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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
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.
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Call Transfer & Hold Performance Impact on Csat and FCR
SQM Group's research revealed that when calls are transferred or put on hold, they can significantly impact Customer Experience for customer…
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Top 10 Call Center Metrics & KPIs for Measuring Performance
SQM has developed the top 10 call center metrics which includes five quality and five financial metrics to measure the call center’s efficiency and…
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Learn from the Best Call Centers to Improve FCR, Csat, and Reduce Cost
Learn from world-class call center’s performance for customer satisfaction and FCR metrics to improve customer experience and reduce cost.
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Assigning Dedicated Agents to Specific Customers
Some call centers have successfully implemented a CX differentiation strategy by assigning dedicated agents to specific customer types in B2B or B2C…

Customer Service 3 min read
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Meeting with a Lunch Box
The "meeting with a lunch box" is an effective approach for helping make an emotional connection with agents while communicating customer service…

Customer Service 2 min read
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Ranking Agents Performance for FCR and Csat
Ranking supervisors and agents for their FCR and Csat performance is an opportunity to create high accountability, motivation to improve, and a…
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Top 6 Call Handling Best Practices
One of the quickest ways to improve FCR is to improve Agent call handling practices. We have developed the Top 6 Call Handling Best Practices that…
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First Call Resolution and Customer Satisfaction Comparison by Industry and Call Reason
SQM Group identifies how call center industry figures shows a comparison of Voice of the Customer (VoC) and Customer Satisfaction (Csat) benchmarking…
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How is Your Call Center Voc Performance Compared to Other Industries?
Check out SQM’s recent VoC customer service benchmarking results for 2021. See how you stack up compared to others in your industry.

Customer Service 3 min read
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Power of Senior Management Representing the VoC Impact
Do your call center senior managers funnel customer First Call Resolution and Customer Satisfaction post-call survey data and feedback to non-call…

Customer Service 3 min read
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World Class Customer Service Commitment Snicker Factor
It is easy to say you're committed to achieving world-class customer service but challenging to act on a commitment level to achieve and maintain…

Customer Service 3 min read
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Targeted Opportunities for Improving Customer Service
Find out the essentials to understanding the Moment of Truth that a customer experiences when interacting with a call center to resolve their inquiry…

Customer Service 2 min read