NICE inContact

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

Today, contact center leaders who embrace the cloud are quick to see its benefits – powering engaging customer experiences while positively impacting business outcomes. As contact centers continue to become drivers of business growth, there are significant quantitative and qualitative results to consider.

Contact Center 120

Contact Center Virtual Agent Net Promoter Score Self Service 120

Call Experts

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Companies would have all the resources they needed to operate a BPO contact center in-house in a perfect world. Many companies migrate to BPO contact centers for their customer service needs. BPO contact centers help businesses increase productivity, grow their customer base, and improve customer experience.

Contact Center 105

Contact Center Call Center How To Multi-Channel 105

Talkdesk

MAY 14, 2019

“Your Call Is Important To Us” When your customers hear that, do they really believe it? The longer you make them wait, the less important they feel. Knowing how long it takes to answer customer calls can help you answer that question, and Average Wait Time has become a contact center key performance indicator for just that reason.

Wait Times 61

Wait Times Call Center Abandon Rate Average Handle Time 61

Playvox

OCTOBER 19, 2021

If you’re a contact center professional, you’re probably feeling the pain of agent staffing shortages. This difficulty includes finding contact center agents. There are creative measures every call center can take to address agent staffing shortages. Higher queue times. Don’t despair.

Contact Center 73

Contact Center Self Service Management Abandon Rate 73

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. Genesys Cloud is a powerful platform that can help you improve customer experience, increase efficiency, and reduce costs. You can rest assured that your customer data is safe and secure.

Contact Center 52

Contact Center Strategy Roadmap System 52

Uniphore

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

The challenges of the pandemic thrust banks that were struggling to remain relevant and their customers who were still digital holdouts into the same situation: learn how to shift banking activity from in person to online practically overnight. Banking contact center interactions are expected to remain elevated through 2024.

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Banking Net Promoter Score Contact Center eBook 130

NICE inContact

MARCH 10, 2016

As a contact center manager, you’ve got a lot of metrics to choose from as your key performance indicators (KPIs). In this blog, we help narrow down this long list to help you focus on the metrics that, when improved upon, will really help your contact center thrive. Service Quality. Outbound Dialing.

Call Center 120

Call Center Metrics Average Handle Time Self Service 120

NobelBiz

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Call center optimization is a strategic approach that focuses on enhancing the efficiency and effectiveness of call center operations. When companies implement specific tools and best practices, they can significantly improve their customer experience (CX), increase agent performance, and ensure high-quality service.

Call Center 104

Call Center Tools Contact Center Net Promoter Score 104

NobelBiz

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Visiting a website, talking to customer service, chatting on social networks… When a consumer performs these actions, the company usually collects multiple data points. The data collected, measured, and analyzed for contact centers is an absolute gold mine. When used wisely, it can greatly improve the customer experience.

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Contact Center Analytics Data Call Center 52

NobelBiz

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Have you ever wondered how call centers manage the overwhelming number of customer calls, especially those tricky situations that require immediate attention? It is like a relay race, where the baton of customer queries is passed on to the right expert swiftly and efficiently. This is where escalation management comes into play.

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Call Center Management Contact Center Wait Times 105

BlueOcean

FEBRUARY 9, 2016

From extreme weather to product recalls, there’s an infinite number of scenarios that will flood your contact center in an instant, resulting in increased average handle times, wait times, and customer frustration. View our SlideShare below to find out more.

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Loyalty Average Handle Time Contact Center Wait Times 136

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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Contact Center Average Handle Time Call Center Contact Center Software 50

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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Call Center Contact Center Average Handle Time Multi-Channel 59

NobelBiz

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

In broader terms, customers can interact with their favorite brands using this technology. And we will also discuss 10 tactics to improve Customer Experience through IVR messaging. Why does IVR messaging enhance customer experience? The IVR messaging is what customers hear when they call your contact center.

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Contact Center Omni-Channel Average Handle Time Consumers 52

TechSee

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Contact centers are always looking for ways to reduce costs. This is particularly true during periods of uncertainty and economic downturn, when call center cost savings contribute to business continuity. The Best Call Center Cost Reduction Strategies. Time – help agents resolve customers’ issue faster.

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Call Center Self Service Strategy Contact Center 196

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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Contact Center Report Analytics Self Service 52

Uniphore

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Contact centers are the main touchpoints with members, greatly impacting overall member satisfaction. In fact, more than four out of ten members (43%) report that they prefer the call center as the primary channel for communicating about their health plan. What’s the key to driving improved customer satisfaction?

Self Service 130

Self Service Healthcare Contact Center Effort Score 130

Talkdesk

JULY 30, 2019

Traditionally, contact centers are considered cost centers—a necessary evil that companies fund because they have to, not because they want to. Many Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) reflect this and simply measure costs, including average handle time, first call resolution, occupancy rate and so on.

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Contact Center Self Service Average Handle Time First Call Resolution 43

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 Center Report Contact Center Net Promoter Score 59

Think Customers

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

For too many years, contact center measurements have been focused on efficiency instead of customer experience. Metrics such as average handle time (AHT), number of contacts handled, average wait time, and average speed of answer have all been heavily used and tracked.

