It is Most Common to Keep Calls, Emails and Outbound Calls Separate

A graph depicting the levels of call blending in a contact centre
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Written by Jo Robinson

According to our poll, 36% of contact centres do not blend calls, emails and outbound calls, instead keeping the three channels separate.

Poll – “Do you blend calls, emails and outbound calls?” – answers 

They are kept separate – 36%
We do some blending but it is not widespread – 15%
We blend calls and emails – 24%
We blend inbound and outbound calls – 12%
We blend calls, emails and outbound calls – 24%

Source: Call Centre Helper webinar: 7 strategies to deal with Queues     Sample size – 140     Date: January 2013

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Jo Robinson has worked at Call Center Helper since 2007. She started off as News Editor and is currently Operations Manager. Jo quality checks a large number of the articles on Call Centre Helper, along with caring for our customers, managing the eblast programme and sponsorship of our annual benchmarking survey.

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