Condition Your Call Center Against Agent Error

Call center agents are professionally good at saying what they’re supposed to say. It’s your job to make sure they know what that is, at any point in a call. Sometimes this can involve a lot of training. If your agent interaction script builder is good enough, you can do with a lot less training and get your script out the door (and your agents working) faster. Continue reading “Condition Your Call Center Against Agent Error”

Better Know Your Leads — Outbound Dialing Part 2: Preview Dialing

preview your client informationDo you know who your clients are? Do your agents? In some outbound dialing campaigns, it’s critical for your agents to know to whom they are speaking before they’ve said “Hello.” The leads are distinct enough that the agent needs to familiarize herself with the particulars of this particular contact before clicking “Dial”. In some cases, this may mean a few minutes of study. Continue reading “Better Know Your Leads — Outbound Dialing Part 2: Preview Dialing”

Getting Under the Hood With Your Call Center Software

Man using vacuum to clean out computer
I don’t think they were this careful

We once received a call from a client who was down. It turned out that he kept his server sitting open so that the cleaning staff could vacuum it out periodically. One overzealous cleaner (and it doesn’t take much here to count as overzealous) accidentally knocked a Pika card too hard, knocking loose several of the DSP modules. Those were the days when we were a little cautious about exposing too much functionality and monitoring to clients. Continue reading “Getting Under the Hood With Your Call Center Software”