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SQM is dedicated to helping call centers improve their First Call Resolution, customer and employee experience, and lower their operating cost. To help you with that, we have developed blog posts based on research and best practices for people, processes, and technology to improve customer’s experiences doing business with your call center and employees working in your call center.

What separates our call center customer service blogs from other organizations is that they are based on customer, employee, and operational research. SQM blogs are based on our research for conducting over 500 VoC benchmarking studies with leading North American call centers on customer service on an annual basis.

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First Call Resolution (FCR): A Comprehensive Guide
First Call Resolution (FCR): A Comprehensive Guide
Uncover the definition, benefits, measurement, and tips for improving one of the most crucial call center metrics – first call resolution. FCR is a metric that measures a contact center's ability for its agents to resolve a customer's inquiry or problem on the first call or contact.
15 min read
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Top 5 Myths About First Call Resolution
Top 5 Myths About First Call Resolution
Learn the top five myths about First Call Resolution (FCR), based on our over 25 years of experience working with leading North American call centers.
First Call Resolution 5 min read
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What Call Center Leaders Should Do to Lessen the Impact of an Economic Downturn
What Call Center Leaders Should Do to Lessen the Impact of an Economic Downturn
As most leaders know, treating the call center as a cost center hinders their ability to deliver great customer service.
7 min read
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Leadership Development: A Comprehensive Guide
Leadership Development: A Comprehensive Guide
This comprehensive leadership development guide will answer five important call center leadership questions.
15 min read
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What is the Right Leadership Style for a Call Center?
What is the Right Leadership Style for a Call Center?
To help determine the primary leadership style you use at your call center, read our blog describing the most common call center leadership styles.
12 min read
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10 Call Center Customer Service Blogs You Need to Read
10 Call Center Customer Service Blogs You Need to Read
Our blogs are an excellent way to enhance your thinking about new call center research, tips, and best practices for delivering superior customer…
7 min read
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15 Proven Call Center Best Practices
15 Proven Call Center Best Practices
SQM Group has developed a comprehensive guide to 15 proven call center best practices to deliver great customer service.
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The 5 Pros and Cons of Agents Asking Customers if They Resolved Issues
The 5 Pros and Cons of Agents Asking Customers if They Resolved Issues
Many call center end of call practices have agents ask customers, “Is there anything else I can do for you?” We have identified the pros and cons of…
2 min read
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What is a Good First Call Resolution Rate?
What is a Good First Call Resolution Rate?
Based on measuring and benchmarking over 500 leading North American call centers for 25 years, we have developed the call center industry 2022 FCR…
6 min read
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Knowledge Management for Higher FCR
Knowledge Management for Higher FCR
Knowledge MaKnowledge Management makes it easier for call center agents to find and use relevant content to help resolve customer interactions on the…
First Call Resolution 6 min read
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Call Center Root Causes for Not Achieving First Call Resolution
Call Center Root Causes for Not Achieving First Call Resolution
SQM research identifies the root causes for the top five repeat call reasons that hinder delivering great customers service and First Call Resolution.…
First Call Resolution 2 min read
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Top 5 Call Center Agent Performance Metrics
Top 5 Call Center Agent Performance Metrics
Call centers can use many KPIs to create accountability for agent performance, but only a handful of agent metrics drive customer service and…
6 min read
First Call Resolution 3 min read