Hodusoft

AUGUST 2, 2023

Cost Per Call : A Key Metric for Your Contact Center Have you ever wondered how much money you spend to handle a single call? If you’ve mulled over the question, then you must be aware of the concept known as ‘cost per call.’ Cost per call is one of the most important metrics for contact centers.

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Taylor Reach Group

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

There are a lot of smart — very smart — individuals managing and directing Call and Contact Centers today. Yet these bright, bright people still manage from time to time to do things that defy understanding. This is my top ten list of really dumb things that smart call and contact center executives do.

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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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Transparent BPO

JANUARY 14, 2020

Each year, new trends emerge that contact center executives must pay attention to, and 2020 is no different. For that reason, we thought it would be helpful to share our views on seven trends we believe will impact centers this year and the foreseeable future. Don’t waste another minute during a contact center site visit.

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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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NobelBiz

APRIL 25, 2023

A great number of contact centers are struggling to make ends meet but are still reluctant to make the necessary changes to achieve a better cost to benefits ratio. This article is here to tell you that cost reduction needs to be a top priority for contact centers worldwide in the present-day crisis environment.

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NobelBiz

MARCH 5, 2024

As a call center stakeholder—be it an owner, manager, or supervisor—the task of harnessing call center reporting to pinpoint areas for improvement, optimize agent performance, and ultimately enhance customer satisfaction can seem daunting. This includes calls, emails, live chat, and social media.

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Callminer

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

When on the phone with a customer, agents are responsible for juggling the incoming information that a customer provides while processing data presented on the screen in front of them. However, this can be difficult to do when worrying about average handle time and resolving the call quickly.

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ViiBE Blog

APRIL 28, 2021

Call centers and contact centers have industry-specific KPIs to measure agent performance. These KPIs illustrate how one agent’s productivity affects overall call center performance indicators such as call volume, wait times, and response time. First call resolution rate.

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NobelBiz

APRIL 5, 2022

These days, the contact center is the face of a company. The customer experience can make or break your business, so it’s important to understand the factors that make a great customer service representative and a great contact center. However, managing a contact center doesn’t come without its challenges and risks.

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NobelBiz

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

In our sphere, a successful contact center is defined by its ability to manage customer interactions and meet their needs, while also operating in an efficient and cost-effective manner. To become a successful contact center, managers should pay exhaustive attention to four aspects, the first of which is a well trained workforce.

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Fonolo

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

After all, what is a contact center without happy customers? But nailing down the right quality monitoring process for your business will make all the difference to your contact center. What is Call Center Quality Monitoring? The data collection and analysis involved take considerable time and effort.

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SharpenCX

MARCH 5, 2020

Over the past few years, the rise of social media, always-in-hand mobile devices, and the generational workforce and consumer swap have made waves in customer service and best practices for contact centers. Contact centers and customer service strategies can’t shift fast enough to keep pace with the rest of the world.

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Global Response

MARCH 1, 2022

Are you looking to make sure call center agents are equipped to handle each call as efficiently as possible? Then you may want to look at average handle time and first contact resolution. In this situation, the business should track speed of answer and first call resolution.

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TechSee

MARCH 12, 2019

But while happy customers are vital to the success of a business, happy representatives are equally important, especially with high agent attrition rates presenting a real challenge for contact enters in 2019. Bringing visual automation to contact centers. The Value of Automation. The Power of Visual Automation.

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BlueOcean

OCTOBER 4, 2023

The same is true for first call resolution and average handle times. Data from ICMI also reveals that 76% of call center professionals believe bilingual support improves the customer experience, brand loyalty, and customer satisfaction. It’s our thing. So, of course, we’re biased.

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NobelBiz

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

As the key to customer relations between companies and consumers, the contact center and more specifically agents, must respect a perfect showcase of a brand for the outside world. AHT is an abbreviation for “Average Handling Time.” It is one of the most typical criteria assessed in contact center support services.

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NobelBiz

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

As the key to customer relations between companies and consumers, the contact center and more specifically agents, must respect a perfect showcase of a brand for the outside world. AHT is an abbreviation for “Average Handling Time.” It is one of the most typical criteria assessed in contact center support services.

