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Protecting Your Contact Center Agents’ Emotional Well-Being

Playvox

A coaching solution that automatically delivers feedback on how to improve can be very effective. Automation has the added benefit of creating more time for personal engagement during feedback sessions. On the other hand, short handle times might indicate an agent is rushing customers out of interactions.

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How to Improve Contact Center Optimization with Customer Journeys

Pointillist

According to Forbes, poor customer service is costing businesses more than $75 billion a year. But many contact center leaders struggle to achieve these outcomes while simultaneously improving customer satisfaction. Contact centers are now considered more than just service centers. By Stephanie Ventura.

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Workforce Management for Call Centers: What You Need to Know

Playvox

Read on for a complete guide on how to improve operational efficiency and deliver a better customer experience (CX) through WFM. Organizations can reduce staff-related costs by up to 20% with minimal impact on service levels and customer experience. What is Workforce Management for Call Centers?

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ROI of Social Customer Service: How to Calculate It and Create a Strong Business Case

Natalie Petouhof

Tweet The phrase “customer service is the new marketing” has gained popularity with brands realizing that poor customer service takes current, and even potential customers, out of the marketing funnel. How to Calculate Social Customer Care ROI. Think about it.

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The Secret Jet Fuel for a Stagnant Contact Center

CSM Magazine

She resolves that when she next finds the time to call back in and get the problem corrected, she’ll also make sure to comment on the company’s poor customer service. Ed is a repeat-purchase customer. And, since agent time is the most costly part of customer service, this instantly reduces operational costs.

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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. Here, he explains how to build highly effective teams using workforce. management (WFM).