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.

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Contact Center Gamification Call Center Average Handle Time 176

SharpenCX

JULY 26, 2023

Every call your contact center receives brings heaps of data with it: customer information, customer preferences, product insights, customer satisfaction scores, and much more. But perhaps you’re sitting on all of your call center data. It’s time to stop viewing call center metrics as an end result.

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Call Center Contact Center Contact center software Coaching 67

Fonolo

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

They’re a staple of almost every workplace, and call centers are no exception. In fact, these engagements are an essential part of running a successful customer service operation. The Executive Guide to Improving 6 Contact Center Metrics. Call Center Managers: How to Conduct a Performance Review.

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Call Center Management Average Handle Time Employee engagement 127

Fonolo

MARCH 17, 2022

At first glance, a call center manager job may seem easy compared to the agents they oversee. After all, they are not the ones who have to navigate call center software, ensure customer satisfaction, and take all the phone calls. Industry Report: State of the Contact Center 2022. Clear communication.

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Call Center Management call center software Average Handle Time 91

Fonolo

JANUARY 31, 2022

When we hear the word “productivity”, we often picture the volume of work a contact center agent can get done in their day. This may have been a good indicator of success a few decades ago, but today’s experts agree that delivering a quality customer experience carries more weight than the amount of time spent on the phone.

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Call Center Average Handle Time Agent burnout Contact Center 87

Fonolo

MAY 25, 2022

Operating a successful contact center is an expensive endeavour. From agent hiring and training to in-house IT support, marketing, and HR, call center costs quickly add up. Though some folks believe cutting corners on equipment is a great way to save your call center some cash, we beg to differ.

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Call Center Technology First call resolution outsourcing 87

Fonolo

APRIL 7, 2022

“This call may be monitored for call center quality assurance.”. Anyone who’s ever called a contact center would recognize this familiar line —and for good reason. Call quality monitoring is an essential piece of the puzzle when it comes to increasing and maintaining high customer satisfaction (CSat) scores.

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Call Center Contact Center Average Handle Time First call resolution 87

Fonolo

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

As a call center leader, you rely on your call center managers to ensure everything runs smoothly. All companies have different methods for measuring call center performance, including productivity and efficacy of operations. But, who evaluates the call center manager? DID YOU KNOW?

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Call Center Abandon rate Management First call resolution 81

Playvox

JULY 14, 2023

Providing an ever-improving customer experience while boosting contact center agent productivity is paramount for your business. During the best of economic times, it’s a smart business practice. Here’s the blueprint for achieving greater agent productivity in your call center.

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Contact Center Coaching Schedule adherence Abandon rate 74

Expivia

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

Call center reporting is the only way to know how your contact center is performing. From daily performance reports to identifying seasonal trends, reporting is an art form in the call center that defines the past, present, and future of your organization. What Is Call Center Reporting?

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Call Center Average Handle Time Benchmark Best practices 96

Expivia

MARCH 11, 2021

Follow these call center workforce management best practices to find out how to staff your contact center the right way. What Is Call Center Workforce Management? In a call center, workforce management comes down to how you staff your agents. But, you also need a bit of intuition at times.

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call center workforce Call Center Management Average Handle Time 98

Playvox

JANUARY 11, 2024

Managing forecasting, scheduling, and agent productivity in a call center is a lot like searching for the fountain of youth. While we don’t have a roadmap to the proverbial fountain, we can help steer you in the right direction for better call center workforce management (WFM). But getting to this nirvana is no picnic.

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Call Center Schedule adherence call center workforce Management 52

Hodusoft

OCTOBER 22, 2021

Top 10 Tips to Improve the Productivity of Your Call Center Agents. Call centers are typically considered cost centers, evaluated primarily based on the results they produce. Particularly, the metric- cost per contact. Likewise, when employees are tired, overworked, or unhappy , it shows in their work.

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Call Center call center software Schedule adherence Wait times 122

NobelBiz

APRIL 18, 2023

Are you a call center operations manager striving to enhance your team’s productivity and deliver hyper efficiency in your daily operations? Today, hyper efficiency is no longer a luxury but a necessity for call centers looking to thrive and outperform their competition. What is hyper efficiency in a contact center?

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Contact Center Interactive Voice Response Management Gamification 52

Fonolo

MAY 25, 2022

Operating a successful contact center is an expensive endeavour. From agent hiring and training to in-house IT support, marketing, and HR, call center costs quickly add up. Though some folks believe cutting corners on equipment is a great way to save your call center some cash, we beg to differ.

Call Center 67

Call Center Technology First call resolution outsourcing 67

Fonolo

APRIL 7, 2022

“This call may be monitored for call center quality assurance.”. Anyone who’s ever called a contact center would recognize this familiar line —and for good reason. Call quality monitoring is an essential piece of the puzzle when it comes to increasing and maintaining high customer satisfaction (CSat) scores.

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Call Center Contact Center Average Handle Time First call resolution 67

Fonolo

MARCH 8, 2022

As call center leaders, we know the list of things to manage on the floor is endless. Behind hold times and high call volumes, management must ensure every agent is trained, every shift is covered, and every customer is satisfied. One vital aspect of call center efficiency is call center workforce management (WFM).

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call center workforce Call Center Agent burnout Management 75

Playvox

APRIL 4, 2023

Every workplace has its pros and cons, but contact center agents have one of the toughest jobs out there. Just like agents are protecting your company, contact center leaders and managers need to protect them and their mental health. Burnout Burnout is at the heart of poor emotional well-being in a contact center.

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Contact Center Agent burnout Morale Coaching 78

Customer Relationship Metrics

JULY 26, 2017

It’s just the nature of the contact center industry. Or is it time to put humanity into your contact center? It’s time to put humanity into your contact center.” Managing a contact center is fast paced and furious. You feel like no matter what you try, it’s not going to work.

