Customer Satisfaction

Ten Dumb Things Smart Contact Center Executives Do

Posted on November 30, 2018 in Agent Experience • Blog • Call center Humor • Call Center Management • Customer Experience • Customer Satisfaction • Opinion • Technology

There are a lot of smart — very smart — individuals managing and directing Call and Contact Centers today. Yet these bright, bright people still manage from time to time to do things that defy understanding. This is my top ten list of really dumb things that smart call and contact center executives do. If […]

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What Call Center Metrics mean to Customers

Posted on May 18, 2018 in AHT • ASA • Call Center Consulting • Call Center DIY • Call center Humor • Call Center Management • Call Center Tools • Call centre consulting • Contact Centre Ops • Customer Experience • Customer Satisfaction • FCR • Forecasting- WFM • Opinion • Outsourced Quality Monitoring • Quality • retention • Strategy • Technology

Tags: Call Center Consulting• Colin Taylor• Contact Center Consulting• Contact Center Management• Contact Center Strategy• Customer Service Consulting• Operational Management• Taylor Reach Group

By Colin Taylor In the daily operation of our Call and Contact Centers we throw around metrics and performance measures like they were candy. It has been said that Call Centers produce more data and more measurement opportunities than is possible in almost any other communications channel. But while we know what each of these […]

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Expert Opinion: How to Ensure a Higher Customer Satisfaction Level

Posted on April 04, 2018 in Customer Satisfaction • Expert round-up

  Original post via ProProfs, expert opinion summary by Colin Taylor   With Customer Experience being a crucial factor in business operations, comes the importance of ensuring high customer satisfaction (CSAT) levels. A high CSAT is a indicator of customer loyalty and repurchase intentions. This differentiator will reduce customer churn. Retaining brand advocates results in […]

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Operational Indicators – Average Handle Time (AHT)

Posted on March 20, 2018 in AHT • Call Center Consulting • Contact Centre Ops • Customer Satisfaction • Education • Forecasting- WFM • People management • Planning • Strategy

Tags: AHT• Call Center Consulting• Contact Center Consulting• Contact Center Management• Contact Center Strategy• Customer Service Consulting• Operational Management• WFM

By: Turaj Seyrafiaan Have you ever wondered what is behind any of the Contact Center operational indicators? Why do we measure what we measure and what do they mean? In this article, we tackle one of the most important indicators; Average Handle Time (AHT) AHT is defined as the total amount of time (on average) […]

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Operational Indicators – Service Levels, ASA & Occupancy Rate

Posted on March 19, 2018 in AHT • ASA • Call Center Consulting • Contact Centre Ops • Customer Satisfaction • Forecasting- WFM • Occupancy • People management • Planning • Strategy

Tags: ASA• Call Center Consulting• Contact Center Consulting• Contact Center Management• Operational Management• service level• Strategy• Taylor Reach Group• WFM

By: Turaj Seyrafiaan In the last Indicators post, we discussed one of the most important operational indicators: Average Handle Time or AHT. In this issue, we continue with other operational indicators dealing with the efficiency of the center, i.e. “Service Level”, “Average Speed of Answer (ASA)” and “Occupancy Rate”. Although each indicator provides different information, […]

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Importance of Consistency Among Different Channels in the Contact Center

Posted on October 31, 2017 in Call Center Performance • Call Center Technology • Contact Center Technology • Customer Experience Management • Customer Satisfaction • Customer service

By: Colin Taylor  Recently I was asked to participate in an expert round-up on How Fortune 500 companies Manage Their Contact Center(s). More specifically, I was asked to provide insight on the importance of consistency among different channels within a Contact Center. There is a wide range of channels available in the Contact Center industry. […]

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True Value of CSAT – 3 Categories Impacted by Customer Satisfaction

Posted on October 03, 2017 in CEM • CES • CSAT • Customer Experience • Customer Satisfaction • Customer service • Customer service audit

By: Turaj Seyrafiaan We all have heard that Customer Satisfaction is important and of high value to the business. But what does that mean? What is the true value of customer satisfaction? A 2017 study indicated that poor customer service is costing US businesses $62 billion annually. That’s up $20 billion since 2013! This shocking, […]

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3 Top Skills to Succeed in the Customer Service Industry

Posted on September 28, 2017 in Customer Experience • Customer Satisfaction • Customer service

ProProfs recently asked me to contribute my point-of-view for tips on succeeding in the Customer Service Industry. While my advice on this topic is endless and typically specified towards and aligned with clients’ goals, needs and objectives, here are 3 general tips that every Customer Service professional should follow for success: 1) Empowerment: We are […]

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Do You Have an Audit Plan for Customer Service?

Posted on September 21, 2017 in Call Center Performance • Customer Experience • Customer Satisfaction • Customer service • Customer service audit • Snapshotz

By: Deepak Selvaratnam Today, Customer Service delivery has become so important that is even talked about in the board room! Government and cabinets are growing more concerned than ever around federal, local and parastatal agencies delivering appropriate levels of service to meet citizens’ needs.   All leading business journals today recognize the importance of customer […]

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Quality Assurance – Avoiding Gray Areas

Posted on September 06, 2017 in CSAT • Customer Experience • Customer Satisfaction • Quality • Quality Assurance

  By: Colin Taylor When we are thinking about our Quality Assurance (QA) processes, we need to ask ourselves, “Are we measuring the right elements and in the right ways?” What I mean by this is “Are our measurements concrete enough?” If we are employing a 10-point scale, can anyone really explain and rationalize a […]

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