Playvox

JULY 14, 2023

Providing an ever-improving customer experience while boosting contact center agent productivity is paramount for your business. During the best of economic times, it’s a smart business practice. Here’s the blueprint for achieving greater agent productivity in your call center.

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NobelBiz

APRIL 18, 2023

Optimizing team productivity is the key to achieving this goal, and this comprehensive guide will walk you through the steps necessary to unlock your call center’s full potential. What is hyper efficiency in a contact center?

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Playvox

APRIL 5, 2022

But without getting contact center performance right, all other CX elements – such as marketing, user experience, etc. How do you build a high performance contact center? Fortunately, there is a way forward: leveraging the right workforce engagement management (WEM) tools. What is a High Performance Contact Center?

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Call Experts

APRIL 14, 2022

Therefore, the average speed of an answer is meant to measure how long it takes for an incoming call to get answered by someone (agent or IVR). The ASA metric is measured in seconds, and it’s calculated as the average time calls spend waiting in the queue before they are answered. Average Speed to Answer.

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Playvox

JANUARY 24, 2022

While it’s hard to argue against the importance of delivering great CX, it’s also all too easy to assume that the experiences your contact center delivers are up to par simply because you are handling interactions efficiently. Unpacking the types of customer interactions contact centers handle provides key insights.

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NICE inContact

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

As cloud communications companies like RingCentral and inContact have matured, the contact center world has been seeing an increasingly rapid move to the cloud. Taken together, these two movements are bringing about real change in the contact center. Here at RingCentral , many of our customers fall into that category.

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BlueOcean

AUGUST 15, 2016

It’s the same for contact center reporting. Reporting that provides a transparent window into your contact center data helps you gain actionable insight that can differentiate your customer experience and boost your bottom line. Those metrics are important, but understanding how to act on that insight is vital.

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TechSee

MARCH 19, 2019

Hire some agents, train them, and use standard contact center KPIs to measure how well they perform. With many of these channels and tools enabling self-service, old-school KPIs are no longer sufficient. With many of these channels and tools enabling self-service, old-school KPIs are no longer sufficient.

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NICE inContact

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

If you are a call center manager, you likely ask these questions on a regular basis. Below is a list of call center metrics you should look at to improve not only your efficiency, but also your quality and outcomes. Average Handling Time. And where can we more be more efficient?” Quality Scores.

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TechSee

MARCH 5, 2020

Overworking employees can actually drive up call center costs by causing burnout and leading to high agent turnover. A report by HDI shows that when call center agent utilization rates approach 60–70%, the contact center will experience high attrition because they are pushing the agents too hard. Sharing the Knowledge.

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NobelBiz

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

However, with the volume of calls and data generated on a daily basis in contact centers, managers and supervisors frequently feel overwhelmed. The metrics that are appropriate for your organization will serve as your compass. What are the right call center agent performance metrics to monitor?

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NobelBiz

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

For call centers, metrics provide insights that shape strategies and determine operational efficiency. Among these metrics, the “Talk” metric stands out as a vital instrument. Understanding the Average Talk Time metric Average Talk Time represents the actual duration an agent spends conversing with a customer.

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NobelBiz

MARCH 19, 2024

Call center dashboards play a vital role in contact centers. Call center dashboards provide the kinds of insights and metrics that contribute to having improved agent performance and more successful campaigns. Table of Contents What is a Call Center Dashboard?

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NobelBiz

MARCH 5, 2024

Are you grappling with the complexities of call center metrics, seeking to elevate customer experience, and driving operational excellence through insightful data analysis? How do you navigate the sea of data to extract actionable insights and make informed decisions that propel your contact center forward?

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Call Experts

JULY 28, 2022

Contact center support is a vital part of any business. A contact center can help save you time and money while delivering outstanding service to your customers. The right contact center will improve customer satisfaction , which leads to increased sales and profitability. What Is A Contact Center?

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NobelBiz

MAY 2, 2023

Welcome to this insightful blog post, where we discuss building a successful outbound lead generation strategy for contact centers. If an outbound campaign works with a list of 500 leads and only 50 persons answer back, the Contact Rate for that particular campaign will be 10%. And no wonder. And no wonder. Learn more here.

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NobelBiz

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Importance of Reporting and Analytics in a Contact Center Reporting and analytics are one of the crucial components that help gain an accurate and sincere state of a contact center’s development. Presented using reports to monitor a contact center’s performance over time.

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VDS

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Transitioning your contact center to Genesys Cloud can be a daunting task, but with the right strategies, it can be a seamless process. In this article, we will provide you with a step-by-step guide on how to smoothly transition your contact center to Genesys Cloud without any disruptions. Why Migrate to Genesys Cloud?

