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Top 5 Customer Service & CX Articles for Week of February 26, 2024

ShepHyken

Each week, I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. 4 Reasons Why Your Customer Service Is About to Get a Whole Lot Better in 2024 by Mike Murchison (Entrepreneur) When it comes to AI and customer service, we’re going to see a virtuous cycle in 2024.

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What is Average Handle Time (AHT)?

ViiBE Blog

On the other, each call must be handled as promptly as possible to ensure that the next caller has a short wait time. Given these opposing demands, how can a center ensure that agents handle each call as efficiently as possible? A classic call center metric to measure this is the Average Handle Time (AHT).

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How To Manage The Average Handling Time (AHT) For Contact Centers?

NobelBiz

The average call handling time (AHT) is widely used to assess the efficiency of individual customer care representatives and the overall performance of the company. Customer relationship centers can use it to set criteria for their customer service goals. How is the AHT calculated?

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Customer Service Unplugged — Or Why Empathy Matters

CCNG

An agent drained and taxed is thoroughly challenged to deliver empathetic customer service even when it’s needed most. A customer in need of a good, empathetic experience is an opportunity that matters; when that moment is missed, customer loyalty suffers. Deploy technology that allows the agent to focus on the customer.

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Contact Center Trends 2021: The CX Watershed

Fonolo

We asked the contact center industry’s top influencers and business leaders what they thought the most significant contact center trends in 2021 would be. Read the Full Industry Report Here: Contact Center Trends 2021. Contact Center Trends 2021. ’ That doesn’t happen all the time. Increasing Empathy.

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COVID is Creating a Surprising Contact Centers Trend

Fonolo

We spent the last couple of months asking influencers and industry leaders how they thought the pandemic had impacted customer service. Read the Full Industry Report Here: Contact Center Trends 2021. And that’s the driving force behind most of this year’s trends. COVID-19 Made Customers More Empathetic.

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Consumer Trends Set the Bar

Anexa BPO

As businesses continue to focus on delivering exceptional customer service, it has become more important than ever to keep track of key metrics to evaluate the effectiveness of customer service teams. However, customers expect a response within the hour.