SharpenCX

JUNE 23, 2021

But, your contact center KPIs are an important piece of creating a happy team and happy customers. Plus, you need a high-performing, empowered contact center. But, don’t feel burdened to track the dozens of KPIs in your contact center. Are your agents meeting essential targets in good time?

Contact Center 101

Contact Center Abandon rate Management Metrics 101

Fonolo

MAY 4, 2021

If this sounds familiar, don’t worry — it is possible to upgrade your call center infrastructure and reduce future contact center costs at the same time. Read on to learn how to offset call center costs, and ensure that your customer service operations meet the needs of the 21st-Century customer.

Contact Center 152

Contact Center Interactive Voice Response Call Center call center software 152

Calltools

JULY 12, 2023

Contact centers face the ongoing task of finding new ways to enhance customer experience. Optimizing your contact center will help your customers experience better interactions with your agents, leading to greater customer satisfaction, higher retention rates, and improved brand recognition.

Contact Center 52

Contact Center Abandon rate Average Handle Time Automotive 52

SmartAction

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Contact center managers who embrace and implement this technology reap the rewards of increased efficiency, reduced costs, and a customer experience that fosters loyalty. Conversational IVR breaks the mold of the traditional contact center, which focuses on efficiency at the expense of customer service. Collaborate.

Contact Center 90

Contact Center Interactive Voice Response Virtual Agent Management 90

Fonolo

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

After assessing how the pandemic had changed the call center in 2020 , we decided to peek over the parapet at 2021. We asked the contact center industry’s top influencers and business leaders what they thought the most significant contact center trends in 2021 would be. Contact Center Trends 2021.

Contact Center 176

Contact Center Gamification Call Center Average Handle Time 176

Playvox

JULY 14, 2023

Providing an ever-improving customer experience while boosting contact center agent productivity is paramount for your business. Here’s the blueprint for achieving greater agent productivity in your call center. The quality of customer service and support can also have an impact on the productivity of a contact center.

Contact Center 74

Contact Center Coaching Schedule adherence Abandon rate 74

Fonolo

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

While this may seem simple enough, call and contact center managers of the 21st Century know better: It ain’t easy. If your contact center is floundering, it’s time for you to plant your feet on terra firma and look globally at your common problems. Service Levels. Gamification. Luckily, again, we have you covered.

Contact Center 182

Contact Center Gamification Abandon rate Call Center 182

Outsource Consultants

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

It’s because the ongoing labor shortage, paired with increased Q4 purchasing, is leaving many businesses that rely on contact center support exposed to looming CX disasters. Look no further than the travel industry, which is already reeling to meet Q4 demand spikes and record call volume. Tip the Scales with Technology.

Contact Center 125

Contact Center Interactive Voice Response Morale Abandon rate 125

Fonolo

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

While we’re not all Eternia-born superheroes like him, per se, as mere mortals we can still aim to be the masters of our own universes (contact center universes, if we’re being specific here) and harness the unshakable power to satisfy our customers. Help companies realize a positive ROI. Enough said. .

Abandon rate 240

Abandon rate Contact Center Call Center Technology 240

Fonolo

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

What’s motivating your contact center? Perhaps you have an established set of goals and objectives for your call center operations — but when was the last time you updated them? You could conduct some competitor research to get some ideas, but before you do, it’s helpful to identify your call center type.

Call Center 147

Call Center Gamification Abandon rate Outbound sales 147

NobelBiz

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Ah, the dreaded dropped call – the arch-nemesis of every contact center agent’s productivity and the ultimate buzzkill in the world of customer service. Dropped calls are a bit like sneezing during an important meeting – they disrupt the flow, leave everyone feeling awkward, and often require a do-over.

Contact Center 59

Contact Center Abandon rate Call Center Telecommunications 59

NobelBiz

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

This is where the need for better management of callbacks in contact centers emanates. One solution to this problem is to increase the capacity of call center agents. However, if your contact center experiences occasional call spikes, hiring additional agents can increase agent downtime and costs.

