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The Secret Jet Fuel for a Stagnant Contact Center

CSM Magazine

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. CX professionals measure their company’s brand health in terms of customer satisfaction outcomes. Easier callback options?

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Inbound and Outbound Converge in the New Contact Center

COPC

I found this article in CRM magazine, Inbound and Outbound Converge in the New Contact Center , to be an interesting one because it discusses some of the changes in our industry that are being made possible by process and technology, but with an eye to improving the customer experience. By Leonard Klie – CRM magazine.

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Tortoise or Hare – Which One Best Describes Your Contact Center?

CSM Magazine

oz contact centers are sometimes too efficient for their own good leading to poor customer service and high agent attrition rates. It’s time to introduce a ‘less haste, more speed’ culture supported by the latest technology. It all comes down to the basics so let’s start with how contact centers measure.

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Why AHTs Still Matter and 5 Ways to Improve Them

CSM Magazine

Average handle time is an important contact centre metric but it can be a double-edged sword that creates customer dissatisfaction. It’s important to strike the balance between speed and personalised service delivery. About the Author Graeme Meikle is a Senior Workforce Management Consultant at Calabrio.

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AI is the Powerhouse Enabling Friendly Customer Service

CSM Magazine

In industries where companies depend on customer service excellence, success is driven by the right people, processes, and a cultural commitment to customer satisfaction. . Increasingly we see companies turning to artificial intelligence tools in order to, enable and drive an effective and friendly customer service operation.

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Customer Service Management: It’s Time to Change the Metrics

CSM Magazine

With the large volumes of contact center advisors still incentivized based on speed – typically the Average Handle Time (AHT) – CX goals are quite often unachievable. Get the customer off the phone or web chat as quickly as possible or deliver a business transformative level of customer service.

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5 Top Customer Service Articles of the Week 7-11-2022

ShepHyken

Each week I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. 3 Ways to Create a Better Customer Experience That Increases Conversions by Joel Comm. Magazine) As the global marketplace shrinks and communication channels continue to evolve, competition is heating up.