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How to Effectively Coach Call Center Agents
Coaching call center agents is a critical part of the customer experience. It can make or break a call center’s ability to serve customers efficiently and effectively, but it’s not always easy to do. As with any skill, there are many ways to go about coaching agents without being effective. The goal of this post…
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14 Secrets that Abstrakt has Revealed
GET THE 2023 MARKET STUDY Over the past six months, we’ve been able to clearly see a change in trends (which shouldn’t be a surprise). But instead of just telling you there has been a change, we’re going to reveal what words and phrases will get you results in today’s environment. 1. Integrations are coming…
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Understanding the Customer Journey
From the first time they saw your company to what made them buy and what keeps them as a customer. Most companies want the outcome of understanding their customer’s journey without doing the leg work. Sure that will take you somewhere, but it won’t be far. Our advice – spend the time and understand this.…
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Objection Handling Tips & Tricks That Actually Work
DOWNLOAD THE EBOOK Here is a glimpse of what to expect in this eBook of objection handling tips… Before you can expect to be a pro at objection handling, you have to understand that the best salespeople spend time preparing. It’s that simple. But most people aren’t willing to do the work to separate themselves.…
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How to use data to scale your Call Center Coaching
Scaling any business, but especially call centers, can be challenging because you are relying on the people you hire to act like owners by giving them more responsibility and trust than most companies. One of the most important factors that we see missing from companies looking to scale their teams or businesses is coaching. Up…
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Your call coaching approach is the problem – Double Slit Theory
Why is call center coaching done the way it’s done? Well, to be blunt, a better option hasn’t existed. Call center coaching software, accompanied by the strategies and tactics to drive change, has all relied upon humans helping humans or humans monitoring humans (via software). Multi-billion dollar software companies and consulting organizations have all been…
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The Definition of Insanity when it comes to Sales Coaching
Managers and leaders still listen to call recordings for hours on end, schedule time with the rep or agent to discuss what happened (and why it did not go right), still do…not as simple as inserting a rep on the front line and six-months later expecting the same repeatable revenue. Failing to … Try real-time…
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Using Inoculation Theory and Ego to explain resistance to Real-Time Sales Coaching
Inoculation theory is a social psychological/communication theory that explains how an attitude or belief can be protected against persuasion or influence. What does inoculation theory and sales coaching have in common … Old school sales coaching Sales coaching, up until now, has focused on memorizing and ….
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Call Center Playbook: The Do’s and Don’ts
This is a no brainer. But most managers spend too much time on this instead of automating their QA and compliance. Find …. When turnover is high, onboarding becomes even more important. You should have a solid … Sure, more negative feedback will come in than positive. But this is still a great way to…
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How to Create a Better Team with Remote Call Training
Investing in call training for your team ranks just as important as onboarding new team members properly. The reps or agents on the phone need to be … Personalize Your Call Training Programs. Personalization takes more time, but … Here are some examples of each: Positive: ”It was great that you managed to complete all…
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Contact Center Coaching Guide: Tips & Tricks
Call coaching can be a challenge in any industry, but when it comes to contact centers, they have their own unique set of challenges. We’ll talk you through the tips and tricks we’ve learned from the top contact centers and the way they handle their call coaching.
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Measuring and Improving QA scores
QA scores are important to contact centers because they … There are multiple factors that go into improving QA scores – one small change isn’t going to make a big difference. But changing too much isn’t going to change either. There is a balance in how you …