Plantronics

OCTOBER 19, 2020

With significant uncertainty about whether call center employees will be working from an office or from home, the roles, requirements, and the right devices for customer service reps have now been reset.

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TRUSTID

OCTOBER 3, 2019

With Millennials soon making up half of all call center workforces, organizations need to plan how to train, inspire and retain telephone agents in an industry where the average turnover rate is an astonishing 33%. How consumers perceive and judge brands will be largely based on the customer experience.

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Playvox

JANUARY 11, 2024

Managing forecasting, scheduling, and agent productivity in a call center is a lot like searching for the fountain of youth. While we don’t have a roadmap to the proverbial fountain, we can help steer you in the right direction for better call center workforce management (WFM).

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Fonolo

MARCH 29, 2022

What does efficiency mean to call center leaders? Perhaps it’s reducing the volume of customer escalations, or improving certain performance metrics like Average Handle Time or First Call Resolution. There’s a lot that goes into running an efficient call center. Why workforce management?

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JustCall

JANUARY 19, 2023

Call centers are established to meet the demands of customers. A good call center optimization can match the customer’s expectations with the best level of customer service. Only 67% of people around the world believe that customer service is getting better.

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Balto

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

In this guide, we’ll help you understand what call center workforce management is and why it’s important. We’ll also share some actionable tips that can inspire your workforce management strategy. What Is Call Center Workforce Management?

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JustCall

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

Frontline customer care call center executives can often be exhausted. According to a recent report – 13% to 16% of the call center workforce is disengaged, with nearly 70% still not classified as busy at work. How Essential are Call Center Incentive Ideas ? They Make Employees Happier.

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Expivia

AUGUST 4, 2021

Optimizing the customer service experience is a crucial task in a call center environment. The success of your contact center depends on it. Your call center needs to focus on being unique. What Is Customer Service Experience? The Tone Is Crucial in Call Center Customer Service.

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Plantronics

OCTOBER 22, 2020

When looking at the customer service sector, if anything can be near certain during these unpredictable times – it’s that hybrid working is the future for the call center. As a matter of fact, Frost & Sullivan predicts that 20% of the call center workforce will working from home in the near future.

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Babelforce

MAY 18, 2022

Call center forecasting is a set of practices that aims to determine the contact volume and number of agents needed to handle that contact volume over a set period of time. To increase forecast accuracy, use Excel and Workforce Management software. Call center forecasting fundamentals. Workforce forecasting.

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Insite Managed Solutions

JANUARY 18, 2016

Capacity Planning is the next component in managing your workforce. As you are reviewing the details of the plan, it’s important to ensure you have enough time to recruit and train call center agents before you need them. Together, these 4 components can make or break your Service Level.

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Etech GS

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

Employees worked their 40-plus hours per week at a call center and went home with little complaint. Here’s how you can improve efficiency of your call center using better workforce management techniques. Understand the Millennial Workforce. Customer rating. Prepare for an Agile Workforce.

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Plantronics

OCTOBER 22, 2020

When looking at the customer service sector, if anything can be near certain during these unpredictable times – it’s that hybrid working is the future for the call center. As a matter of fact, Frost & Sullivan predicts that 20% of the call center workforce will working from home in the near future.

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Dialer 360

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

For call center optimization you need to think about improving your customer experience. While providing outstanding customer service should always be the aim of a call center, it shouldn’t be your primary objective. It’s wonderful if your agents treat customers with respect.

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Win the Customer

DECEMBER 18, 2015

Concrete customer feedback metrics, KPIs and CRM systems can be considered as the ‘science’ behind call centers, but the soft skills of call center agents are considered as the art. This creates a challenge for call centers that rely on their workforce’s soft skills to provide outstanding customer experiences.

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Vistio

MARCH 18, 2024

Below is a list of practical tips, innovative strategies, and proven methods that can revolutionize your call center training approach. Because a well-trained, confident agent is the backbone of any successful call center. What are these effective training techniques for agent retention?

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Ansafone

OCTOBER 5, 2017

WHY YOU SHOULD OUTSOURCE YOUR CUSTOMER SERVICE. Customer service is a vital part of any business, but the question is, should it be kept in-house? There are a lot of benefits to be gained when you outsource your call centers. Most call center outsourcers are always filled with years and years of experience.

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Fonolo

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

At the end of a long work day of managing agents, customer queries, and high call volumes, call center leaders want to have achieved two fundamental goals: retain solid employees, and provide excellent customer service. A starting point for all of this is to calculate your call center’s attrition rate.

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CSR Inc.

JANUARY 8, 2017

First some good news: call centers aren’t going away this year (well, not exactly – but more on that later). And while call centers are expected to see an uptick in staffing in 2017 ( did you know that 4% of working Americans – about 5 million – already work in a call center ?) 2017…yes, we made it!

