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Redefining Contact Center Productivity for the Modern Associate

The Northridge Group

Additionally, in the recent 2023 State of CX report conducted by The Northridge Group , survey responses revealed that while nearly 50% of consumers had knowingly spoken to a customer service associate working from home, almost 75% of those respondents felt the associate’s location did not impact the resolution of their issue.

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7 Highly Effective Call Center Improvement Strategies

Fonolo

After-call surveys are a great way to achieve this. Your call center platform will give you plenty of quantitative data, such as abandonment rates and service levels, which you can compare against your qualitative data, which includes customer feedback and surveys. Provide Self-Service Options.

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The Complete Guide to Visual IVR

Fonolo

Visual IVR – now known as Fonolo’s Web Call-Backs – was one of the first self-service technologies to have a hugely positive impact on the customer experience. Their survey revealed that a bad IVR experience makes situations worse and turns neutral customers into dissatisfied ones. According to a report by J.D.

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Guide to Interpreting Call Center Analytics

Fonolo

First call resolution rate: The percentage of calls that are resolved on the first call. Abandonment rate: The percentage of calls that are abandoned by customers before speaking to an agent. Just as the name suggests, CSat rates show how satisfied customers are with their call center experience.

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The Challenges of Omnichannel: Why so Many Contact Centers Struggle with Digital Self-Service

To find how contact centers are navigating the transition to omnichannel customer service, Calabrio surveyed more than 1,000 marketing and customer experience leaders in the U.S. about their digital customer communication strategies. Read the report to find out what was uncovered.

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Is Self-Service Good for Your Business?

CX Journey

Image courtesy of Unsplash Does self-service reduce or increase effort? I wrote about technology and the customer experience a couple times last year; after all, that''s what self-service is all about: technology. ATMs, online flight check-in, self-checkout grocery lanes, IVRs, online FAQs and knowledgebases, and more.

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3 Tips to Reduce Cost Per Contact in the Call Center

Fonolo

Use metric-tracking software to determine if your average handle time is increasing, first call resolution is falling, abandoned call rates are rising, or customer satisfaction survey results are going down. Empower your customers with self-service options. Have you heard of Visual IVR ?