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Techniques for Creating Effective Customer Service Scripts for Your Call Center

Global Response

An effective call center script balances consistent service quality with personalized customer interactions. The script should serve as a guide rather than a rigid framework. While customer service scripts are incredibly useful and beneficial, they can also be challenging to create. Understand customer needs and expectations.

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The Case For the Anti-Script: A Multifactor Analysis of Script Adherence

Balto

“The anti-script doesn’t mean that you should wing it on every call… what anti-script means is, think about a physical paper script and an agent who is reading it off word for word… you’re taking the most powerful part of the human out of the human.” Share on Twitter. Share on Facebook.

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Why the Biggest Contact Centers Have the Least Effective Call Scripts

Balto

Call scripts are used in contact centers of all shapes and sizes — across the industry, they are considered an easy way to help ensure all of a contact center’s agents are driving calls to the same goals. But if you manage a center with hundreds or thousands of agents, then trying to keep everyone on the same script is challenging at best.

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Why Do Agents Go Off Script? Mistakes vs Improvisation

Balto

When agents intentionally go off script, it’s because they are improvising to get a better call outcome and should be encouraged. In 2022, we published our findings on why agents intentionally go off their scripts. Why Agents Go Off Script. Figure 3: Why do agents go off script? Key Takeaways.

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6 Killer Applications for Artificial Intelligence in the Customer Engagement Contact Center

If Artificial Intelligence for businesses is a red-hot topic in C-suites, AI for customer engagement and contact center customer service is white hot. This white paper covers specific areas in this domain that offer potential for transformational ROI, and a fast, zero-risk way to innovate with AI.

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The Essential Elements of a Business Phone Script

Call Experts

Creating a business phone script can support your employees and customers. Learn all of our tips for crafting the perfect script for your needs! Making a business phone script can seem like a complicated or intimidating thing to do. What Is a Business Phone Script? How a Business Phone Script Supports Your Organization.

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Guest Post: Agents Are the Answer: Empower Your Workforce to Improve Customer Experience and Reduce Attrition

ShepHyken

In their recent survey of over 560 agents, they found that agents who stray from their prescribed call scripts are happier in their jobs overall. A deeper dive into this finding reveals that agents most often deviate from their scripts because they want to improvise based on the customer’s needs.

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