Callminer

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

Cultivating a productive call center environment involves optimizing many different facets of its operations. From facility design to computer systems and software integrations, all aspects of your call center that impact its internal atmosphere can affect employee performance. Read on for actionable tips and advice.

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Callminer

MAY 27, 2020

Call centers and contact centers operate within the same general field of customer support and outreach. Call centers came first, focusing employees on handling large streams of customer calls at once. Call Centers Focus on Phones. Contact Centers Leverage Self-Service.

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Callminer

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

The floor of any call center is the organization’s mission-critical space intended entirely to serve the very purpose for which the center exists – handling calls. As such, your call center’s main floor, where agents take on customer concerns daily, ought to be bound by a thoughtful and helpful set of rules.

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Contact Center Pipeline

OCTOBER 8, 2020

Contact Center Pipeline’s AUTHOR WALL OF FAME Dick Bucci is Principal of Pelorus Associates, a market research and marketing communications company that assists developers of contact center solutions by providing in-depth market research and by authoring white papers, e-books and blog posts.

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Beyond Philosophy

MAY 14, 2015

While call center usage is about the same, use of FAQ pages increased from 67% in 2012 to 76% in 2014, according to Forrester. As many as 2/3 of Customer service interactions will occur without human-to-human contact. Source: Brian Manusama, Gartner.com ).

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Callminer

MARCH 2, 2020

Higher scores correlate strongly with a high first call resolution rate, signaling an appropriate level of knowledge and competency among your agents. To learn about how speech analytics can help boost customer satisfaction, download our white paper, Reduce Churn and Increase Customer Satisfaction with Speech Analytics.

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Callminer

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

Great customer service agents form the backbone of every successful call center operation. Call centers depend on quality training programs more than most other businesses because representatives have the potential to directly influence consumer perceptions through their own performance on the job.

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Callminer

JUNE 18, 2020

Employee departures can be tough to handle in the fast-paced environment of a call center. Exit interviews allow lost talent to tell you what went wrong and what aspects of your call center’s operations could stand to be updated. Questions About Their Experience. What frustrated you?

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Callminer

MAY 12, 2020

Call centers around the world are faced with the ever-intensifying challenge of meeting consumers’ expectations. As calls flood the lines during peak periods, such centers need powerful tool sets to handle them all. General Tips for Evaluating Call Center Software. Automatic Call Distributors (ACD).

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Callminer

JULY 30, 2020

In many cases, those complaints first reach the ears of a call center rep. That’s why patience, empathy, and active listening skills are among the most important skills every call center rep should have. Still, responding to complaints about bad customer service can be difficult, even for your best call center agents.

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Callminer

JULY 22, 2020

For call centers, there are various ways that termination letters can be created to align with legal best practices and company needs. The two main types of termination letters call centers tend to handle are the following: Employee Termination Letters.

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Callminer

APRIL 21, 2020

The role of a call center manager is complex and challenging. Call center managers may be involved with hiring and training call center agents , monitoring call center metrics tied to agent performance , using speech analytics tools for ongoing quality monitoring , providing ongoing feedback and coaching, and more.

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Callminer

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Outbound call centers depend on skilled and well-trained agents as much as useful software to consistently meet business goals. Keeping an outbound call center operating efficiently means making the most of both the talent you have on hand and the tools you can afford to implement. Challenges Outbound Call Centers Face.

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Callminer

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Call center fraud is no laughing matter. Fraud is not only on the rise in call centers generally (jumping by 350% between 2013 and 2019 ), but the spread of fraud in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic means businesses and consumers alike must be more mindful than ever. Use information only the caller and agent would know.

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Callminer

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

Business analysts play an integral role in any industry, but they’re especially vital in call center operations. They help call centers continuously optimize their processes and provide better experiences for both call center employees and the customers or clients they interact with. Allan Borch. velvetjobs.

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Callminer

MARCH 9, 2020

Scheduling forms the foundation of every successful call center operation. Ensuring your organization has enough hands on deck at all times keeps callers from waiting too long or abandoning calls altogether before their questions can be answered. Keeping up with Incoming Calls. Monitoring Attendance and Leave.

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Fonolo

OCTOBER 20, 2022

The great migration of contact centers transitioning from on-site to hybrid work environments isn’t slowing down–and an air-tight call center security strategy has never mattered more. There’s a staggering amount of sensitive information that flows through a contact center every day. DID YOU KNOW?:

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Callminer

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Hiring the right contact center agents is important, but ongoing agent training and performance management are crucial for customer satisfaction and the success of your business as a whole. If you’re looking for ways to boost your agents’ performance, check out our white paper, Using Gamification to Improve Contact Center Performance.

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Fonolo

MAY 24, 2018

If you run a call center, change is familiar. Today, most changes to call centers are a response to consumer behaviour, rather than an effort to advance business initiatives. This information is also useful for call center agent training and assessment.

