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Contingency Planning With At-Home Agents

Outsource Consultants

Undoubtedly, many of your customers are looking for the same answers, and those answers don’t require a review of the individual account. Making the answers to common questions easy to find on your website or IVR messaging can free up agents for the inquiries that truly require a two-way interaction.

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

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In order to best serve your customers, agents need to be ready to answer questions and facilitate processes quickly. Luckily, at-home agents love the flexibility and convenience of working from home. Set Goals — Just like lowering AHT, you call center agents should always be aiming toward metric goals.

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4 Ways to Reduce CX Outsourcing Costs in 2022

Outsource Consultants

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.

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

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For example, you can hire agents in other regions or countries. And many agents prefer working remotely. At 80% , the retention rate for at-home agents is far higher than that of in-office ones. Once your system is set up, adding new agents is as simple as adding new seats to your account. Lower setup costs.

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

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Most contact centers were unprepared for the magnitude of the shift to work from home and scrambled to take steps to set their agents up with technology and secure VoIP infrastructure at home. Agents and analysts faced productivity issues as environmental changes and technology constraints took their toll.

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

Callminer

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. However, knowing how to deliver feedback can be tricky.

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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. COVID-19 changed the entire industry in an instant.