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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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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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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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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Fonolo

AUGUST 12, 2021

High call center agent productivity is every call center manager’s dream. Not only does it lead to higher profits and lowered costs, it also results in better employee engagement and improved customer experiences. How to Foster Agent Engagement in a Hybrid Contact Center. Average Handle Time (AHT).

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NobelBiz

MAY 2, 2023

Welcome to this insightful blog post, where we discuss building a successful outbound lead generation strategy for contact centers. If an outbound campaign works with a list of 500 leads and only 50 persons answer back, the Contact Rate for that particular campaign will be 10%. And no wonder. And no wonder. Learn more here.

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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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Monet Software

APRIL 24, 2020

High-speed internet, cloud-based applications and other technologies have opened a new vista for the call center—the remote agents. Most contact centers have had to quickly transition to working from home as a direct effect of COVID-19. No longer is the company limited to the talent pool surrounding the contact center.

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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. What is Call Center Data? Call center data is any information that comes from customer interactions in your contact center.

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Fonolo

AUGUST 17, 2021

The Contact Center Guide to Managing Spikes in Call Volume. Luckily, a successful call center is within reach. With some careful thought and these helpful tips, you can optimize your call center’s performance: 1. Employee engagement is necessary for improved productivity. But it’s not enough.

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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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Balto

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Simply put, call center management is how a team of leaders helps run the call center. Management activities include training, coaching, onboarding, scheduling, forecasting, and more. The ultimate goal of managers is to ensure an efficient and successful contact center that meets or exceeds key KPIs and drives business goals.

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CSM Magazine

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Put Employee Engagement Top of the Agenda When employees are disengaged, they are less productive and more likely to leave. The good news is contact centres from all parts of the world recognize the importance of agent wellbeing in meeting customer demands. Here are a few quick-win ideas to bridge the gap: 1.

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Fonolo

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Most often, abandonment is a symptom of long hold times. Average Handle Time (AHT). This shows the average amount of time each call takes. This KPI could indicate that a call center manager needs to invest more time in training agents. Best practices for call center manager evaluations.

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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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SharpenCX

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Yet, 74% of contact center agents are still at risk for burnout. And, more than half of employees who choose to leave a job say their manager or company could have done something to prevent them from leaving. But rather than building a strategy core to the business, companies hold one-off events to boost engagement.

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SharpenCX

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Yet, 74% of contact center agents are still at risk for burnout. And, more than half of employees who choose to leave a job say their manager or company could have done something to prevent them from leaving. But rather than building a strategy core to the business, companies hold one-off events to boost engagement.

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Contact Center Coaching Metrics Average Handle Time 67

HireIQ

DECEMBER 23, 2019

Keeping employees and customers happy is nothing new, but the connection between the two warrants more attention. Your first instinct may be to increase coaching efforts or training to alter agent behavior on the phone. Other metrics worth reviewing are First-Call Resolution rates, Average Handle Time and Issue Resolution percentages.

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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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SharpenCX

OCTOBER 8, 2019

At this point in your contact center’s history, some 51% of contact centers have even realized data needs to be actionable for the specific agents and leaders who need it. Employee Engagement. Here, we step beyond employee engagement and look at this category as your agents’ holistic experience.

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SharpenCX

MARCH 24, 2021

Learn your customer demographics, coach agents to ask clarifying questions to understand customer needs, and take notes on each customer interaction. Do my customers get the same experience if my agents work from home or from the contact center? Here are a few places to start: Collect lots of data and review it often.

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SharpenCX

OCTOBER 8, 2019

At this point in your contact center’s history, some 51% of contact centers have even realized data needs to be actionable for the specific agents and leaders who need it. Employee Engagement. Here, we step beyond employee engagement and look at this category as your agents’ holistic experience.

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Coaching Average Handle Time Metrics Customer Experience 52

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. Performance Management generally requires a number of tools like call recording , quality monitoring , coaching , and gamification.

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teleopti

OCTOBER 18, 2019

CX has also totally revolutionized the way front-line operations such as contact centers measure their success, switching from the number of calls answered and how quickly to how well do we understand customers? Then, use quality evaluations and analytics to detect coaching needs and automatically schedule training at quieter times.

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BlueOcean

JUNE 26, 2018

When it comes to customer experience, there’s a lot of cross-over between the hospitality industry and the contact center industry. What does a “rooms per shift ratio” have to do with contact center operations, you might ask? What role do employee engagement and incentives play in your success?

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Playvox

DECEMBER 5, 2022

I recommend adopting a similar auditing practice in your contact center to make sure you stay a step ahead of avoidance issues. Review short handle times or average handle time. The agent will typically show a shorter handle time than their peers. Actions: Review hold time reports.

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Contact Center Average Handle Time Management Coaching 52

24-7 InTouch

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

By focusing on our team members’ experience , we improve results from a retention and employee engagement perspective, while also driving core contact center metrics such as CSAT, AHT, and attendance. Average Talk Time. First Contact Resolution. SHARE THROUGH REPORTING. Interactions per Labor Hour.

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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. Increase Employee Engagement With Sessions. This increases employee engagement.

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Verint

DECEMBER 13, 2017

When you can evaluate many more calls, you can get a better understanding of your agents’ performance and take appropriate action to automatically assign coaching exactly when and where it’s needed. Increase Employee Engagement by Providing Transparency. helping your organization to create a better customer experience.

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CSM Magazine

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Analytics competition winners were selected from a field of customer applicants and will share $100,000 in prize money to use in their contact centers. The mission of the ONE Awards is to recognize high-achieving customers charting the future of agent and customer engagement using Calabrio ONE. THE ONE AWARDS WINNERS.

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CSM Magazine

OCTOBER 30, 2019

CX has also totally revolutionized the way front-line operations such as contact centers measure their success, switching from the number of calls answered and how quickly to how well do we understand customers? Then, use quality evaluations and analytics to detect coaching needs and automatically schedule training at quieter times.

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Playvox

MARCH 27, 2023

Operating a successful contact center demands attention to a wide range of factors, from investing in your agents’ well-being and training to implementing the right tools and technology. Training programs should be designed to meet the specific needs of the contact center and its agents.

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Playvox

MARCH 19, 2024

Some of the most common uses of AI have been game changers: Virtual assistants like Siri guiding us on our way and finding information in an instant Fraud detection from our financial institutions Medical diagnoses and healthcare Contact centers are no exception and stand to gain significant business and operational benefits from AI.

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SharpenCX

MAY 16, 2022

Outbound contact centers are often considered synonymous with spammers, but when run ethically and with the right purpose, they can play a critical role in deepening your relationships with your existing customers and connecting with new ones. Inbound Vs. Outbound Contact Centers. Average Handle Time (AHT).

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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. Don’t send an annual survey to see if they’re satisfied with your products, contact center or delivery performance. Share responsibility and construct a common goal.

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TechSee

JUNE 4, 2019

Nowhere is that truer than in call center training – bringing new agents up to speed on products, processes and the productivity expected of them. Traditionally, contact centers have trained new agents using one-on-one coaching or classroom-style role-playing, where the focus is on imparting knowledge and customer service etiquette.

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SharpenCX

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

It’s time to turn to the brain of the operation: your customer service data. Download Now] Use the data that lives in your contact center to improve your customer experience. The only way to sustain service levels is to learn what’s really happening in your contact center. Qualitative feedback.

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