NobelBiz

AUGUST 26, 2021

Bruce Belfiore is a topmost expert in the field of call center benchmarking, training and certification. In this First Contact episode, he talks about all the main pillars of his business, Benchmark Portal, and how they were shaken up in the past year.

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Benchmark Contact Center Call Center 52

NICE inContact

AUGUST 19, 2019

That you’re taking the right steps towards improvement in the contact center and beyond? Contact center benchmarks , that’s how. Bruce Belfiore – CEO and Senior Research Executive , Benchmark Portal. Access this webinar now: Analytics and Optimization – Real Results with Automated Benchmarking.

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Benchmark Contact Center Best practices Enterprise 55

NICE inContact

AUGUST 19, 2019

That you’re taking the right steps towards improvement in the contact center and beyond? Contact center benchmarks , that’s how. Bruce Belfiore – CEO and Senior Research Executive , Benchmark Portal. Access this webinar now: Analytics and Optimization – Real Results with Automated Benchmarking.

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Benchmark Contact Center Best practices Enterprise 54

CCNG

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Here we've compiled benchmark data, valuable customer insight, and a list of new strategies and innovative solutions to help you prepare for the future, develop your own adaptive contact center strategy, and get your business back on track.

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Contact Center CCNG Benchmark Wait times 195

Fonolo

APRIL 14, 2022

The best strategy is to use a combination of data reports and benchmarking to ensure your findings reflect “the big picture” Creating a Customer Service Strategy That Drives Business Growth. The best way to leverage NPS is to measure it over time and use the historical data to guide your contact center strategies.

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Benchmark Call Center Surveys Interactive Voice Response 91

TechSee

MAY 18, 2022

In today’s age of customer-centric service, call centers must deliver quick answers, short hold times, and the ability to speak to a live representative on demand. How can Management ensure their call centers are up to par? They can either staff up significantly or improve their call center occupancy. Telephone 80-90%.

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Call Center Contact Center Benchmark Agent burnout 109

CX Global Media

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

Change is hard, especially in the contact center industry. The humor of this eye-opener is that those of us in the contact center profession are supposed to be in the business of helping meet the needs of our ever-changing customer expectations. few rated as exceptional contact center leaders are embracing the change.

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Contact Center Coaching Benchmark Call Center 233

The Northridge Group

AUGUST 23, 2022

The Contact Center is increasingly serving as the face of a company for customers. Contact center associates are often the only people within a company that most customers will ever get the chance to interact with. Download Northridge’s 2021 State of the Customer Service Experience Report for additional CX insights.

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Healthcare Contact Center outsourcing contact center associations 120

Toister Performance Solutions

MARCH 11, 2021

This past year has been tough on contact center agents. Some contact centers endured unimaginable spikes in volume. A report from Benchmark Portal found that agent satisfaction has remained fairly high. Benchmark Portal's last Agent Voices Report was released in 2015. The survey was conducted in 2020.

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Contact Center Benchmark Surveys Feedback 123

Strategic Contact

MARCH 9, 2023

We’ve fielded comprehensive benchmarking surveys that cover contact center operations, metrics, technology, and resiliency. We’ve facilitated advisory group meetings and roundtables in which CU contact center leaders discuss significant accomplishments, challenges, and plans. And we’ve worked with many CUs.

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Contact Center Benchmark Metrics Surveys 62

Fonolo

DECEMBER 8, 2020

AI has been making a relentless assault on the contact center for several years. Read All the Contact Center Trends Here: Contact Center Trends 2021. Contact Center Execs Had Been ‘Back-Burnering’ Upgrades. Read All the Contact Center Trends Here: Contact Center Trends 2021.

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Contact Center Benchmark Technology Wait times 154

Fonolo

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

If you’re reading this, chances are you’ve decided up your contact center game. Picking an effective contact center strategy is a process that requires thought, evaluation, and preparation. We’ve got eight essential tips so you can start improving your contact center today.

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Contact Center Abandon rate Average Handle Time First call resolution 148

Avoxi

OCTOBER 1, 2021

Crucial Call Center Metrics & KPI Benchmarks to Track Do you want to improve your call center's agent productivity, customer satisfaction, and operational efficiency? The modern contact center helps customer experience (CX) leaders support business endeavors by working smarter in their day-to-day call operations.

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Benchmark Call Center Metrics Contact Center 62

Real Blue Sky

MARCH 6, 2023

There are many reasons to consider whether to outsource your contact center. The result is the customer service call center was seen largely as a cost center; it was part of the cost of delivering goods or services. Thankfully, this perspective on the contact center has shifted significantly.

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outsourcing Contact Center Real estate Business Process Outsourcing 98

Fonolo

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

After assessing how the pandemic had changed the call center in 2020 , we decided to peek over the parapet at 2021. 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. Contact Center Trends 2021.

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Contact Center Gamification Call Center Average Handle Time 176

COPC

MAY 23, 2023

Most contact centers recognize the importance of team leaders. This article uses insights from the following research to reveal the quantifiable impact of contact center team leaders on employee satisfaction, retention and performance. US Employee Engagement Research Report COPC Inc. Enabling Team Leader Success COPC Inc.’s

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Contact Center Employee engagement Coaching Benchmark 88

Fonolo

APRIL 14, 2022

The best strategy is to use a combination of data reports and benchmarking to ensure your findings reflect “the big picture” Creating a Customer Service Strategy That Drives Business Growth. The best way to leverage NPS is to measure it over time and use the historical data to guide your contact center strategies.

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Benchmark Call Center Surveys Interactive Voice Response 67

COPC

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

launched the Global Benchmarking Series, 2022. . ’s Global Benchmarking Series delivers monthly reports about timely issues affecting contact centers and customer experience (CX) organizations, covering topics, such as, CX strategies, quality workforce management, channel management, people management and technology.