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Contact Center Calibration Construction Customer centricity 211

Balto

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Working to manage a call center has many moving parts and can often create a feeling of drinking from a firehose for those who are newer to a managerial role. Perhaps you’re already in call center management or an agent aspiring to work your way up and are seeking to learn more about what all is involved.

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Call Center Management Average Handle Time Gamification 52

NobelBiz

MAY 2, 2023

Welcome to this insightful blog post, where we discuss building a successful outbound lead generation strategy for contact centers. Not even the best salesmen in the universe can make a difference if the calls or contact attempts are not being answered. And no wonder. And no wonder.

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Contact Center Average Handle Time Call Center CRM 52

Serenova

MAY 29, 2020

The strain to balance taking care of employees to protect them from the coronavirus while maintaining business continuity continues for contact center leaders. As contact volume, customer anxiety and agent stress all still soar, what you once managed can now feel overwhelmingly un-manageable. Every time.

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Best practices Contact Center Interactive Voice Response Average Handle Time 84

Serenova

MAY 29, 2020

For most contact centers, surviving the first months of COVID-19 required swift operational reboots that began with major work-from-home (WFH) transitions. The strain of balancing the need to protect employees from the coronavirus while maintaining business continuity continues for contact center leaders.

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Best practices Contact Center Interactive Voice Response Average Handle Time 83

Monet Software

APRIL 24, 2020

How WFM and QM combine to engage an offsite call center workforce and deliver superior CX. High-speed internet, cloud-based applications and other technologies have opened a new vista for the call center—the remote agents. No longer is the company limited to the talent pool surrounding the contact center.

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Contact Center Management call center workforce Average Handle Time 62

Monet Software

JUNE 10, 2021

8 Tips for Optimizing Schedules and Enhancing Contact Center Workforce Engagement.at the Same Time. Many contact center managers, however, don’t realize how much more value their scheduling activity can deliver to employees, beyond letting agents know when to show up for shifts. We all love a win-win.

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contact center workforce Average Handle Time Schedule adherence Inbound sales 122

SharpenCX

MAY 26, 2020

It’s common for some business leaders to view their contact center teams as an afterthought. This isn’t helped by contact centers’ notoriously high turnover rates. Call center jobs are, too often, chalked up as entry-level roles. Starting with the Source of Quality CX — Your Contact Center Agents.

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Contact Center Customer Service Coaching Customer Experience 128

Expivia

APRIL 1, 2021

Knowing how to engage employees well. This is the trick to create a positive and productive work environment in a call center. To improve the performance and success of your call center, follow this simple guide on how to engage employees. What Is Employee Engagement?

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Call Center Employee engagement Average Handle Time outsourcing 52

SharpenCX

MARCH 24, 2021

Does your call center need a software and process makeover? If you want to keep up with the Joneses, you may have heard joining the fleet of cloud call centers is on the radar of most customer service leaders. But finding the best cloud software for your call center’s needs can feel daunting.

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Call Center Technology Customer Service call center software 67

Expivia

MARCH 25, 2021

Knowing how to engage employees well. This is the trick to create a positive and productive work environment in a call center. To improve the performance and success of your call center, follow this simple guide on how to engage employees. What Is Employee Engagement?

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Call Center Employee engagement Average Handle Time outsourcing 52

Fonolo

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

Operating a successful contact center is rarely a simple undertaking. As any customer support manager knows, there are a number of crucial factors that come into play when looking to succeed in the call center world. We often hear from call center managers who are trying to improve their call metrics with our solutions.

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call center professionals Call Center Average Handle Time Contact Center 98

Talkdesk

JULY 16, 2019

Call Center Performance Management is a program, generally led by a contact center operations manager, dedicated to calculating and improving the performance of contact center agents. That’s where leveraging contact center performance management software can help. The answer is both.

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Call Center Management Average Handle Time Schedule adherence 43

JustCall

DECEMBER 10, 2020

The quick resolution power of agents comes from experience, that begins with effective call center training. Man­agers supervising a call cen­ter or a contact center know that their agents require regular call center train­ings. Why call center training of agents? Practise Buddy System.

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Best practices Call Center Sales Average Handle Time 52

Serenova

AUGUST 25, 2020

There are two constants in the contact center. Customer expectations are evolving, and contact center leaders are working to elevate the customer experience. For this reason, workforce management has become a core focus of discussion amongst leaders looking to take their contact centers to the next level.

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Contact Center Schedule adherence Management Coaching 81

Monet Software

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

How to treat employee burnout and reinvigorate call center engagement for the long haul. Do you feel it spreading through your contact center workforce? If you’re seeing symptoms of burnout in your SMB contact center, or in online interactions with certain remote agents, it’s time to do something about it.

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Morale Agent burnout Contact Center Coaching 100

Vistio

MAY 4, 2022

Vistio does not try to boil the ocean like many contact-center-as-a-service and customer relationship management tools attempt; instead, its platform is a lightweight system of augmentation and assistance. Most importantly, Vistio helps solve the most important problem that contact centers have always faced: attrition.

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Average Handle Time Call flow Employee engagement Contact Center 52

Tenfold - Contact Center Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

With evolving customer expectations and service complexities, contact centers are poised to deliver strategic value and profitability to organizations. Strategies in Optimizing Call Center Customer Support for Increased Revenue. Accurately forecasting the demand for your work force is critical for call center success.

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Call Center Customer Support Customer centricity Contact Center 56

Expivia

MAY 4, 2021

Call centers often don’t spend enough effort on customer service. So, if your call center doesn’t spend enough time on improving your customer service, it’s not going to compete. What’s the main reason why customer service is dead in badly aligned call centers? Call Centers Trying to Be Too Efficient.

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