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How to Handle High Call Volume: 10 Strategies for Success in Sales and Contact Centres

JustCall

It shows more customers are interested in your product or service. But, it also leads to chaotic calls and handling long call queues for customer support and sales teams. When a call surge hits, your sales and customer service teams bear the brunt. A surge in call volume is always good news for your business.

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The Ultimate 5-step Detox Programme for Contact Centre Health

CSM Magazine

Magnus Geverts shares his top tips for beating agent burnout—and the competition—in 2023. Great news for businesses that rely on the festive season to tide them over during the leaner months but extremely stressful for agents in contact centres. About the Author Magnus Geverts is VP Product Marketing at Calabrio.

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Unhappy Customer Support Agents Mean Unhappy Customers

Mindtouch

Regardless of the reason, an unhappy group of support agents can make for unhappy customers and seriously impact customer experience KPIs. Wherever you find agent burnout, dissatisfied customers are not far away. What makes customer support agents unhappy? Good for the agent, good for the customer.

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Bringing Automation to Customer Service – 5 Chatbot Examples for Any Industry

Comm100

The majority of customer service queries are repetitive and simple in nature, like ‘how do I reset my password’, ‘where is my delivery’, or ‘what time is your store open’. While these queries can easily lead to agent burnout, they also use up valuable agent time. Providing a self-service option.

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Contact Center 101: A Comprehensive Guide

JustCall

Let’s begin with these six components of contact centers: Hardware and software Data tracking, monitoring, analysis Scripts and messaging templates Self-service Cloud-based contact centers Superstar call agents These components facilitate the contact center process in three steps, as discussed below. Is a contact center a CRM?

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Is Outbound Telesales Making a Comeback?

Robert Davis

As many businesses discovered, telemarketing proved to be an efficient model for driving sales. In 2003, the FTC established the National Do Not Call (DNC) Registry to give consumers a choice about whether they wanted to receive unsolicited sales calls from telemarketers. Likewise, the number of telemarketing operations in the U.S.,

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CX Trends You Need to Watch in 2018 [White paper]

Fonolo

Overhauling company infrastructure to provide a more ‘personal’, intimate customer experience: Companies who have seen success in both online and in-store sales continue to reach the customer at every turn, via pop-up shops, alerts, and other innovative means. Don’t miss the last 3 trends! Download the full report below.