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VocalCom

JUNE 16, 2020

The post [White Paper] Contact Centers of the Future: Creating Tomorrow’s Experience appeared first on Vocalcom Blog.

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CX Global Media

AUGUST 8, 2019

You can also learn more in the webinar 3 Common Questions Contact Centers Should NEVER ask about Speech Analytics. Here is an edited transcript of my interview with Anthony: Jim Rembach : Hey, this is Jim with Call Center Coach and the Fast Leader Show. And so, we actually monitor the call as it’s happening.

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Callminer

APRIL 20, 2020

Calling upon other organizations for assistance in handling specific functions within your own company, such as call center operations , can prove incredibly useful if done correctly. ” – Nicolina Savelli, 5 Tips for Choosing the Right BPO for Your Call Center , Fonolo; Twitter: @fonolo.

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Fonolo

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

This coming year, several key trends are poised to make a significant impact on contact centers around the globe. Ultimately, every call center needs to make decisions from the perspective of their customers. First Call Resolution (FCR) is one of the most commonly watched call center metrics.

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Fonolo

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

As always, we keep watch of trends and issues pertinent to contact centers, continuously shifting due to technological advancements; mergers and acquisitions in the SaaS space; the realigning of customer service and experience priorities on the part of brands; and more. Going forward, what will these trends be? Investing in Agents.

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Fonolo

JUNE 14, 2018

2018 is game time. It’s time to look at your customers as teammates rather than as opponents. It’s time to reboot your customer experience game. And: It’s time for you to win. Here is the reality: A poor (or even worse, unmemorable) customer experience (CX) has led to a resounding “Game Over” for many businesses in the last few years.

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Fonolo

MAY 7, 2015

UPDATED FEBRUARY 2020: The call center is an extremely stressful work environment. Simply knowing how to run a call center isn’t enough for success. Below we look into some of the things call center managers must do every day to be successful, along with tips on how to execute them.

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Talkdesk

JULY 20, 2020

As the pandemic continues and fully remote operations become “the new normal”, organizations must reevaluate their virtual call center approach and determine the best strategy for its implementation. Enterprises must consider the implications of a full-time transition from a physical to a virtual contact center.

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Fonolo

MAY 31, 2018

“I feel the need , the need for speed !”. In Top Gun , the 1986 classic, Pete “Maverick” Mitchell’s famous phrase effectively summed up the future of customer service (CS). While it wasn’t intended to evoke the relationship between business and consumer, over 30 years later, it speaks directly to the state of CS today.

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Fonolo

JUNE 26, 2018

The idea of the call center as a cloud-based service has switched from being impractical, to now almost inevitable. If you listen to the vendors of cloud call centers, and the general chatter in the industry, you might get the feeling that everyone has switched to cloud, except for a few laggards. How Far Along Are We?

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Fonolo

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

Here are five things you can do to take your contact center to customer relationship center. Go beyond the standard call center metrics! Studies have shown that call center agents quit most often because of their work environments rather than their compensation. 1) Rethink Your Channels.

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Fonolo

JULY 25, 2018

Attention all call center managers: It’s time to talk about you. Picture it: You are the fearless leader of a call center team in 2018. And like any good puzzle, managing a call center has a unique set of ever-evolving challenges, attrition being high on the list. But where do I start?

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Callminer

APRIL 20, 2018

For more insights on the latest customer experience trends in the call center industry, download our recent white paper, Contact Center & Customer Experience Trends 2018. What customer experience best practices to you leverage in your contact center?

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Fonolo

JULY 19, 2018

The headlines were cranked up to eleven: “Google’s Duplex AI could kill the call center.”. Google Is Reportedly Looking to Take Over Call Centers.”. As usual, the press misunderstands the role of the call center, and the forces that might make it grow or sink. — Quartz. — Gizmodo.

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TechSee

DECEMBER 12, 2017

Read “ Visual Omnichannel: A Revolutionary Customer Experience ,” a new White Paper that offers an in-depth discussion about the omnichannel challenges faced by contact centers with varying levels of data integration.

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Contact Center Pipeline

MARCH 19, 2019

As we continue to celebrate our 10th Anniversary, I would like to call attention to a few good resources on our website. You can view our Directory Listing of products and services, check out our White Papers and view our latest Research Reports (we will have the results of two new surveys coming out soon: […].

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Fonolo

JUNE 5, 2018

Last week, Fonolo hosted an insightful live discussion on the top call center metrics you need to be tracking. This expert panel discussed NPS for customer satisfaction, popular call center metrics, the future of the voice channel, and so much more! Which Metrics Are Most Useful or Popular in the Call Center Today?

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TechSee

MARCH 19, 2018

Companies are increasingly turning to artificial intelligence (AI)-powered contact center solutions to meet consumers’ growing demand for better CX, reduce costs and alleviate pressure on agents. The post Computer Vision in the Call Center – The New CX Frontier appeared first on Techsee.

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