Callminer

AUGUST 1, 2017

To gain some insights into the strategies and tactics call centers can use to boost efficiency and arm you with effective strategies you can put to use, we reached out to a panel of call center experts , managers and leaders and asked them to answer this question: “What is the most effective way for a contact center to increase efficiency?”.

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JustCall

MARCH 9, 2023

This is how important customer experience is, especially in the context of contact centers. While your call agents strive for favorable first-call resolution metrics, your business should focus on providing them with the right customer contact center software that lets them do their job well.

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Real Blue Sky

MARCH 6, 2023

There are many reasons to consider whether to outsource your contact center. Before the internet, customer service was typically limited to a brick-and-mortar storefront, letter-writing, or a phone call to customer service. Thankfully, this perspective on the contact center has shifted significantly.

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Real Blue Sky

MARCH 6, 2023

There are many reasons to consider whether to outsource your contact center. Before the internet, customer service was typically limited to a brick-and-mortar storefront, letter-writing, or a phone call to customer service. Thankfully, this perspective on the contact center has shifted significantly.

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Customer Service Life

NOVEMBER 15, 2020

My first job out of college was as a frontline agent in the contact center for a SaaS startup — and over the next 15 years, I grew into a director role. But things have changed and I now find myself back in a contact center leadership role at a SaaS startup, and I’m now looking to execute on many of the lessons learned and shared.

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NICE inContact

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

Contact center managers know that quality monitoring and management is necessary to maintain or improve Customer Satisfaction (CSAT). It can be difficult, however, to tie contact center contributions to CSAT and then to resulting dollars, making it even more difficult to justify needed quality management investments.

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Talkdesk

JULY 3, 2020

Talkdesk is proud to be the first and only CCaaS provider to possess the ISO 22301 Business Continuity certification since 2019, which specifies requirements to establish, implement, maintain and continually improve a documented management system to protect and recover business operations against disruptive incidents.

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Serenova

MAY 29, 2020

The strain to balance taking care of employees to protect them from the coronavirus while maintaining business continuity continues for contact center leaders. As contact volume, customer anxiety and agent stress all still soar, what you once managed can now feel overwhelmingly un-manageable. Every time.

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Serenova

MAY 29, 2020

For most contact centers, surviving the first months of COVID-19 required swift operational reboots that began with major work-from-home (WFH) transitions. The strain of balancing the need to protect employees from the coronavirus while maintaining business continuity continues for contact center leaders. The Cloud.

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Fonolo

DECEMBER 15, 2022

That all depends on the goals your contact center sets. It’s up to you to set those standards and provide the right support and motivation for your call center team to achieve them. And that can be an undertaking, considering all the areas of the contact center that can affect performance.

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Noble Systems

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

In Part 1 of this two-part blog, we noted that in 2019 the overarching trend indicates a “back to basics” approach with an emphasis on the ultimate contact center goal of fostering meaningful connections with consumers. The best way to decide what self-service options your customers want is to ask them. Move to the Cloud.

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NICE inContact

DECEMBER 6, 2018

SLA stands for, of course, Service Level Agreement. You could say at its most generic, an SLA is almost like a promise that a service provider makes to a customer about the quality of service they will provide. How is a Service Level Calculated? . Service Level = [ In SLA ] / ([ In SLA ] + [ Out SLA ]) .

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DMG Consulting

JULY 11, 2017

Real-Time Adaptive Scheduling Improves Contact Center Dynamics (whitepaper). This white paper presents the concept and benefits of real-time adaptive scheduling, which will enhance customer satisfaction and improve employee engagement while enabling managers to meet their service-level objectives and reduce operating expenses.

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DMG Consulting

JULY 11, 2017

Real-Time Adaptive Scheduling Improves Contact Center Dynamics (whitepaper). This white paper presents the concept and benefits of real-time adaptive scheduling, which will enhance customer satisfaction and improve employee engagement while enabling managers to meet their service-level objectives and reduce operating expenses.

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NobelBiz

MARCH 5, 2024

As a call center stakeholder—be it an owner, manager, or supervisor—the task of harnessing call center reporting to pinpoint areas for improvement, optimize agent performance, and ultimately enhance customer satisfaction can seem daunting. What are the Benefits of Call Center Reporting?

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Robert Davis

JANUARY 21, 2020

Delivering contact center monthly performance reviews (MPRs) should take 30 minutes. Most importantly, leaders should prepare any documentation needed during the MPR. They become part of the workforce management plan, and you understand how they will impact your service level.

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Noble Systems

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

In Part 1 of this two-part blog, we noted that in 2019 the overarching trend indicates a “back to basics” approach with an emphasis on the ultimate contact center goal of fostering meaningful connections with consumers. The best way to decide what self-service options your customers want is to ask them. Move to the Cloud.

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EPIC Connections

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

Your industry needs, your business needs, and your operations are extremely unique, making no two cloud contact center solutions alike. The implementation process is a metamorphosis that takes a cloud contact center technology platform and transforms it into the right solution for your company. Service Level Objectives.

