Customer service plays a key role in a company’s growth and development. Although each industry and organization has its own way of reaching their goals, there are numerous Key Performance Indicators (KPI) that can help refine the customer experience. Today, we’re going to take a look at common issues that plague customer service calls and […]

It’s enough to make any veteran inbound call center manager despair. Managers probably try hard not to think about it. Because obsessing on it might keep them from serving who’s left. But it’s still a problem. And the truth is, it doesn’t have to be this way. We’re talking about the unparalleled high agent turnover […]

Who has ever heard the saying, “You can’t measure what you don’t track?” It’s true for many aspects of life and even more applicable in the call center industry. As agents work diligently to solve their problems efficiently and effectively, the temptation for managers to stand behind their agents and not-so-subtly micromanage each moment must […]

You don’t know what you don’t measure. That is, you might have a general idea about call center performance. You could feel that agents are working well. However, you don’t know either of those two things with any sort of clarity. It’s all guesswork and gut instinct. Unfortunately, the qualitative method provides few, if any, […]

Employee happiness, engagement, and productivity are always central to a top-notch call center. Gallup, for example, reports only 15% of global employees feel engaged with their work, with average top numbers coming in at an average of 70%. The difference lies in how these organizations view employees and their responsibilities to them. Gallup says “exceptional […]

If agents aren’t performing well, neither is the call center. But agents can’t do all the work on their own. Check out the many ways inbound call center software improves agent performance through top-notch tech. 5 Ways to Improve Agent Performance Using Inbound Call Center Software Agent performance doesn’t solely depend on the agents themselves and […]

MIT reports service-based businesses see higher customer satisfaction and retention rates when self-service meets customers’ actual needs. But if quality self-service IVR functions solve typical concerns and problems, what happens to a business’ call center agents? Do they keep a role in such a paradigm? Absolutely. While customers can handle a lot of routine items […]

According to Esteban Kolsky, a customer strategist and found of ThinkJar, 67% of consumers cite bad experiences as the reason for churning – a nice way to say they are no longer a customer. A call center’s primary concern should be improving customer experience as much as possible since, according to customer experience consulting firm […]

Contact center agents are on the frontlines of customer service. The better they do their jobs, the better the companies they work for perform in the market. Plus, better customer service can instantly separate a business from their competition. According to the Harvard Business Review, customers who enjoyed terrific customer service spend 140% more compared […]

Recently, TCN introduced several updates for its cloud call center platform with more to be rolled out throughout 2018. Here is a brief recap of their latest call center technology updates, all of which offer opportunities to enhance customer relationships and improve business analytics and insights. 1. Speech Analytics Enhance Cloud Call Center Platform Speech […]