Best practices 52

Best practices Contact Center Abandon rate Management 52

Fonolo

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Sure, if you’re hiring correctly, your contact center will be filled to the brim with the right personalities and work ethics for success—but being surrounded by the best call center agents means effective training, constant support, and strategic goal setting. Performance Evaluation Scorecard for the Contact Center. (It

Contact Center 81

Contact Center Schedule adherence Abandon rate Average Handle Time 81

CCNG

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Budgets are getting tighter, and executive teams are asking contact center leadership to do more with a lower headcount. Customers are less patient, and robust technology that meets both employee and customer needs isn’t being implemented fast enough and efficiently enough to reduce the anxiety. All this costs more money.

Management 195

Management Average Handle Time Self service First call resolution 195

Global Response

MARCH 18, 2022

Omnichannel contact centers: the evolution of customer communication. Or, for some companies, the majority of contacts come over the phone. What is an omnichannel contact center? Keep reading to understand the different types of contact centers. Omnichannel contact center services.

Contact Center 71

Contact Center Call Center Best practices contact center solutions 71

Hodusoft

OCTOBER 19, 2022

5 Reasons Why Financial Institutions Must Invest In Contact Center Software Financial businesses, like banks and insurance companies, deal with people’s money. Today, finance contact center software is one of the best ways for financial institutions to keep tabs on their customers and earn their trust.

Contact center software 52

Contact center software Contact Center Finance Abandon rate 52

Fonolo

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

Call center benchmarks are necessary to drive performance and revenue, and can be used to compare a call center’s performance with industry standards. Here we’ll go through standard KPIs and common reasons why call centers struggle to meet them. The Executive Guide to Improving 6 Call Center Metrics.

Benchmark 142

Benchmark Call Center Abandon rate Average Handle Time 142

Hodusoft

OCTOBER 19, 2023

10 Effective Ways to Reduce Costs in Your BPO Contact Center Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) contact centers play a vital role in today’s modern businesses. They help manage customer interactions by serving as the initial point of contact. million in 2022 to US$34, 570.73 from 2023 to 2028. from 2023 to 2028.

Contact Center 52

Contact Center Interactive Voice Response Contact center software Self service 52

Playvox

OCTOBER 19, 2021

If you’re a contact center professional, you’re probably feeling the pain of agent staffing shortages. unemployment rate was 5.4% Similarly, the UK and Canada have not yet returned to pre-pandemic unemployment rates. This difficulty includes finding contact center agents. Increased abandon rates.

Contact Center 73

Contact Center Management Agent burnout Interactive Voice Response 73

NobelBiz

AUGUST 11, 2022

Customer expectations are higher than they have ever been and call centers are increasingly concerned with their ability to adapt to changing conditions. That’s where CCaaS – Contact Center as a Service comes in. Why CCaaS flexibility is so important for call centers?

contact center solutions 52

contact center solutions Contact Center Interactive Voice Response Cloud contact 52

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.

Contact center software 52

Contact center software Contact Center Abandon rate CRM 52

Fonolo

AUGUST 3, 2021

This is where organizing your contact center metrics into custom reports comes into play. The Executive Guide to Improving 6 Call Center Metrics. What is a call center report? Call center reporting is more than just showing your stats. Number of calls is an analytic that informs reporting on agent occupancy rate.

Call Center 142

Call Center Abandon rate Contact Center Agent burnout 142

Fonolo

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Whatever the size of your contact center, there will likely come a time when you notice your numbers slipping and employees losing steam while their productivity fizzles. Start Creating a Call Center Improvement Strategy. It’s time to dig into the current state of your contact center. Agent absenteeism rate.

Call Center 128

Call Center Interactive Voice Response First call resolution Contact Center 128

Babelforce

MARCH 16, 2023

IT and development teams have their hands full Citizen developers can meet some needs better than IT staff Low or no-code platforms can turn anyone into a developer How can citizen developers liberate the contact center? In the context of the contact center, we call these CX Makers. What is a citizen developer?

Contact Center 52

Contact Center Call flow Abandon rate Call Center 52

Playvox

APRIL 27, 2023

Contact center trends can directly impact success. For the greatest impact and a clear competitive edge, contact center leaders must choose wisely when making business decisions about the trends to prioritize and implement in their organizations — because all change, even positive change, costs time and resources.

