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Key Considerations for A Healthy Contact Center

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Demand and customer expectations are on the rise across all industries and those in the contact center industry can feel it. Customers, with no other choice than to contact companies in any fashion other than face-to-face, found new ways to engage with businesses. So, what makes for a healthy contact center?

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What is Expected Wait Time? (EWT)

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Expected Wait Time (EWT) is the length of time a customer has to wait in the queue before an agent answers. There is a systematic approach to calculating EWT which should factor in things like staffing, handling time and the wait time of recent calls. However, it’s not quite as simple as it sounds.

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The Power of Data Analytics in Contact Centers: Driving Insights and Improving Performance

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In today's fast-paced business landscape, contact centers play a pivotal role in shaping customer experiences and influencing brand perception. In this #JMPsBlog , we will explore the incredible potential of data analytics in contact centers, along with considerations and watchouts that organizations must keep in mind.

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When IVR meets Visual Assistance – Retaining the Lost Waiting Time

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When the human agent has his first contact with the customer, he already knows the problem, the solution and whether the fix is covered by warranty. The waiting time and AHT will dramatically decrease, due to the elimination of back-and-forth communication, and the immediate connection to the right support team. Self Service.

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The Top 3 Ways to Forecast for Your Contact Center

It can be difficult to schedule the right amount of agents at the right time. Download our ebook to learn how to reduce overstaffing and understaffing, lower customer wait times and improve the customer experience with proper forecasting. Forecasting is no easy task.

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How To Best Handle Long Wait Times In Your Contact Center

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Although most companies will claim that “your call is important” to them, bad planning and lack of resources create a situation where long waiting times become the norm. A norm turning most customers to look elsewhere to meet their needs. Don’t be the norm.

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Guest Post: What is the Importance of a Voice-enabled Bot in a Contact Center?

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This week we feature an article by Shruti Bansal, Digital Marketing Expert at Ameyo , an AI-powered contact center solution. She shares how contact centers can use voice bots to capture, interpret, and analyze verbal input from the speaker and reply in a similar natural language.?. Bring down the waiting time .