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Contingency Planning With At-Home Agents

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Call centers across the globe are making the difficult decision to limit or suspend operations in their primary locations. In many cases, simply asking employees to work from home is not as easy as it sounds. They resolved any technical issues years ago, and their agents are used to training and working in a remote environment.

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Prepare for Take-off – Maximize ROI During the Travel Industry’s Awakening

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So what does that mean for your call center operations? So how can you maximize ROI across your call center operation to prepare for the travel industry’s awakening? In order to best serve your customers, agents need to be ready to answer questions and facilitate processes quickly.

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What is a Cloud-based Call Center Solution? (And How to Choose the Right One)

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What does it mean for a call center solution to be in the cloud? And cloud call center solutions offer many benefits to companies that make the switch. To understand what a cloud-based contact center is, we first need to understand what we mean by the cloud. Agents can work remotely via a virtual call center.

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Call Center Agent Feedback: Tips & Best Practices for Providing Effective Agent Feedback

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Providing feedback to agents in your call center is entirely needed to maintain and improve a quality facility. The right encouragement, or even criticism, could dramatically alter agent performance, both for on-site employees and at-home agents. Letting agents self-evaluate.

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4 Ways to Reduce CX Outsourcing Costs in 2022

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While many companies employ multiple ways to cut down call volume and increase self-service options, the three key types are: AI, automation, and access to account information. AI is a tool used to learn from customer interactions and apply the data to improve user experience. Find a Partner With Multiple Locations.

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The Impact of and Opportunity for Virtual Agents on Call Center Outsourcers

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Contact Centers spent of much Spring 2020 scrambling to shift agents to work-from-home or bring agent seats back onshore from locations where at home agents simply weren't feasible due to lack of critical infrastructure. At the same time, Voice-over-Internet Protocol (VOIP) emerged as viable technology.

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PINDROP PULSE FLASH REPORT: Five Insights of COVID-19 in the Contact Center

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People hastily shifted to working from home, schools closed and millions of people became jobless. Unsurprisingly, the volume of calls to call centers jumped as physical locations closed – an increase of as much as 600% in certain instances.