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). But getting to this nirvana is no picnic.

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Fonolo

JANUARY 23, 2018

The call center experience is under great scrutiny from today’s consumers. On the other hand, call center managers have to be cost-conscious in their approach to staffing. Luckily, there is a way to lessen the impact of hold times, without hiring agents: Offer your callers a call-back instead. Potential Downsides.

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Noble Systems

MARCH 19, 2021

Call Center Software for SMB. Every business that takes or makes calls, especially to sell to or service customers, essentially has a call center – whether they have hundreds of agents or a handful of agents (or a team of multi-tasking employees). Cloud Contact Center for SMBs. Auto-Attendant and IVR.

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JustCall

APRIL 4, 2023

One of the most important aspects of this is an inbound call center, where customers reach out for information, support, or to make a purchase. However, a call center is only as effective as its sales techniques and training. So, let’s dive in and learn how to turn every call into a successful sale!

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The Center for Client Retention

DECEMBER 5, 2017

TCFCR’s 2018 Customer Experience Trends is now available to download as a FREE eBook! Download this eBook to learn the most popular trends that will rock the customer experience world next year. The trends outlined in this eBook are certain to be taking the customer experience world by storm in 2018.

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OrecX

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

We wanted to know which call center regulations most businesses were focused on this year. So, we asked a bunch of call center managers spanning a number of industries (financial, collections, insurance, healthcare, consumer, high-tech and more). For more information on contact center regulations in the U.S.

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ShepHyken

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

Call Centers Are Out Experience Centers Are In by NobelBiz. NobelBiz) Our eBook will take an in-depth look at how trending consumer preferences are actively influencing the contact center space. It’s a short ebook on turning the call center into an experience center. Imagine that!

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Uniphore

JANUARY 24, 2022

Go Beyond Call Center Coaching with Real-Time Agent Assist. Agent assist software builds agent engagement and proficiency with live call center coaching, training and process optimization. Better call center coaching creates—and retains—better agents. Get Your Copy Now. Agent Engagement Matters. Learn More.

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Uniphore

JUNE 10, 2021

Here are 10 ways the best call centers are thriving in the new normal while others are struggling to survive. Download eBook. Use Self-Service to Handle High Call Volume. In the early days of the pandemic, call volume spiked significantly. 4 Ways Knowledge Management is Failing Your Call Center.

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Fonolo

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

Velocity was struggling with long hold times and a high number of abandoned calls. They thought they had to replace their legacy call center system to correct this problem – which would be costly and time consuming. How a Call-Back Solution Can Help. eBook: The ROI of Call-Backs for Your Call Center.

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Beyond Philosophy

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Like your employees who pick up on words and phrases intuitively, AI will hear signals in customers’ communications, their comments on social media, the number of times they call the call center, the type of call it is, and other details. Get access to your free ebook here and why not tell a friend?

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Uniphore

JUNE 10, 2021

3 Ways Call Center Coaching is Leading to Customer Churn. Why then do so many call centers struggle to convert coaching into real, measurable results? Research shows that agent retention rates were nearly double the average when coaches spent 60 percent or more of their time on the call center floor.‡

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Fonolo

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

Putting customers with complex cases on hold for eternity is a weak move: It’s a frail part of a call center infrastructure; and it may block a potentially good future relationship with the customer reaching out for help. eBook: The ROI of Call-Backs for Your Call Center. And remember: You have the power.

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Fonolo

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

As the demand for outsourced call centers grows annually by 6%, it’s critical for BPOs to offer services that meet these growing expectations. The ability to offer callers the option of a call-back is a popular request from companies choosing a contact center BPO. BPOs Can Increase Revenue with Call-Backs.

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SharpenCX

JUNE 22, 2021

Designing an effective training program in a call center is no easy task. Well-trained call center agents are essential to your customer loyalty. Does your call center training program meet standards? A study by EJBO critiqued call center training programs. Every time. Seems positive, right?

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SharpenCX

MARCH 25, 2021

Ramping up quality management in your call center is crucial to keeping performance high and teams operating in sync, no matter where they’re working. That’s why I’m diving in on how to use speech analytics to improve coaching and engagement in your call center. . What can speech analytics do for my call center?

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NobelBiz

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

The current report begins by clearly stating that the age of brick-and-mortar call centers is finally over. It’s been decades since the idea began being floated in the contact center space. The remote call center was forced to fruition by the COVID-19 Pandemic and maybe we should all be grateful for it.

