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Is Our Definition of Agent Coaching Broken?
As we begin exploring these differences, I think the better question would be “What is coaching?” One must first have a basic understanding of what coaching is before applying it to the art and science of the contact center world. I can personally think back throughout my professional career, my time playing sports, and my…
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What Sales Coaching And A Dinner Date Have In Common
Here is what a dinner date with four personality types and sales coaching software have in common. Imagine you are a waiter at a high-end steak house in downtown Atlanta, Georgia. Let’s say it is Kevin Rathbun Steak. The hostess just sat a group of four in your section. They look like young, successful professionals…
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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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Q&A with Cole Ackerman, Director of Sales Development
Today we’ve got the inside scoop on the one and only Cole Ackerman. Cole is the Director of Sales Development at Abstrakt! Cole lives and breathes sales and can have a conversation with anyone. From his SaaS sales experience at PandaDoc and OfficeSpace Software, he brings a creative approach to Abstrakt. Learn all about why…
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Call Scorecard Templates
At Abstrakt, we’ve analyzed over 10.2 million calls and have customers across many industries. We’ve seen what works and what doesn’t work. That’s why we’ve put together this awesome template that you can steal. It’s formatted in a Google Sheet so all you have to do is make a copy. Then you can tweak the…
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Call Scorecards and QA: Why they should never be fully automated
With the evolution of technology (especially in 2023), automation is all around us. We are partially right. Let’s explain why. Automation has a place, but also why we believe there will always be a human element – at least for the foreseeable future. “The global automation as a service market is expected to grow from…
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Lessons learned starting Abstrakt
Lately, I have realized that even at the size we are now the story of why the company started and how it got here are both already starting to experience some dilution. We are just barely into the double-digit employee numbers, and the question of “why did you start Abstrakt?” is having to be asked…
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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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