InMoment XI

JANUARY 10, 2024

Contact centers are not new by any means. As a matter of fact, the first employed call center agents date back to the 1950s. It wasn’t until the turn of the century that these call centers evolved into multichannel contact centers. The future of the contact center lies in the omnichannel contact center.

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Contact Center Omnichannel Customer Satisfaction Retail 195

BlueOcean

JUNE 26, 2018

When it comes to customer experience, there’s a lot of cross-over between the hospitality industry and the contact center industry. Our employees are trained to listen for and include those small pieces of information in the guest’s file – so the next agent who interacts with that guest can reference the small details.

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Customer Service Contact Center Hospitality Hotels 353

Calabrio

MARCH 11, 2025

Workforce Management 9 Contact Center Quality Assurance Best Practices: Modernize Your Approach, Optimize Your Performance Share Even as AI enters the picture, the human interaction between agent and customer is, and will remain, at the core of customer service operations. What is call center quality assurance?

Contact Center 52

Contact Center Call Center Customer Satisfaction Metrics 52

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. Plus, AI has driven an increase in the capacity of contact center tools. What is voice analytics?

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Contact Center Insights Average Handle Time Call Center 52

TechSee

APRIL 2, 2019

Today’s contact centers face a daunting challenge. From small helpdesks operated by specialist manufacturers to vast contact centers run by leading telecoms and consumer electronics providers, end users can now receive faster, more effective service and support from both live human agents and virtual assistants.

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Contact Center Average Handle Time Insurance B2C 174

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.

Contact Center 156

Contact Center Average Handle Time Culture Measurement 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.

Contact Center 156

Contact Center Average Handle Time Culture Measurement 156

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. So, if you want to boost your customer retention rate then better pay attention to those customer interactions. That’s where contact center analytics comes into play.

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Contact Center Average Handle Time Touchpoint Customer Journey 52

BlueOcean

MARCH 13, 2023

Like most people in the customer care sector, we are diving deep into where ChatGPT fits, or might fit, into the contact center world. We’ve long been proponents of making transactional customer service low effort, for both customer and contact center. So let’s get into it. Those first three are what we’d expect.

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Contact Center Customer Experience Average Handle Time Customer Care 156

TechSee

AUGUST 10, 2023

TechSee’s visual automation platform uses computer artificial intelligence (AI) and augmented reality (AR) to enhance customer and contact center engagements. TechSee’s Computer Vision AI and AR can improve issues facing customer contact centers around first-call resolution, average handling times, and truck roll avoidance.

Connections 206

Connections Contact Center Average Handle Time Omnichannel 206

BlueOcean

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Customer care QA processes are moving from limited sampling to real-time, holistic analysis thanks to emerging conversation intelligence technologies that impact every corner of the contact center for the better. The rate at which contact center technology has evolved accelerated during the pandemic years.

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Contact Center Average Handle Time Customer Care Technology 177

Interactions

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Highly regulated industries, especially those that deal with critical moments in customers financial journeys, can be a tough nut to crack when it comes to contact center automation. The complexity of insurance interactions Insurance, by nature, is driven by complex transactions, from signing up for a new policy to making a claim.

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Insurance Interaction Multi-Channel Contact Center 62

TechSee

OCTOBER 10, 2019

The traditional contact center – with agents in cubicles following scripts and rushing to meet individual KPIs – will soon be a thing of the past. Agent collaboration also enables a higher First Contact Resolution (FCR) rate by eliminating time-consuming escalations. What’s the climate of your contact center?

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Contact Center Culture Wireless Average Handle Time 117

InMoment XI

DECEMBER 13, 2024

Modern customers interact with many touchpoints before making a purchase. One of the most crucial touchpoints in their journey is the call center. Therefore, a positive call center experience is essential for business growth. Call Center Dashboard: This dashboard is ideal for businesses handling a high volume of phone calls.

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Call Center Contact Center Social Media Metrics 195

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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Customer Service Contact Center Average Handle Time Consulting 207

TechSee

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Contact centers are always looking for ways to reduce costs. This is particularly true during periods of uncertainty and economic downturn, when call center cost savings contribute to business continuity. The Best Call Center Cost Reduction Strategies. ” Techniques to optimize time.

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Call Center Contact Center Average Handle Time Measurement 196

BlueOcean

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

Outsourcing Content and Ad Review to Your Contact Center. Essentially, content review is just a different kind of customer contact. In customer service, that looks like average handle times, first call resolution rates, and customer satisfaction scores. Looking to get content review off your hands?

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Contact Center Average Handle Time Customer Care Advertising 120

TechSee

MAY 14, 2019

Analysis of Average Handling Time is deeply entrenched in the customer service field and almost every contact center manager wants to improve AHT. AHT = Total Talk Time + Total Hold Time + Total Post-Call Work/Number of Calls Handled. Improve AHT with a customized blend of KPIs.

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Contact Center Average Handle Time Net Promoter Score Travel 95

InMoment XI

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

When you analyze the natural language interactions between customers and an organization, conversational analytics unlocks a wealth of insights that can be used to resolve issues faster, enhance agent performance, reduce costs, and demonstrate the value of customer service investments. Why is Conversational Analytics Important?

