Tag: Customer service

First Contact Resolution: The key Measure in Contact Centres

There are many common customer service metrics in place in contact centres: CSAT, NPS, FRT, CES, AHT, FCR, the list goes on. Some are more valid than others and some are simply outdated and add confusion and conflict to both the...

Why Contact Centres Should Think Before They Speak

We’re flush with new ways to engage with customers, but businesses should be more data-driven, rather than simply throwing more manpower on the frontlines. In the era of new contact centre touchpoints, the touchpoints themselves matter less and less because...

People, Peaks and Personality: Getting Recruitment Right in Contact Centres

Recruitment has never been an easy task, regardless of which industry is facing the challenge. Difficulties in finding the right people, at the right time, with the right skills, is something all organisations encounter. One such industry is contact centres....

Five Ways Cloud can Empower Your Customer Service Team

As any reader of CXM knows, Customer Experience is a key business differentiator. Businesses working in every sector, from IT to healthcare to retail, needs to deliver fast, effective, and memorable customer service to stand out from the crowd. Consumers...

Putting the Pride Back in Customer Service

Working in a call centre has been seen as the very epitome of the “McJob” – a low-paid, unrewarding role that’s usually viewed as a stepping stone to more responsible, better-paid and more meaningful employment. It shouldn’t be this way. Customer service...

Emotion, Empathy and Personalisation: How can AI Ever Replace Humans?

There is ever increasing interest in the role emotions play when managing Customer Experience in the contact centre. At the same time, there is a drive to introduce technology such as chatbots to make customer service teams more efficient; removing...

Contact Centre Evolution: Keeping up With Customer Demands

In theory, it has never been easier for consumers to communicate with your business…but are the choices suitable and easy to access? Today’s consumers demand instant, fast, on-the-go interaction with companies, which is why web chats, texts, and social media have...

3 Steps to Creating a Kinder Call Centre Experience

We often hear about customer service being increasingly used as a business differentiator, but what does this really mean? After all, customer service comes in many guises and means different things to different people. Some people simply want fast service...

Doubts Among Mid-Size Call Centres on Meeting Customer Needs

A majority of European mid-sized call centres understand the advantage in a connected customer journey, but only 14 percent are confident in meeting current and future needs. That is one of the findings published in a new independent research study conducted...

Call Recording and the Future of Enhanced Customer Service

Historically, businesses have primarily perceived call recording as a regulatory insurance policy. The typical process was that calls were recorded, archived, and then accessed whenever a complaint was made. Some organisations still see call recording primarily in this way today. Other businesses...