The Basics for Providing Superior Customer Experiences through Your Contact Center

Ten Tips for Hiring Contact Center Agents

Al means "All Inclusive" - How Agents and Managers can Thrive with Artificial Intelligence

How to Select Contact Center Supervisors

Tips on Transitioning to an AI-based Contact Center

2023 Top Contact Centers Contest Winners are...

Agent Experience (AX): The Next Frontier for Elevating the Customer Experience (CX)

State of Agent Experience 2022: Survey

Webinar: Knowledge Hubs | Turbocharge your CX and AX with KX (Knowledge-Guided Experience)

2022 Top Contact Centers Contest Winners are...

CUSTOMER SERVICE WEEK: WE SHOULD ALL BE PROUD!

Agents believe their organizations remain focused on CSat, BUT...

SPOILER ALERT: Agents want a heads up BEFORE changes affect customers

Report finds that Agents are Proud of their Workplaces.

Organizational Structure: Foundation for Contact Center Success | 2021 UPDATE

BenchmarkPortal Announces The Top Ranking 2020 Top Contact Centers Contest Winners

Coronavirus and Your Call Center: Don't Panic - Plan and Prepare.

Budget Bonanza? Check Yours Now!

It’s Budget Season – Be Prepared!

BenchmarkPortal Announces The Top Ranking 2019 Top Contact Centers Contest Winners

Customer Service Week: Be Ready, Here's How

Revitalizing Your Call Center: Small Changes that Make Big Differences

BenchmarkPortal Announces The Top Ranking 2018 Top Contact Centers Contest Winners

Revitalizing Your Call Center - Small Changes that Make Big Differences

When Community Comes Together

Benchmarking: Putting KPIs to Work

A New Year for Your Contact Center: An Excellent Time to Plan for Excellence!

Webinar: No More Boring Queue Time

Customer Service Week: Be Ready, Be Very Ready

Balancing Information Security and Customer Needs

Are Your Team Meetings Getting Stale? Try Using Huddle Boards!

Music Lessons for Call Center Coaches - Hitting the High Notes!

Customer Service Week is Coming! Are You Ready??

Team Development: Techniques Managers Forget

Agent Motivation Muddle: Don’t be the Monkey in the Middle.  Five Steps to Move From “This Stinks” to Success

The Agent Turnover Tornado: This Hurricane Can Hurt You

How To Deliver Remarkable Customer Service

How To Motivate Call Center Agents

How to Tame Your Call Center Agent Turnover

Customer Service Teams: Success with Generation Y

Say What? Optimizing Your Language Interpretation Capabilities

Leveraging Your International “Sibling Centers” for Fun and Profit

Everything You Wanted to Know About First Call Resolution

Balancing Hold Time and Transfers

First Call Resolution - It’s Not Only a Quality Metric

Nobel Prize for Economics - The Link Between Customer Contact and Economic Growth

Prince Charles and AHT

OMG Text To Collect LOL!!!

When WFM Means Workforce Manna - Contact Center Economics 101

Acting on the Voice of the Customer

What is Your Cost of Turnover? and why you should know it

Staffing Smart = Bucks to the Bottom Line

Big Data Meets Recruiting

How and Why Contact Center Benchmarking Works

Initiating an At-Home Agent Policy

At Home Agents Are Strategic Assets - CallTalk Caramels

Agent Satisfiers

Agent Satisfaction by Region - USA

Agent Satisfaction and Center Size

Agent Satisfaction and Commute

Satisfaction: Full-Time vs. Part-Time Agents

The Impact of Tenure On Satisfaction

Agents and Team Leads

Innovation and Involvement

Value/Appreciation

Communication

Direct Supervisor/Manager Style

Recognition

Best Practices in Developing Your Caller Satisfaction Surveys

Voice of the Customer

Customer Focus

Coaching

Quality Processes

Expectations and Compensation

Resources and Technology

Training and Promotions

Optimizing Call Center Location and Labor Analytics

Belongingness

Work Environment

Work Schedules

Leadership and Trust

Organizational Vision

Time Management Tips You Can Use

Overall Satisfaction

Agent Voices

Agent Satisfaction and Customer Contact Success

Zappos or Zapatos?: Walk in the Customer’s Shoes to Understand the Customer Journey

Coaching is King: Skills Development Trumps Process Every Time!

Optimize the Revenue Potential of Your Contact Center

Tips for Optimal IVR Call Flow Design

When 30% of Your Time is Spent on “I’ve Got a Complaint!” Calls

Investments in Employee Training… Are you getting bang for your buck?

BenchmarkPortal CEO Interview With CEOCFO Magazine

BenchmarkPortal Celebrates 20 Year Anniversary

Aux Time: What Should It Be Used For?

Call Center Training

Team Meetings-How Your Employees Will Benefit

Avoiding Agent Burnout

Compensation Strategies For Agents and Supervisors  Part 2

Social Media and The Call Center

Tips on Adherence to Schedule Adherence

Complaint Resolution: When 30% of Your Time is Spent on “I’ve got a Complaint!” Calls

First Call Resolution Revisited

Developing a Customer-Centric Center

Benchmarking Made Easy

Compensation Strategies For Agents and Supervisors

How to Minimize After Call Work Time

Reducing Abandon Rate

Best Practices in Developing Your Caller Satisfaction Surveys

Understanding Contact Center Dashboards

Understanding E-mail Best Practices

Service Level Best Practices

At-Home Agents: How to Recruit, Train, Monitor and Motivate

Dispelling Myths About Social Media

Balancing Life and Work: Managing and Motivating Agents in a Healthy Way

Beyond Benchmarking

Quality Assurance & Coaching for Success

WFM Analytics Demystified Session 2 of 2

Organizational Structure: Foundation for Contact Center Success

Workforce Management Advanced

Quality Assurance Agents Love

WFM Analytics Demystified Session 1 of 2

Employee Morale

Managing Gen Y in the Contact Center

2012 Year in Review by Bruce Belfiore, CEO, BenchmarkPortal

Workforce Optimization: Analytics Demystified -- Employee Focus (Session 1 of 2)

Workforce Management: How to Understand and Embrace Advanced Workforce Management.

Employee Morale: Ideas and Insights to Create an Outrageously Cool Culture

Site Selection: What does the research show are the key success factors?

Hold Time and Transfers: The Balancing Act You Can Win

Consumer and Agent Loyalty: 5 Questions You Need to Ask Yourself Before You Leave Work Tonight

Outbound Calls: Challenges and solutions for both blended and dedicated centers.

Stop botching your incentive plans: Get the science behind the results

Outsourcing: Which communications should you consider trusting to a partner?

At Home Agent

Team Meetings- Why Your Call Center Needs Them & How Your Employees Will Benefit

Taking a fresh look at your Center: Big and small changes that can make a difference

Compensation Strategies for Agents and Supervisors

The Business Case for First Call Resolution

Jan Van Der Reis interview with Bruce Belfiore Discussing Call Center Benchmarking Conference

Lourdes Adame's Interview with Bruce Belfiore from BenchmarkPortal Discussing Call Center Benchmarking

Social Media and the Call Center: Where Are We Headed?

Adherence: The Problems, The Policies, The Best Practices

Complaints: How 3% of calls can take 30% of your time - strategies to manage them

Agent Satisfaction: How to measure it and how to manage it

First Call Resolution Revisited

Developing Agents Who Are More Customer-Centric

Benchmarking made easy: How your metrics can be leveraged for optimum results

Compensation Strategies for Agents and Supervisors

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