NICE inContact

NOVEMBER 1, 2017

If your efforts aren’t optimally performing, it may be time to jumpstart a self-service transformation project in your contact center. However, a majority of companies focus their attention on redundant, space-taking data, and continue to miss what is important: analyzing customer touchpoints and call types.

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InMoment XI

DECEMBER 13, 2024

One of the most crucial touchpoints in their journey is the call center. Therefore, a positive call center experience is essential for business growth. The best way to start is by investing in a call center dashboard. What Is A Call Center Dashboard? What Is A Call Center Dashboard Used For?

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Call Center Contact Center Social Media Effort Score 195

Calabrio

MARCH 11, 2025

Put these expert-assembled call center quality assurance best practices at the heart of your approach to empower your agents, enrich interactions, and drive better service in the year ahead. What is call center quality assurance?

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Calabrio

MARCH 22, 2025

At the same time, contact center operations have also taken on a new level complexity. Aspects of Oversight and Optimization Contact center management, or call center management, is the strategic orchestration of all elements within a customer interaction hub to ensure optimal efficiency, customer satisfaction, and business outcomes.

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NICE inContact

MARCH 10, 2016

In this blog, we help narrow down this long list to help you focus on the metrics that, when improved upon, will really help your contact center thrive. Check out our list below of the most critical call center metrics and KPIs for both inbound and outbound contact centers. Service Quality. Outbound Dialing.

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Call Center Metrics Average Handle Time Self Service 120

TechSee

JULY 9, 2019

To help companies improve their Customer Effort Score (CES), we’ve compiled a list of 10 call center mistakes that often result in high customer effort. Customers hate to repeat themselves – it increases customer effort and drives up Average Handling Time (AHT). Shoddy self-service. Faulty UI/UX.

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NICE inContact

JANUARY 8, 2019

Call Center Customer Satisfaction (CSAT) is, together with other customer related measurements like Net Promoter Score (NPS) and Customer Effort Score (CES), among the most widely recognized and frequently used KPIs in the call center. Offer Self-Service and Automation – Correctly.

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TechSee

DECEMBER 22, 2019

The contact center agent’s job is getting harder. The ongoing shift to self-service has brought about many positive changes to the customer service field. Call volumes in many contact centers are down along with the cost to serve. Seven types of successful contact center agents.

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TechSee

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Visual assistance allows users to instantly stream their mobile device camera or screen via web connection, for real-time, interactive visual engagement. Assisting customers using visuals can add efficiency and significantly cut costs in three areas of customer service: the contact center. field services. self-service.

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TechSee

AUGUST 26, 2024

Call centers are the frontline of customer service for many businesses. Providing excellent service in call centers is crucial for maintaining customer satisfaction and loyalty. However, call centers face a variety of challenges that can prevent them from delivering the best possible service.

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Calabrio

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Analytics Voice Analytics: Unlock Insights in Your Contact Center Conversations Share In the data-driven contact center of today, understanding the nuances of customer conversations is paramount. It also supports quality assurance by enabling managers to review voice calls and maintain high customer service standards.

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Uniphore

JUNE 7, 2021

Nearly half of the respondents (46%) reported most often using the software to automate tasks and reduce average handle time. Even in a world of self-service, great customer service matters, perhaps more now than ever. For those still holding out, the primary concern was the business case for the technology.

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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. Here’s how to do it effectively: Identify Relevant Call Center KPIs To get started, focus on the metrics that reveal how well your contact center is operating.

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TechSee

OCTOBER 31, 2018

Dutch telecom KPN analyzes the notes generated by its call center agents, and uses the insights generated to make changes to the interactive voice response (IVR) system. Using AI, telecoms can implement self-service capabilities that instruct customers how to install and operate their own devices.

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NobelBiz

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Call center optimization is a strategic approach that focuses on enhancing the efficiency and effectiveness of call center operations. When companies implement specific tools and best practices, they can significantly improve their customer experience (CX), increase agent performance, and ensure high-quality service.

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TechSee

JULY 17, 2018

Today, IVR is a core technology well entrenched in call centers that has transcended way beyond its role as a simple customer routing system. . A range of emerging technologies have effectively transformed IVR from a frustrating customer waiting experience to an effective process with self service capabilities.

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Uniphore

JUNE 16, 2021

You probably already think enough about Average Handle Time, or AHT for short. AHT is the average length of time it takes an agent to complete a call. Many contact centers, therefore, have opted to favor outcome metrics such as First Contact Resolution or Net Promoter Score, with secondary emphasis on AHT.

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NICE inContact

OCTOBER 12, 2018

With all of the new improvements and changes in modern day customer service technology, it’s no surprise that customer expectations have evolved to follow suit as well. Not only are cold transfers frustrating for customers who have to repeat themselves, but they also are the cause of large expenditures within call centers.

