InMoment XI

JANUARY 10, 2024

An omnichannel contact center is a customer service model that integrates and manages various communication channels in a unified and seamless manner. In an omnichannel contact center, customers can interact with a business through channels such as phone calls, emails, chat, social media, and more.

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Contact Center Omni-Channel Customer Satisfaction Retail 260

BlueOcean

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Customer care QA processes are moving from limited sampling to real-time, holistic analysis thanks to emerging conversation intelligence technologies that impact every corner of the contact center for the better. It can also help diagnose what’s happening when call times are too long or when there’s too much silence on the line.

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Contact Center Industry Average Handle Time First Call Resolution 177

BlueOcean

OCTOBER 4, 2023

When one in five of your customers speak something other than English as their first language, providing bilingual customer support is critical. The impact of bilingual support on the customer experience cannot be understated. The same is true for first call resolution and average handle times.

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Contact Center Customer Care Average Handle Time Consumers 310

Kustomer

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

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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Customer Service Average Handle Time Chatbots Self Service 98

Comm100

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Looking to improve your customer service? KPIs can measure the success of a company’s customer service strategy, the quality and effectiveness of its support, how well its agents are performing, and more. If you want more customer engagement, consider switching to a proactive live chat strategy.

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Measurement Average Handle Time Wait Times How To 238

Comm100

MAY 28, 2020

KPIs can be used to measure the success of a company’s customer service strategy, the quality and effectiveness of its support, how well its agents are performing, and more. Sometimes you do it to diagnose a specific problem, while other times you do it to make sure that everything is running smoothly and see what could be improved.

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Average Handle Time Management eBook Effort Score 130

CSM Magazine

DECEMBER 8, 2022

In today’s business world, about 89% of businesses compete solely based on customer experience (CX). Building a solid customer experience strategy to attract new customers and retain existing ones is even more crucial for business success now. But building your CX strategy from scratch can be a daunting task.

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Self Service Net Promoter Score Strategy Effort Score 52

NobelBiz

APRIL 25, 2023

This comprehensive guide will explore the top 12 call center cost-reduction strategies to help unlock your business’s full potential. Implementing these tactics will save money and enhance customer satisfaction and overall business performance. They simplify agents’ and customers’ lives by streamlining the contact process.

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Call Center Contact Center Strategy Average Handle Time 52

Myra Golden

APRIL 11, 2023

With customer expectations rising and budgets tightening, contact centers are under pressure to deliver excellent service while reducing costs. In Do More with Less: 3 Effective Strategies to Maximize Your Contact Center’s Potential , you will learn three effective strategies to maximize the potential of your contact center.

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Strategy Contact Center Average Handle Time First Call Resolution 52

TechSee

JANUARY 24, 2023

By systematically and visually leading a caller through a series of steps, the service team can reduce costs by cutting the AHT spent on calls and increasing the number of customers they serve. This performance improvement is especially valuable when asking customers to perform complex tasks that extend the time of the call.

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Engagement Average Handle Time Call Center First Call Resolution 109

Myra Golden

FEBRUARY 4, 2023

Controlling phone calls; getting your average handle time down, known as AHT, comes down to emotional intelligence. You must understand your customer’s experience and relay that understanding to them. But if your customers don’t feel you get it, it will be harder for you to manage the call.

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Contact Center Average Handle Time Strategy Healthcare 52

ShepHyken

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

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. Imagine that!)

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Customer Service Average Handle Time Net Promoter Score Loyalty Programs 62

NobelBiz

MAY 2, 2023

Welcome to this insightful blog post, where we discuss building a successful outbound lead generation strategy for contact centers. Companies now have to invest in data, technology, and omnichannel communication to supplement the lack of contact in the voice strategy. The days of just loading up a list and cold-calling people are gone.

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Contact Center Strategy Call Center Multi-Channel 52

BlueOcean

MAY 5, 2016

Or maybe Amazon or Apple, both of which have continually ranked highly for customer experience. One of our favorites is Zappos, the online shoe retailer that is known to go above and beyond for their customers. The customer experience is built on highly intangible factors; namely, emotion and human interaction.

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Measurement Strategy Customer Experience How To 120

West Monroe

JUNE 22, 2022

Digital customer service experiences are now defining the competitive landscape: 66% of consumers and 73% of businesses believe the new ways of interacting with their financial institutions will be permanent. But forming a competitive strategy doesn’t need to be complex or require Ivy League consultants. Average Handle Time.

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Omni-Channel Customer Service Strategies Strategy Customer Service 52

BlueOcean

MARCH 13, 2023

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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Contact Center Customer Experience Self Service Chatbots 156

BlueOcean

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

Those metrics were born in an era when customer service was a race, where whoever got to the finish line first (i.e. off the phone) – upsetting the least number of hurdles, extra points for a graceful gait – was the champion, the most successful, the most likely to win “customer service agent of the year.”.

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Metrics Customer Care Measurement Contact Center 219

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 66

Think Customers

AUGUST 18, 2021

How do we make interactions ‘effortless’ for customers? The modern retail customer craves personalization, seamless conversations, and communication at every point in the journey. Meeting these challenges while reducing cost to serve will require a digital-first, customer-centric approach. Tap into the power of remote work.

