Myra Golden Media

APRIL 11, 2023

With customer expectations rising and budgets tightening, contact centers are under pressure to deliver excellent service while reducing costs. In Do More with Less: 3 Effective Strategies to Maximize Your Contact Center’s Potential , you will learn three effective strategies to maximize the potential of your contact center.

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TeleDirect

DECEMBER 19, 2024

For instance, urgent customer issues are routed to the most experienced agents, while routine inquiries can be handled through self-service options or junior representatives. This prioritization strategy significantly reduces overall response time. Q2: How does technology help reduce response times?

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CCNG

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Different ideas are constantly emerging as the new go-to strategy. The drive toward self-service is a reality and with good reason, as customers want self-service. TWO-PRONGED APPROACH SAVES MORE COST WITH LOWER HEADCOUNT Companies are spending more money on self-service.

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Callminer

AUGUST 1, 2017

To gain some insights into the strategies and tactics call centers can use to boost efficiency and arm you with effective strategies you can put to use, we reached out to a panel of call center experts , managers and leaders and asked them to answer this question: “What is the most effective way for a contact center to increase efficiency?”.

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SmartAction

AUGUST 5, 2019

While DSW has encountered tremendous growth, that has also meant mounting customer service pressure yielding millions of inbound calls per year. DSW turned to SmartAction in 2018 to collaborate on a self-service strategy to augment their NICE inContact platform with conversational AI. Q: Tell us about DSW’s growth.

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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. If not, it is time to make a change. As an example, evaluate abandonment within your web self-service channels. Do all your processes fall under the latter umbrella?

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CCNG

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

The leaders of this space have already explored how AI can improve your organization’s customer service (or support center). The results have shown boosted employee productivity, enhanced accuracy, and improved self-service containment rate. This not only saves time but enables CSRs to handle more interactions with efficiency.

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Aspect

MAY 7, 2018

If you have been following Aspect for a while, it is no secret to you that we believe in customer self-service as an important pillar of any customer experience (CX) strategy today. Accordingly, self-service capabilities are also a cornerstone of Aspect Via. Secure IVR. Context Continuity from Web to Voice.

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ROI CX Solutions

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Without proper planning, the increased business during the holidays can lead to longer wait times, higher agent burnout, and missed opportunities to deliver outstanding holiday-time customer service. In this article, well share strategies and tips on how you can prepare your contact center for the holiday season.

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NobelBiz

JANUARY 17, 2022

However, it is obvious that insufficient training, incompatible interfaces and other factors might result in an increase of Average Handling Time. But, how is the Average Handling Time (AHT) calculated? What is the Average Handling Time (AHT) for Contact Centers?

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NobelBiz

JANUARY 28, 2025

Average Handle Time (AHT) : This measures how long agents spend on calls, including after-call work. While shorter times are ideal, quality shouldnt be sacrificed for speed. Implement Monitoring Use real-time dashboards to monitor performance continuously.

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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. Most contact centers are using AI, but their contact center management strategies need to be updated to match.

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Calabrio

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Workforce Management 2025 Call Center Productivity Guide: Must-Have Metrics and Key Success Strategies Share Achieving maximum call center productivity is anything but simple. How do you craft a winning big-picture strategy without losing sight of the granular details? For many leaders, it might often feel like a high-wire act.

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Global Response

MARCH 12, 2025

Types of analytics: Performance metrics are measured using different approaches, including descriptive, predictive, prescriptive, interaction, speech and text, self-service, and cross-channel analytics. Average handle time (AHT): Tracks how long an agent takes to complete a customer service interaction.

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Contact Center Analytics First call resolution Abandon rate 62

BlueOcean

MARCH 11, 2025

Quick Navigation Understanding Conversation Intelligence Implementation Strategies Measuring ROI Real-World Applications Future Outlook [link] The Power of Personalization at Scale At its core, successful conversation intelligence is about going beyond basic data collection.

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CSM Magazine

MARCH 27, 2025

Common Signs of Inefficiencies in Your Contact Center Here are a few red flags to look out for in your contact center operations: High Average Handle Time (AHT): Repeatedly long conversations could indicate unclear processes or agents lacking access to the necessary tools and information.

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CCNG

APRIL 12, 2023

There wasn’t much time to consider how this affected the contact center, strategy, or much else. Not average handling time or other internal metrics. If there are multiple transfers, long wait times with an agent, or other barriers then you know the answer. So, what makes for a healthy contact center?

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Calabrio

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

Monitor KPIs for balance Tracking and analyzing KPIs such as CSAT, FCR, average handle time (AHT), and cost per contact can help contact centers identify trends and adjust strategies accordingly. When done right, self-service improves both customer experience and operational efficiency.