Contact Center 52

Contact Center Gamification Agent burnout Employee engagement 52

Fonolo

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

In the world of contact center metrics, service level has always held a special place. Its origins go back over five decades, to the earliest days of call centers. Call center service levels are, broadly speaking, a commitment to a particular average speed of answer, or ASA. What is the Purpose of Service Levels?

Service level 142

Service level Call Center Abandon rate Metrics 142

NobelBiz

MARCH 7, 2022

One of the most critical concerns for contact centers is time management. Whether they are dedicated to inbound, outbound, or both, your contact center agent teams are frequently forced to make a large volume of calls. Why are dialers paramount for your contact center?

Contact Center 52

Contact Center Abandon rate Call Center Telecommunications 52

Fonolo

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Virtual hold technology helps to streamline your call center operations by offering customers a call-back through your traditional IVR or letting the customer schedule a call at their preferred time through Visual IVR. The Contact Center Guide to Managing Spikes in Call Volume. Meet service levels & KPI goals.

Abandon rate 99

Abandon rate Average Handle Time Interactive Voice Response Call Center 99

Calltools

MARCH 6, 2024

Establishing trust is essential to conversions for contact center agents. While there are many ways to enhance the customer experience (CX), a preview dialer is one of the simplest yet most effective tools a contact center agent can use. See what you can do for your enterprise today.

Customer Experience 52

Customer Experience Average Handle Time Abandon rate Healthcare 52

Fonolo

JULY 7, 2022

If you are looking to improve call center agent productivity and optimize your contact center operations , you must learn how to calculate call center schedule adherence. What is Call Center Schedule Adherence? Call center schedule adherence is the amount of time agents spend sticking to their schedule.

Schedule adherence 141

Schedule adherence Call Center Abandon rate Wait times 141

Fonolo

JUNE 3, 2021

By using appliances and on-site hardware , you can ensure all confidential data stays on premises and your operation meets its compliance requirements. Contact Centers Are Using More Call-Backs Than Ever. Yet many call centers report seeing just that with call-back technology. Luckily, this isn’t such a problem anymore.

Technology 136

Technology Abandon rate Interactive Voice Response Call Center 136

BlueOcean

JUNE 12, 2018

Contact center implementation is an art and a science, and over 24 years in business, we’ve learned exactly what it takes to make the smoothest transition possible. to your customer care partner not knowing you expected a zero percent abandon rate (let’s get realistic, folks), successful relationships are founded on clear expectations.

Contact Center 83

Contact Center outsourcing Abandon rate Construction 83

Fonolo

AUGUST 4, 2022

Imagine a month of perfect performance at a call center: Agents take incoming phone calls like clockwork. Stakeholders are happy with your quarterly reports and ability to meet call center goals. Sounds like a call center manager’s dream, right? Which Elements of the Call Center Should You Monitor?

Call Center 81

Call Center Abandon rate Contact Center Average Handle Time 81

Fonolo

JUNE 21, 2018

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. Lowering Abandon Rates. VPs & Directors of Contact Centers. Improving Customer Satisfaction.

Contact Center 52

Contact Center Abandon rate Management Call Center 52

Transparent BPO

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

I consistently hear from contact center professionals that attrition in 2019 is higher than ever, and many new-hire classes intended to accommodate seasonal ramps fall short of recruiting goals. The impact also has a snowball effect resulting in high call abandon rates, customer dissatisfaction, and lost revenue.

Contact Center 73

Contact Center Abandon rate outsourcing Morale 73

Fonolo

MAY 12, 2020

Every contact center manager seems to value different metrics — what KPIs do you use? We have a contact center manager and our operations analyst, both who report directly to me. We also have larger, all department meetings every quarter, to get everybody together. We also try to be very visible.

Contact Center 81

Contact Center Management Banking Abandon rate 81

Fonolo

JUNE 22, 2023

The contact center industry boasts some of the most intelligent and innovative CX technologies out there. But visual IVR and call-backs are also a tool to reduce cost-per-call through three mechanisms: Reduced Abandon Rate Abandon rate is a metric that many call center managers watch closely.

Interactive Voice Response 91

Interactive Voice Response Abandon rate Self service Call Center 91