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How to Eliminate Hold Time in Your Call Center

Fonolo

Unsurprisingly, longer call hold times are directly correlated to higher call abandonment rates; people often give up and hang up before they get through to a support agent. As mentioned above, the abandonment rate is the most obvious metric to be affected. Offer Call-backs Outside Your IVR Too.

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Cost Per Call : A Key Metric for Your Contact Center

Hodusoft

Modern contact centers can’t operate without a wide range of technology tools. So technology costs are among the major costs in contact centers. The technology costs can include contact center software , customer relationship management (CRM) systems, business phone systems , call routing software, and more.