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Calabrio

MARCH 25, 2025

Table of Contents: Understanding call center agent performance Essential call center agent metrics and KPIs 10 strategies to improve contact center agent performance Understanding call center agent performance Even in our increasingly AI-driven era, human interactions are still central to the work of contact centers and the value they deliver.

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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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Aspect

JUNE 4, 2020

annual improvement (decrease) in average handle times. In other words, having a BC plan allows contact centers to transform times of uncertainty and change into times of opportunity; one which fosters more fruitful customer relationships, drives efficiency gains, and reduces costs.

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SharpenCX

JULY 27, 2023

Our Logic+ platform allows our customers to build advanced self service solutions. At Xyngular, Sharpen worked with the team to automate 90% of customer interactions using self serve before handing the remaining interactions over to highly skilled agents 3. Better Self-Service. More Effective Agents.

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24-7 InTouch

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

In response to these challenges, many companies have incorporated SMS deflection as a strategy to enhance CSAT and optimize operations. Improved Engagement Enabling chat-based communication can offer quick and convenient interactions, saving time and resources. The inefficiency and high cost of voice agents can also cause revenue loss.

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Zappix

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

In the dynamic customer service landscape, businesses constantly seek innovative ways to enhance efficiency, reduce costs, and elevate customer satisfaction. Enter the era of Digital Self-Service—a transformative solution that addresses these challenges and propels customer support into the future.

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Balto

MARCH 3, 2025

They offer self-service options while maintaining clear paths to human agents when needed. Voice biometrics and authentication streamline the verification process, reducing average handle time by 45 seconds per call. This eliminates the frustration of multiple transfers and reduces average handle time.

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Talkdesk

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

Deliver better bot interactions Be it promoting self-service for a better experience or for reducing costs, bots help with simpler queries so agents can focus on strengthening relationships and handling complex customer queries. Prepare a list of desired outcomes and work accordingly to achieve them.

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HGS

APRIL 24, 2018

The NICE inContact study focused on 10 customer experience channels that include solutions ranging from traditional phone support to self-service, email, chat, social media, and more. With the goal of optimized CX insight, start by asking yourself five questions about your service delivery. The value delivered includes a 91.6%

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aircall

AUGUST 29, 2022

If the problem isn’t solved during the first call, the customer will call again and again, taking time away from other customers. Average Handling Time (AHT). AHT is how much time a call center agent spends on any work related to customer interactions or engagements. Improve your self-service options.

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Balto

MARCH 17, 2025

These systems can also detect when wait times exceed acceptable thresholds and alert supervisors in real-time. They utilize key performance indicators (KPIs) such as average handle time and customer satisfaction scores to help agents and managers make informed decisions, identify issues, and enhance operational efficiency.

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CCNG

JANUARY 4, 2023

While self service is getting better and better through the use of artificial in­telligence (AI) of varying degrees of sophistication, many questions continue to end up with agents, either because the customer couldn’t find the answer through self ser­vice, or the customer simply doesn’t like self service op­tions.

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pindrop

AUGUST 22, 2021

For example passive authentication techniques can optimize the process to reduce average handle times, empower customers, and improve operational efficiencies. This is called IVR self-service. Exploring best practices for contact center authentication translates to positive gains in other areas. Watch the Webinar.

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SharpenCX

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

But if you don’t build call center improvement strategies that put what you find into action, your data is useless. And with the right analysis and data strategy, it hydrates the experiences you deliver, fueling business growth. Some 74% of customer service teams are measured by CSAT, no matter the size of the company.

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TechSee

AUGUST 26, 2024

Similarly, call center agents are measured on their average handle times. These two metrics are closely related, as longer handle times will naturally result in longer wait times for customers. This can result in multiple follow-up calls and longer average handle times, exacerbating customer frustration.

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TechSee

OCTOBER 19, 2021

(Don’t) Return to Sender: Strategies & Tactics to Minimize or Reduce Returns. Over the years, critical stakeholders in the reverse logistics process have developed various strategies and tactics to minimize, avoid, or reduce returns. Restocking Fees. Digital Onboarding. What is digital onboarding?

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Average Handle Time Sales Analytics Self service 124

Eptica

JANUARY 9, 2019

How AI can help transform VoC programs New Artificial Intelligence techniques are central to ensuring Voice of the Customer strategies provide business value. How to reduce Average Handling Time and improve quality In 2018 we ran a series of posts designed to spread best practice when it comes to customer service and customer experience.

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Calabrio

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Insights gained from voice data inform strategies to enhance contact center productivity and boost services and sales. It also supports quality assurance by enabling managers to review voice calls and maintain high customer service standards. Today, those benefits are even clearer.

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