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Outsource Consultants

JANUARY 24, 2024

That’s why Outsource Consultants has put together a sneak peek into just some of the regional trends highlighted in our 2024 BPO Market Trends and Pricing eBook. Due to this reduced interest in domestic call centers, BPOs have had to cut their prices to attract customers and use idle agents.

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Noble Systems

MARCH 18, 2021

In Part 1 of this 2-part blog series, we will discuss the top trends and healthcare call center best practices to consider. Healthcare Call Center Best Practices and Trends to Consider. Healthcare Call Center Best Practices and Trends to Consider. Learn More: Solutions for Healthcare Call Centers.

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SharpenCX

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Download Now: Grow your management and coaching techniques with 29 key takeaways from your call center manager playbook. How do you need to grow your call center manager skills to be the best manager for your team? Or, maybe your call center platform keeps dropping their calls. What are your goals?

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aircall

JULY 7, 2021

You might think nurturing customer relationships comes down to anticipating needs and understanding behaviors, but one strategy you need to have at your disposal is thorough call center analytics. . Make your call center more agile. Let’s dive into call center analytics to get started.

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Quality Contact Solutions

DECEMBER 31, 1969

Whether your organization handles all the logistics or enlists the help of call center services to augment your team’s preparation, a great deal of time and effort is spent with planning for the event such as, pre-event outreach emails and phone calls, logistics and travel expenses. After the event, implement your plan.

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Fonolo

MARCH 1, 2018

Follow these 5 simple steps to give your call center the makeover it deserves. What does your call center lack? For example: If customer feedback suggests that hold times are a problem in the call center, then on the whiteboard, write down all the ways you can solve this issue. Contact Center KPI’s.

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Advantage Communications

JUNE 25, 2019

Are you looking to improve your customer service, better your company’s customer experience (CX) and create new revenue opportunities through an outsourced call center? If so, then we are pleased to announce the launch of our brand new ebook - The Definitive Buyers Guide to Outsourcing Your Call Center.

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SharpenCX

MARCH 30, 2021

Data and analytics power your contact center. Yet still, some leaders are stuck scratching their heads, trying to figure out how to harness all the power of the data sitting in their call center technology. And to get there, you need to unify your call center technology so your data can work for you.

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SharpenCX

JUNE 10, 2021

Unfortunately, even the best call center leaders can’t get rid of the high-stress moments and angry customers agents have to face on the job. But you do have influence over making your contact center a great place to work and motivating your team. Which for many, is the best part of working in a call center.

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ShepHyken

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Cleaning a Toilet vs. Calling Customer Support: 3 Factors Impacting the Customer Experience by Eric Smuda. InMoment) Too many companies see their call center as only a cost and something that can be managed or minimized by reducing headcount and shifting to lower cost channels.

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Fonolo

SEPTEMBER 26, 2017

Many call center platforms today offer some form of call-back functionality. That means if your hold times are long, your callers have the option to get a call at a later time instead of waiting for an agent. You can think of this as “ASAP” call-backs. Smoothing Out Spikes in Call Volume.

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Quality Contact Solutions

DECEMBER 31, 1969

Whether your organization handles all the logistics or enlists the help of call center services to augment your team’s preparation, a great deal of time and effort is spent with planning for the event such as, pre-event outreach emails and phone calls, logistics and travel expenses. After the event, implement your plan.

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pindrop

MAY 23, 2018

This evolving criminal strategy is part of a $14 billion call center problem. From January 2016 to August 2017, call centers have experienced a 160% increase in global fraud call rate – a rise from 1 fraudulent call for every 937 calls compared to 1 in 769 calls. banks, top five U.S.

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SharpenCX

MAY 11, 2021

Your Step-By-Step Guide to Building Better Customer Experience Strategies Use data you already have to build actionable strategies for a better customer experience Get the eBook. Read Next] What is Micro-Learning in Your Call Center? As you know, data is the nucleus of the call center. Definition].

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Fonolo

APRIL 25, 2018

They call in sick less often, have fewer workplace accidents, and transition between jobs less frequently. What’s more, call centers who have work besties often experience more satisfied customers! In that sense, having a call center bestie also means having added social pressure to do a good job at work.

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Revation Systems

JANUARY 12, 2018

Thus, leading the way for call centers to be considered so much more. Today the role of cloud and multi-channel features has changed the game entirely, and shifted what was merely used to aggregate inbound and outbound phone calls into a complex communications hub able to transform multiple industries such as healthcare and banking.

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