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Contact Center Customer Centricity Metrics Net Promoter Score 40

ShepHyken

OCTOBER 1, 2023

Each week, I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. My Comment: For those in the customer support world, this article is for you. AHT, as in average handle time, is a metric used to measure the average length of time for a customer support call.

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Customer Service Contact Center Average Handle Time Customer Service Strategies 65

Horizon CX

MARCH 19, 2022

So, what exactly is AI and how are organizations applying it, and most importantly, how does it either enrich or diminish the Customer Experience? As consumers, we encounter AI in many forms and most notably whenever we need to call a customer support line for information or to resolve an issue.

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Customer Journeys Touchpoint Average Handle Time Survey 130

Myra Golden

APRIL 11, 2023

A whopping one-third of contact centers have laid off employees in the last 12 months, reducing their headcount by about 33%. Despite fewer resources and fewer employees, contact centers are expected to achieve the same or better results. My Customer Service Master Class might be a good fit for training on soft skills.

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Strategy Contact Center Average Handle Time First Call Resolution 52

Talkdesk

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Boost CX and operational efficiency with the right set of metrics and smart additions to your contact center tech stack. By now, many contact center agents have settled into their new remote work routines, and research shows that they may be in it for the long haul. Meanwhile, a broad economic recovery remains uncertain.

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Abandon Rate Metrics Technology Contact Center 87

Talkdesk

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

When thinking about performance, customer management thought leaders have historically focused on the supposed trade-off between efficiency and customer centricity. Customers are unwilling to make that sacrifice. They absolutely do expect speedy, frictionless interactions that produce resolutions on the first contact.

Contact Center 40

Contact Center Net Promoter Score Average Handle Time Customer Centricity 40

Seaton CX

MAY 24, 2023

AI analyzes every call to the contact center. But is the customer experience getting any better? According to an IDC white paper published in January 2022 , 87% of companies believe they provide an excellent customer experience—but only 11% of customers agree. But the overall turnaround time of projects got worse.

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Metrics Customer Experience Contact Center Average Handle Time 59

NobelBiz

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

To properly manage your teams and fulfill your customers and business objectives, you must monitor many KPIs. However, with the volume of calls and data generated on a daily basis in contact centers, managers and supervisors frequently feel overwhelmed. Measurable: We must guarantee that the goal can be quantified.

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Metrics Contact Center Management Call Center 52

NobelBiz

JANUARY 17, 2022

However, it is obvious that insufficient training, incompatible interfaces and other factors might result in an increase of Average Handling Time. The AHT is a KPI that contact centers always strive to improve. But, how is the Average Handling Time (AHT) calculated?

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Average Handle Time Contact Center Management Call Center 52

ShepHyken

JANUARY 18, 2019

This week we feature an article by Tim Houlne who writes about the importance of integrating technology into your business to provide the optimum customer experience. – Shep Hyken. It’s that time of year again. Time to start planning for your 2019 customer experience initiatives. Would you ever use that airline again?

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Customer Experience Contact Center Airlines Average Handle Time 94

UJET

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

AI (artificial intelligence) customer service tools weren’t designed to replace your agents. They were designed to help your agents deliver a better customer experience. No matter how friendly, helpful, and professional your agent is, if your customer engagements are lengthy and repetitive, your customers aren’t going to be happy.

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Virtual Agent Customer Service Gamification Contact Center 82

TechSee

DECEMBER 2, 2020

This technology can be applied at every channel and touchpoint of the customer journey, from pre-purchase through contracting and billing, onboarding , and even upsells. Visual assistance technology is a powerful tool for technical support, but it can also help address other customer inquiries, deliberations, and bureaucratic issues.

Net Promoter Score 109

Net Promoter Score Self Service Average Handle Time Contact Center 109

NobelBiz

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

It delves into agent-customer interactions, revealing both the quantity and quality of these engagements. Understanding the Average Talk Time metric Average Talk Time represents the actual duration an agent spends conversing with a customer. But that’s not all.

Call Center 52

Call Center Metrics Contact Center Customer Satisfaction 52

UJET

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

AI (artificial intelligence) customer service tools weren’t designed to replace your agents. They were designed to help your agents deliver a better customer experience. No matter how friendly, helpful, and professional your agent is, if your customer engagements are lengthy and repetitive, your customers aren’t going to be happy.

Virtual Agent 72

Virtual Agent Customer Service Gamification Contact Center 72

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.

Call Center 52

Call Center Tools Strategy Contact Center 52

Talkdesk

JULY 16, 2019

Call Center Performance Management is a program, generally led by a contact center operations manager, dedicated to calculating and improving the performance of contact center agents. That’s where leveraging contact center performance management software can help. The answer is both.

Call Center 43

Call Center Management Average Handle Time Net Promoter Score 43

Playvox

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Great job in servicing our customers. I recommend adopting a similar auditing practice in your contact center to make sure you stay a step ahead of avoidance issues. Example: Ending the customer interaction before greeting or resolution. The agent will typically show a shorter handle time than their peers.

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How To Contact Center Policies Average Handle Time 52

NobelBiz

JANUARY 25, 2021

Measuring your contact center performance is the first cornerstone of your outbound campaign. In order to build an efficient and satisfying customer relationship with your customers, Choosing key performance indicators adapted to your customer service activity is a crucial element to your success.

Net Promoter Score 52

Net Promoter Score Customer Service Effort Score Contact Center 52