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Fonolo

MAY 30, 2023

Managers know that call center workforce management matters. Put it another way: if customer interactions are at the heart of a contact center’s success, then effective workforce management is the backbone. That’s why contact centers are investing in it in droves.

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Fonolo

JANUARY 25, 2022

From organizing call center agents to employing the right technology and developing a customer experience strategy, there are plenty of moving pieces in the successful operation of a contact center. Getting all those nuts and bolts to run in perfect harmony is often referred to as call center workforce optimization (WFO).

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Fonolo

MAY 19, 2022

The customer service climate is constantly evolving, which means your contact center’s operation must adapt to keep up. Contact center technology is a key component of the way your business functions. Call-Back Technology. Picture this: it’s a Monday morning after a weekend of your call center being closed.

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Horizon CX

APRIL 3, 2023

You know you’re in for a lame and frustrating customer service experience when the recorded voice says to you, “Please listen carefully as many of our options have changed.” How often have you heard that phrase from the same business you happen to call many times over? Aim to have a recording last only four minutes.

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Fonolo

MAY 19, 2022

The customer service climate is constantly evolving, which means your contact center’s operation must adapt to keep up. Contact center technology is a key component of the way your business functions. Call-Back Technology. Picture this: it’s a Monday morning after a weekend of your call center being closed.

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NobelBiz

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Visiting a website, talking to customer service, chatting on social networks… When a consumer performs these actions, the company usually collects multiple data points. The data collected, measured, and analyzed for contact centers is an absolute gold mine. When used wisely, it can greatly improve the customer experience.

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Tenfold - Contact Center Blog

DECEMBER 28, 2017

Improved agent efficiency and productivity turn call centers from a cost into a profit. While agents hold the keys to your company’s success, they are also the most expensive resource you have – accounting for 60% to 70% of expenses in a contact center. Leading Technologies for Workforce Management in Call Centers.

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NobelBiz

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Welcome back to our journey through the intricate world of call center management! In our previous installment, we peeled back the layers of the challenges that often remain hidden beneath the surface, impacting call center executives’ day-to-day operations. Read part one here.

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Cisco - Contact Center

JANUARY 21, 2020

Narrowing the Call Center Gap. With new generations of new consumers speaking their mother tongue language when calling a contact center, the translation problem will not disappear anytime soon. While in business to business, there is a de facto international language, which is English.

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Playvox

JUNE 22, 2023

Call center leaders are under increased pressure to improve operational and agent efficiencies and look for cost-cutting opportunities while delivering outstanding customer experience (CX) — a tricky balancing act for sure. What Are Call Center Efficiency Metrics? Is your call center prepared?

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NobelBiz

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Call centers have developed dramatically over the past few years and will continue to do so in 2023. While most classic contact center technologies will continue to be utilized, most will be replaced by chatbots, cloud technologies, AI, and remote work, enabling businesses to enhance the customer experience and save expenses.

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NobelBiz

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Call centers have developed dramatically over the past few years and will continue to do so in 2023. While most classic contact center technologies will continue to be utilized, most will be replaced by chatbots, cloud technologies, AI, and remote work, enabling businesses to enhance the customer experience and save expenses.

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Fonolo

JUNE 21, 2018

Peak times tend to be a touchy topic for call centers. Almost every center experiences them, and most don’t know how to handle the volume without adding more agents. Every contact center is different, which means that peak times can take on various forms. Webinar] How to Successfully Handle Call Volume During Peak Times.

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Dialer 360

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

It doesn’t matter what category of call center you are planning to set up. This is important to remember setting up call center requires a considerable investment of time and money. Even though, you may able to outsources most of the work and manage the call center set up procedures.

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Cisco - Contact Center

JANUARY 8, 2020

Transitioning your on-premises call center to the cloud creates enormous opportunities for growth and innovation. According to our recent global survey, 62% of contact center executives plan to implement a cloud contact center within the next 18 months. Some businesses have near and long-term plans to move to the cloud.

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Insite Managed Solutions

MAY 23, 2013

Top 10 Technological Contact Center Trends Cloud: Cloud-based infrastructure is the fastest growing area in the call center industry, which DMG predicts will almost double between 2013 and 2015. Video Support: Video is making its way to the call center; thanks to the amount and detail of information it provides customers.

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Cisco - Contact Center

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Formula one driving has a few things in common with a call center. There are important elements to racing that apply to running a contact center. Leading racers have stated “to go fast, you first have to go smooth”.

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Monet Software

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Tips for maintaining contact center engagement, no matter the season. The holiday season is fast approaching and employees are starting to check out mentally, as if they’re suffering from the call center version of high school “senior-itis.”. It’s that time again. comes to a close. 4 Upgrade support. Spend as much time (or more!)

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