Articles - Call Centre Answers

Our Q&A section is where the contact centre community comes together to solve real challenges. Here you’ll find questions and answers from frontline advisors, team leaders, and industry experts, covering every corner of customer contact, from people management and technology to performance and culture. These discussions capture what’s really happening inside contact centres and the creative ways professionals are tackling it.

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Creative Ideas to Improve the Call Centre
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Warm up to Cold Calling – 3 Strategies for Success
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What Sort of Manager Are You?
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10 Questions to Ask Yourself Before Starting Recruitment
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Answers: How Do You Record Calls Transferred From Other Departments?
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Do You Include All Abandoned Calls Within Your Statistics?
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What Level of Security Questions Need to Be Asked?
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Can a Call Recording Made by a Customer be Used Against Me?
Call and Contact Centre Questions: Do You Give Agents Paid Time to Log On?
Do You Give Agents Paid Time to Log On?
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How Do I Inspire My Team?
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What Abandoned Call Targets Should we use?
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A Complaining Customer is Your Most Important Customer
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Would like some Ideas on Opening Questions for Outbound Calling?
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How Do I – Manage People Through the Credit Crunch?
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What Percentage of Callers Abandon in an IVR?
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What is the Guidance on Staff Listening In on Calls?
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Do you Have any Tips as to How to Measure Outbound Calls?
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I Need Some Tips to Improve Agents Convincing Skills?
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What is the Minimum Number of Staff Required for a 24/7 Call Centre?
How do Employees Know that their Calls are Being Monitored?
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How Do I – Make Somebody Redundant?
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5 Questions Every Call Centre Manager Needs to Ask Themselves
Which are the Largest Call Centres in the UK?
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Handling Customer Complaints – Why You Need to Say Sorry