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What is Average Handle Time? Challenges, Examples, and Best Practices for Improving AHT Copy

Callminer

Average handle time, or AHT, is an important call center metric. In the simplest terms, AHT is the average time it takes to handle a call or transaction from start to finish – from call initiation, to hold time, to talk time, and all the way through to any related tasks an agent must perform post-phone call to resolve that call.

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Replacing Customer Service Surveys with Sentiment Analysis

Balto

“Do you enjoy filling out customer service surveys?” ” That’s the question I posed to a group of customer service professionals. ” Then why do we pester our customers with surveys? Do you have to calibrate against actual customer surveys?

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Key contact center metrics you should be tracking

CCNG

Average Handle Time (AHT) An efficiency metric, average handle time measures the amount of time it takes each agent to converse with a customer. For this reason, it’s a good idea to use surveys with smaller, three-to-five-point scales to minimize outliers and improve data consistency.

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How to reduce Average Handling Time and improve quality

Eptica

Date: Wednesday, July 4, 2018 Author: Anne-Merete Jensen - Senior Business Consultant How to reduce Average Handling Time and improve quality. Reduce the queue through pending requests Customer expectations are continually increasing, meaning that they will often send chase emails if they don’t get an immediate answer.

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The Health of the Contact Center: Are You Ready for 2019?

A survey of 1,000 contact center professionals reveals what it takes to improve agent well-being in a customer-centric era. This report is a must-read for contact center leaders preparing to engage agents and improve customer experience in 2019.

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Agent Experience (AX): The Next Frontier for Elevating the Customer Experience (CX)

CCNG

Elevating the Customer Experience (CX) is an obsession for the contact center industry, and rightly so. The experiences that customers have with your contact center condition the way they think about you as a supplier of goods and services and as a trusted part­ner in providing the things that they need and want in their lives.

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7 Ways Preview Dialers Can Enhance Customer Experience

Calltools

Whether calling new leads or existing customers, preview dialers can improve the customer experience and set your business apart from the competition. While there are many ways to enhance the customer experience (CX), a preview dialer is one of the simplest yet most effective tools a contact center agent can use.

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6 Killer Applications for Artificial Intelligence in the Customer Engagement Contact Center

If Artificial Intelligence for businesses is a red-hot topic in C-suites, AI for customer engagement and contact center customer service is white hot. This white paper covers specific areas in this domain that offer potential for transformational ROI, and a fast, zero-risk way to innovate with AI.