TeleDirect

MARCH 9, 2025

In this blog, we will explore the best practices to improve customer service speed, optimize workflows, and leverage technology-driven solutions to enhance call center operations. A: The industry standard is less than 20 seconds for inbound calls, but businesses should aim for as short as possible without compromising service quality.

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TeleDirect

JANUARY 9, 2025

This blog explores the advantages of partnering with a US-based call center , how it enhances customer experience, and why its a smart investment for businesses of all sizes. In an increasingly competitive market, businesses need every advantage to differentiate themselves, and a US-based call center offers a strategic edge.

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TeleDirect

APRIL 3, 2025

With a proven track record and a commitment to innovation, TeleDirect continues to set the industry standard for inbound call center services. In this blog, we will explore five key reasons why TeleDirects inbound call solutions consistently outshine the competition.

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Callminer

JULY 22, 2018

While many BPOs adopt an 80/20 service level (as somewhat of an industry standard), a Folono post on finding the right service level suggests that management should think otherwise. As any contact center manager knows, service level is a metric composed of a pair of numbers: a percentage value and a time value in seconds.

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TeleDirect

MARCH 14, 2025

In this blog, we will discuss the most effective call center strategies for providing a superior customer experience , along with an FAQ section to address common concerns about call center operations. Compliance with industry standards helps maintain customer trust. Implement improvements based on recurring feedback.

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SmartAction

DECEMBER 12, 2023

The post The Evolution of Customer Service AI: How SmartAction’s Brand Refresh is Setting New Industry Standards appeared first on SmartAction. We can show you where you can design automation into your IVR and chats, as well as other operational efficiencies. Reach out today.

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NobelBiz

JANUARY 28, 2025

How to Benchmark Your Call Center Benchmarking is all about measuring your performance against clear, actionable goals and comparing them to industry standards. Compare Your Performance Data with Industry Standards Once youve gathered your data, compare it against industry benchmarks.

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TeleDirect

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Does the call center comply with industry regulations and standards? Compliance with industry standards like PCI (Payment Card Industry) and HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) is crucial, especially for businesses handling sensitive customer information.

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TeleDirect

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

By outsourcing legal intake to a specialized call center , law firms can mitigate these issues while ensuring professionalism and compliance with legal industry standards. Frustrated prospects who turn to competitors for quicker service. How Call Centers Improve Legal Intake Efficiency 1. This results in: Higher attorney productivity.

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Fonolo

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Most call centers track industry-standard metrics, such as Average Hold Time (AHT), Abandonment Rate, and First Call Resolution (FCR). Complement your call center technology with self-serve databases, AI chatbots, and blogs. Make data-driven decisions with KPIs. Let’s start with the basics. Why not use that to your advantage?

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Totango

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Together, we are setting a new industry standard for CS and whats possible in delivering exceptional results when you deliver on your promise of helping customers achieve their goals. A peek at whats ahead This rebrand is just the first note of a rhythm we intend to move to for a long time.

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Nicereply

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Contextualize Results Aside from friction and effort, expectations, product complexity, and industry standards can influence CES results. A seemingly high-effort task might be acceptable if it’s industry standard or if the outcome is particularly valuable to the user.

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Call Design

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

WFM systems have been revamping to cater for shifting industry standards in how contact centres are servicing their agents and this overhaul has seen many backend changes happen over a short period of time. Maintenance.

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Nicereply

DECEMBER 28, 2021

Looking back, we published podcasts (23 episodes) and blog posts (228 posts) full of tips and tricks to improve your customer experience. So whether you have visited our blog or listened to the Customer Experience Leaders Chat podcast , we are incredibly thankful you joined us on the ride through 2021.

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Fonolo

APRIL 17, 2018

As mentioned above, that exact combination is considered by many to be an industry standard. One would hope that this standard is based on careful analysis, but in reality, it appears 80/20 was arbitrarily chosen in the early days of call center technology. Thus, an “80/20? The original logic behind it is lost to time.

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AWS Machine Learning

JANUARY 7, 2025

However, the industry is seeing enough potential to consider LLMs as a valuable option. This blog post with accompanying code presents a solution to experiment with real-time machine translation using foundation models (FMs) available in Amazon Bedrock.

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Cyara

JUNE 27, 2022

This article was originally published on Botium’s blog on March 26, 2021, prior to Cyara’s acquisition of Botium. With Botium , we are currently defining the industry standard for testing chatbots. Learn more about Cyara + Botium.

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Hodusoft

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

” This blog post not only outlines some tried and tested best practices for enhancing operations in contact centers but it also aims to empower contact center owners and senior executives to create more best practices for better results. .” They create them.”

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GetFeedback

AUGUST 14, 2019

Now you know how your CSAT can stand relative to your peers, but I want you to remember one very important thing: Comparing yourself to your peers or simply holding yourself to an industry-standard isn’t the best measure of performance. The post What to Do if You Have a Poor CSAT Score appeared first on GetFeedback Blog.

