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How To Avoid Dead Airtime in your Contact Center

NobelBiz

Dead air time refers to the period of inactivity during customer interaction in a contact center; the time between when an agent finishes speaking and when the customer begins speaking or vice versa. Dead airtime can negatively impact the customer experience and make the interaction feel awkward or uncomfortable.

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Back to Basics: Contact Center Trending Technology 101

Upstream Works

might use when interacting with your organization. The most obvious example of a channel would be Voice, or calls placed to a call center or contact center to be answered by the next available agent, courtesy of call center software. Other channels might include Email, or Web Chat.

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Call Center optimization: Tools and best practices to increase performance

NobelBiz

Smart Call Routing : Directs calls to the most suitable agent based on expertise, language, or past interactions. This increases the likelihood of first-call resolution. Artificial Intelligence (AI): AI revolutionizes call centers by enabling smarter interactions and predictive insights.

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How to Use Your Live Chat for Contact Center

ProProfs Chat

This trend of call centers for chat support shifted to contact centers for chat support when internet usage became quite popular. Contrary to expectations, businesses had to adjust their process according to the advent of the internet and accommodate emails along with primary call support. That’s not all.

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The Evolution of Customer Experience in the Travel Industry

BlueOcean

In the midst of change brought on by the last year, the data tell us people are willing to wait longer on the phone in order to have a human interaction, whereas before 2020, they might have opted for self-serve or automation when faced with long hold times. Call Centers Go with the Flow.

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Do More With Less: 3 Effective Strategies to Maximize Your Contact Center’s Potential

Myra Golden

A whopping one-third of contact centers have laid off employees in the last 12 months, reducing their headcount by about 33%. Despite fewer resources and fewer employees, contact centers are expected to achieve the same or better results. But how can they achieve this?

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Best Practices to Monitor Your Remote Call Center Agents

ShepHyken

Sh e shares best practices supervisors can use for monitoring call center agents in a work-from-home scenario. COVID-19 has led us to believe that we need to rethink, amend, and strengthen our contact centers with robust technology to stay ahead of the pandemic. Here’s how!