Customer Interactions

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

Gamification is much more than rewards and badges; for any gamification project to succeed, an organization needs to align the goals of players with those of the business itself. Large-scale, successful workplace gamification needs to be adaptable and serve a real purpose.

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Fonolo

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

These overarching goals should take center stage in your call center operations strategy, regardless of the type of contact center your manage: Meeting and Exceeding SLAs: Every contact center has service-level agreements (SLAs) with targets they must meet. Gamification is linked to a 10% increase in customer satisfaction. Recognition.

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Call Center Gamification Abandon rate Outbound sales 147

Noble Systems

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

It is important for managing these frontline workers more efficiently, reducing cost and increasing agent satisfaction which in turn can impact sales and customer retention. But how can you be sure that you are tracking the right metrics? Average Handle Time (AHT). Implement gamification. Enter gamification.

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Outsource Consultants

APRIL 12, 2021

If you’re looking to refine your already exceptional BPO training or trying to “catch” your competitors, here are the top three priorities for managing your training with your outsource call center vendor: BPO Vendor Priority #1 — Train with the Right Tools. The importance of monitoring success doesn’t end when the training sessions do.

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Balto

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Working to manage a call center has many moving parts and can often create a feeling of drinking from a firehose for those who are newer to a managerial role. Perhaps you’re already in call center management or an agent aspiring to work your way up and are seeking to learn more about what all is involved.

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Call Center Management Average Handle Time Gamification 52

NobelBiz

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Here are some standout features: Hold Queues and Smart Call Routing: Efficiently managing incoming call volumes is fundamental. Hold Queues : Ensures calls are answered promptly, minimizing wait times. Chatbots : AI-powered chatbots handle routine queries, providing quick and accurate responses.

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Fonolo

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

To achieve that within a remote or hybrid work environment, we’re going to see more contact centers reach for a cloud-based technology that drives camaraderie, increases visibility, allows supervisors to coach from anywhere, and enables agents to self-manage.” Storyline: Gamification. FCR is the Most Important Metric.

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Playvox

MARCH 27, 2023

One effective approach to training is to incorporate gamification elements , such as rewards and recognition, into the learning process. Setting goals can also help managers monitor agent performance and identify areas where additional training or coaching may be needed. This fosters a sense of teamwork and camaraderie among agents.

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Contact Center Gamification Coaching Quality management 84

Callminer

APRIL 24, 2020

Following the agent interview and selection process, managers should be keyed into how best to facilitate ongoing agent support, growth, and training. Quality monitoring software , such as speech analytics , automatically monitor and score 100% of calls, helping managers deliver objective feedback and improve agent performance.

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Best practices Call Center Coaching Schedule adherence 182

Fonolo

DECEMBER 6, 2022

As leaders and managers, you need to get down and dirty with metrics, KPIs, and agent performance to run a successful contact center. These days, it’s easy for call center managers to get lost in the minutia of meeting daily targets, smoothing out peak call volumes, and handling agent turnover.

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Talkdesk

JULY 16, 2019

What is Performance Management? 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. That’s where leveraging contact center performance management software can help. The answer is both.

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Call Center Management Average Handle Time Schedule adherence 43

Monet Software

APRIL 24, 2020

Management and motivational techniques are also required to overcome these new challenges. And they should take into account that remote work generally requires more independent time management skill and tech savvy than on-site employment. Manage to the Metrics. So let’s get started! The Rules Still Apply.

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Tenfold - Contact Center Blog

JULY 9, 2018

It begins with setting metrics. The right metrics or key performance indicators (KPIs) should effectively measure a business’s specific capacities. Here’s a list of the most crucial metrics that inbound call center must measure. Simply put, it’s getting it right the first time and reducing customer effort.

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Metrics Call Center Schedule adherence Abandon Call 78

OctopusTech

MARCH 1, 2023

We’ve seen businesses improve agent engagement by making individual performance stats available on agent dashboards and by the gamification of specific agent behaviors. Choose and focus on the right metrics Inbound call centers have so many things they can measure that it’s tempting to make each measurement equally important.

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Interactive Voice Response Call Center Gamification Schedule adherence 62

Talkdesk

APRIL 8, 2016

Nate chatted with Talkdesk Product Manager, Robert Sur, about the importance of leveraging call center data to develop and refine a phone support strategy. Listening to Nate and Robert speak about everything from gamification to social media opened up my eyes to the wealth of advantages that call center reporting can bring to a business.

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Call Center Metrics Average Handle Time Gamification 42

NICE inContact

MARCH 13, 2019

Why would I get a performance management tool as well?” This experience might sound crazy, but there many contact center managers reading this and nodding their heads because they’ve been there! Looking back now, I laugh, because all these problems could have been avoided with a performance management platform.

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Management Average Handle Time Gamification Contact Center 54

TechSee

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

Taking the time to tag the call, log the details, update the CRM system or forward customer feedback to the relevant department provides vital information to contact center managers, chief experience officers, R&D personnel and customer journey mappers. However, this disregard for ACW is starting to change.