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Uniphore

JUNE 16, 2021

You probably already think enough about Average Handle Time, or AHT for short. AHT is the average length of time it takes an agent to complete a call. 67% of interactions involve a time-consuming diagnosis 60% of customer-assistance occupations are automatable* 30% of common call center tasks are automatable*.

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NobelBiz

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Discover tried-and-tested techniques to navigate challenging conversations in the customer service and contact center arena. According to Forbes, call center metrics are the data harvested from all the solutions used to operate a call center, such as call center management (CCM) and customer relationship management (CRM) platforms.

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NobelBiz

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Does your contact center have a dedicated team that’s ready and prepared to assist your customers at all times? This aspect makes all the difference in contact lead loss. Assume your contact center employs 500 agents to answer incoming requests from your clients.

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BlueOcean

JUNE 26, 2018

When it comes to customer experience, there’s a lot of cross-over between the hospitality industry and the contact center industry. How do metrics and standards play a role in customer service? What does a “rooms per shift ratio” have to do with contact center operations, you might ask? Are they listening?

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Uniphore

JUNE 10, 2021

63% of customers churn after a bad experience* 60% of agents state they more helpful tool to handle complex customer interactions † 53% of contact centers find it harder to train agents effectively*. Many call center leaders become “metric myopic” when coaching—zeroing in on one or two KPIs during a call.

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Stella Connect

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Be less concerned with average handle time, and bring your focus to first call resolution (FCR) as this metric is connected to nearly all other KPIs. #4. Agents have the skills, tools, and confidence to handle whatever might come their way during the holiday season. Make Policy Exceptions When Appropriate.

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Talkdesk

JUNE 21, 2019

Reducing average wait time and average handle time in your contact can yield huge customer satisfaction increases for your business. In this blog, we outline what call wrap up time is and actionable steps you can take to reduce it in your contact center.

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CSM Magazine

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Average handle time is an important contact centre metric but it can be a double-edged sword that creates customer dissatisfaction. So, is Average Handle Time (AHT) still a relevant metric and what does it mean for contact centres today?

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TechSee

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

Taking the time to tag the call, log the details, update the CRM system or forward customer feedback to the relevant department provides vital information to contact center managers, chief experience officers, R&D personnel and customer journey mappers. Tools & Tech to Streamline after call work.

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Pointillist

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

The pressure to reduce contact center costs is immense. But many contact center leaders struggle to achieve these outcomes while simultaneously improving customer satisfaction. Contact centers are now considered more than just service centers. Omnichannel Interaction Data is Siloed or Nonexistent.

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NobelBiz

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Does your contact center have a dedicated team that’s ready and prepared to assist your customers at all times? This aspect makes all the difference in contact lead loss. Assume your contact center employs 500 agents to answer incoming requests from your clients.

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RapportBoost

OCTOBER 20, 2018

23 to discuss how established enterprises can turn their contact centers into profit centers by optimizing conversations, training agents and utilizing augmented intelligence. is the leading conversational sales analysis platform for brands that use chat, SMS and messenger tools to engage customers. RapportBoost.AI

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Playvox

JULY 6, 2022

There’s a lot riding on your contact center schedule. Does it have the right tasks at the right times? Will customers get service in the time they expect ? But how well your agents follow their schedules is an important metric to manage in your contact center — one called schedule adherence.

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CSM Magazine

DECEMBER 18, 2021

If you go the extra mile and seek personalized, timely, insightful feedback from your customers, you can identify and improve contact center operations—and strengthen customer loyalty. As we aim to evolve customer experience over time, many of us are identifying problems with these types of surveys.

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TechSee

DECEMBER 22, 2019

The contact center agent’s job is getting harder. Call volumes in many contact centers are down along with the cost to serve. However, that means successful call center agents must now deal with a far greater proportion of complex issues. Seven types of successful contact center agents.

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Playvox

JANUARY 11, 2024

Call center workforce management is the art and science of having the right number of agents available at the right times to answer an accurately forecasted volume of incoming customer contacts at the service level standard set by a contact center while minimizing cost. WFM to the rescue. Those days are over.

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Eptica

MAY 18, 2016

Date: Wednesday, May 18, 2016 Meeting the needs of contact center agents. Author: Anne-Merete Jensen Delivering a great customer experience is vital to every organization today – and much of the responsibility for delivering this comes down to contact center agents. Published on: May 18, 2016.

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TechSee

JANUARY 24, 2023

Visual support is the best tool in your toolbox, so use it early in the interaction. Since previous attempts to fix the problem have failed, it will require the agent to repeat certain call elements that they have covered. This increases AHT and reduces customer satisfaction.

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NobelBiz

JANUARY 16, 2024

Are you struggling to boost customer satisfaction, enhance agent efficiency, or increase lead generation in your contact center? So, as a call center owner, manager or supervisors how do you tackle these difficult challenges and improving the overall performance within your contact center?

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