Alijah Landing May 21, 2021 We all possess greatness when we unlock our full potential. It doesn’t matter if you’re a manager, an executive, or a call center agent – we each have our own strengths and areas where we excel. Sometimes, though, that potential sits untapped. Without the right encouragement and guidance, it can … Continue reading 3 Free Training Templates to Unlock the Potential of Your Call Center Agents
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How to Fix Your Top Work From Home Call Center Challenges (Advice from 16 CX Experts)
Veronica Krieg May 17, 2021 When contact centers turned on disaster recovery mode last year, it was next to impossible to send agents home with a clear strategy for helping customers. Customer demands heightened as anxiety engulfed the population. And agent attention was split between a home filled with pets, kids, spouses, roommates and everything … Continue reading How to Fix Your Top Work From Home Call Center Challenges (Advice from 16 CX Experts)
16 Questions to Ask Your Agents if You Want to Retain Call Center Employees
Alijah Landing May 12, 2021 There’s a lot of pressure on you as a manager to foster positive relationships with your agents, build those bonds, and keep your team happy. Half of your agents quit their jobs at some point in life because of a bad manager. Not only that, managers control 70% of the … Continue reading 16 Questions to Ask Your Agents if You Want to Retain Call Center Employees
3 Tactics to Level Up Your Call Center Coaching With Speech Analytics
Veronica Krieg April 1, 2021 As customer service leaders continue to embrace the life where agents can work from where they’re most comfortable, new challenges catapult to the top of priority lists. Gartner research shows in two years, nearly nine in 10 leaders think 20-80% of the customer service workforce will still work from home. … Continue reading 3 Tactics to Level Up Your Call Center Coaching With Speech Analytics
Why Digital Transformation is Now on the CEO’s Shoulders and What That Means For You in the Contact Center
Veronica Krieg January 30, 2021 We’re all tired of harping on the negatives of 2020 (because well, there are tons, and it’s all still fresh). But it turns out, the tumultuous year brought us some positives, too. It’s a year that showed us opportunity. The opportunity to be more intentional with your time. To start … Continue reading Why Digital Transformation is Now on the CEO’s Shoulders and What That Means For You in the Contact Center
12 Statistics to Inspire You to Take the Next Steps (Big or Small) and Move Your Call Center to the Cloud
Veronica Krieg January 11, 2021 As many as 20% of Fortune 500 companies won’t make it through 2021 in one piece. Saddled with technical debt and bureaucratic processes that slow down decision-making, Forrester predicts many top-tier companies will sell off pieces of their business or merge with others to stay viable. The unexpected challenges of … Continue reading 12 Statistics to Inspire You to Take the Next Steps (Big or Small) and Move Your Call Center to the Cloud
How to Stop Abandoned Calls From Ruining Your Customer Satisfaction and Toppling Your Other Call Center Metrics
Ellen Christenberry December 13, 2020 A company recently charged me for a duplicate purchase I didn’t make. I knew if I didn’t jump on a call with customer service right then and there, I’d likely forget (or procrastinate) until it was too late and I couldn’t get the charges removed. So, I dropped everything I … Continue reading How to Stop Abandoned Calls From Ruining Your Customer Satisfaction and Toppling Your Other Call Center Metrics
The Pivot to 100% Remote Training in the Contact Center
Susan Preiss October 26, 2020 When the world hit the pause button in the face of COVID-19, putting our client’s customer care programs on hold wasn’t an option. Days before lockdown became mandatory in the regions where we operate, we were in full swing making the move to a 95% work-at-home model for our entire … Continue reading The Pivot to 100% Remote Training in the Contact Center
How to Coach the Coaches: What You Can Do to Improve Your Coaching Skills to Help Supervisors and Agents Boost Satisfaction in Your Contact Center
Ellen Christenberry October 22, 2020 When I worked my first customer-facing job, I was on the verge of quitting every other week. The pay and benefits were good, the hours were flexible, many of my co-workers were fun. So what was the big deal? My supervisor. While I liked my supervisor as a person, and … Continue reading How to Coach the Coaches: What You Can Do to Improve Your Coaching Skills to Help Supervisors and Agents Boost Satisfaction in Your Contact Center
Microsoft’s Digital Marketing Center for search and social management adds features, opens beta
The free platform is now open to U.S. small businesses. Ginny Marvin on October 7, 2020 at 1:58 pm The Microsoft Digital Marketing Center (DCM) is now available in open beta in the U.S. The company had been piloting the free platform designed for SMBs to manage automated search and social campaigns across Microsoft, Google, … Continue reading Microsoft’s Digital Marketing Center for search and social management adds features, opens beta