ViiBE Blog

APRIL 28, 2021

The call center agent is at the core of any call center. Since they’re the most involved with customer interactions, their performance directly affects the customer experience. So how can you evaluate a call center agent’s performance? What are the KPIs in a call center?

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NobelBiz

JANUARY 5, 2021

Quality is a key issue for customer services and contact centers are facing a serious problem between waiting times getting longer, agents having less time to process call requests, and more. The post Call Center IVR: The Cornerstone of Digital Transformation appeared first on NobelBiz®.

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Call Experts

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Behind the Scenes: A Day in The Life of a Call Center Agent Have you ever wondered what is it like for the call center agent answreing my phone when I partner with Call Experts? Performance Metrics in the Call Center Call center operations rely heavily on performance metrics to evaluate and improve efficiency.

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Call Experts

APRIL 8, 2024

We rely heavily on these essential services, from electricity and water to telecommunications and internet services. As a result, for those looking to ensure seamless operations and superior customer service, many companies are deciding to use a call center for utilities as it has proven itself to be quite a powerful tool.

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Bold360

APRIL 1, 2020

No matter what happens next, your employees and customers will continue to have questions they need answered (and fast), even as your call center struggles to maintain operational continuity. COVID-19 has caused massive disruption in the customer service and contact center space, on both the supply side and the demand side.

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NobelBiz

APRIL 25, 2023

The call center industry is notorious for its high operating costs, making it imperative for businesses to find innovative ways to cut expenses while maintaining or improving the service quality. This comprehensive guide will explore the top 12 call center cost-reduction strategies to help unlock your business’s full potential.

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Stella Connect

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Having strategies in place to be able to effectively manage and reduce call center call volume and wait times for customers is key to ensuring customer satisfaction (CSAT) and agent retention. . 4 Tips for Handling and Reducing High Call Center Call Volume. #1:

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Stella Connect

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Fast-growing companies with ambitious customer service goals and limited resources may find call center staffing tricky — what’s the magic number of agents you need to meet demand and service customers effectively ? Erlang C Formula: Balance Customer Service Calls with Call Center Staffing Costs.

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ViiBE Blog

MAY 13, 2021

Customers often contact a call center when they are frustrated or experiencing an issue with a product or service. In the background, entire systems run behind the scenes to manage their call and put them in touch with a representative as efficiently as possible. There are different types of call centers.

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ViiBE Blog

APRIL 22, 2021

A call center depends on many different people to function correctly. Each call center agent must balance performance targets with customer satisfaction. On top of that, software is critical to the functioning of a call center. How can I improve my call center performance?

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ViiBE Blog

DECEMBER 18, 2020

Both call centers and contact centers are critical tools for customer service. Setting up a successful call or contact center is important for ensuring customer satisfaction and for building a brand’s value. What are call centers ? What are contact centers ?

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ViiBE Blog

DECEMBER 18, 2020

Both call centers and contact centers are critical tools for customer service. Setting up a successful call or contact center is important for ensuring customer satisfaction and for building a brand’s value. What are call centers ? What are contact centers ?

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CX Accelerator

MAY 25, 2022

Deliberate decisions were made to make sure that the communication channels are easy to access and actually work to get messages from customers to the support teams. Mistakes will be made in the planning along the way as customer behaviors and needs evolve. In 2012, she co-founded the blog, CustomerServiceLife.com.

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Kustomer

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

If managers can learn how to train well from the beginning and eventually shift to customer service coaching, then anxiously micromanaging employees can become a failed tactic of the past. In this blog, we explore what we really mean by customer service coaching and its role in a successful CX strategy.

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GetFeedback

MAY 9, 2018

This is a guest post by Alexa Lemzy, customer service manager of TextMagic. Excellent customer service is a cornerstone of most successful businesses. Today, customer service goes beyond the call center. 6 Ways to Provide Outstanding Mobile Customer Service.

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Call Experts

JUNE 15, 2023

We rely heavily on these essential services, from electricity and water to telecommunications and internet services. As a result, for those looking to ensure seamless operations and superior customer service, many companies are deciding to use a call center for utilities as it has proven itself to be quite a powerful tool.

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Pointillist

JANUARY 25, 2019

By Swati Sahai Call centers are an operationally-complex element of your business, but they play a big role in your customers’ experience with your company. So how can you balance the need for operational efficiency with meeting customer expectations? Many call center leaders view it as the most important KPI to track.

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Call Experts

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

With the increasing holiday demand every year, the call volume increased by 107% and 110% on Black Friday and Cyber Monday, respectively (source). . Contact centers provide support for your business and manage the increase in call volume. Customers always expect top of the line customer service from their favorite brands.

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Talkdesk

APRIL 10, 2019

Tracking The Call Center Metrics That Matter Maintaining a high level of customer experience is difficult, especially considering the dozens of metrics that you could be tracking to help you answer the question “Are my customers happy?”. Learn more about how to increase first call resolution.

