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How to Improve Contact Center Agent Performance

Fonolo

Average Handle Time (AHT). Average Handle Time (also known as Average Response Time) refers to the amount of time it takes for an agent to answer an incoming inquiry. But be warned: the problem with average handle time is that it measures agency efficiency but not effectiveness.

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Do More With Less: 3 Effective Strategies to Maximize Your Contact Center’s Potential

Myra Golden Media

Customer Service Master Class is the only training of its kind that not only prepares your employees to support customers with friendliness, empathy, and concern (over the phone, email, chat, and face-to-face) – but how to deliver bad news and de-escalate. Learn more about Customer Service Master Class.

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Outbound Call Center Metrics and KPIs: How to Measure and Improve Customer Satisfaction

TeleDirect

Some typical customer satisfaction KPIs for an outbound call center include: Average Handle Time This measures, on average, how long your customers are on the line with your agents. CES is often determined by satisfaction surveys, and explains how easily your outgoing agents met your customers’ needs.

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How to Create a Customer Service Strategy That Drives Business Growth

Fonolo

Customer expectations change, especially over a long period of time. Call centers must monitor customer interactions, analyze customer data, and actually read the results of customer satisfaction surveys to improve customer loyalty and retention. Use your goals to inform which KPIs you use and how you analyze them.

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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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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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How to Effectively Empower Call Center Agents

Global Response

Save money and increase sales with a brand-obsessed, people-first team that delivers a high-touch, superior customer experience, every time. If you measure your agents’ success solely based on, for example, average handle time or completed calls, agents might be motivated to simply complete calls as quickly as possible to meet those metrics.

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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.