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Call center managers and supervisors, browse this topic section for news, advice and case studies to help improve call center performance. Find out how to choose and use call center metrics effectively and how to interpret statistics. Learn to evaluate and monitor agents and motivate and retain employees, plus how to measure call center agent job satisfaction and reduce churn. Also learn how to train customer service representatives, create call center schedules and plan effective staffing, plus how to decrease average talk time in an inbound call center. Research how to design a call center, how to prepare and follow a service-level agreement (SLA), how to predict call volume and manage a contact center budget. Learn call center outsourcing best practices. Find details on how to use quality monitoring tools, achieve first call resolution (FCR) and measure occupancy and average handle time (AHT), while still considering customer satisfaction and incorporating customer surveys into the call center.
IN THIS TOPIC:  NEWS (56) , EXPERT TECHNICAL ADVICE (158) , VIDEO (1) , REFERENCE & LEARNING (43) , WHITE PAPERS , DOWNLOADS (5) , BEST WEB LINKS (1)

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  NEWS: 1 - 3 of 56
Call center workforce management software the choice for PlumChoice
SearchCRM.com | 23 Apr 2009
ARTICLE - Managing 465 remote call center agents servicing 102 consumer technology products 365 days a year meant significant scheduling headaches for PlumChoice.
Customer service on Twitter takes more than software
SearchCRM.com | 31 Mar 2009
ARTICLE - Comcast's director of digital care shares how his company is using social networks like Twitter for customer service.
Should marketing or customer service manage your social networking efforts?
SearchCRM.com | 05 Mar 2009
ARTICLE - The emergence of Web 2.0 and social networks has left many wondering who should take responsibility for the new channel.
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  EXPERT TECHNICAL ADVICE: 1 - 3 of 158
CALL CENTER MANAGER EXPERTS
Lori Bocklund
President, Strategic Contact, Inc.
ASK A QUESTION
Tracking the online customer experience after a website redesign
02 Jul 2009
EXPERT ANSWER - Learn customer experience metrics, including how to track and measure the impact a website redesign may have on the online customer experience, in this expert tip.
Managing customer conversations in the call center
02 Jul 2009
EXPERT ANSWER - Get tips for managing customer conversations in the call center and find out how call center agents can deal with chatty or emotional customers.
FAQ: Making call center technology decisions
Submitted By: SearchCRM.com | 04 Jun 2009
FAQ - We've compiled this list of the top FAQs on making call center technology decisions from our resident experts.
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Call center video: PlumChoice uses Aspect workforce management system
SearchCRM.com | 13 May 2009
VIDEO - Take a look inside the call center at PlumChoice Inc. and find out how they implemented an Aspect call center workforce management software system to help with call center scheduling and workforce forecasting and remote agent ...
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  REFERENCE & LEARNING: 1 - 3 of 43
Workforce management software product directory
SearchCRM.com | 09 Jun 2009
PRODUCT DIRECTORY - Download the workforce management software product directory for basic information about WFM vendors and products in the WFM market.
Call center interaction dos and don'ts
Amanda Malgeri, Assistant Editor | 04 Jun 2009
SPECIAL REPORT - We've put together this list of the things call center agents and customer service reps should and shouldn't do during a call center interaction.
Five call center sales tips and techniques
Amanda Malgeri, Assistant Editor | 03 Jun 2009
SPECIAL REPORT - We've gathered these five tips for companies looking to improve call center sales and train call center agents to become effective sales professionals.
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  WHITE PAPERS
Varicent for Microsoft© Dynamics CRM
Published by: Varicent Software | 19 Jun 2009
PRODUCT DEMO - Drive CRM adoption by combining compensation details with opportunity management. By providing visibilty into variable compensation, your sales team will ensure to utilize your CRM and ensure its the one source for sales performance information.
Connect and Empower Mobile Salespeople
Published by: Oracle Corporation | 10 Jun 2009
WHITE PAPER - Read this free white paper to see how mobile CRM will give your sales team a winning record on the road.
Maximizing CRM Effectiveness During Lean Times
Published by: Oracle Corporation | 10 Jun 2009
WHITE PAPER - When the economy turns around, as it will, how will your organization be poised to take advantage of the next expansion? Read the latest white paper written by Steve Diamond, Sr. Director, Product Marketing at Oracle, to learn six areas your organization can focus on to improve business results.
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  DOWNLOADS: 1 - 3 of 5
Customer complaint management with Don Peppers
Published by: SearchCRM.com | 28 Oct 2008
PODCAST - In this podcast, Don Peppers gives tips for tracking customer behavior, measuring a call center's ability to maximize customer satisfaction and uncovering customer complaints.
Measuring call center key performance indicators to optimize cost, quality
Published by: SearchCRM.com | 20 Oct 2008
PODCAST - In this podcast, listeners will find out which call center key performance indicators (KPIs) have the biggest impact on the bottom line and the customer experience. Get tips from a call center me
Call center benchmarking best practices
Published by: SearchCRM.com | 20 Oct 2008
PODCAST - This podcast features tips and best practices for call center benchmarking. Get advice from a benchmarking expert Eric Zbikowski of Metric Net LLC for using benchmarks in conjunction with a call center metrics program to ...
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  BEST WEB LINKS: 1 - 1 of 1
How to improve customer service in a call center
SearchCRM.com | 25 Aug 2008
RESOURCE CENTER - If you want to learn how to improve customer service in a call center, these resources, expert tips and best practices will help guide you through the process.
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