Playvox

APRIL 25, 2023

How can you spice up remote agent training at your contact center to make it the most engaging and effective it can be? Make A Plan Despite the ongoing debate on the benefits and drawbacks of in-person, hybrid, and remote work, recent data and predictions support remote and hybrid work in a contact center.

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Real Blue Sky

JULY 12, 2022

In our last blog post , we talked about how employee turnover rate can often be 100%+ annually in a contact center. The contact center is the heartbeat of every company. Not only are they demanding more personalized experiences, but they also want instant service and a fast response time.

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Balto

JUNE 12, 2023

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn Share on Email In today’s economy, contact center leaders are tasked with doing as much as possible with as few resources as possible. We talked to 400+ contact center leaders about exactly this phenomenon in order to understand how they are doing more with less.

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Outsource Consultants

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

It’s because the ongoing labor shortage, paired with increased Q4 purchasing, is leaving many businesses that rely on contact center support exposed to looming CX disasters. Try These 3 Contact Center Strategies for Q4 Success. But why would anyone worry about potentially high sales volume? Tip the Scales with Technology.

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CCNG

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Budgets are getting tighter, and executive teams are asking contact center leadership to do more with a lower headcount. The already frustrated customer is now stuck in a queue with a long wait; that’s because staffing levels are down because contact centers don’t have enough customer-facing workers. It’s a vicious cycle.

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Noble Systems

JANUARY 21, 2019

Sales SPIFFs and contests have been used to incentivize contact center agents to sell more for decades. In addition, there are two segments that span the entire hierarchy – manage, forecast and analyze; and develop, coach, onboard and motivate. Gamification uses game mechanics to encourage desired behaviors.

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CCNG

APRIL 20, 2022

This King of Rock' n Roll quote may be the purest basis for considering any personal or business challenge. Truth At The Core Contact centers depend on a wide range of technologies to operate effectively. Contact centers with advanced data management capabilities can easily leverage performance-based compensation strategies.

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COPC

APRIL 1, 2024

They extend to tools for answering customer queries, feedback and coaching systems, and virtual collaboration. Global Benchmarking Series | Contact Center Technologies Today, executives deploy digital solutions with increased confidence and swiftness. This method offers a more personalized and adaptable training experience.

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Noble Systems

JANUARY 21, 2019

Sales SPIFFs and contests have been used to incentivize contact center agents to sell more for decades. In addition, there are two segments that span the entire hierarchy – manage, forecast and analyze; and develop, coach, onboard and motivate. Gamification uses game mechanics to encourage desired behaviors.

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Playvox

MARCH 12, 2023

Running a smooth and efficient contact center can feel like the ultimate struggle, but don’t worry, you’re not alone. Providing noteworthy customer experiences is a top priority for any business, and a well-run help desk, support center, or customer service center is the key to improving contact center performance.

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Balto

MAY 13, 2022

So much of the emphasis in contact centers is on providing the support and service that produce high customer satisfaction. However, we also need to focus on making sure our contact center agents are satisfied. However, we also need to focus on making sure our contact center agents are satisfied.

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Balto

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Every contact center has the capability to add value to their company through customer acquisition. Get Clear on the Goal and Mission of Your Contact Center First, define what you’re trying to accomplish in your contact center. That’s the power of a centralized contact center. What is it?

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Noble Systems

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

How well are your customers being served by your customer support contact center? Moreover, 63% are willing to share more personal information and opinions when a company provides a great experience. There are a number of things contact center management can do to improve AHT. Hone agent training and coaching.

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Talkdesk

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

With the shift to remote work due to COVID-19, protection of data has become a sensitive topic as more employees are using their home connection or working from personal devices. Turning your coaching strategy into a game will improve training engagement. Cybersecurity hackers lured by this newfound opportunity.

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Playvox

MARCH 12, 2024

Think about the last time you reached out to a contact center for one of the services or products that you purchased. You could have contacted the company in a multitude of ways — chat, text, social media, or even an “old-fashioned” telephone call. They are also more likely to stay with the company for the long term.

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DMG Consulting

JANUARY 10, 2022

Contact Center Workplaces Are in the Midst of a Renaissance. This is the case for many contact centers, where agents have been under-appreciated, under-recognized and under-rewarded for decades. The employee-employer relationship in contact centers is finally being re-evaluated and redefined, and not a moment too soon.

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Tethr

JUNE 5, 2020

Does your contact center need a morale boost? Improve employee morale and reduce call center stress using these strategies. Call center managers earn the respect of their employees by showing them that they are not above any task. Gamification works. Be a team player. Give them a career path.

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Serenova

MARCH 31, 2020

Contact centers are still scrambling to find ways to support work-from-home (WFH) agents in the face of the coronavirus and rapidly spreading COVID-19 outbreak. With Serenova’s CxEngage Rapid Response program, contact centers can leverage a cloud solution within 48 hours. Regular meetings are cancelled.

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Fonolo

JANUARY 31, 2023

Still have questions about call center training? What is Call Center Training? Simply put, call center training is any course, seminar, video, coaching session, or other activity that teaches the skills and behavior required for success in a call center. Include workshops and group activities as much as possible!