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VirtualPBX

JUNE 1, 2023

In this blog, we will delve into the legal aspects surrounding business text messaging and shed light on the regulations that dictate its practice. While not legally binding, these guidelines provide valuable industry standards for businesses to follow, ensuring ethical and responsible communication with customers.

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AWS Machine Learning

MAY 21, 2024

This blog post outlines various use cases where we’re using generative AI to address digital publishing challenges. To learn more about Amazon Bedrock, start with Amazon Bedrock Resources for documentation, blog posts, and more customer success stories.

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Amity

JULY 13, 2016

We hope that our blog helps to simplify and guide you. View the blog here. CSM Practice - The CSM Corner Blog will teach you how to define and implement the customer journey, customer campaigns, Customer Success playbooks, customer maturity scoring model as well as Customer Success reports and dashboards. View the blog here.

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AWS Machine Learning

JULY 11, 2024

This solution uses Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) to ensure the generated scripts adhere to organizational needs and industry standards. In this blog post, we explore how Agents for Amazon Bedrock can be used to generate customized, organization standards-compliant IaC scripts directly from uploaded architecture diagrams.

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Fonolo

OCTOBER 24, 2018

Friend-of-the-blog Alan Quayle had some further thoughts here. Meeting the Industry Standard of Service Level. This isn’t a space I know that well, but I can’t help but see the parallel with the call center story. I’ll be speaking at Alan’s TADSummit on November 13, and this will be one of the topics we cover. Plus so Much More!

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Totango

MAY 5, 2021

This industry-standard measurement centers around how likely your customers are to recommend your product to a peer. The post Measuring Customer Experience: How to Collect the Right Data and Act on It appeared first on Best Customer Success Blog | Trends & Articles for Enterprise Growth. What do you have to lose?

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Fonolo

OCTOBER 23, 2018

Examples include FAQ sections on websites, help center blog forums, self-service account creation, password resetting, and interactive voice technology in call centers. Meeting the Industry Standard of Service Level. Despite the clear demand for these services, 55% of consumers find self-service portals difficult to use.

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Totango

JANUARY 10, 2024

“We’re then aligning those baselines during the implementation process, measuring performance early on through the implementation process, tactically through weekly dashboards, and weekly meetings to go through those performance metrics against their baseline, so that it’s outcome-driven versus just industry standard.”

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NobelBiz

MARCH 26, 2020

The omnichannel approach is an industry-standard right now, but how does it compare to multichannel? What are the differences between the two? Is one better than the other? It's the ultimate showdown: omnichannel vs multichannel, settling their differences right here, right now! appeared first on NobelBiz®.

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aircall

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

We’re benchmarking well ahead of industry standards right now, but there’s always room for growth,” added Vroom. The post How The Right Tech Helps UNTUCKit Tailor Great Customer Experiences appeared first on Customer Experience & Cloud Call Center | Aircall Blog.

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ClientSuccess

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Increase NPS scores: NPS and other industry standards can impact a brand’s reputation and image to customers, prospects, and partners. By having insight into product usage, CSMs can make better strategic decisions and relay this information on to other internal departments.

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Spearline

MARCH 30, 2021

This objective and recognized industry-standard audio quality measure takes into consideration characteristics such as: - Audio sharpness. Be sure to check out our blog , which gives an in-depth analysis of POLQA. And what does PESQ stand for? PESQ stands for Perceptual Evaluation of Speech Quality. Call volume.

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AWS Machine Learning

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Reinforcement Learning from Human Feedback (RLHF) is recognized as the industry standard technique for ensuring large language models (LLMs) produce content that is truthful, harmless, and helpful. For the purpose of this blog post, we’re using demonstration data in the HH dataset as reported above.

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VirtualPBX

JUNE 19, 2024

Through a combination of outstanding and cutting-edge original editorial, industry voices, in-depth lab reviews and the recognition of the innovative leaders in management and technology through our highly valued awards, CUSTOMER strives to continue to be the publication that holds the quality bar high for the industry.

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Outsource Consultants

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

In this blog, we’ll provide actionable steps to help you maintain strong partnerships while effectively managing costs in the face of rate increases. This benchmarking exercise will provide valuable insights into industry standards and help you assess the reasonableness of the proposed increase.

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Talkdesk

MARCH 12, 2021

In this guest blog post, Gans Subramanian, founder and managing director at B-Trnsfrmd , shares five reasons that make Talkdesk his CCaaS solution of choice. Founded to bring a paradigm shift into the realm of call center solutions, it became the first CCaaS unicorn startup in 2018.

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NobelBiz

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Make sure the provider follows strict encryption and compliance standards. Answer: The platform should offer top-tier security features, such as end-to-end encryption, regular security audits, and compliance with industry standards like GDPR and PCI DSS.

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Spearline

DECEMBER 23, 2021

The PDD test detects delays that cannot be identified by using the industry-standard PDD calculation. To sum it up, the Spearline PDD test is a “call answer time” metric that includes any delay added by intermediary networks. New to Spearline?

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