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NICE inContact

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

With an outdated, on-premises Cisco call center system, Empire Today was facing a $1 million price tag to upgrade to modern functionality. It was a no-brainer,” said Philip Bennett, Empire Customer Service Operations Manager. The post Empire Today Moves to CXone, an Easy Decision appeared first on NICE inContact Blog.

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CX Journey

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

It was published on their blog on May 29, 2015. Placing a call to customer support just got a little nicer and a little easier. Think about the last time you called a company's customer service number. Now, think about the next time you need to call. Did your personalities mesh or clash?

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Call Experts

OCTOBER 23, 2019

Sometimes, when a customer contacts you, they are arriving frustrated and in need of help. Whether you have an in-house team for customer service or you’re using an app to help customers, personalized support solves everyone’s needs. Empower your team and customer base! 3) scalability in services.

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Talkdesk

APRIL 8, 2016

Nate chatted with Talkdesk Product Manager, Robert Sur, about the importance of leveraging call center data to develop and refine a phone support strategy. I’ve been on Talkdesk’s Product Marketing team for almost a year now, and I have always considered myself to be fairly knowledgeable about the merits of call center reporting.

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Ecrion

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Millennials Call it Wright . The term customer service is a catch-all phrase that roughly equates to a customer’s experience with and perception of your brand. Experts agree that customer service expectations are on the rise. Part 1 – Customer Service Statistics: The Big Picture.

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Stella Connect

JANUARY 28, 2022

Here are our six tips for delivering better customer service right away. . 6 Tips for Delivering Better Customer Service. #1: 1: Align your customer service team’s approach with customer expectations. 2: Reduce customer effort and response times. Demonstrating empathy . #2:

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NobelBiz

APRIL 18, 2023

Are you a call center operations manager striving to enhance your team’s productivity and deliver hyper efficiency in your daily operations? Hyper efficiency is a term used to describe the streamlining of processes to increase productivity, reduce costs, and improve customer service. Look no further!

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Call Experts

APRIL 14, 2023

IVR systems are designed to streamline communication and customer service for businesses through automation and simplifying interactions with callers. McKinsey explains that at one North American call center alone, over 10 million customer requests are handled by IVR technology annually.

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ShepHyken

JUNE 2, 2017

This week we feature an article by Matt Nolan who talks about what a great customer service experience really is. We can learn a lot when we look at what companies around the world are doing to adopt new service models. As a result, they’ve reduced their customer churn rate by more than 50 percent since 2014.

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Talkdesk

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

Your call center is an integral piece in your company’s customer satisfaction, sales volume and business efficiency goals. With so many critical business metrics tied to your call center, it’s easy to see why selecting the right technology and process is so important. PBX vs. Call Center Software?

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Talkdesk

MAY 25, 2016

A few weeks ago, we wrote about the importance of leveraging data in the call center and the impact of Net Promoter Score® (NPS). We learned about how NPS is measured, how it applies to the call center and how to use NPS to improve the caller experience. In a general sense, CSAT stands for customer satisfaction.

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NICE inContact

AUGUST 12, 2019

In the simplest terms, WFM programs seek to ensure you have the “right” skilled agents in the “right” place at the “right” time, whether that’s achieved via Excel spreadsheets or using sophisticated WFM software. This blog is Part One of a two-part series that aims to demystify these four components. Forecasting.

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ProProfs Chat

AUGUST 19, 2020

Now, it would be wrong to say that such a big airline company did not have a devised structure of customer service policies. So how do you possibly take your service policies out of presentation slides and build your business culture around them? As a leader, Jeff has always emphasized the power of customer service.

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NICE inContact

AUGUST 12, 2019

In the simplest terms, WFM programs seek to ensure you have the “right” skilled agents in the “right” place at the “right” time, whether that’s achieved via Excel spreadsheets or using sophisticated WFM software. This blog is Part One of a two-part series that aims to demystify these four components. Forecasting.

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NICE inContact

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

ECSI provides university and college student loan departments turnkey servicing programs that include payment processing, customer service for student borrowers and end-of-year tax documents. In 2018 alone, the company’s 100-120 contact center agents handled over 850,000 phone calls and 350,000 chats.

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Talkdesk

AUGUST 3, 2016

In this week’s Customer Experience Weekly, we’ll be exploring customer service metrics. Here’s what we found: Choosing the Right Customer Service Metrics Requires Alignment to Your Brand. Customer service quality cannot be measured by a single metric. Lara Ponomareff || CEB Blogs. mMOQ21rlHD.

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Horizon CX

MARCH 19, 2022

For some strange reason that 10% statistic is popping up more lately—like the recent Bain & Company survey that indicated only 10% of business leaders believe that the primary purpose of their firms is to maximize value for customers. But I digress, that’s another topic for another blog. Your approximate wait time is 16 minutes.”

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Stella Connect

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Quality assurance (QA) reviews are what your customer service team does to monitor agent performance and take action in order to improve it. Successful customer service teams use a QA scorecard to measure agent performance. Why Your Customer Service Team Needs a QA Scorecard. What is a QA Scorecard?

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