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What is Call Blending and how does it help your Call Center?

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By dynamically allocating calls based on real-time demand, call centers can maintain a steady flow of work and improve overall productivity. The average incoming call abandon rate for global call centers was 6.44% in 2021, highlighting the importance of managing hold times and call volumes to reduce abandoned calls.

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The Top 4 Contact Center Trends To Boost Performance And CX

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That means not only better CX through every interaction but more opportunities for agents to upsell. When customer issues take multiple interactions to resolve, your contact center needs more agents, driving up the cost of operations.

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Hype or Reality? Importance of Customer Service as a Key Differentiator

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On Black Friday of 2017, though, the company realized that customer call abandonment had spiked—likely due to longer-than-normal wait times. Lenox made this discovery because they have robust contact center analytics that give real-time notification of trouble areas so issues can be immediately rectified.