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4 best practices for maintaining high-quality service during outages

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Scaling up a contact center or support team is hard when times are good: imagine how hard it is to ask agents to assist customers when they too may be in the dark or the cold themselves, suffering the impact of an outage. So how can utility providers protect themselves and their customers during stressful outages?

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3 Best Practices for Travel and Hospitality brands to thrive in the new normal

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High expectations and a hiatus from adventure means that customers expect travel and hospitality businesses to be operating at optimal efficiency. . How can brands be prepared for the dramatic (yet unpredictable) shift in demand while maintaining high quality customer experience? Reduce Employee Effort. Scalable operations.

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6 Habits of Organizations with Successful Remote Support

TechSee

The importance of following remote support best practices is undeniable – certainly anyone who has seen the movie Apollo 13 will recall that it saved the lives of the failed mission’s astronauts 50 years ago. Looking Ahead with these Remote Support Best Practices. How to Provide Remote Support Successfully.

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Call Center Metrics: Examples, Tips & Best Practices

Callminer

Consider the time customers spend on hold carefully. “Even before customers engage with an agent, customers judge your company based on how long they remain on hold — and how you communicate wait times. Measure transfer rates to help reduce call complexity and customer effort.

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10 Key Metrics and KPI’s for Contact Centre Performance

Call Design

Customer Effort Score. A customer effort score refers to the effort that a customer has given, to get a solution or answer to their desired question. This metric is very similar to the customer satisfaction number as feedback is provided back to the company through a survey form from the customer.

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A Beginner’s Guide On An Effective Inbound Call Strategy

OctopusTech

Today’s inbound call centers often provide customer service not only through telephone calls but also via email, chat, and more. Best Practices For Effective Inbound Calls Strategy 1. Engage agents The saying “happy agents make happy customers” may be overused, but that doesn’t mean it’s not 100% true.

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What is CSAT? Customer Satisfaction Score Definition & Measurement

Nicereply

While both NPS and CSAT focus on customer sentiment, NPS is more forward-looking and takes into account the customer’s broader relationship with the company. CSAT vs Customer Effort Score (CES) : CES focuses on how effortlessly customers can accomplish their goals with your brand.

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