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Noble Systems

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

In Part 1 of this two-part series on contact center burnout we covered some of the warning signs of agent overload. According to research by Contact Babel, medium sized contact centers have an average turnover rate of 37%. Why is this so important? Agents are human. Humans have limits.

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Noble Systems

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

Getting and keeping contact center employees engaged is foundational to accomplishing this objective. Gamification is an enabling technology that can help. Start Building the Core of Your Employee Engagement Plan with Gamification. Many companies turn to gamification to address the top drivers of employee engagement.

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NobelBiz

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

This not only helps in ensuring compliance with protocols but also provides opportunities for coaching and feedback based on actual performance. By identifying areas for improvement, call centers can increase the quality of service and customer satisfaction. RELATED ARTICLE What is IVR?

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Noble Systems

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

Getting and keeping contact center employees engaged is foundational to accomplishing this objective. Gamification is an enabling technology that can help. Start Building the Core of Your Employee Engagement Plan with Gamification. Many companies turn to gamification to address the top drivers of employee engagement.

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Noble Systems

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

Moreover, 63% are willing to share more personal information and opinions when a company provides a great experience. There are a number of things contact center management can do to improve AHT. Hone agent training and coaching. Implement gamification. Enter gamification. Optimize call routing.

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Noble Systems

JANUARY 30, 2019

Many of the 2019 trends indicate a “back to basics” approach with an emphasis on the ultimate goal for contact centers — to foster meaningful connections with consumers. To this end, we have grouped the top contact center trends for 2019 into these three categories: human, effortless and transformative.

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Contact Center Gamification Analytics Average Handle Time 59

Monet Software

APRIL 24, 2020

High-speed internet, cloud-based applications and other technologies have opened a new vista for the call center—the remote agents. Most contact centers have had to quickly transition to working from home as a direct effect of COVID-19. No longer is the company limited to the talent pool surrounding the contact center.

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Robert Davis

NOVEMBER 10, 2018

Contact center consulting, training and coaching change agent and leading cloud employee engagement and performance management platform vendor unite to help organizations boost workforce effectiveness and business results. Before supervisors can coach mastery, RCDA helps them become masters themselves. Press Release.

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Fonolo

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

But now, with agent engagement becoming a growing priority for call centers, it’s a great time to reimagine your approach to training your team members. Contact Center Trends: Industry Predictions for 2022. That’s why customers rely more on contact center agents now more than ever for all the information they need.

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Noble Systems

DECEMBER 4, 2019

Many customers are even happy to provide information about what the competition is doing via phone calls into the contact center, emails, chats, surveys and social media. In addition to a VoC platform, other enabling customer feedback technologies are speech analytics and gamification. Find out how in this on-demand webinar.

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Feedback Gamification Analytics Customer centricity 80

Balto

JUNE 3, 2022

Every contact center encounters its fair share of hurdles on the path to success. Fix-It Friday targets contact center leaders’ biggest frustrations with solution-focused content. How Common Are Remote Contact Center Agents? The contact center landscape has shifted dramatically in the last few years.

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Serenova

APRIL 13, 2020

Now that your contact center agents are safely working from home, it’s time to focus on the business of managing and coaching to ensure productivity. Celebrating wins in an on-site contact center environment was easier. Contact centers can tap into the same motivation. Here are six tips to help.

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Noble Systems

JANUARY 30, 2019

Many of the 2019 trends indicate a “back to basics” approach with an emphasis on the ultimate goal for contact centers — to foster meaningful connections with consumers. To this end, we have grouped the top contact center trends for 2019 into these three categories: human, effortless and transformative.

Contact Center 48

Contact Center Gamification Analytics Average Handle Time 48

COPC

JANUARY 15, 2024

has partnered with Centrical to bring you the Improving Contact Center Retention Series, where we explore how organizations can reduce early attrition. Lack of Manager Support   Coaching is an integral part of an effective onboarding process. It can identify common training and knowledge gaps among teams.

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Best practices Employee engagement Coaching Feedback 79

Balto

MARCH 13, 2023

Improving the agent experience hasn’t always been the first priority to improve contact center performance and revenue. While guidance software (or call coaching software) does have great benefits for onboarding new agents, this isn’t the complete picture. Improving agents’ day-to-day shouldn’t be a compromise. What is Balto?

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Playvox

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

The company’s contact center team shifted to a remote workplace just as Sweaty Betty – and the entire athleisure industry – started to see significant market growth. But by the end of 2020, there were 150 team members on the Sweaty Betty contact center team. out of 5 from more than 8,400 customer reviews.

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TechSee

JUNE 25, 2019

Customer-facing AI technologies are especially relevant to assisting in customer identification, call classification/routing, chatbots and predictive personalization. Using biometrics, agents can recognize customers, and greet them in a personal manner. Predictive personalization. Customer Identification. Biometrics.

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Callminer

APRIL 24, 2020

Call scoring evaluation forms can also be helpful for enhancing quality assurance within the call center. In addition to call monitoring and scoring, managers and supervisors should also make it a point to schedule in time for targeted coaching sessions with agents. Effectively Communicate with Agents. Thanks for your patience.”.

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