call Center Stress and Boost Agent Engagement

SharpenCX

As a call center manager, not only do you deal with high-stress customer situations, but you’re also responsible for team strategy, performance goals, management of budgets, employee satisfaction and coaching. Maybe you want to see your Abandon Rate drop, and your First Contact Resolution levels improve.

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

SharpenCX

There’s plenty of room for creativity when it comes to entertaining your customers. Research found that improving IVRs contributes to lower call abandonment rates. Callers often mistake automated voices for live agents, so if they hear the same message repeated too frequently, they may get frustrated. Improve your IVR.

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18 Contact Center Strategies That Actually Work

JustCall

Arrange Information or Entertainment for Queued Callers What do your callers do while they wait? When your customers have something to do, you can drastically reduce the call abandonment rates. You can further categorize the scripts to help with a more extensive training session.