Avaya

JUNE 24, 2019

Digital transformation is about creating experiences that matter, but what does this look like within the contact center? Effortless self-service, agent augmentation, interaction insights, smart pairing…nowhere close to what one vendor alone offers today. What’s driving this move to an ecosystem approach?

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Noble Systems

JANUARY 30, 2019

Many of the 2019 trends indicate a “back to basics” approach with an emphasis on the ultimate goal for contact centers — to foster meaningful connections with consumers. After researching several articles, white papers and ebooks on the topic, this blog’s intention is to bring clarity to what the experts are saying.

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Hodusoft

JANUARY 17, 2024

Revolutionizing Customer Engagement: The Power of UCaaS Contact Center Software The term ‘UCaaS’ has been in the modern telephony lexicon for quite some time now. It’s the acronym for Unified Communications as a Service. That’s where sophisticated UCaaS contact center software can be of immense use.

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NICE inContact

OCTOBER 18, 2019

Gartner’s 2019 Magic Quadrant for Contact Center as a Service, North America, report has just been released. Featuring a thorough evaluation of cloud providers by one of the independent analyst firms in the industry, the report is an invaluable tool for contact center leaders considering new technology investments.

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CX Accelerator

MAY 25, 2022

This may be self-service, in-person, phone, email, chat, social media or text message. Jenny began her call center customer service journey on the front lines back in 2005. In 2012, she co-founded the blog, CustomerServiceLife.com. Back to CX Accelerator Blog You may use some or all of them.

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NICE inContact

OCTOBER 18, 2019

Gartner’s Magic Quadrant for Contact Center as a Service, Western Europe, has just been released. This year, NICE inContact has been recognised as a Visionary, with the furthest overall placement for Completeness of Vision in 2019.

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bold360 Blog

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

We heard multiple takes on how various approaches to self-service can fuel that leftward shift—most notably the use of AI in knowledge management. Employees want more and better self-service knowledge. So it’s not surprising that 68% of employees say they want user-facing knowledge (self-help) at work.

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teleopti

DECEMBER 13, 2018

What are some of the key trends that will mold business and customer service operations in 2019? Dick Bucci of Pelorus Associates, a market research, consulting, and marketing communications firm that specializes in the contact center industry, dives into 5 trends impacting customer service and which companies need to stay on top of.

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Noble Systems

JANUARY 30, 2019

Many of the 2019 trends indicate a “back to basics” approach with an emphasis on the ultimate goal for contact centers — to foster meaningful connections with consumers. After researching several articles, white papers and ebooks on the topic, this blog’s intention is to bring clarity to what the experts are saying.

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Avaya

APRIL 1, 2019

There are times when a customer needs to dial into your contact center to ask a question or request assistance. Gartner predicts “by 2023, customers will prefer to use speech interfaces to initiate 70% of self-service customer interactions, rising from 40% today.” [1]. 1] Gartner, Inc.,

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Avaya

JUNE 26, 2019

As the white-hot core of customer experience, the contact center needs to fundamentally evolve for organizations to remain competitive in an increasingly digital world. What does this “new contact center” look like? But what kind of changes are we talking about? million a year in lost productivity).

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Serenova

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

If you’re a contact center leader, there’s a lot about Millennials and Generation Z worth understanding. In fact, these younger generations just may be your contact center’s BFFs. Tapping into these generational shifts is one of five trends highlighted in our e-book, Contact Center Trends You Need to Know 2019.

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Cisco - Contact Center

JANUARY 27, 2020

Their survey of 362 firms found that although 80% of the firms believed that they delivered a “superior service” only 8% of the firm’s customers believed that. In our own Cisco survey of 700 contact center executives across 7 countries, 79% agreed that customer experience has a significant impact on business results.

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Fonolo

JANUARY 15, 2019

This goes for contact center managers and agents as well; for them, January is certainly “reach for the stars and crush your goals” month (as is every month!). We at Fonolo are certainly here to help them out on their overall journeys in 2019, this time by offering a rundown of the lessons we learned from the industry last year.

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Callminer

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Below, you will find interesting statistics pertaining to call centers, their employees and their finances that may prove helpful in deciding whether the use of one for your own business’s strategy is appropriate. Call Center Workforce Statistics. Cloud contact centers may be more reliable. ” – E.

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NICE inContact

AUGUST 16, 2019

Agents remain the most critical resource in any contact center. But, every contact center continues to struggle with big challenges when it comes to engaging, motivating and retaining agents. What your agents like the most working in contact centers is helping customers. But that is not where it stops.

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VHT

OCTOBER 18, 2018

Contact center managers face the constant challenge of serving customers efficiently while maximizing their convenience and making the experience enjoyable. Even with excellent self-service options, people still need to talk to a person every now and then, especially for a sensitive or complex issue.

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Call Experts

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

By actively harnessing a set of cloud-based AI-powered technologies, contact centers are infusing intelligence across the entire customer contact landscape. Key providers are building professional services and resources to assist customers with strategic AI plans. In 2019, automatic call distribution sported 23.3%

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Monet Software

JANUARY 24, 2019

These are the Priorities and Challenges Facing Contact Centers. We’ve found several pieces online attempting to predict where the contact center industry is headed in 2019. More contact centers are coming to this realization and, with cloud systems minimizing upfront investment, are making the switch.

