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Avoid Seasonal Highs and Lows with These Customer Experience Tips

CSM Magazine

It’s also a 50% increase from 2009’s record low of $4.06 If an interactive voice response (IVR) system is difficult to use, customers either hang up or zero out to an agent, raising inbound call volume and prolonging average handle time. That’s better than the pre-recession high of $4.4 since last year.