Fonolo

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

As the contact center continues to evolve rapidly, it’s important to take a step back and evaluate the big picture periodically. Over the past few months, our team at Fonolo has been working diligently to explore the latest contact center trends. The State of the Contact Center in 2020. Better metrics.

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Fonolo

MAY 3, 2023

Lowering call abandonment rates in contact centers is one of the most powerful performance levers available to call center managers. Reducing abandonment rates is a primary benefit of our call-back software and we’ve helped dozens of companies improve their KPIs by solving their abandonment rate problems.

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Global Response

OCTOBER 15, 2024

This article will explore the benefits of omnichannel outsourcing and how to effectively communicate with customers across various channels in an omnichannel contact center and adapt to their changing preferences. What is an omnichannel contact center? Key Takeaways Why? Sound a bit confusing?

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NobelBiz

JANUARY 28, 2025

With the advancement of the contact center industry, benchmarks continue to shift and challenge businesses to meet higher customer expectations while maintaining efficiency. Whether you’re measuring agent performance or overall customer satisfaction, staying aligned with modern standards is key to success.

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Fonolo

MAY 26, 2020

Does your call center feel more like a burden than an asset? You’re not alone — contact center managers often find themselves faced with tough challenges, including clunky technology, dysfunctional processes, and less-than-happy customers. How can you turn your contact center into a highly efficient part of your business?

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The Northridge Group

JULY 20, 2023

Contact centers are in a state of flux, with many contact center associates (and workers in general) hesitant to return to the office full-time and forgo the flexibility that comes with a work-from-home (WFH) or hybrid environment. But is this really producing more productivity?

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Hodusoft

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Achieving Excellence: Best Practices for Contact Center Performance and Quality Assurance Whether you are an entrepreneur or a professional in the contact center industry or any other sector, you know that implementing best practices can enhance performance by leaps and bounds and drive success.

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Calabrio

MARCH 22, 2025

Best Practices Contact Center Management: Best Practices & Strategies for Peak Performance Share The modern contact center is no longer seen as a mere service function at the periphery of the business. At the same time, contact center operations have also taken on a new level complexity.

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Fonolo

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

If you’re reading this, chances are you’ve decided up your contact center game. Picking an effective contact center strategy is a process that requires thought, evaluation, and preparation. We’ve got eight essential tips so you can start improving your contact center today.

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Fonolo

MAY 4, 2021

If this sounds familiar, don’t worry — it is possible to upgrade your call center infrastructure and reduce future contact center costs at the same time. Read on to learn how to offset call center costs, and ensure that your customer service operations meet the needs of the 21st-Century customer.

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Calabrio

MARCH 11, 2025

Workforce Management 9 Contact Center Quality Assurance Best Practices: Modernize Your Approach, Optimize Your Performance Share Even as AI enters the picture, the human interaction between agent and customer is, and will remain, at the core of customer service operations. Missing key parts of the customer journey?

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Fonolo

MARCH 4, 2021

Contact center reporting can be stressful for even the most seasoned managers and directors. Even with modern technology, it’s still impossible to predict call volumes and customer demand with full accuracy. First Contact Resolution (FCR). The average call center has an FCR of 72%. Abandonment Rate.

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Contact Center Pipeline

MAY 24, 2022

Part 2 of 2) In my January Contact Center Pipeline article, my topic was on the Art and Science of contact center management and its three driving forces: Random Call Arrival, Visible and Invisible Queue, and Caller Tolerance. The five factors of Caller Tolerance.

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ShepHyken

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

Making for a jointly admirable and problematic reality, the customer contact community often takes a lofty, wide-eyed approach to strategy and technology. Given the importance of competing on the customer experience, the idealistic approach is an encouraging sign. Task: Identify a “gap” in the customer experience journey.

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NobelBiz

DECEMBER 19, 2021

Beyond this acceptable level, a contact center must reconsider its strategy and resources in order to lower it as much as possible. Depending on the source of the call, your agents employ a variety of strategies to reduce call abandonment. Here are 5 ways to optimize the call abandonment rate.

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SharpenCX

JUNE 23, 2021

But, your contact center KPIs are an important piece of creating a happy team and happy customers. Plus, you need a high-performing, empowered contact center. But, don’t feel burdened to track the dozens of KPIs in your contact center. Active Contact Resolution. Metrics aren’t everything.

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Calltools

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

If they are kept waiting too long, they may hang up and abandon the call, resulting in missed opportunities for providing excellent customer service. These are five strategies to reduce abandon rates in your call center and enhance the customer experience. Importance of Low Call Abandon Rates?

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Fonolo

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Both Amazon and Apple have nurtured their business growth by investing heavily in reducing friction in their customer experience. The rest of the marketplace has followed suit; the average budget allocated to customer service and support has grown substantially in the last few years. Stop making customers call you!

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Babelforce

APRIL 14, 2020

Luckily, when it comes to reducing call abandonment, your contact center has options… In this post: What abandon rate should you aim for? How to cheat at reducing your abandon rate… How to reduce your abandon rate (honestly) Where do I start? But – how do you get to that number?

