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Contact Center Coaching Guide
Every team, whether it’s a professional sports team or high school mathletes, everyone has a “coach”. Contact centers are no different. The coach at a contact center is generally the supervisor or manager of the group. However, most people don’t think of themselves as a “coach”. This is why we created this contact center coaching…
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What Problems Is AI Solving in Call Centers
Artificial intelligence is used to automate and enhance various aspects of customer interactions and support services in call centers. There are a variety of different options when it comes to AI usage in a call center. And even more! AI is all around us and some may not even realize how much it is being…
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Training and Coaching Your Contact Center Supervisors
One of the most important parts of a successful contact center is the leadership team. Training and coaching your contact center supervisors are just as important as the agents. Experts are constantly listing ways to help agents improve their performance, but supervisors are often forgotten about when it comes to creating a successful team. Education…
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Career Growth: From BDR to AE
The career path in SaaS sales is generally BDR to AE to Manager and/or Director of Sales to CRO (if your desire is to get that high in a sales org). Like any other career path, there are steps and milestones for each along the way. Today, we’re going to focus on the first two…
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Top 3 Observe AI Alternatives
If you haven’t noticed AI is taking over the conversation when it comes to evaluating your tech stack. Whether you currently use Observe AI or are in the initial evaluation stages of adding new software, we’ve put together a breakdown of the top Observe AI alternatives. Keep in mind that new AI call guidance companies…
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The Downside to Yerkes-Dodson and Parkinson’s Law in Call Coaching
Today we’re going to dive into the explanation of procrastination when it comes to call coaching and other tasks that shouldn’t take long but end up costing us hours each week. Have you heard of Parkinson’s law? If not… this is essentially what it is: If you have ever been given a deadline, and waited…
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The ROI of B2B Data: How to Measure the Value of Your Investment
With the vast amount of data available today, it’s no longer about having access to data, but rather about being able to effectively measure the value it brings to your business. Understanding the return on investment (ROI) of your B2B data is essential to making informed decisions about how to allocate your marketing budget. In…
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The Struggles Behind Call Center Compliance
Call center compliance is something that is often talked about, but commonly misunderstood. Most people on the phones can’t fathom a lawsuit happening from something they said – especially agents who are on the phone most of the day. They are following protocols and scripts to help them stay in compliance. But call center compliance…
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How Conversation Intelligence Tools Create A Competitive Advantage
Are you looking for a competitive advantage? Do you need an edge-up? We’re going to show you how conversation intelligence tools can help you create the competitive advantage you need. But first, let’s break down what a conversion intelligence tool typically includes. 1) Speech-to-text This is the part that converts spoken words into text that…
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Why Google Bard matters (because my parents can explain it)
Here at Abstrakt, we knew about Google’s Bard back in 2020, even though it wasn’t formally released until February of 2023. We’ve been using Bard and the Language Model for Dialogue Applications (LaMDA) before it was cool. So when ChatGPT came out, and my parents (along with investors and customers) started asking us about its…
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Outsourcing Contact Centers Q&A: Everything you need to know
Modern technology has made it easier than ever to outsource contact centers when companies are looking to offload costs. If you’re interested in potentially moving your contact center offshore, you’ll probably have a lot of questions you need answered before you feel confident doing so. At The Cattalyst, we’ve spent more than 20 years fielding…
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Top 5 Abstrakt Alternatives
Abstrakt was founded in 2020 by Greg Reffner. The idea was simple: provide a real-time solution to reps and agents. He spent many years as a sales rep and sales leader frustrated with coaching always being so reactive. Now Abstrakt’s real-time call guidance is helping teams across the world. That’s right, recommended responses are prompted…