Calabrio

MARCH 5, 2025

Analytics Call Quality Monitoring: Best Practices and Tech for More Effective QA in 2025 Share Call Quality Monitoring: Best Practices and Tech for More Effective QA in 2025 What area do you see as the biggest opportunity for growth in your contact center? What is call quality monitoring?

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Contact Center Call Center Average Handle Time Customer Satisfaction 130

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

NICE inContact

NOVEMBER 23, 2018

Spend any time around a contact center and you’ll likely hear the acronym FCR. The definition has changed a bit over time as call centers transformed into contact centers that handle more than just calls. Back in the call center days, FCR stood for First Call Resolution.

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InMoment XI

OCTOBER 31, 2023

In the fast-paced world of customer service, call center management plays a pivotal role in ensuring efficient operations, customer satisfaction, and improving the customer experience. Understanding the ins and outs of call center management is crucial for both seasoned professionals and newcomers to the field.

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NobelBiz

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Contact centers are now tasked with handling more calls per hour while delivering a seamless customer experience, optimizing costs, and maintaining quality. Let’s explore 20 contact center automations that can transform your operations. The secret weapon? Automation.

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CX Accelerator

JULY 22, 2019

Contact centers are big on analytics. The main reason companies measure things like their call-handle time, first-call resolution, and internal quality management (QM) scores are to improve customer satisfaction. So, how do you know if customers are pleased with their level of service?

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Contact Center Analytics Net Promoter Score Effort Score 182

CX Accelerator

JULY 22, 2019

Contact centers are big on analytics. The main reason companies measure things like their call-handle time, first-call resolution, and internal quality management (QM) scores are to improve customer satisfaction. So, how do you know if customers are pleased with their level of service?

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Contact Center Analytics Net Promoter Score Effort Score 174

NobelBiz

JANUARY 28, 2025

With the advancement of the contact center industry, benchmarks continue to shift and challenge businesses to meet higher customer expectations while maintaining efficiency. How to Benchmark Your Call Center Benchmarking is all about measuring your performance against clear, actionable goals and comparing them to industry standards.

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Contact Center Abandon Rate Self Service Average Handle Time 52

BlueOcean

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Choosing a contact center outsourcer is a huge investment. We’ve compiled a list of up-to-date contact center RFP questions to help you ensure you’re making the most informed decision. Premier contact centers should equip you with business insight and analysis that will help you make informed business decisions.

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Contact Center Employee Engagement Culture Training 156

NobelBiz

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Choosing a call center service provider is an important decision that affects customer satisfaction, ongoing efficiency, and brand reputation. Studies show that a 1% improvement in first-call resolution can lead to a 1% increase in customer satisfaction. How secure is your platform?

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Call Center Multi-Channel Contact Center Analytics 52

NobelBiz

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Forecasting in call centers helps today’s contact centers achieve high efficiency and customer satisfaction while keeping running costs low. Call centers predict future call volumes and other metrics so demand can be better met and good service levels can be maintained with optimized resources.

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Call Center Average Handle Time Contact Center First Call Resolution 52

Comm100

JUNE 5, 2018

Unsurprisingly, the enthusiasm of AI has spilled over to customer experience (CX) in the hope of improving call center efficiency. This uncertainty has generated myths about AI, such as the popular thinking that AI will replace call center agents or equally popular, that AI will solve all CX problems.

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NICE inContact

OCTOBER 8, 2019

Likewise, call center KPIs and benchmarks act as controls to establish direction and to know whether the call center is on course. You may be familiar with certain call center KPI’s but less familiar with benchmarks. Using our analogy, benchmarks are used to determine whether your call center is on course.

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Call Center First Call Resolution Contact Center Course 136

NICE inContact

MARCH 10, 2016

As a contact center manager, you’ve got a lot of metrics to choose from as your key performance indicators (KPIs). 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. Service Quality.

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Call Center Metrics Average Handle Time Self Service 120

BlueOcean

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Are you in the middle of “contact center RFP season”? We segmented the questions into six key sections: Company Overview Agent Workforce Contact Center Reporting Project Management Technology Pricing Company Overview Get to know the history and organization of the vendor. Be realistic about your risk tolerance.

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Contact Center Employee Engagement Average Handle Time Culture 156

BlueOcean

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Are you in the middle of “contact center RFP season”? We segmented the questions into six key sections: Company Overview Agent Workforce Contact Center Reporting Project Management Technology Pricing Company Overview Get to know the history and organization of the vendor. Be realistic about your risk tolerance.

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Contact Center Employee Engagement Average Handle Time Culture 156

Pointillist

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

By Stephanie Ventura Metrics tracking is a vital element of every call center. However, aiming to track all possible call center metrics can lead to information overload. Many call center leaders cite First Call Resolution (FCR) as the most important metric to track. The reason?

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Calabrio

APRIL 26, 2016

And now that spring has sprung we see flowers in bloom, hear birds singing once again, and look forward to spending time learning about our new contact center software and solutions. We presented our subjects with an extensive list of potential contact center issues for 2016 and asked them to choose all that they felt applied to them.

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Contact Center Contact Center Software First Call Resolution Call Center 140

NICE inContact

DECEMBER 10, 2018

There are many reasons why starting a call center makes good business sense. But whatever the reason, taking that first step can seem like stepping into the unknown. To ease into your search, here are five things to consider when starting a new call center. . Call c enters are more than call centers.