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Avaya

AUGUST 12, 2019

Are organizations attempting to use artificial intelligence (AI) in the contact center? Voice Self-service: Nearly half of organizations are using AI in the contact center to improve customer self-service. Yes, without a doubt. What exactly does this mean? What exactly does this mean?

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NICE inContact

APRIL 29, 2019

The lowest hanging fruit for self-service for 2019 planning is to make sure that you’ve optimized your mobile app, and mobile friendly website, for quick responses to common customer questions and issues. The post Mobile Apps and SMS are Paying Off in the Contact Center appeared first on NICE inContact Blog.

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Monet Software

JANUARY 31, 2019

While many seem to agree we are in the midst of a sea change in how customers will choose to engage with companies, there is little agreement on how quickly we’ll reach the point where today’s contact centers will no longer resemble the next iteration. Is self-service really service? The cloud keeps growing.

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Enghouse Interactive

DECEMBER 5, 2018

The following blog takes a look at the contact centre and what we can expect to see in 2019. Contact centres will continue to migrate towards robotic technology and artificial intelligence, but the reality won’t match the hype. Those questions are not likely to stop during 2019.

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TechSee

AUGUST 14, 2023

Follow on LinkedIn Agnes So, Head of Customer Support & Engagement at HotDoc Based in Melbourne, Agness is passionate about creating exceptional customer experiences through lean teams, self-service, and training. Jon’s thought leadership can be followed on his widely-read JAA’s Analyst Blog.

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NICE inContact

AUGUST 16, 2019

Agents remain the most critical resource in any contact center. But, every contact center continues to struggle with big challenges when it comes to engaging, motivating and retaining agents. What your agents like the most working in contact centers is helping customers. But that is not where it stops.

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Balto

AUGUST 3, 2022

As the global economy shows signs of recession, the Conversation Excellence Lab wanted to understand how executives are planning to shift their contact center budgets, and how they view the future of the contact center as a whole. Is the contact center a drain on resources, a necessary expense to manage customer needs?

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Aspect

JANUARY 25, 2021

We recently announced the general availability of Aspect® CXP 20, the leading application for designing, developing and deploying the omnichannel self-service solutions customers demand. CXP 20 includes a modernization of self-service solutions by enabling voicebots on the platform.

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Eptica

OCTOBER 9, 2019

Date: Wednesday, October 9, 2019 Author: Pauline Ashenden - Marketing Manager National Customer Service Week 2019: The 3 key factors behind successful customer service. Published on: October 09, 2019. In the United Kingdom, there are daily themes, each emphasizing different aspects of customer service.

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Mindtouch

JULY 15, 2020

Contact centers are moving to work from home (WFH) customer service models. Many contact centers and customer service operations are struggling as they move to a WFH customer service model while trying to manage this increased load. Laying the foundation for the future of customer experience.

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VHT

MARCH 12, 2019

Here we are, three months into 2019, and the twin innovations of artificial intelligence and automation haven’t meaningfully disrupted the voice channel for customer service. Theoretically this was going to free your customer service agents to work on more complex, meaningful interactions with your customers.

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VocalCom

JUNE 18, 2020

Before the pandemic even started to disrupt business, the contact center industry was already widely migrating to Cloud. Gartner’s 2019 Magic Quadrant report anticipated that, by 2022, contact center as a service (CCaaS) would become the preferred adoption model for about half of contact centers, up from about 10% in 2019.

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Mindtouch

MARCH 5, 2020

Indeed, Gartner suggests that, “By 2022, 85% of customer service interactions will start with self-service, up from 48% in 2019.” With so many choices for on-demand self-service, calling or sending an email is often the last resort. 5 December 2019.

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NICE inContact

JUNE 19, 2019

In today’s omnichannel customer service environment, savvy organizations offer their consumers multiple ways to interact with them, including agent-assisted and self-service methods. We surveyed over 900 decision makers in the contact center to get their opinions, and we compared these perceptions to what consumers say.

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NICE inContact

MAY 9, 2019

Michigan’s Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), Integrated Services Delivery (IDS) is the state agency that manages the entire process for benefits administration — from application and qualification through delivery. Roles are switched, according to a schedule.

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VocalCom

JUNE 24, 2020

The use of emerging technologies such as automation and AI to manage customer experience will be key to improve significantly contact centers’ efficiency and reduce costs. In parallel, automation and AI are transforming the processes of contact centers themselves.

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NICE inContact

MAY 8, 2019

Are you being realistic about whether your customer service really satisfies your customers? These are questions that keep contact center leaders up at night. The 2019 business wave of the NICE inContact Customer Experience (CX) Transformation Benchmark explores many of these questions at a global level.

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Aspect

JANUARY 30, 2019

Eine mitarbeiterorientierte Ausgestaltung des Contact Center Arbeitsplatzes wird immer wichtiger. Hierbei spielen auch die folgenden drei Trends eine wichtige Rolle: > Selbstverwaltung / Self-Service für Mitarbeiter. > Gig Economy. > Gig Economy. Die Termine: Dienstag, 19.02.2019, 13:50 – 14:50.

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