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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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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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. Imagine that you conduct an extensive analysis of contact center associate performance.

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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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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. Try These 3 Contact Center Strategies for Q4 Success. But why would anyone worry about potentially high sales volume? Tip the Scales with Technology.

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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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CCNG

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Budgets are getting tighter, and executive teams are asking contact center leadership to do more with a lower headcount. The drive toward self-service is a reality and with good reason, as customers want self-service. This causes longer average speed of answer and higher abandonment rates.

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ShepHyken

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

Actual customer contact agents, however, prioritize something else: the effort required to perform their work. Agents obviously value bright contact centers and great salaries, but their daily happiness hinges far more greatly on systems and processes. As an example, evaluate abandonment within your web self-service channels.

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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. The goal is to deliver the finest service possible to consumers.

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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. What is call center quality assurance?

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Fonolo

AUGUST 12, 2021

How to Foster Agent Engagement in a Hybrid Contact Center. As a call center, you have many metrics and KPIs available to measure agent productivity. Here are a few: Call abandonment rate. Call abandonment occurs when a customer hangs up before an agent answers the phone. Conclusion.

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Fonolo

DECEMBER 15, 2022

That all depends on the goals your contact center sets. It’s up to you to set those standards and provide the right support and motivation for your call center team to achieve them. And that can be an undertaking, considering all the areas of the contact center that can affect performance.

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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. Learn more about Shaun here and here.

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SharpenCX

JULY 27, 2023

Our Logic+ platform allows our customers to build advanced self service solutions. When a contact center agent does get involved, the Sharpen platform combines consumer-grade user experience and enterprise-grade functionality to empower agents to do what they love doing: making customers happy. Better Self-Service.

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Global Response

MARCH 24, 2025

In this article, well explore what a call center knowledge management system (KMS) is and how it can bridge the gaps between your agents, information storage, and customer service. As self-service systems get smarter, your agents are left to manage more complex customer issues.

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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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TechSee

JUNE 16, 2022

As companies embrace the digitization of customer support, the new standard is much more than a phone conversation with a call center representative or a visit from a field agent. With a career spanning over 20 years, Eric has an extensive amount of experience in Contact Center and 3rd party and onshore vendor management.

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Fonolo

APRIL 11, 2023

And they should help call center managers see the importance of queue management and the perils of keeping customers waiting on hold You’ve come to the right place! In this blog, we’ll explore the best practices for call center queue management. Do you need a simple solution, or do you want to prioritize certain customers?

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Fonolo

OCTOBER 19, 2023

If you’re in the contact center industry, 80/20 service levels are likely nothing new. You may have used 80/20 service levels in your operations! Contact center managers know that SLAs are essential for defining and measuring success for their businesses. Is 80/20 Right for My Contact Center?

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Playvox

JULY 31, 2023

However, some of the quickest ROI can come from the employee self-service (ESS) aspects of a WFM solution. What Is Employee Self-Service? Employee self-service can nurture employee satisfaction and agent performance and promote a motivated and engaged workforce. All that time adds up quickly.

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Fonolo

OCTOBER 14, 2021

When it comes to keeping a pulse on the health of your contact center, cost per contact can be a very handy tool. This key performance indicator (KPI) provides insight into how effective agents are at delivering top-notch customer service and will signal to you when certain performance areas are falling off track.

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Hodusoft

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

What Is Average Wait Time By Industry What Is the Acceptable Average Wait Time Challenges Organizations Face Due to High Average Wait Time Benefits of Reducing Average Wait Time in a Call Center 5 Ways to Reduce Average Wait Time in Call Centers Conclusion What Is Average Wait Time By Industry? The number varied across industries.

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Fonolo

MARCH 7, 2023

If they have a problem or a question, they expect immediate information and quick resolution — but keeping up with this demand can be an impossible task for your contact center’s live agents alone. That’s where self-service comes in. Movements from the human realm to the self-serve realm is harder.

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Fonolo

JANUARY 31, 2024

If you take a tech tool like ChatGPT and ask it about call abandonment in the contact center, the AI-powered bot will give you an earful about one of the most persistent problems in the customer service industry. But asking the powerful generative pre-trained transformer a question won’t save a single abandoned call.

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Outsource Consultants

JANUARY 27, 2025

Contact center key performance indicators (KPIs) are critical for measuring and improving customer service operations. By focusing on these essential metrics, contact centers can optimize their operations and deliver outstanding service. Offer self-service options for quick issue resolution.

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Eptica

SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

Date: Monday, September 28, 2015 The evolution of contact center performance. Author: Pauline Ashenden In the past contact centers were often viewed as a cost cente r, meaning that the primary goal of companies was to run them as efficiently as possible while still responding to customers competently.

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Fonolo

APRIL 27, 2021

That’s why it’s become increasingly important for businesses to upgrade their call center technologies, processes, and staffing practices to get ahead of the call-spike curve — ideally without breaking the bank. The Contact Center Guide to Managing Spikes in Call Volume. Save time and money with an overflow handling service.

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Fonolo

JUNE 13, 2023

They want prompt, reliable, integrated service and they will not linger if it’s not readily available. Their patience is never shorter than when dealing with your call center. That’s why call-backs have become a contact center essential. Eliminate voicemail. Connect digital users to the voice channel.

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Babelforce

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

This may happen for a variety of reasons and it’s a contact center metric closely linked with customer satisfaction. Contact centers the world over aim for an abandonment rate around the 5% mark. Obviously, a lower rate is great and a higher rate signals a potential problem.

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SmartAction

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Contact center managers who embrace and implement this technology reap the rewards of increased efficiency, reduced costs, and a customer experience that fosters loyalty. Conversational IVR breaks the mold of the traditional contact center, which focuses on efficiency at the expense of customer service.

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NobelBiz

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Fortunately, contact centers can make full use of analytics and smart routing capabilities to maximize inbound call capabilities. This will ensure that a customer query is answered effectively and at the same time maximizing first-contact resolutions.

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Fonolo

AUGUST 17, 2021

The Contact Center Guide to Managing Spikes in Call Volume. Luckily, a successful call center is within reach. With some careful thought and these helpful tips, you can optimize your call center’s performance: 1. They help reduce high contact volume and let agents focus on more complex issues with customers.

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Fonolo

JULY 6, 2021

Contact centers help customers get the information they need from a business while gathering valuable consumer insights through outbound and inbound communication. However, a contact center can’t function properly without effective, customizable call routing. Types of contact center call routing.

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Fonolo

MAY 6, 2021

The contact center industry boasts some of the most intelligent and innovative CX technologies out there. Six Crucial CX & Contact Center Trends That Will Shape 2021. Through this full-service experience, contact centers can gather more data with greater accuracy in a single interaction.

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Hodusoft

MARCH 5, 2025

However, a majority of them abandon their carts and leave the website abruptly! As per a study by Baymard Institute, the average cart abandonment rate is 70 percent in the e-commerce sector. Here are some issues e-commerce companies face owing to cart abandonment: 1. Here are some of those: 1.

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Fonolo

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

It’s unnecessary, expensive, and creates friction for both the customer and the business (especially you, contact center managers!). How to Reduce Hold Time in Your Call Center. Have them review your self-service pages and any others in your journey — such as landing pages and shopping pages.

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