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NobelBiz

JANUARY 17, 2022

Call Center agents’ main goal is to handle as many calls as possible effectively and without wasting time. However, it is obvious that insufficient training, incompatible interfaces and other factors might result in an increase of Average Handling Time. Everything is explained in this article.

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NICE inContact

NOVEMBER 8, 2019

If you’re already using Salesforce but new to NICE inContact CXone, you can gain measurable improvements by integrating these two platforms, whether you have an inbound call center, outbound or both. Bringing Salesforce and CXone together to improve business results. Easy-to-use, integrated agent desktop delivers productivity.

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NICE inContact

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

Moreover, AI-powered customer self-service has boosted their CX as customers no longer wait in queue for routine (now automated) transactions related to order management. Average handle time (AHT) , a key CX metric, has fallen by two minutes!

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Pointillist

JANUARY 25, 2019

By Swati Sahai Call centers are an operationally-complex element of your business, but they play a big role in your customers’ experience with your company. It’s no easy task, but the right mix of call center metrics and KPIs can help you stay the course.

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NICE inContact

OCTOBER 15, 2019

Automatic data synchronization between your contact center software and CRM eliminates agent after-call work associated with manual system updates. Average Handle Time: Integrating your contact center and CRM enable you to shorten call length. Want proof?

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NICE inContact

MARCH 28, 2018

Integration with CRM and other applications provide a complete customer context in terms of profile, interaction and transaction data that helps agents solve customer issues right, the first time. Average Handle Time (AHT) – This is one of the most significant metrics when it comes to driving down costs.

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Uniphore

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Contact centers are the main touchpoints with members, greatly impacting overall member satisfaction. In fact, more than four out of ten members (43%) report that they prefer the call center as the primary channel for communicating about their health plan. Impact: 20% reduction in agent training time. Learn More.

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NobelBiz

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Data keeps beaming in in confirmation of a fact: the digital contact center is here. Email, chat, social media, self-service: everything is going up. Voice is changing – average handle time is going up and calls are becoming more complex. Interesting, isn’t it? A new report from J.D.

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eGain Blogs

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

The importance of knowledge management in the call center is growing. “Though KM has historically been primarily an area of interest for support, I’m seeing more organizations, including professional services, managed services, and customer success, formalizing the capture and sharing of knowledge.”

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TechSee

JUNE 11, 2019

The technology is currently evolving, enabling virtual assistants to offer customers the option of full self-service. Elimination of unnecessary tech dispatches: by empowering customers to self-resolve issues, the frustration of waiting for a technician visit is often avoided. KPI #4: Average Handling Time (AHT).

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Vonage

JANUARY 20, 2016

The term is used to describe solutions that, for example, allow a sales rep to simply click on a contact to place a call, or help someone who’s calling your business “press 2” to reach customer service. For service teams, it’s all about resolving issues more quickly and improving customer satisfaction.

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TechSee

DECEMBER 28, 2020

One customer survey highlighted that 67% of consumers reported a willingness to spend over 15 minutes of their time trying to self-install a device in order to avoid contacting a call center for assistance. Empowering agents to handle technical requests that eliminate the wait for a technician can pay off.

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Magellan Solutions

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Outsourcing their inbound call center services. But the question is, how much are you willing to spend for better customer service? Knowing the inbound call center cost allows your business to budget planning before you delegate some of your business operations to a call center. 75 to $1.25

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BlueOcean

MARCH 13, 2023

This is the underlying philosophy of our digital customer experience support solutions , driven by AI, machine learning, chatbots, and intelligent self-service. But with ChatGPT in the spotlight, we wanted to bring you a deeper dive into AI in the contact center.

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Magellan Solutions

JUNE 12, 2021

Offshore Call Center Services Uses Speech Analytics to Improve Customer Journey. Offshore call center services are often called IT-enabled BPO services. Aptly named as this industry uses various innovations and technology to deliver excellent services to businesses worldwide. .

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ShepHyken

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

Many call centers focus on antiquated metrics that don’t ultimately best serve the customer. Focusing on resolving the customer’s issue the first time they call in (“first call resolution”) rather than reducing the average handle time can prove more cost-effective down the line.

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Magellan Solutions

MARCH 26, 2020

Call Centers Compared to Other Channels of Communication. Nowadays, one can do self-service with all the available resources such as the internet. In spite of this, most customers still prefer call centers to gather the data they need. This cements the importance of call centers in business operations.

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NobelBiz

MAY 21, 2024

While the role of call centers is crucial in customer service, companies often choose between inbound and outbound call centers. Each of these call centers come with unique functionalities, benefits, and challenges. What is an Inbound Call Center? How does an Inbound Call Center Work?

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