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Guest Blog: 4 Easy Ways to Achieve Difficult Customer Contact Goals

ShepHyken

By establishing metrics for factors like “time spent in the knowledge base,” “screens to resolution,” or “questions to authentication,” you will learn what agents experience when supporting customers. Goal: Adopt Chatbots. Customer-centric organizations do not invest in chatbots for the sake of “keeping up with the Joneses.”

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Call Center Optimization: 5 Methods to Improve Your Operation

Fonolo

Evaluate metrics like first-call resolution , customer satisfaction score, abandonment rate, and average handle time to measure performance, and compare them to your competitors. It’s also a good idea to have your more experienced agents working during peak call times. Then, act on your results.

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10 Effective Ways to Reduce Costs in Your BPO Contact Center

Hodusoft

By providing self-service options like IVR (Interactive Voice Response) systems, automated chatbots, virtual assistants, and others for routine inquiries, customer’s routine queries can be resolved efficiently without agent intervention. Employee Engagement There is no doubt that highly engaged employees are more motivated and productive.

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Hyper Efficiency: The Next Frontier in Contact Center Operations Management

NobelBiz

These metrics should be data-driven, allowing you to identify areas of improvement and track progress over time. Average Handle Time (AHT) The average call handling time (AHT) is frequently used to determine individual agents’ effectiveness and the performance of the customer service organization as a whole.

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A Beginner’s Guide On An Effective Inbound Call Strategy

OctopusTech

Engage agents The saying “happy agents make happy customers” may be overused, but that doesn’t mean it’s not 100% true. Engaged employees feel an emotional commitment toward their employers and are more vested in helping their employers succeed.

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9 Contact Center Best Practices for 2020 (and Actionable Tips)

Serenova

You’ll improve customer experience metrics like average handle time and first call resolution. When employees feel supported, they perform better, making it easier to maintain business continuity in crisis. Incentivizing agents to achieve contact center KPIs like low average handle time, for instance, is widely used.

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9 Contact Center Best Practices for 2020 (and Actionable Tips)

Serenova

You’ll improve customer experience metrics like average handle time and first call resolution. When employees feel supported, they perform better, making it easier to maintain business continuity in crisis. Incentivizing agents to achieve contact center KPIs like low average handle time, for instance, is widely used.