Myra Golden Media

APRIL 11, 2023

A whopping one-third of contact centers have laid off employees in the last 12 months, reducing their headcount by about 33%. Despite fewer resources and fewer employees, contact centers are expected to achieve the same or better results. But how can they achieve this?

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Average Handle Time Contact Center First call resolution Analytics 156

SharpenCX

JUNE 28, 2023

This means true customer service success is far deeper than just tracking calls received. Improving your customer service metrics requires a deeper look at which KPIs make sense for your contact center and the strategies you use to achieve them. What Call Center Metrics Should You Measure? What needs to change?

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Hodusoft

JULY 19, 2023

Best practices for using inbound call center software Future of inbound call center software What is Inbound Call Center Software? Inbound call center software refers to a suite of tools and technologies used to manage and handle incoming customer calls within a contact center environment.

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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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Balto

JUNE 13, 2022

In the contact center industry, we talk a lot about the importance of first call resolution (FCR). The more queries we can resolve on the first contact, the more satisfied customers are. Industry benchmarks put the call escalation rate at about 10%. Why Are Manager Requests Metrics Important to Contact Centers?

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Balto

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

So, it comes as no surprise that one of the primary challenges identified by financial services contact center employees is the easy access of available desktop tools. In fact, one in five contact center employees has listed desktop tools among their top operational challenges for four years in a row.

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Balto

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Once the root causes behind low scores are identified, decision-makers within a contact center can start implementing personalized coaching sessions for agents to overcome their weaknesses and improve their performance in different customer interactions. This results in higher FCR rates and quicker, more accurate resolutions.

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