5 Call Center Metrics to Optimize Agent Performance
Provana
SEPTEMBER 12, 2022
Choosing the right call center metrics is just as important as operationalizing them. Here're five key call center metrics you should keep an eye on. Site News
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Top call center metrics your organization should care about
Callminer
NOVEMBER 28, 2022
Call center metrics, including call tracking metrics, can make improving operations at your contact center much easier to manage. Read this blog for the top metrics to consider and measure
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Working on Workforce Issues
Contact Center Pipeline
MARCH 8, 2022
It is a good news/troubling news story for contact centers. How they and their supplier partners plan and respond will help determine how well the industry succeeds in the post-COVID-19 pandemic “new normal” era.
Your Contact Center Employees Aren’t Happy. That’s Why They’re Leaving.
Myra Golden Media
AUGUST 1, 2022
Many of the Chicago Midway airport newsstands were closed when I traveled through last week. It was 3 pm. I settled on a glass of wine at Reilly’s Daughter in the A Concourse. Typically, they serve food, but the kitchen was closed that afternoon.
Is Your L&D Organization Future-Proof?
Speaker: Karl Kapp, Ed.D., Professor of Instructional Design and Technology
If the recent past has taught us anything, it's that L&D organizations need to be nimble, quick, and able to react to both foreseen and unforeseen threats in order to be successful. That means looking to the convergence of technology, learning, and business needs so you can make intelligent, informed decisions regarding both your future and the future of your organization.
Best Practices For A Powerful Professional Network: Part 9
CCNG
NOVEMBER 30, 2022
We close out this series on how to use your professional network to get maximum value from your connections, peer-to-peer interaction, and the collective insight and experience of colleagues.
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It’s time for a Customer Service Culture Transformation to Customer CARE
Bill Quiseng
JANUARY 3, 2022
Is customer service the frontline? Really? Are we called to duty on the frontline battling customers? Doctors and nurses don’t serve their ailing patients. They care. So shouldn’t customer service be customer care? Or even better …. We are the Customer CARE team.
4 Voice of the Customer (VoC) methodologies to gain valuable insights
Callminer
AUGUST 15, 2022
VoC insight is crucial for organizations to increase growth rates and achieve business milestones. Read on to learn four methodologies for measuring omnichannel customer experiences
Helping Agents Helping Customers
Contact Center Pipeline
JULY 26, 2022
Publisher’s note: Rob has kindly written and expanded on this article for Contact Center Pipeline he first wrote and published on LinkedIn titled “Where Have all the People Gone?” The COVID-19 pandemia have changed the business landscape in countless ways.
What are the changes to customer service? | Vocalcom
Golriz Gonkar
OCTOBER 10, 2022
Digitalization shuffled the cards, giving power back to customers. Companies must therefore adapt themselves and create seamless 360° customer journeys if they wish to earn customer loyalty
The State of Customer Experience 2023 Research Report
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The Northridge Group’s State of Customer Experience 2023 research report reveals a surge in preference for online agent chat versus phone amongst 18-35-year-olds—the first time online chat has eclipsed phone! Download the new report for more CX insights.
10 Smart Ways to Cater to Your Local Customers
Steve DiGioia
MAY 23, 2022
You may work for a giant worldwide conglomerate that maintains a core set of values, standards, and practices, but can each of these standards be maintained in every venue? Well, if you’re the Ritz Carlton or McDonald’s , you can.
Building a Great CX Team
CX Accelerator
NOVEMBER 11, 2022
Collaboration with Ben Motteram and Nate Brown To transform an organization into one that is more customer centric is a complex task that requires many different skills. Customer experience is multi-disciplinary.
How to Be Funny and Use Humor in Business to Your Advantage
Beyond Philosophy
JULY 14, 2022
When I was ten, the teacher wrote on my school report, “Colin is the clown of the class.” ” To this day, I am still proud of that report card. Humor matters and can provide business benefits. Today we will talk about how to be funny and use humor to your advantage.
Recession-Proof Your Contact Center: How to Navigate a Downturn
Amanda Butkewich
OCTOBER 5, 2022
During a recession, contact centers and call centers are still in high demand. But how does an economic downturn effect the industry
The Ultimate Crash Course in eLearning Visual Design
Speaker: Connie Malamed, Founder of Mastering Instructional Design and Publisher of The eLearning Coach
Well-designed materials can motivate learners, improve comprehension, and assist optimal retention. If you need rapid, easily actionable ways to improve your eLearning and slides, join this session to learn the power principles that will have the biggest impact on your designs.
De-escalation Q & A Day!
Myra Golden Media
JANUARY 21, 2022
Did you miss my latest Live Q & A? You’re in luck. Here’s a replay of our conversation. 3:29 How do you deal with an angry customer because we won’t give in to their demands? 5:31 Do you have a list of negative priming words and positive priming alternatives?
