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Call Center optimization: Tools and best practices to increase performance

NobelBiz

Call center optimization goes beyond minor operational adjustments. It represents a holistic approach that is aimed at transforming call center functions into a streamlined, customer-focused powerhouse. The ultimate objectives are crystal clear: Boost Customer Satisfaction : Happy customers are loyal customers.

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5 Top Customer Service Articles For the Week of April 26, 2021

ShepHyken

(Forbes) By prioritizing first touch resolution, organizations of all types and at all levels of customer service can push back against those preconceived notions. Even better is that on that “one call,” they should only have to talk to one person, or at worst be transferred just one time.

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Would You Rather Clean a Toilet Than Call Customer Support??

ShepHyken

It’s unrealistic to never make a customer hold, so at least invest in the technology that informs the customer about how long the wait will be with the option to have a call-back. . Get It Right the First Time: The goal is for the customer to call only once, as in first-call resolution.

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The Problem Didn’t Start When Your Customer Told You About It

ShepHyken

Even if you tell the customer how long the wait will be or offer to call the customer back (which does reduce friction—something customers appreciate), that’s still more time the customer has to deal with the problem. The idea of “first call resolution” with “one transfer” at most is not the norm.

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The Problem Didn’t Start When Your Customer Told You About It

ShepHyken

Even if you tell the customer how long the wait will be or offer to call the customer back (which does reduce friction—something customers appreciate), that’s still more time the customer has to deal with the problem. The idea of “first call resolution” with “one transfer” at most is not the norm.

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How to Build a Customer-Centric Call Center and Drive Growth

NobelBiz

Here at Example Call Center we always put the customer first by reducing waiting times and promising first call resolutions. Well, Example Call Center, you are but you also aren’t. To build an efficient Customer-Centric Call Center you need to take a new approach when building call agent workflows.

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5 Top Customer Service Articles of the Week 10-11-2021

ShepHyken

The topics covered include quick response times, providing self-service options, different ways customers can communicate with you (phone, email, chat, text, etc.), and solving the problem on the first call (known as first call resolution). What customers don’t want any or all of that? Same for CX.