Speech analytics software has become a vital tool for contact centers. The data you capture from speech analytics can be much more nuanced than the usual hard performance numbers, providing deeper insight to grow your business by improving customer...

Outsourcing is a common and highly-scalable business practice these days, but the partner you choose to shoulder part of your company’s workload will have a direct effect on your bottom line. Even more important, though, the contact center partner...

In this day and age of cutthroat competition, it is ever more critical to provide great customer service, and to ensure that the quality of care that you provide is viewed positively by your customers.  

Assessment testing can greatly enhance the hiring process for any call center. If created well, these tests can identify a candidate’s existing skills and knowledge. From customer service assessment to technical proficiency tests, it's important to...

One thing contact center managers can count on is that call volume will fluctuate. Much of that is predictable, thanks to ever-improving forecasting tools. But, what if the business frequently receives large influxes of calls? What can you do so...

Not every candidate who is hired to work in a call center comes with customer service experience. They may be friendly, outgoing, and patient, but they likely do not (yet) have the knowledge and call center-specific skills they will need to succeed....

Are you a current or aspiring Customer Service Representative looking to hone your skills? If so, you have come to the right place.

Inbound contact centers generally receive two main types of calls: sales support calls from customers thinking about...

In addition to answering customer service related questions and concerns, CSRs often also process orders. If that is the case for your business, here are some order processing best practices that will make the process  easier and more efficient.

Customer service reps often do a great job providing solutions and resolving conflict, but often there is a golden opportunity to also boost sales if they know the best cross-selling and upselling techniques. Cross-selling promotes additional,...

Customer service reps spend all day interacting with customers, which means the call center can be one of your most valuable customer experience management tools. These days, a company’s future can rise or fall based on their customer service.

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