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Why Call Center Retention Matters

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If call center retention keeps you up at night, you’re not alone. According to the 2021 ICMI report, a contact center’s average employee turnover rate was 58% per year. But stressful industries like contact centers stand out. Why Does Call Center Retention Matter? The numbers are sobering.

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Call Center Metrics and KPIs to Measure Performance and Productivity

CCNG

There is a great deal of debate about what metrics call centers should measure now, especially with COVID-19 and the accompanying shift to work-at-home agents, staffing shortages, and persistent supply chain issues straining customers’ patience. Times have changed, and where necessary, call center and BPO metrics must change with them.

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Helping AI Help Agents: A Better Way to Use AI Applications in the Contact Center

Upstream Works

After five years of providing what amounted to call center plumbing, we had really zeroed in on what call centers did and realized that the heart of a call center was and always will be the people that operate the phones. The contact center was even more complicated.

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The Best Advice for Contact Centers in 2018: The Experts Weigh In

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This is especially true for those of us involved in the cacophony of contact centers; we are essentially the appointed, trusted ‘brand listeners’ who hear many, many voices on a given day, including those of both customers and colleagues. Contact center professionals? It’s simply become too loud.

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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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7 Tips On Call Center Customer Experience Improvement

Win the Customer

Like any other industry, there’s always room for improvement in call center customer experiences. Call centers must deliver the best customer experience from jump, or else risk dealing with an unsatisfied customer, and getting negative press. Here are 7 tips for call centers to improve customer experiences: 1.

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Kindness, Customer Retention, and the Contact Center Agent

Call Center Weekly

Most often though, it is the contact center that interacts with those customers who wish to leave. Rather, they are opportunities to create loyalty, brand ambassadors, and build long lasting relationships. I have led or consulted contact centers of various sizes across numerous industries.

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Study: The Health of the Contact Center

Download our study of 1,000 contact center agents in the US and UK to find out what major challenges are facing contact center agents today – and what your company can do about it. What does it take to engage agents in this customer-centric era?