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. ” Techniques to optimize time.

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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? In this article, we’ll explore how technology can be a game-changer in managing call escalations, ensuring swift and satisfactory resolutions.

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NICE inContact

AUGUST 26, 2021

Raise your hand if you owe a few contact center agents apologies for how you treated them before you worked in customer experience.

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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

COPC

MARCH 11, 2024

Early attrition poses a significant and costly challenge for contact centers. and Centrical have teamed up to present the Improving Contact Center Retention Series, offering strategies to increase call center retention and lower attrition-related expenses. To address this issue, COPC Inc.

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Uniphore

JUNE 16, 2021

How to Train and Onboard (Work From Home) Contact Center Agents in 2021. How do you shorten the learning curve in the contact center and retain more agents when 91% of agents are likely to quit in 2021? There’s no way around it: How contact centers currently train and onboard agents is completely messed up.

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BlueOcean

MAY 14, 2018

The purpose of a contact center RFP is no different: it’s an essential process to use when choosing an outsourcer. However, the contact center RFP is unique and can’t be modeled on the same old RFP template used for other services your company may procure. Sample Contact Center RFP Timeline.

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NobelBiz

APRIL 23, 2024

This is why automation is especially transformative in contact centers. IVR systems not only handle initial debtor inquiries but also categorize calls based on urgency and complexity. By analyzing past interactions and payment histories, these systems can schedule calls at times when debtors are more likely to be responsive.

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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. We’ve long been proponents of making transactional customer service low effort, for both customer and contact center. So let’s get into it. Those first three are what we’d expect.

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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 Experts

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Today, customer support plays a pivotal role in maintaining and growing a loyal customer base, enticing many companies to hire a contact center for their answering services. Ultimately, a well-managed contact center can be the lifeline of your customer service operations. Why are Call Centers Important?

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Call Experts

APRIL 8, 2024

Today, customer support plays a pivotal role in maintaining and growing a loyal customer base, enticing many companies to hire a contact center for their answering services. Ultimately, a well-managed contact center can be the lifeline of your customer service operations. Why are Call Centers Important?

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NobelBiz

AUGUST 7, 2023

In the realm of Contact Center as a Service (CCaaS) solutions, the choice between multi-tenant and single-tenant contact centers carries profound implications for businesses. In theory, all CCaaS solutions are designed to run and operate contact center businesses and departments effectively and productively.

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NobelBiz

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

The call center industry has been changing faster than ever, due to technological breakthroughs and constantly evolving customer demands. The drastic changes of the past few decades have caused a complete shift to high-tech modern solutions, where software has become key in transforming day-to-day call center operations.

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CSM Magazine

MARCH 28, 2024

In the busy and sometimes stressful environment of a contact center, maintaining employee well-being is both a challenge and a necessity. Industry research indicates: 74% of call center agents are at risk of burnout due to high emotional labor. 91% of call center agents experience anxiety and other mental health issues.

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NobelBiz

JANUARY 16, 2024

Are you struggling to boost customer satisfaction, enhance agent efficiency, or increase lead generation in your contact center? So, as a call center owner, manager or supervisors how do you tackle these difficult challenges and improving the overall performance within your contact center?

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NICE inContact

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

Recent analyst research has proven that the job of staying compliant is only getting more difficult for contact centers. With demands ever-increasing, compliance managers and officers are growing more concerned with continuing ensuring contact center compliance while coping with limited budget and resources.

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NobelBiz

APRIL 19, 2021

As we entered the age of big data and made the shift from the call center to the contact center industry, resource management became one of the most important tactical business aspects. Before the cloud, call centers would buy physical hardware architectures that needed to be shipped to the locations and installed.

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Magellan Solutions

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Artificial intelligence (AI) in call centers can enable customer service professionals to focus on essential tasks, as 78% of them stated. The collaboration between AI and call centers is reshaping the customer service paradigm. It has led call centers to explore the benefits of AI.

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TechSee

MARCH 5, 2020

Every customer service professional knows that running a successful call center is a constant balancing act. Overworking employees can actually drive up call center costs by causing burnout and leading to high agent turnover. Call Center Agent Utilization vs. Occupancy.