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Social Media Average Handle Time Contact Center Call Recording 195

BlueOcean

AUGUST 19, 2024

When “Good Enough” Is Not Really Good Enough The customer experience is what happens any time a customer interacts with your brand – through marketing, sales, the product or service itself, and customer support. Measure what matters There is an old saying: “What gets measures gets attended to, and what gets attended to gets done.”

Contact Center 156

Contact Center Average Handle Time Customer Satisfaction 2024 156

BlueOcean

AUGUST 19, 2024

When “Good Enough” Is Not Really Good Enough The customer experience is what happens any time a customer interacts with your brand – through marketing, sales, the product or service itself, and customer support. Measure what matters There is an old saying: “What gets measures gets attended to, and what gets attended to gets done.”

Contact Center 156

Contact Center Average Handle Time Customer Satisfaction 2024 156

Playvox

JANUARY 24, 2022

While it’s hard to argue against the importance of delivering great CX, it’s also all too easy to assume that the experiences your contact center delivers are up to par simply because you are handling interactions efficiently. Unpacking the types of customer interactions contact centers handle provides key insights.

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Contact Center Measurement Customer Experience Net Promoter Score 88

Call Experts

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Contact center technology can be the nerve center of your organization’s customer relationship management (CRM) strategy. Depending on the services offered, the contact center can also be called a call center, service desk, or customer service department. What Is Contact Center Technology?

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Contact Center Technology Average Handle Time Call Center 98

Eptica

SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

Date: Monday, September 28, 2015 The evolution of contact center performance. Author: Pauline Ashenden In the past contact centers were often viewed as a cost cente r, meaning that the primary goal of companies was to run them as efficiently as possible while still responding to customers competently.

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Contact Center Net Promoter Score Call Center 2015 81

TechSee

AUGUST 14, 2018

This article underlines the value of DSS in customer service and focuses on the potential computer vision brings to call/chat centers, where providing a positive customer experience (CX) at scale is critical to success in the current competitive business climate. Current state of DSS in contact centers.

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Contact Center Average Handle Time Virtual Agent Call Center 95

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 Multi-Channel Average Handle Time 105

Playvox

MARCH 19, 2024

Some of the most common uses of AI have been game changers: Virtual assistants like Siri guiding us on our way and finding information in an instant Fraud detection from our financial institutions Medical diagnoses and healthcare Contact centers are no exception and stand to gain significant business and operational benefits from AI.

Contact Center 74

Contact Center Net Promoter Score Average Handle Time Omnichannel 74

ViiBE Blog

MARCH 18, 2021

On the other, each call must be handled as promptly as possible to ensure that the next caller has a short wait time. Given these opposing demands, how can a center ensure that agents handle each call as efficiently as possible? A classic call center metric to measure this is the Average Handle Time (AHT).

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Average Handle Time Call Center Metrics Multi-Channel 52

Playvox

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Let’s face it, the call center of yesteryear is not wholly relevant when looking at customer service operations today. Even the terms “call center” and “contact center” are called into question, given the images they evoke of rows of agents in cubicles lined up to fill a room. What Is A Digital Contact Center?

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Contact Center Multi-Channel Average Handle Time Omnichannel 72

Playvox

MARCH 27, 2023

Operating a successful contact center demands attention to a wide range of factors, from investing in your agents’ well-being and training to implementing the right tools and technology. Training programs should be designed to meet the specific needs of the contact center and its agents.

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Contact Center Customer Satisfaction Interaction Call Center 84

BlueOcean

AUGUST 13, 2024

Measuring deep into the trenches of the contact center is an absolute must. We’re constantly asking questions like, how fast are agents answering calls (Average Speed to Answer)? What is the Average Handle Time? All these contact center metrics and more add up to give us a picture of call center performance.

Call Center 156

Call Center Metrics Measurement Average Handle Time 156

TechSee

OCTOBER 22, 2019

Contact centers are perfectly placed to predict imminent customer queries. With 40% of all calls considered “next issues” following initial contacts, NIA is now a critical strategy for reducing customer effort, reducing pressure on contact centers and increasing loyalty. NIA: The balancing metric.

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Contact Center Average Handle Time Metrics Call Center 84

Playvox

APRIL 4, 2023

Every workplace has its pros and cons, but contact center agents have one of the toughest jobs out there. Just like agents are protecting your company, contact center leaders and managers need to protect them and their mental health. Burnout Burnout is at the heart of poor emotional well-being in a contact center.

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Contact Center Average Handle Time Feedback 2026 78

TechSee

JULY 9, 2019

In fact, 96% of customers who experience a high-effort interaction become more disloyal compared to just 9% who have a low-effort experience. 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. Wasted hold time.

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Call Center Contact Center Effort Score Average Handle Time 143

Playvox

JUNE 21, 2022

The requirement to provide a better customer experience while improving productivity and controlling costs is paramount in contact centers at the best of times. Workforce management (WFM) continues to be one of the most important contact center productivity tools. What is Workforce Management Software?

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Contact Center Average Handle Time Competitive Advantage Management 74

Playvox

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Is gamification the right choice for your contact center? Employee engagement is one of the most challenging aspects to master in the contact center. Gamification works well within a contact center environment as it leverages a number of game mechanics that workplaces can use to keep employees engaged and focused.

Contact Center 79

Contact Center Average Handle Time 2025 Culture 79

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. Transactional Data: Purchase history, order tracking, and payment information.

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2025 Customer Experience Contact Center Net Promoter Score 52