The One Where There is No One Ideal Customer
CCNG
JUNE 29, 2022
On a recent episode of CX Passport, Elaine Lee, Managing Director of ReynoldsBusbyLee and I discussed how it takes a real understanding of a real customer to know how to deliver the right customer experience.
Call Routing: Functionalities, Advantages and Strategies for Contact Centers
Mounim Benharouga
OCTOBER 5, 2022
NobelBiz | Blog. Call Routing: Functionalities, Advantages and Strategies for Contact Centers Published on 02
6 Benefits of Real-Time Speech Analytics Contact Centers Cannot Ignore
Provana
AUGUST 30, 2022
Real-time speech analytics technology has tremendous potential to transform any collections-focused call center from the inside out. Read all benefits here
Leveraging Data Analytics to Optimize the Customer Experience
Speaker: Nathan Hart, Mary Kane & Imran Mohammed
Join The Northridge Group for an exploration into how a data-driven root cause analysis of Contact Center First Contact Resolution (FCR) issues can lead to actionable insights to resolve FCR problems, improve Customer Experience, and reduce costs!
What is customer journey analytics?
Callminer
FEBRUARY 1, 2022
Customer interactions don’t exist in a vacuum, and neither should your data. Find out how customer journey analytics break down data silos to provide better insight throughout the customer journey
Evolving the Contact Center
Contact Center Pipeline
DECEMBER 29, 2022
The disruption never stops. Between supply chain issues, workforce shortages, natural disasters, and whatever is about to hit us next, disruption is everywhere – and it’s causing an abundance of unhappy customers.
How to transform Customer Service Experience with Speech Analytics?
Jim Iyoob
OCTOBER 9, 2022
Improving customer experiences is one of the important areas of focus for leading brands. While it is the responsibility of the entire organization to ensure quality customer experiences for sales and support services, the team contact center agents is the front line for quality interactions.
7 Customer Expectations and Why I Shouldn’t Have to Ask for a Napkin
Steve DiGioia
JANUARY 3, 2022
We all speak about expectations, customer expectations. They can be reasonable or extreme, and sometimes achievable or bizarre. But usually, they are appropriate. As a customer, I expect a basic minimum such as: The product or service should work as expected.
Create Engaging Scenario-Based Training on ANY Budget
Speaker: Tim Buteyn - President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions, Inc.
In this webinar, Tim Buteyn of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions will explore how to optimize learner engagement with scenario-based training. You'll learn what makes up scenarios, how they benefit the learner, and why this is important to your organization. You'll also dive into real-world examples across a wide range of budgets and look at how typical training content can be completely transformed.
68 Customer Support Email Address Name Ideas
CX Accelerator
MAY 25, 2022
Written by Jenny Dempsey, 5.25.2022 You don’t actually want to contact customer support. If you have to, this means you have a problem or an unanswered question. You can’t find the answer in the knowledge base on the company website, instruction book or the FAQs.
Why Your Measurement is Killing Your Customer Experience And What to Do About it
Beyond Philosophy
FEBRUARY 10, 2022
I am surprised daily about how many organizations can’t articulate how their improvement in various experience measures, like Net Promoter Score® , will benefit the organization. This connection is essential to understand to create a winning customer strategy. .
QUI QUOTE: Nobody raves about a company that meets customer expectations.
Bill Quiseng
APRIL 1, 2022
QUI QUOTE: Nobody raves about a company that meets customer expectations. When you are working in customer service, you have been happy that your customers leave satisfied. You have sold them a product or service that meets their wants or needs. Or you solved their problem for them.
How to Control Calls
Myra Golden Media
DECEMBER 28, 2022
Customer service calls can sometimes get out of control. Upset and overtalkative callers take time and energy away from other customers and tasks. This is where practical call-control strategies come into play.
2021 State of Customer Service Experience Report
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Consumers are shopping online more now than ever before but find the service experience inadequate. Download The Northridge Group's State of Customer Service Experience report for more insights into the latest customer experience trends.
Hidden Talent: Tips to Find and Hire Willing Workers
CCNG
FEBRUARY 24, 2022
A sea change in talent acquisition happened in the past 20 years. Now it is time for another! Technology originally created to find the best talent, that at one time worked very well, now keeps qualified job candidates hidden from view as automated systems screen them out.
How to Measure the Return On Investment (ROI) Of Your Contact Center Solution?
Mounim Benharouga
OCTOBER 5, 2022
NobelBiz | Blog. How to Measure the Return On Investment (ROI) Of Your Contact Center Solution
3 Agent Scorecard Practices That Can Make A Big Difference In Your Speech Analytics Program
Provana
SEPTEMBER 6, 2022
In the absence of agent scorecard best practices, there exists no formal system to capture performance issues, benchmark them against industry standards
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