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How to Successfully Implement Customer Self-Service Strategies

Fonolo

Even so, gone are the days when talking to ‘a real person’ is the customer’s preference: Today, 70% of customers expect self-service options and most brands are taking note. Despite the clear demand for these services, 55% of consumers find self-service portals difficult to use. Dive Into Your Analytics.

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Know How You Measure Up and See all the Difference: How your Team can Beat the Industry Standards of these Three Popular Call Center Metrics

SharpenCX

But, it’s important to keep your direct competition in mind when looking at call center metrics & industry standards, too. So, how do you, as a contact center team, measure up to the rest of your industry? Industry Standards: How do you Stack Up Against Your Peers? Customer Satisfaction. Overall U.S.

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SLAs For Today’s Contact Center

Fonolo

For example, many callers will tolerate a wait time that is longer than 20 seconds. Ultimate Guide to SLAs That Work New Considerations: Adapting SLAs to Modern Realities Advancements in AI and automation should also find you questioning one-size-fits-all service level agreements. And don’t forget your call-backs!

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The Role of IVR Call Center in Optimizing Customer Interactions

TeleDirect

Now that you know what an IVR is, let’s explore a few of the benefits these systems offer: Resolve issues quickly : Research by Gartner revealed that 70% of customers use self-service channels to help resolve issues. Getting the call to the right person increases first-contact resolutions and reduces wait times.

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A Guide to Call Abandonment Rate in Call Centers and Its Significance

Hodusoft

Providing exceptional customer service is crucial in today’s call center environment, but what if your customers disconnect even before reaching an agent? In general, as per the industry standard, a call center abandonment rate is between 5% and 8%. Also, a high call abandonment rate is 10% or more.

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Don’t Have Live Chat? Here’s Why You Should.

SharpenCX

But each call center agent can only handle one call at a time. That means you have to get smarter and more efficient about using their time and resources to serve as many people as possible. Sure, there are self-service options and automated chatbots to speed up service. Agents are already at their computers.

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5 Tips To Reduce Your Call Center’s Average Handle Time (AHT)

Global Response

After all, if ACW is taking a significant amount of time, it will eventually reduce the amount of calls agents are able to handle, increasing customer wait time and reducing efficiency. do they prefer to wait on hold or receive a call back later? Do they prefer self-service options or waiting for an agent?)