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Call Center Contact Center First Call Resolution Omni-Channel 120

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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Call Center Customer Service Chatbots Average Handle Time 124

NICE inContact

NOVEMBER 8, 2019

We’re making it easier than ever for contact center managers to bring together the most powerful solution to operate your contact center, to drive efficiency and productivity, and to give your agent a streamlined desktop with everything they need in one place. Easy-to-use, integrated agent desktop delivers productivity.

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Contact Center Average Handle Time Self Service CRM 27

Vonage

MAY 23, 2017

As customer habits and expectations continue to evolve, contact centers must keep raising the bar on service quality. 60% of consumers now change their contact channel depending on where they are and what they’re doing. Our upcoming webinar, “How Does your Contact Center Stack Up?”

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Contact Center First Call Resolution Call Center Social Media 120

NobelBiz

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Call center optimization is a strategic approach that focuses on enhancing the efficiency and effectiveness of call center operations. This article delves into the essential aspects of call center optimization, including the tools and best practices that can drive performance improvements.

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Call Center Tools Contact Center Net Promoter Score 104

BlueOcean

AUGUST 15, 2016

It’s the same for contact center reporting. Reporting that provides a transparent window into your contact center data helps you gain actionable insight that can differentiate your customer experience and boost your bottom line. First Step: Smart Forecasting. It’s a no brainer. What about the bottom line?

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Contact Center Report Average Handle Time First Call Resolution 120

NobelBiz

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Productivity in a call center refers to the extent of how well your call center is in meeting the customer’s needs effectively. It might be expressed in many ways, including speed and efficiency of the agents, quality of calls taken, and how well the technology and processes in the call center function.

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Call Center How To First Call Resolution Contact Center 98

NICE inContact

NOVEMBER 8, 2019

It’s plain and simple, using plain language in customer interactions is good business for your contact center. You’re achieving higher first-call resolution (FCR) rates. You’re lowering call volume. This all leads to cost savings in your contact center.

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Contact Center Self Service First Call Resolution Case Study 136

Pointillist

MARCH 1, 2019

For a business, that means high costs and inefficient call center operations. Call centers, therefore, want to improve first call resolution rate, reduce call volume, and excel at customer service while reining in high costs. has always been a challenge for call centers.

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First Call Resolution Self Service Call Center Effort Score 75

BlueOcean

OCTOBER 4, 2023

The same is true for first call resolution and average handle times. Data from ICMI also reveals that 76% of call center professionals believe bilingual support improves the customer experience, brand loyalty, and customer satisfaction. It’s our thing. So, of course, we’re biased.

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Contact Center Customer Care Average Handle Time Consumers 310

Call Experts

APRIL 14, 2022

In a perfect world, customers would only call your call center if everything was going smoothly. But that’s not how the world works, and there is always a reason why people call in the first place. There are many contact center metrics that you can use to measure agent performance.

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Call Center Metrics First Call Resolution Average Handle Time 98

NobelBiz

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Have you ever wondered how call centers manage the overwhelming number of customer calls, especially those tricky situations that require immediate attention? In this article, we’ll explore how technology can be a game-changer in managing call escalations, ensuring swift and satisfactory resolutions.

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Call Center Management Contact Center Wait Times 105

ViiBE Blog

APRIL 28, 2021

The call center agent is at the core of any call center. So how can you evaluate a call center agent’s performance? Call centers and contact centers have industry-specific KPIs to measure agent performance. What are the KPIs in a call center?

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Call Center First Call Resolution Average Handle Time Virtual Call Center 98

BlueOcean

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

It’s 2019, which means contact center metrics from 1999 are almost old enough for their first legal beer (and already knocking them back in Canada.) Those metrics were born in an era when customer service was a race, where whoever got to the finish line first (i.e. Contact us here. But where do we start?

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BlueOcean

JUNE 21, 2016

One of our most popular blog posts is 52 Contact Center RFP Questions to Ask Vendors. Choosing a contact center outsourcer is a huge investment. We’ve compiled a list of 51 contact center RFP questions to help you ensure you’re making the most informed decision. Writing Your Contact Center RFP Questions.

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Contact Center First Call Resolution Culture e-support 120

NICE inContact

OCTOBER 15, 2019

But if you are a contact center manager, you aren’t measured solely on your own personal performance. One powerful way is to integrate your customer relationship management (CRM) system and your contact center software. Average Handle Time: Integrating your contact center and CRM enable you to shorten call length.

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Contact Center CRM Contact Center Software Self Service 24

Call Experts

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Companies would have all the resources they needed to operate a BPO contact center in-house in a perfect world. Many companies migrate to BPO contact centers for their customer service needs. BPO contact centers help businesses increase productivity, grow their customer base, and improve customer experience.

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Contact Center Call Center How To Multi-Channel 105

NICE inContact

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

Too often, efforts to improve contact center performance are based business goals like increasing labor efficiency, or lower operating cost. But contact centers are not built to serve managers, they are built to serve customers. Here are five key takeaways, in no specific order, to improve contact center performance.

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Contact Center Contact Center Software Self Service Chatbots 122

NobelBiz

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Speed and efficiency in response to each incoming call these days are becoming increasingly crucial. Fortunately, contact centers can make full use of analytics and smart routing capabilities to maximize inbound call capabilities.

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