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Average Handle Time CRM Contact Center Gamification 84

Playvox

APRIL 5, 2022

Fortunately, there is a way forward: leveraging the right workforce engagement management (WEM) tools. Related Article: What is Workforce Engagement Management (And Why It Matters). High scores on key metrics are the first measures of a high performance contact center. What is Workforce Engagement Management (WEM)?

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Contact Center Coaching Metrics Average Handle Time 77

Fonolo

MAY 17, 2017

Adding skills-based routing to your ACD could radically improve first-call resolution metrics, as well as CSat and average handle time. It’s the software that connects the telephone lines to the computer so that agents can handle inbound and outbound calls without physically using the phone. Gamification.

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Contact Center Technology Interactive Voice Response Gamification 70

Balto

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Fact: 61% of tenured agents use call coaching software and those who do have higher job satisfaction and other success metrics across the board. Once a new agent gets the hang of things, they don’t need it anymore. Do your research to understand which option is the best for you.

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UJET

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Using a combination of real-time responses to customer questions and historical customer data stored in your CRM (customer relationship management) tool, intelligent routing predicts customer needs to route calls appropriately. And this is good for two reasons: Gamification keeps your agents more engaged in the training program.

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UJET

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Using a combination of real-time responses to customer questions and historical customer data stored in your CRM (customer relationship management) tool, intelligent routing predicts customer needs to route calls appropriately. And this is good for two reasons: Gamification keeps your agents more engaged in the training program.

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Customer Service Virtual Agent Interactive Voice Response Gamification 72

NobelBiz

AUGUST 28, 2023

The idea to put together this article was inspired by one of our webinars, where Christian Montes and Mike McGuire shared some amazing insights about what makes a contact center tick and how to increase its overall metrics and performance. Effective management of customer interactions. Watch the entire on-demand Webinar episode here.

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Contact Center Multichannel Analytics Feedback 98

VocalCom

JULY 3, 2017

For example, if customers feel that their conversations with agents are taking too long or that they are being re-routed too often, it may be necessary to explore issues such as average handling time and making sure that agents are matched to the most appropriate channels or departments. Offer peer training and gamification.

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NobelBiz

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

The name of this metric and Key Performance Indicator is the Call Center Shrinkage. Customers will be less satisfied if employees aren’t available to help, which will lead to longer hold periods and higher wait times. Managers can determine the number of agents needed to handle incoming and departing calls by calculating shrinkage.

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Noble Systems

JANUARY 30, 2019

Leverage Gamification for Soft Skills Development. Effective agent training and coaching have been a top priority for contact centers for a long time. Much of it has been focused on performance metrics such as average handle time, speed to answer, after call work and first call resolution. Learn more.

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Contact Center Gamification Analytics Average Handle Time 59

Noble Systems

JANUARY 30, 2019

Leverage Gamification for Soft Skills Development. Effective agent training and coaching have been a top priority for contact centers for a long time. Much of it has been focused on performance metrics such as average handle time, speed to answer, after call work and first call resolution. Learn more.

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Contact Center Gamification Analytics Average Handle Time 48

NobelBiz

OCTOBER 18, 2021

The name of this metric and Key Performance Indicator is the Call Center Shrinkage. Customers will be less satisfied if employees aren’t available to help, which will lead to longer hold periods and higher wait times. Managers can determine the number of agents needed to handle incoming and departing calls by calculating shrinkage.

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Call Center contact center solutions Contact Center Cloud contact 52

Enghouse Interactive

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

This reduces unsuccessful transfers, time in queue and average handle times (AHT). Graphical agent/supervisor dashboards help share knowledge and gamification increases overall agent performance. Personalization (25.8% planned, 52.9% Keep an Eye on These Three Emerging Areas. AI will become more prevalent in 2021.

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Self service Contact Center Chatbots Average Handle Time 66

NobelBiz

JUNE 5, 2023

This challenge can be addressed by using market research tools and techniques, customer relationship management (CRM) systems, and data analysis methods. Regular training programs, incentives, and supportive management can help to motivate agents and boost their performance. Running a contact center can get expensive.

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Call Center Scripts CRM Contact Center 52

Balto

APRIL 20, 2023

We talked to over 400 contact center managers, directors, and executives to discover how they’re planning to do more with less in the coming year. According to a Gartner survey , “real estate/facilities management” was the greatest target for budget cuts; 72% of CFOs wanted to trim their organization’s real estate footprint.

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Contact Center Real estate Transportation Average Handle Time 52

Balto

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

The Need for Understanding Customer Desires in Customer Experience Management A predictive analytics solution collects huge amounts of data across different customer touchpoints and calculates relevant metrics from your customers’ interactions, such as handling time, agent behavior, queue length, and other relevant call center metrics and KPIs.

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Customer Experience Customer centricity Coaching Analytics 52

RapportBoost

DECEMBER 10, 2018

RapportBoost uses artificial Intelligence to optimize chat conversations in order to drive dramatic and sustained improvements in conversion rate, order size, customer satisfaction, renewal rate, average handle time, first contact resolution rate, agent retention and happiness, and other critical contact center metrics.

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