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Why Call-Back Algorithms and Estimated Wait Times Fail

Fonolo

It’s important to understand that call-back products using algorithms and estimated wait times often come up short, leaving customers waiting on hold a second time. Some algorithms simply calculate the estimated wait time (EWT) for calling a customer back, while others use more complex calculations.

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What is Expected Wait Time? (EWT)

Babelforce

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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How to Reduce Wait Times with Automatic Call Distribution (ACD)

JustCall

Making your customers wait on call is a conversion killer. Data estimates that 44% of people become annoyed, irritated, or angry— even with a 5–15 minute wait time. As such, improving customer service with ACD technology has emerged as a prerequisite for businesses. The longer the wait time, the higher their frustration.

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When IVR meets Visual Assistance – Retaining the Lost Waiting Time

TechSee

IVR technologies are limited without sight. Interactive voice response (IVR) is a technology that allows a computer to interact with customers through the use of voice and touch-tone telephone keypad. IVR has the potential to add significant value to call centers by expanding it supporting technologies. Self Service.

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The New Tech Experience: Innovation, Optimization, and Collaboration

Speaker: Paul Weald, Contact Center Innovator

No matter what industry you're in - healthcare, customer service, sales, and more - it’s easier than you think to reduce wait times, monitor sentiment, and provide enhanced self-service options for all of your users. Embrace automation, collaborate with new technology, and watch how you thrive!

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How Does Virtual Queuing Technology Work?

Fonolo

What is virtual queuing technology? Virtual queuing technology is the colloquial name for many virtual queuing solutions offered by many of the large contact center platforms, and VHT, the only competitor to Fonolo. It’s the most basic type of call-back or virtual queuing technology you can choose. first appeared on Fonolo.

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Technology is Not Strategy

Mindtouch

Around the world, customer experience has suffered at the mercy of even longer customer wait times. Some day companies will learn the lesson that technology is not equal to strategy. So, again companies are blindly flailing about, hoping for a technology life-vest just to keep head above water. Productivity has tanked.