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Spearline

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Spearline’s own automated Voice Assure connectivity and voice call quality testing tool can test call connection from any toll or toll-free number in any U.S First Call Resolution (FCR) This KPI is one of the most important metrics you can measure.

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Balto

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

If an agent spends more time on after-call work than necessary, you can make the data input process more straightforward and improve your agent training methodologies. Call Volume. Call volume is the average number of outgoing and incoming calls a contact center handles in a given time frame.

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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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Fonolo

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

The Executive Guide to Improving 6 Contact Center Metrics. The first step is to evaluate the agent’s performance based on observations and activity data in your call center platform. Of course, there are right and wrong ways to conduct a performance review. When it comes to performance reviews, preparation is key.

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Fonolo

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

There are many types of skills that will come in handy in the call center, so we’ve compiled our top picks for improving contact center performance: Communication and tone. When it comes to contact center work, communication is king. They should also know when it’s time to escalate to a manager.

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Blueship Call Center

AUGUST 22, 2023

You have a developing firm and are presenting the best picture of it. You want your clients to have the option to contact you in whichever they like, whether that be online or over the phone. Establish open channels of contact for continuing feedback, provide thorough training materials, and hold consistent training sessions.

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HireIQ

DECEMBER 23, 2019

Many times, we end up settling for new-hires who don’t have the ideal mix of competence, motivation and skills. Candidates who present well but aren’t competent or motivated might get hired because you’re in a hurry—but then only stay short-term. Is it their empathy on difficult phone calls?

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ViiBE Blog

MAY 20, 2021

With increased efficiency, it has been recorded that Augmented Reality can boost First Call Resolution by as much as 34%. This way, the customer service team not only ensures the presented solution is of utmost quality and expertise, but also creates a more personal and interactive customer experience along the way.

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Balto

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Call center quality management can present numerous challenges for your business. Artificial intelligence (AI) has introduced a wide range of solutions that enable faster, more accurate, and more efficient call center quality management. This results in higher FCR rates and quicker, more accurate resolutions.

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NobelBiz

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Of course, seasoned contact center professionals will smile with nostalgia, remembering the good old days when the trusted landline call was the only communication channel an agent had to deal with. Fast forward a couple of decades into the present day, and we get a completely different picture.

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NobelBiz

MAY 24, 2022

In the post-covid era, the contact center sector has altered dramatically. Managing call center agents remotely has become a true challenge for the industry. In this article, discover 5 tips to manage remote call center agents successfully. Here are the 5 tips to tackle them: 1.

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Fonolo

MARCH 4, 2020

“We’ve got a solid set up, beginning with 1-800 or contact center agents,” Sidhu explains. Top related content: How to Effectively Set Goals With Your Call Center Team. We’ve also set up one-to-one customer-agent relationships, which we call a “dedicated model.” Making your contact center omnichannel ready.

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NobelBiz

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Tasks Automation It is common knowledge that a unified agent desktop connects smoothly with third-party apps and presents pertinent client information on a single screen. This saves agents the time they would have spent switching screens to retrieve the necessary information. This improvement is also feasible at a department level.

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Mindtouch

AUGUST 21, 2019

Though widely used, the traditional knowledge base can present certain limitations in terms of functionality and scale which fail to meet the complex needs of larger organizations (and modern customer self-service).

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Fonolo

MAY 7, 2015

Simply knowing how to run a call center isn’t enough for success. Not for the weak at heart, only some call center managers have the grace, tenacity, and skills to handle the extreme pressures of the contact center manager’s job. Make Your Contact Center a Great Place to Work.

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Fonolo

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

“We’ve got a solid set up, beginning with 1-800 or contact center agents,” Sidhu explains. Handpicked related content: How to Effectively Set Goals with Your Call Center Team. We’ve also set up one-to-one customer-agent relationships, which we call a “dedicated model.” That metric is designed for efficiency.

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Global Response

DECEMBER 21, 2022

A QA process can help improve quality of customer service by measuring qualitative data from calls and interactions alongside quantitative data.

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Natalie Petouhof

SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

However, often time agents don’t have access to any of that historical data or consumer behavior data to predict the next best actions. Companies struggle to deliver on these expectations because their company and contact centers are filled with technology from 20 years ago.

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