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Beyond Philosophy

MAY 25, 2022

The contact center at many organizations doesn’t get the strategic consideration it deserves. My former contact center team at British Telecom seemed to be viewed primarily as a cost center, a necessary expense. However, the contact center should have been valued.

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TechSee

DECEMBER 10, 2019

They want to help themselves when it’s most convenient to them and if that’s at 2 am when the contact center has gone dark, so be it. Far from becoming disheartened by their customers’ attitudes, call center managers are thrilled by these developments.

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TechSee

DECEMBER 11, 2018

Providing better customer experiences (CX) is a hot button issue that has become increasingly critical to forward-thinking call centers over the last few years. Call center leaders realize that the time has come to deliver real measurable value to the enterprise. Infrastructure: Accelerated digital transformation.

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NobelBiz

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

The terms call center and contact center are often used interchangeably, which might lead you to think that they are one and the same. What Is a Call Center? A call center is an entity whose vocation is to mobilize human, technical, and technological means. Then, What Is a Contact Center?

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COPC

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Early attrition is a common and expensive problem for contact centers. However, it is possible to cut call center attrition rates and the associated costs. COPC has partnered with Centrical to bring you the Improving Contact Center Retention Series, where we will explore how organizations can reduce early attrition.

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Calabrio

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

I got my start in contact centers by taking customer service calls. One of the big things that hasn’t changed is how people feel about working at a call center. One of the big things that hasn’t changed is how people feel about working at a call center. Many of us used to be agents, too.

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Magellan Solutions

MARCH 14, 2023

A glimpse of the Call Center Industry The first call center started its operations in the Philippines in 1992. million Filipinos are currently employed in the industry (Contact Center Association of the Philippines (CCAP)). In this article, we identify and solve 10 challenges that every call center faces.

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NICE inContact

AUGUST 12, 2020

If you’re tasked with achieving more results with fewer resources, optimizing your contact center can deliver far-reaching results, having a streamlined ripple effect across your organization. SMBs and enterprises alike can overhaul their ROI with 4 approaches.

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BlueOcean

JUNE 6, 2017

At first glance, attrition seems like a chink in the armor for contact centers. Across every industry, the fact that people leave their jobs and move on is a basic truth, but in the contact center, the attrition metric receives quite of a bit of negative attention. Here’s what you need to know.

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Helpware

JANUARY 30, 2024

Therefore, the requirements set to contact center agents are crystal clear - a high level of the language they are working with and a good accent, and the accent of an agent is central to this equation because their speech must be easily understandable to customers around the globe. This effort isn't merely about polishing speech.

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Call Experts

JULY 27, 2023

A customer service call center serves as the backbone of a company’s customer service operations, providing a centralized hub where all customer inquiries, requests, and concerns are addressed efficiently and effectively. That’s where a customer service call center comes in.

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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. Many companies migrate to BPO contact centers for their customer service needs. What Is a Contact Center?

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TechSee

MARCH 23, 2020

Work from home (WFH) for customer service agents is a concept that has rapidly gained traction over the past few years, enabling enterprises to partially address the ongoing contact center recruitment crisis. Shift your contact center to a WFT model: a seven-point plan.

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NICE inContact

JULY 26, 2019

Think adding artificial intelligence (AI) to your contact center means dramatic technology shifts? Lots of additional resources? So, what might you consider as you integrate artificial intelligence into your contact center? How does a contact center meet these demands? Huge investments? Think again.

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NobelBiz

MAY 18, 2021

As we entered the age of big data and made the shift from the call center to the contact center industry, resource management became one of the most important tactical business aspects. The post Cloud Elasticity: Smart Contact Center Resource Management appeared first on NobelBiz®.

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TechSee

APRIL 16, 2019

Many of us have worked in contact centers. Contact center agents want to work for employers who help them to develop and grow their careers – and they’re not afraid to leave if they’re not getting what they need. What Matters Most to Contact Center Managers. Proactivity is Key.

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NICE inContact

JULY 25, 2019

Retaining call center agents doesn’t occur by chance, it happens by implementing practical, proven retention tactics. Check out these five tactics to retain your top call center agents: 1) Recognize Your Agents. Avoiding job boredom in the contact center is crucial to keeping them around.

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