InMoment XI

MARCH 14, 2025

In any call center or contact center, performance is the engine that powers the entire operation. High-performing call centers do a great job at keeping customers satisfied, and theyre highly efficient, reducing operational costs. But high performance doesnt happen by chance. But which is it? The result?

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Call Center Metrics Tools First Call Resolution 195

InMoment XI

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

As you look to improve your business, consider contact center optimization. What is Contact Center Optimization? Contact center optimization refers to the process of improving the efficiency, effectiveness, and overall performance of a contact center.

Contact Center 195

Contact Center Multi-Channel First Call Resolution Social Media 195

Calabrio

MARCH 25, 2025

Workforce Management How to Measure, Evaluate, and Improve Call Center Agent Performance Share In today’s competitive business landscape, call center agents serve as the critical frontline, directly shaping customer perceptions and driving brand loyalty.

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Call Center Measurement Self Service How To 130

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

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. Agent Training Describe your training structure (team, facilities, Learning Management Systems, remote platforms, etc.)

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Contact Center Employee Engagement Culture Training 156

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

NICE inContact

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

Contact center managers know that quality monitoring and management is necessary to maintain or improve Customer Satisfaction (CSAT). It can be difficult, however, to tie contact center contributions to CSAT and then to resulting dollars, making it even more difficult to justify needed quality management investments.

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Contact Center Average Handle Time First Call Resolution Measurement 154

Thematic

DECEMBER 15, 2024

Contact centers are the frontlines of customer interaction. That’s where contact center sentiment analysis comes in. Applying AI analytics to your contact center data can tell you how your customers really feel and help you improve the overall customer experience.

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Contact Center Analysis Net Promoter Score Effort Score 62

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

Comm100

JUNE 5, 2018

How AI can be Used in the Contact Center. AI has some viable uses in the contact center sphere that managers can employ to improve their CX and the efficiency of call centers. Out of these benefits, two concrete benefits of AI in the contact center stand out. Advancing Customer Service.

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Contact Center Call Center Self Service Chatbots 171

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.

Contact Center 156

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.

Contact Center 156

Contact Center Employee Engagement Average Handle Time Culture 156

NICE inContact

APRIL 13, 2016

The same is true of any industry including contact centers. You might be able to take phone calls with just phones, but you won’t be able to do a very good job with just the bare necessities. Here are five helpful tools that can solve common contact center issues and provide a better service.

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Contact Center Tools Management First Call Resolution 120

Calabrio

MARCH 5, 2025

Thanks to advances in AI, the latest customer experience analytics tools are enabling businesses to analyze seemingly countless interactions in real time and driving a new level of precision for service, sales, marketing, product management, and beyond. Improved performance management and agent empowerment.

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Analytics Customer Experience Contact Center Effort Score 130

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. These are the essential KPIs you should track: First Call Resolution (FCR) Rate : How often are customer issues resolved in the first interaction?

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Contact Center Abandon Rate Self Service Average Handle Time 52

NICE inContact

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

If you’ve manage an aging contact center, then you’ve probably identified several inefficiencies which limit your success. Maybe its call volumes that exceed contact center capacity. When you transform contact center inefficiencies into proficiencies you are transforming money “wasted” into money saved.

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Contact Center Self Service Average Handle Time First Call Resolution 121

SurveySensum

OCTOBER 29, 2024

It’s no secret that your contact center is the first line of defense with your customers – making it the most important touchpoint in the customer journey. That’s where contact center analytics comes into play. What is Contact Center Analytics? Why is Contact Center Analytics Important?

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Contact Center Analytics Self Service Average Handle Time 52

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

Calabrio

MARCH 5, 2025

Workforce Management 9 Top Voice of the Customer Best Practices for 2025 Share Top 9 Voice of the Customer Best Practices for 2025 What is the Voice of the Customer (VoC)? With Calabrio ONE VoC analytics tools , you can upgrade contact center performance by centralizing conversations from multiple sources in one place.

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Contact Center Omni-Channel First Call Resolution Net Promoter Score 100

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.

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Contact Center Average Handle Time Self Service CRM 27

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. The possibilities are vast, spanning from customer-facing interactions at the interface level to targeted back-end processes and workforce management. Automation.

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Contact Center Call Center Self Service Chatbots 52

BlueOcean

OCTOBER 10, 2016

No matter what action you take, the point is that your journey as a customer started before you made that call. But too many contact centers assume the opposite; that your journey starts the moment an agent picks up the phone. Is there anything stopping a frontline agent from having the autonomy to deliver first call resolution?

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Customer Journeys Contact Center Call Flow First Call Resolution 120

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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Call Center Strategy Management First Call Resolution 195

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. First Step: Smart Forecasting. It’s a no brainer.

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Contact Center Report Average Handle Time First Call Resolution 120

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. Project Management. Need some insight?

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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. No matter what your job is, you are measured on performance.

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Contact Center CRM Contact Center Software Self Service 24

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. When customers call, they want their problems solved fast. What does this mean?

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Contact Center Contact Center Software Self Service Chatbots 122

NICE inContact

JUNE 30, 2016

Speech Analytics has been a game-changer in this regard, allowing complete and in-depth analysis of 100% of customer interactions without the need for hiring a gigantic call Quality Assurance (QA) staff. Despite this, many contact centers are still struggling to find practical uses, and/or measure the ROI of the technology.

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Contact Center Analytics Technology Multi-Channel 122

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

NICE inContact

JULY 10, 2018

So how can businesses reap the rewards and achieve the most out of an investment in cloud contact center technology? You’ll be looking for a vendor that can provide this as well as who can help you optimize your cloud contact center in these five ways. Deliver omnichannel experiences. Measure performance.

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Contact Center Technology Contact Center Software First Call Resolution 24

Pointillist

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

Many call center leaders cite First Call Resolution (FCR) as the most important metric to track. Research firm Frost and Sullivan calls First Call Resolution the “home run” of call center metrics. As McKinsey & Company explains : The contact center.

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First Call Resolution Call Center Metrics Self Service 74

ShepHyken

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

This week we feature an article by Apira Giriharan, a Marketing Manager from Blackchair with extensive knowledge of all matters related to CX solutions. She writes about how contact center agents can maximize productivity and provide a better customer experience. What is a CX management platform?

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Customer Experience Management Management Customer Experience Contact Center 151

InMoment XI

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Why Channel Deflection is Critical to ROI-Fueled CX Every call in your contact center represents a breakdown in your customer journey. Customers don’t want to call; they want quick and easy solutions. The True Cost of Contact Centers The true cost of relying on traditional contact centers is staggering.

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Call Center Self Service Contact Center ROI 195

MiaRec

JANUARY 5, 2023

Here at MiaRec, we have helped hundreds of organizations drastically boost script adherence by enabling them to utilize Artificial Intelligence (AI) and, as a result, improve contact center KPIs such as first-call resolution rates, call duration, and much more.

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Contact Center First Call Resolution How To Resources 98

Calabrio

MARCH 4, 2025

Together, these conversation intelligence functions combine to support customer service and sales teams, such as those in a contact center, with actionable insights on patterns of behavior, opportunities for improvement, and areas of risk.

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Contact Center Effort Score Analysis Multi-Channel 100

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.

Call Center 120

Call Center Metrics Average Handle Time Self Service 120

InMoment XI

DECEMBER 13, 2024

What Is A Call Center Dashboard? A call center dashboard is a centralized digital interface providing real-time insights into call center performance. It enables call center management to monitor and analyze key performance indicators (KPIs) like call volume, agent effort score, and peak-hour traffic.

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Call Center Contact Center Social Media Effort Score 195