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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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Top 5 Reasons to Improve FCR
Discover how FCR can improve customer satisfaction, increase customer referrals, and retention.
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Who Really Drives FCR in Your Contact Center or Organization?
With customer expectations becoming increasingly complex and the importance of service delivery for increasing revenue and reducing costs,…

Customer Service 7 min read
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CSR of the Year 2018 – An Interview with Robert Mills
In this interview, meet Robert Mills from Horizon BCBSNJ, SQM’s 2018 CSR of the Year. Learn about his passion for customer experience and read the…

Customer Service 7 min read
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Establishing Goals for Improving Performance
It is important to understand what the metrics and targets should be to establish goals for improving customer experience (CX) performance.

Customer Service 3 min read
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Recognition Changes Behavior
Learn how a voice of customer recognition program can motivate CSR’s to use the desired behaviors towards improving CX.

Customer Service 4 min read
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Agent Coaching and Recognition for Improving FCR
Learn about agent coaching & recognition best practices to improve First Call Resolution and customer experience.
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Follow the CX Leader
In this article I will introduce you to one of those great leaders, Ken Baur, to discuss customer experience and what advice he has for other…

Customer Service 7 min read
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The Best Kept Secret - SQM's CSR of the Year
We announce the top 25 finalists for this award as everyone realizes the impact this award can have on that one extraordinary individual.

Customer Service 8 min read
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Employee Engagement Impact on CX and Profitability
We have all heard the old adage, “happy employees make happy customers.” SQM’s research definitely confirms that this saying is true.

Customer Service 4 min read
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An Interview with SQM’s Women Leaders
Special Interview with 3 of SQM’s Leaders for National Business Women’s Week. Learn about these women and how they have become leaders in the CX…

Customer Service 9 min read
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SQM CX Conference Makes Headline on Global News TV!
On May 24, 2018, SQM Group Inc. recognized award-winning contact centers and front-line employee performances for over 50+ different award categories…

Customer Service 3 min read
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Contact Center CSR Recognition Best Practices
A recognition program will greatly help in motivating CSRs to excel at providing call resolution and to retain the top call resolution performing…

Customer Service 4 min read