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What is Average Handle Time (AHT)?

ViiBE Blog

On the one hand, customer satisfaction is a crucial goal that must be achieved by the end of a call to keep the caller’s business. On the other, each call must be handled as promptly as possible to ensure that the next caller has a short wait time. A classic call center metric to measure this is the Average Handle Time (AHT).

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A Complete Contact Center’s Guide to Average Handle Time (AHT)

Advantage Communications

Successful customer service programs rely on highly-skilled customer service agents and innovative technologies to achieve world-class customer experiences. On top of that, however, they also need to focus on analytics.

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The Ultimate Cheatsheet for Customer Service Bots

Kustomer

Conversational automation is crucial to great customer support. An effective customer service chatbot can communicate with customers and answer important questions, streamlining the customer support process. Furthermore, consumers are increasingly expecting chatbots to be a part of your customer support strategy.

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Top 5 Customer Service & CX Articles for Week of February 26, 2024

ShepHyken

Each week, I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. 4 Reasons Why Your Customer Service Is About to Get a Whole Lot Better in 2024 by Mike Murchison (Entrepreneur) When it comes to AI and customer service, we’re going to see a virtuous cycle in 2024.

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6 Killer Applications for Artificial Intelligence in the Customer Engagement Contact Center

If Artificial Intelligence for businesses is a red-hot topic in C-suites, AI for customer engagement and contact center customer service is white hot. This white paper covers specific areas in this domain that offer potential for transformational ROI, and a fast, zero-risk way to innovate with AI.

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Future State of the Contact Center: ChatGPT in Customer Experience

BlueOcean

Like most people in the customer care sector, we are diving deep into where ChatGPT fits, or might fit, into the contact center world. The question of the moment is: what role is ChatGPT going to play in delivering a loyalty-building customer experience? Can AI Handle Complex Customer Care? So let’s get into it.

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How to optimize customer service costs with visual assistance

TechSee

The discussion around how to reduce customer service costs is not a new one. For decades, service organizations have been proposing innovative ways to cut operational costs in customer service: Let employees bring their own coffee? ??. Limit call times to 3 minutes each? field services. self-service.

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The Health of the Contact Center: Are You Ready for 2019?

A survey of 1,000 contact center professionals reveals what it takes to improve agent well-being in a customer-centric era. This report is a must-read for contact center leaders preparing to engage agents and improve customer experience in 2019.