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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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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.
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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 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