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Benchmark Best practices Contact Center Surveys 52

Spearline

JANUARY 25, 2022

While reducing customer churn is not the sole responsibility of the contact center in an organization, there are techniques that can be applied to reduce the rate. Identify low volume times at your contact center and put this time to good use. The test allows you to proactively measure and benchmark any delay.

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Contact Center Telecommunications Call flow Benchmark 132

Altivon

JULY 27, 2020

Idaho Power took top honors in the 16th Annual Energy Utility Benchmark Report on Interactive Voice Response (IVR) systems, released July 1, 2020 by IVR Doctors. The contact center has approximately 120 agents, flexing up and down a little bit with times. and Canada. million calls through their IVR.

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Interactive Voice Response Benchmark Contact Center Self service 52

Upstream Works

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

The term “customer experience” (CX) has gained considerable currency recently, and in many ways has displaced “customer service” as the focal point of the contact center. Here are some implications for contact center leaders to consider in making the right buying decisions.

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Contact Center contact center solutions Benchmark Call Center 78

DMG Consulting

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

2024: The Year for Contact Center AI November, 2023 2024 is fast approaching, and contact center executives and leaders are trying to figure out how to incorporate artificial intelligence (AI) into their operations. There are many other AI-based/enabled applications making large contributions to contact centers today.

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Contact Center Virtual Agent Self service Analytics 48

Playvox

APRIL 4, 2023

Every workplace has its pros and cons, but contact center agents have one of the toughest jobs out there. Just like agents are protecting your company, contact center leaders and managers need to protect them and their mental health. Burnout Burnout is at the heart of poor emotional well-being in a contact center.

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Contact Center Agent burnout Morale Coaching 78

Playvox

JULY 14, 2023

Providing an ever-improving customer experience while boosting contact center agent productivity is paramount for your business. Here’s the blueprint for achieving greater agent productivity in your call center. The quality of customer service and support can also have an impact on the productivity of a contact center.

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Contact Center Coaching Schedule adherence Abandon rate 74

Tethr

MAY 19, 2023

You can track all kinds of customer contact center stats, but what do those numbers tell you? Here's how to benchmark your performance.

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Contact Center Benchmark 62

Playvox

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

As contact centers around the world grapple with the realities of hybrid work , the Great Resignation, heightened customer expectations, and supply chain woes, many are turning to industry research and data that can provide guidance, perspective, and clarity to help them maintain and grow their CSAT and NPS scores. contact centers.

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Contact Center Gamification Benchmark Metrics 83

Callminer

AUGUST 1, 2017

To gain some insights into the strategies and tactics call centers can use to boost efficiency and arm you with effective strategies you can put to use, we reached out to a panel of call center experts , managers and leaders and asked them to answer this question: “What is the most effective way for a contact center to increase efficiency?”.

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Contact Center Call Center Average Handle Time Real estate 334

Upstream Works

JULY 16, 2021

It’s easy for contact centers to build a business case for adopting cloud technology – reasons ranging from meeting the needs of today’s customers to finding an economical path to modernizing the contact center. Learn more about our omnichannel contact center solutions here.

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contact center solutions Cloud contact Contact Center Journey mapping 78

Aspect

OCTOBER 19, 2017

It feels like just yesterday we were standing on stage in Orlando announcing the 1 st annual Aspect Contact Center Benchmark (if you missed it here’s the press release ). Once we get your results we will develop a customized report and you will receive a copy of our 2017 Contact Center Benchmark Report.

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Benchmark Interactive Voice Response Gamification Contact Center 85

SharpenCX

OCTOBER 6, 2021

If your contact center is filled with tired, stressed, irritable employees, your customers will notice. So, step one to running a more effective contact center is focusing on your agents, first. So, step one to running a more effective contact center is focusing on your agents, first.

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Contact Center Coaching Metrics Employee engagement 128

NobelBiz

APRIL 18, 2023

Optimizing team productivity is the key to achieving this goal, and this comprehensive guide will walk you through the steps necessary to unlock your call center’s full potential. What is hyper efficiency in a contact center? Why is benchmarking important?

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Contact Center Interactive Voice Response Management Gamification 52

Contact Center Pipeline

OCTOBER 18, 2016

Credit union call centers are between a rock and a hard place. They recognize the need to raise their standards of service in response to growing competition and heightened member expectations. Yet they are often small and lack the resources to implement “best-in-class” technologies and the business processes to go with them.

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Benchmark Contact Center Surveys Call Center 100

NICE inContact

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

The annual Consumer Wave of the NICE inContact Customer Experience (CX) Transformation Benchmark Study dove deep into how the pandemic has shaped the way customers are interacting with contact centers.

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Benchmark Contact Center Customer Experience Customer Service 62

NobelBiz

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Steve Bederman: For contact centers, 2020 was eventful and revolutionary. Today contact centers embraced change like never before and I think 2021 will be fantastic. Steve: Our position in the market as a leader in both carrier and technology allows us to see the traffic that contacts centers generate.

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Contact Center Multichannel Benchmark Technology 52

ShepHyken

APRIL 13, 2018

As has been widely noted in today’s marketplace, your customers’ opinions and expectations – for good or bad, reasonable or not – are your company’s new benchmark. The post Guest Blog: Is Your Contact Center Using the Right Customer Feedback Tool? appeared first on Shep Hyken.

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Feedback Contact Center Journey mapping Surveys 206

COPC

APRIL 1, 2024

Global Benchmarking Series | Contact Center Technologies Today, executives deploy digital solutions with increased confidence and swiftness. Contact Center Training: A Digital Leap Forward The way we train new hires at contact centers has changed drastically.

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Customer Experience Gamification Benchmark Chatbots 89