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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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Post-Call CSat Prediction QA Model: A Game-Changer for QA
Customer Satisfaction (CSat) has always been the most popular metric for call centers and is considered the primary indicator of call quality service. Discover how to predict CSat with up to 95% match to survey-based ratings.
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Top 10 Tips for First Call Resolution Improvement
Tips for improving First Call Resolution are based on conducting customer and employee research.
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Calculate First Call Resolution Rate
Quickly learn how to calculate your First Call Resolution Rate.
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FCR Measurement to Improve CX and Reduce Cost
Understand your FCR rate, identify repeat call reasons, and determine the root causes to help you develop a plan to action and improve your FCR rate.
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FCR Benefits for Healthcare
See The Top 3 Reasons for Improving First Call Resolution in the Healthcare Call Center Industry. Discover what a good first call resolution rate for…
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First Call Resolution Reimagined
FCR is the KING of all call center metrics because it measures your customer experience (CX) performance.
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Persona Communication Styles
SQM has developed ground-breaking research on how CSRs in Call Centers can adapt their communication styles to match their customer’s style leading to…
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Top 20 First Contact Resolution Tips
SQM reveals the top 20 First Contact Resolution tips for improving your FCR rate.
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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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Escalations: Service Recovery At Its Best
Effective complaint handling for the call center industry has been a long-term Achilles' heel. Therefore, it represents an excellent opportunity to…

Customer Service 6 min read