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Enghouse Interactive

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

In addition to supporting your online web-tools and FAQ, there is also the opportunity to look at establishing a centralized repository of more detailed, specific or even highly technical information that is accessible by customers, contact center agents and technical personnel. your FAQ on steroids.

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Fonolo

OCTOBER 30, 2018

One great way to show the world how committed you are to your customers is to document the ways in which you go above and beyond for them. In the #TDThanksYou campaign, a display of photographs and audio recordings documenting long-time customers’ personal journeys were set up in their local TD branch to remind them of how far they had come.

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Fonolo

AUGUST 4, 2022

You can come pretty close to this scenario—all you have to do is learn how to monitor your call center performance! Which Elements of the Call Center Should You Monitor? Agent performance measures how your contact center agents fare in their day-to-day work. How to Improve Contact Center Agent Performance.

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TechSee

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

Taking the time to tag the call, log the details, update the CRM system or forward customer feedback to the relevant department provides vital information to contact center managers, chief experience officers, R&D personnel and customer journey mappers. Customize the CRM to your needs by analyzing your contact center processes.

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SharpenCX

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

But if you don’t build call center improvement strategies that put what you find into action, your data is useless. The intel flowing through your contact center feeds a bottomless well of info about your business. Data helps you build a business case for future investments and drive further contact center ROI.

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Enghouse Interactive

JULY 7, 2020

Transform the Contact Center with Microsoft Teams (blog series). In our first blog, we explored how Microsoft Teams, when integrated into a Contact Center, helps provide a better experience for the end-customer. Self-Service Helps Agents Too. Blog #2 Microsoft Teams Drives Agent Productivity.

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SharpenCX

JUNE 2, 2020

And, your contact center has the right number of agents working each shift to keep service levels in the green. If you’re in the midst of the call center craziness and your hair is graying as a result, this picturesque level of workforce management likely feels like a dream. Obviously, that would be ideal.

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Enghouse Interactive

JUNE 17, 2020

Transform the Contact Center with Microsoft Teams (blog series). This new reality presents the contact center industry with an excellent opportunity to integrate with Teams and provide seamless company-wide collaboration capabilities across their customer’s organizations. Blog #1 Enhancing the Customer Experience.

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Interactive Voice Response Self service Abandon rate Contact Center 52

DMG Consulting

JULY 2, 2018

DMG helps companies select all types of contact center and back-office systems. The more successful cloud-based system initiatives are those where the vendor and company sit down during contract negotiation to set expectations and document responsibilities. By Donna Fluss. are replacements of existing on-premises systems.

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SharpenCX

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

So, as you look to grow your department and start a call center, identify the “why” behind your decision. Here are five example business needs to make you rethink your current service model: I need to improve customer service levels and offer 24/7 service for my customers.

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NobelBiz

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Faced with the pandemic, many contact centers have been forced to close their offices, raising fears of a slowdown or even closure. Technology is a Key Component to Successful Training for Call Center Agents 1. Monitoring is essential to the successful training of your contact center agents.

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Fonolo

JANUARY 6, 2022

It’s easy to get caught up in performance metrics and service levels , but as a call center leader, security should also be at the forefront of your concerns. Call centers are at a higher risk of facing data breaches in the wake of COVID-19.

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ViiBE Blog

AUGUST 9, 2021

These phone calls are fielded by call center agents. What factors determine call center success? Call center success depends on many different factors, but one of the first things to consider is who the contact center agents are and whether or not they know how to interact with customers. Conclusion.

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Vcaretec

APRIL 10, 2023

By outsourcing their contact center operations, organizations can save on infrastructure costs, staffing, and training expenses while benefiting from the provider's expertise and technology. This may involve providing training, documentation, and access to systems and data.

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COPC

APRIL 19, 2023

For instance, service level may be necessary for your organization, but giving individual feedback on performance versus your service level goals would be less meaningful. Global Benchmarking Series | Contact Center Employee Experience Most organizations have at least a half-dozen metrics they report for their agents.

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Call Experts

JUNE 10, 2021

Contact center services allow you to offer live helpdesk, order management, receptionist, HR, and on-call support 24-7-365. Contact Center Reporting. Partnering with a contact center gives you access to unique touchpoints in customer experiences. Be Proactive! Live support. .

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Taylor Reach Group

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

It’ll never happen to your business or Contact Center. That kind of stuff happens to centers in Tornado Alley and Key West, not where you are. Don’t be so sure—there are many kinds of disasters and any one of them could visit your center today. This is especially relevant to Contact Centers. A disaster?

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DMG Consulting

APRIL 5, 2017

View this document on the publisher’s website. Most contact center managers agree that there is ample opportunity to improve their workforce management (WFM) solution, their WFM best practices, and most likely both. Intraday management is an area of weakness in most contact center WFM solutions. Figure 1.

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SharpenCX

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

You need reliability and redundancy to make sure a problem with hardware won’t impact your service levels. What you really need, is a cloud call center phone system. The data flowing into your call center phone system gives you tons of information about what your customers really want from their service experience.

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