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Babelforce

APRIL 14, 2020

Luckily, when it comes to reducing call abandonment, your contact center has options… In this post: What abandon rate should you aim for? How to cheat at reducing your abandon rate… How to reduce your abandon rate (honestly) Where do I start? But – how do you get to that number?

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Fonolo

AUGUST 12, 2021

Not only does it lead to higher profits and lowered costs, it also results in better employee engagement and improved customer experiences. So many factors damper agent productivity, like high call volumes and staff turnover, both of which are only too common in the call center industry. Here are a few: Call abandonment rate.

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Global Response

MARCH 24, 2025

Their functionalities extend to dynamic knowledge creation and application, making them instrumental intelligence tools for delivering a consistent customer experience across all touchpoints. In other words, a KMS reinforces the general call center’s mantra of delivering timely and efficient customer support.

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Outsource Consultants

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

It’s because the ongoing labor shortage, paired with increased Q4 purchasing, is leaving many businesses that rely on contact center support exposed to looming CX disasters. This includes excessive hold times, overwhelmed agents, poor customer satisfaction, and ultimately brand harm. Tip the Scales with Technology.

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Fonolo

JULY 27, 2021

Several centuries later, Galileo’s words still ring true for contact centers. These days, there are tons of key performance indicators (KPIs) and call center metrics to evaluate call center performance and call center agent performance. How to Foster Agent Engagement in a Hybrid Contact Center.

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Fonolo

APRIL 17, 2018

The longevity of service level is astonishing when one considers the enormous changes that have occurred in customer service technology over the last few decades. Even more astonishing is that most call centers would name the same target value for that metric: the magical “80/20”. What’s Inside: Occupancy Rate. Abandonment Rate.

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InGenius

APRIL 26, 2019

Salesforce recently released an infographic on Call Center Best Practices. Alongside their post on 6 things a rep should never say , it’s a great resource if you’re in charge of – or part of – an inbound contact center. Service level, response time and abandonment rate. Here’s how.

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Balto

MARCH 17, 2025

Businesses that harness this information effectively can boost customer satisfaction by up to 25% while reducing churn. The key is turning raw interactions into actionable call center insights that enhances both efficiency and customer experience. Abandonment rate reveals customer patience thresholds.

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Fonolo

APRIL 11, 2019

It’s imperative in a time of high competition and demand that your contact center is in optimal condition. Business consultant Peter Drucker noted, “the purpose of a business is to create a customer,” and the purpose of the call center is to maintain the customer. Use Advanced Analytics. Engage your Employees.

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Fonolo

JANUARY 19, 2021

Many contact center managers have been distraught to find that what they needed was a call-back, but what they got was a virtual queue. 5 Amazing Reasons to Add Virtual Queuing to Your Contact Center. Six Secrets to Boost Customer Satisfaction in the Contact Center. Agent-First Virtual Queuing.

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Fonolo

AUGUST 29, 2019

Every year we ask: What can contact centers do to bolster their productivity, efficiency, and customer service offerings in the future? This year’s soundbites are rich with well-researched insights that a) act as a warning; and b) can help your contact center win.

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Talkdesk

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Boost CX and operational efficiency with the right set of metrics and smart additions to your contact center tech stack. By now, many contact center agents have settled into their new remote work routines, and research shows that they may be in it for the long haul. Abandonment rate. First call resolution.

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Fonolo

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

While we’re not all Eternia-born superheroes like him, per se, as mere mortals we can still aim to be the masters of our own universes (contact center universes, if we’re being specific here) and harness the unshakable power to satisfy our customers. Help companies realize a positive ROI. Enough said. .

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Fonolo

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

Abandonment rate. Abandonment rate measures the number of callers that hang up before an agent picks up the phone. Long wait time is the most common reason for call abandonment. Call center managers might consider investing in visual IVR and hiring more agents to lower abandonment rates.

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Fonolo

JULY 15, 2021

The lower the cost per contact, the more efficient your call center is. Call center metrics are important for understanding where your call center can improve. Using KPIs help improve customer experience and satisfaction and agent efficiency while ensuring your operations are more cost-effective.

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NobelBiz

AUGUST 2, 2022

Despite the fact that there are other ways to contact customer support, people prefer the phone. However, call center agents are not always accessible right away. Reducing call abandonment rate means connecting more with customers in a less impersonal way. Does call abandonment rate affect customer service?

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Calabrio

MARCH 25, 2025

This is where modern contact centers are turning to cutting-edge solutions, including AI, to deliver real-time performance tracking and more actionable coaching. Agent performance is at the core of overall contact center productivity as well as customer experience quality.

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Outsource Consultants

JANUARY 27, 2025

Contact center key performance indicators (KPIs) are critical for measuring and improving customer service operations. At Outsource Consultants, we understand the pivotal role these metrics play in driving success and enhancing customer experiences. Offer callback options to reduce customer wait times.

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