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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.

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Call Center Quality Assurance: Comprehensive Guide
Call Center Quality Assurance: Comprehensive Guide
Discover the definition, the difference between Manual and Auto QA, and the top 10 best practices of Call Center QA to ensure exceptional customer service in every interaction. This guide explores the essential role of QA in contact centers, focusing on how monitoring and evaluating customer interactions against set standards helps enhance service quality and improve customer satisfaction.
14 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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Top 10 Most Popular Customer Service QA Blogs in 2022
Top 10 Most Popular Customer Service QA Blogs in 2022
We share our Top 10 most popular blogs in 2022 that can help your call center improve customer service QA performance in 2023.
Customer Service 5 min read
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Top 10 Qualities of the Best Customer Service QA Performing Call Center Agents
Top 10 Qualities of the Best Customer Service QA Performing Call Center Agents
Here are the top 10 qualities that make for a successful call center agent to provide great customer service quality assurance.
12 min read
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Industry Standards for the 7 Essential Customer Service Metrics and How You Measure Up to Them
Industry Standards for the 7 Essential Customer Service Metrics and How You Measure Up to Them
Given the volume of data available to call center managers, it is essential to determine the right customer service metrics and how you measure up to…
Customer Service 15 min read
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How to Create a Customer Service QA Form – With a Scorecard Example
How to Create a Customer Service QA Form – With a Scorecard Example
We believe the customer service QA form we share can be helpful to call centers to create a customer service QA form to improve CX and call…
15 min read
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Do You Really Understand the Main Reasons Why Customers Are Calling You?
Do You Really Understand the Main Reasons Why Customers Are Calling You?
Most call centers think they understand the main reasons customers are calling them but often fail to view it from a customer's point of view.
Customer Service 8 min read
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Abandoned Calls Rate: Comprehensive Guide
Abandoned Calls Rate: Comprehensive Guide
Measuring call center abandonment rate can help discover opportunities to improve related issues to workforce management, resource allocation, FCR,…
Customer Service 6 min read
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What is 360-Degree Feedback, and How Can You Use It With a Quality Assurance Program?
What is 360-Degree Feedback, and How Can You Use It With a Quality Assurance Program?
From a CSQA perspective, 360-Degree Feedback lets agents and supervisors get a fuller picture of a customer's experience interacting with a call…
14 min read
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Six Great Customer Service Recovery Strategies to Use After a Poor CX
Six Great Customer Service Recovery Strategies to Use After a Poor CX
This blog focuses on designing and implementing six great customer service recovery strategies to use after a poor customer experience.
Customer Service 10 min read
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Five Empathy Statements for Achieving Great Csat
Five Empathy Statements for Achieving Great Csat
To ensure agents deliver customer empathy consistently, they need to be trained, coached, and monitored through their QA program and post-call…
12 min read
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Customer Rapport – the Key Ingredient for Agents Providing Great Csat
Customer Rapport – the Key Ingredient for Agents Providing Great Csat
Learn why building customer rapport is one of an agent's most essential skills to delivering great customer service.
10 min read
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Customer Feedback: Why It's Important & The 8 Best Ways to Collect It
Customer Feedback: Why It's Important & The 8 Best Ways to Collect It
Customer feedback is essential because it is a pillar for delivering excellent customer satisfaction and contributes to helping your company retain…
10 min read