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Retail Strategy Self Service Average Handle Time 52

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. The research revealed that 88% of customers agreed with this statement and that 43% of them still prefer non-digital channels.

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Average Handle Time Multi-Channel Contact Center Metrics 59

Win the Customer

JULY 6, 2023

In today’s competitive business landscape, providing exceptional customer service is no longer just an option; it’s a necessity. To ensure consistently high levels of customer satisfaction and operational efficiency, many organizations turn to Six Sigma methodologies. What are the most common customer complaints or issues?

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Customer Service Net Promoter Score Self Service Average Handle Time 52

NobelBiz

MAY 21, 2024

While the role of call centers is crucial in customer service, companies often choose between inbound and outbound call centers. An inbound call center primarily handles incoming calls from customers seeking assistance, information, or support. What is an Inbound Call Center? How does an Inbound Call Center Work?

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Call Center Contact Center Effort Score Average Handle Time 52

ShepHyken

APRIL 2, 2021

She shares common misconceptions about customer service and offers ways to fight them in order to provide great customer experiences. But as is the case with other organizations, customer service has its fair share of myths about what customers want, which metrics to track, and how to perform the responsibilities of a front-line agent.

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Self Service Customer Service e-support Average Handle Time 113

Playvox

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Let’s face it, the call center of yesteryear is not wholly relevant when looking at customer service operations today. For convenience, I’ll use the term “contact center,” but what does a modern contact center or customer support center look like? Many have shifted so that digital channels make up the bulk of their customer contacts.

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Contact Center Multi-Channel Average Handle Time Omni-Channel 72

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.

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Contact Center Strategy Roadmap System 52

Comm100

MAY 31, 2021

The higher the figure, the happier the customer, and the less work for your agents. Customer satisfaction (CSAT): Track a combination of satisfaction metrics to get the full picture, including customer effort, loyalty, and net promoter score. You can also track CSAT on an individual, as well as team, level. Sign Up Free.

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Net Promoter Score Average Handle Time Effort Score Customer Satisfaction 246

Uniphore

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Uniphore and Tech Mahindra jointly create exceptional customer experiences and improve service outcomes by supporting customer service automation. Uniphore and Tech Mahindra have joined together to transform customer services and to ensure that every customer has a voice. Uniphore and Tech Mahindra Partnership.

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Average Handle Time Return on Investment e-support Analytics 130

TechSee

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Today’s customer service personnel are being asked to deliver higher quality service across more products, more complex products, and at more significant volumes than ever before. Even the best contact center agents will experience lower-than-average performance when supporting a new product.

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Contact Center Average Handle Time Training Video 124

Magellan Solutions

JULY 11, 2023

In today’s competitive business landscape, excellent customer experiences are crucial for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to succeed. Embracing customer experience outsourcing strategies is a game-changer for maximizing customer engagement. SMEs must prioritize customer satisfaction and loyalty to have an edge.

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Customer Experience Customer Journeys Net Promoter Score e-support 75

CSM Magazine

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Not only is this a frustrating waste of time for you (the customer), it can also heavily affect a brand’s reputation. In fact, recent research shows that 69% of agents reference background noise around them or customers as a key component of declining mental wellbeing.

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Brands Average Handle Time Call Recording Software 59

NobelBiz

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Does your contact center have a dedicated team that’s ready and prepared to assist your customers at all times? If the number of agents available to handle calls falls below the number of agents on break, meetings/training, on after-call work (ACW), absent or sick, then a call center efficiency loss has already occurred.

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Call Center Tools Strategy Contact Center 52

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? At its core, contact center reporting is the systematic process of capturing, analyzing, and leveraging data from every customer interaction across various channels.

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Call Center Report Contact Center Net Promoter Score 59

BlueOcean

OCTOBER 6, 2020

For clients with complex care scenarios – whether that is enterprise customer success management or providing critical support direct to consumers – change is never taken lightly. Are you still in regular contact with your partner’s leadership team and do you still trust them to deliver excellence for your customers?

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Customer Care Contact Center Effort Score Net Promoter Score 156

Lithium

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Today’s CX and contact center leaders are offered a bounty of vendor options to fill both technical and business needs inside the contact center and across the customer journey as a whole. Discerning the nuances between product offerings, and how it fits the overall needs and strategy of the business, can be half the battle.

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Average Handle Time Contact Center ROI Consulting 52

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

NICE inContact

AUGUST 27, 2019

Customer experience is the name of the game today, with more brands competing based on customer experience (CX) as a key differentiator than price or product innovation. As we’ve said before, customer experience comes down to how your customers feel about your brand. 1) Be personal. 2) Be responsive.

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Connections Tips Social Media Multi-Channel 149

TechSee

OCTOBER 19, 2021

(Don’t) Return to Sender: Strategies & Tactics to Minimize or Reduce Returns. Over the years, critical stakeholders in the reverse logistics process have developed various strategies and tactics to minimize, avoid, or reduce returns. Restocking Fees. Restocking Fees. This video says it all: Better Instruction Manuals.

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